Alun R. C. Jones

Reduced regulatory complexity associated with the evolutionary transition to sociality from cockroaches to termites despite evolutionary parallels with Hymenoptera

This study compares regulatory changes in transcription factors during the social transition from cockroaches to termites, finding reduced regulatory complexity despite similarities with Hymenoptera.

Cryptocercus genomes expand knowledge of adaptations to xylophagy and termite sociality

The paper presents two new high-quality genomes from the cockroach genus Cryptocercus to study adaptations to xylophagy and subsociality, finding relaxed selection and positive selection in energy production pathways.