Blanca Ríos‐Touma

The paper identifies opsin sequences in 25 caddisfly species, finds LW opsins are most diverse, SW opsins are lost in half the species, and UV opsins are single-copy except in one species with colorful wing patterns.

The paper characterizes the primary structure of h-fibroin across caddisfly suborders, finding conserved termini and variable repeating modules linked to silk mechanical properties.

The paper reveals extensive allelic variation in silk genes across insect and spider species using long-read sequencing, highlighting convergent patterns in structural protein-coding genes.