Arjuna Rajakumar

The paper shows that Drosophila germ cells maintain totipotency by transcribing an embryo-like program but repressing its translation through Nanos.

This paper presents a developmental table for the Pharaoh ant Monomorium pharaonis, showing that queen and worker phenotypes are determined by early embryogenesis.

This study identifies a novel developmental pattern in myrmicine ants combining features of short and long germ-band modes, with prolonged embryogenesis compared to other insects.

The paper reports the sequencing and manual annotation of the Gerris buenoi genome, identifying gene expansions linked to adaptations for aquatic life.