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2024

Termites and subsocial roaches inherited many bacterial-borne carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) from their common ancestor

Tereza Beránková , Jigyasa Arora , Johanna Romero Arias , Aleš Buček , Gaku Tokuda , Jan Šobotnı́k , Simon Hellemans , and Thomas Bourguignon

Communications Biology, 2024

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Genomic data provide insights into the classification of extant termites

Simon Hellemans , Mauricio M Rocha , Menglin Wang , Johanna Romero Arias , Duur K Aanen , Anne-Geneviève Bagnères , Aleš Buček , Tiago F Carrijo , Thomas Chouvenc , Carolina Cuezzo , and others

Nature Communications, Aug 2024

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Mitochondrial genome fragmentation is correlated with increased rates of molecular evolution

Tomáš Najer , Jorge Doña , Aleš Buček , Andrew D. Sweet , Oldřich Sychra , and Kevin P. Johnson

PLOS Genetics, May 2024

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Defensive glands in Stylotermitidae (Blattodea, Isoptera)

Himanshu Thakur , Surbhi Agarwal , Aleš Buček , Jaromı́r Hradeckỳ , Hana Sehadová , Vartika Mathur , Ulugbek Togaev , Thomas Kamp , Elias Hamann , Ren-Han Liu , and others

Arthropod Structure & Development, May 2024

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Extinct and extant termites reveal the fidelity of behavior fossilization in amber

Nobuaki Mizumoto , Simon Hellemans , Michael S Engel , Thomas Bourguignon , and Aleš Buček

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2024

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2023

A call to termitologists: it is time to abandon the use of “lower” and “higher” termites

T. F. Carrijo , M. S. Engel , T. Chouvenc , G. H. Gile , A. Mikaelyan , F. Dedeine , J. L. Ware , I. Haifig , A. Arab , J. P. Constantini , J. P. Souza , S. B. Lee , Aleš Buček , Y. Roisin , E. M. Cancello , and C. M.D. Santos

Insectes Sociaux, May 2023

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Evidence of cospeciation between termites and their gut bacteria on a geological time scale

Jigyasa Arora , Aleš Buček , Simon Hellemans , Tereza Beránková , Johanna Romero Arias , Brian L Fisher , Crystal Clitheroe , Andreas Brune , Yukihiro Kinjo , Jan Šobotník , and Thomas Bourguignon

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Jun 2023

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Neoisoptera repeatedly colonised Madagascar after the Middle Miocene climatic optimum

Menglin Wang , Simon Hellemans , Aleš Buček , Taisuke Kanao , Jigyasa Arora , Crystal Clitheroe , Jean‐Jacques Rafanomezantsoa , Brian L. Fisher , Rudolf Scheffrahn , David Sillam‐Dussès , Yves Roisin , Jan Šobotník , and Thomas Bourguignon

Ecography, Apr 2023

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2022

The functional evolution of termite gut microbiota

Jigyasa Arora , Yukihiro Kinjo , Jan Šobotník , Aleš Buček , Crystal Clitheroe , Petr Stiblik , Yves Roisin , Lucia Žifčáková , Yung Chul Park , Ki Yoon Kim , David Sillam-Dussès , Vincent Hervé , Nathan Lo , Gaku Tokuda , Andreas Brune , and Thomas Bourguignon

Microbiome, Dec 2022

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Molecular Phylogeny Reveals the Past Transoceanic Voyages of Drywood Termites (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae)

Aleš Buček , Menglin Wang , Jan Šobotník , Simon Hellemans , David Sillam-Dussès , Nobuaki Mizumoto , Petr Stiblík , Crystal Clitheroe , Tomer Lu , Juan José González Plaza , Alma Mohagan , Jean-Jacques Rafanomezantsoa , Brian Fisher , Michael S. Engel , Yves Roisin , Theodore A. Evans , Rudolf Scheffrahn , and Thomas Bourguignon

Molecular Biology and Evolution, May 2022

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The ultrastructure of the intramandibular gland in soldiers of the termite Machadotermes rigidus (Blattodea: Termitidae: Apicotermitinae)

Tereza Beránková , Aleš Buček , Thomas Bourguignon , Johanna Romero Arias , Pierre D. Akama , David Sillam-Dussès , and Jan Šobotník

Arthropod Structure & Development, May 2022

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Phylogeny, biogeography and classification of Teletisoptera (Blattaria: Isoptera)

Menglin Wang , Simon Hellemans , Jan Šobotník , Jigyasa Arora , Aleš Buček , David Sillam‐Dussès , Crystal Clitheroe , Tomer Lu , Nathan Lo , Michael S. Engel , Yves Roisin , Theodore A. Evans , and Thomas Bourguignon

Systematic Entomology, Oct 2022

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2020

Unmapped RNA Virus Diversity in Termites and their Symbionts

Callum Le Lay , Mang Shi , Aleš Buček , Thomas Bourguignon , Nathan Lo , and Edward C Holmes

Viruses, Oct 2020

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Desaturase specificity is controlled by the physicochemical properties of a single amino acid residue in the substrate binding tunnel

Aleš Buček , Mario Vazdar , Michal Tupec , Aleš Svatoš , and Iva Pichová

Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, May 2020

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Ocean currents promote rare species diversity in protists

Paula Villa Martín , Aleš Buček , Thomas Bourguignon , and Simone Pigolotti

Science Advances, Jul 2020

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2019

Evolution of Termite Symbiosis Informed by Transcriptome-Based Phylogenies

Aleš Buček , Jan Šobotník , Shulin He , Mang Shi , Dino P. McMahon , Edward C. Holmes , Yves Roisin , Nathan Lo , and Thomas Bourguignon

Current Biology, Nov 2019

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Expansion of the fatty acyl reductase gene family shaped pheromone communication in Hymenoptera

Michal Tupec , Aleš Buček , Václav Janoušek , Heiko Vogel , Darina Prchalová , Jiří Kindl , Tereza Pavlíčková , Petra Wenzelová , Ullrich Jahn , Irena Valterová , and Iva Pichová

eLife, Feb 2019

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Historical biogeography of the termite clade Rhinotermitinae (Blattodea: Isoptera)

Menglin Wang , Aleš Buček , Jan Šobotník , David Sillam-Dussès , Theodore A. Evans , Yves Roisin , Nathan Lo , and Thomas Bourguignon

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Mar 2019

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2017

Biotechnological potential of insect fatty acid-modifying enzymes

Michal Tupec , Aleš Buček , Irena Valterová , and Iva Pichová

Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C, Jan 2017

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Co-option of the sphingolipid metabolism for the production of nitroalkene defensive chemicals in termite soldiers

Anna Jirošová , Andrej Jančařík , Riya C. Menezes , Olga Bazalová , Klára Dolejšová , Heiko Vogel , Pavel Jedlička , Aleš Buček , Jana Brabcová , Pavel Majer , Robert Hanus , and Aleš Svatoš

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mar 2017

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2016

Regulation of Isoprenoid Pheromone Biosynthesis in Bumblebee Males

Darina Prchalová , Aleš Buček , Jana Brabcová , Petr Žáček , Jiří Kindl , Irena Valterová , and Iva Pichová

ChemBioChem, Feb 2016

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Molecular Mechanism of the Two-Component Suicidal Weapon of Neocapritermes taracua Old Workers

Thomas Bourguignon , Jan Šobotník , Jana Brabcová , David Sillam-Dussès , Aleš Buček , Jana Krasulová , Blahoslava Vytisková , Zuzana Demianová , Michael Mareš , Yves Roisin , and Heiko Vogel

Molecular Biology and Evolution, Mar 2016

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Exploring complex pheromone biosynthetic processes in the bumblebee male labial gland by RNA sequencing

Aleš Buček , Jana Brabcová , Heiko Vogel , Darina Prchalová , J. Kindl , Irena Valterová , and Iva Pichová

Insect Molecular Biology, Jun 2016

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2015

Evolution of moth sex pheromone composition by a single amino acid substitution in a fatty acid desaturase

Aleš Buček , Petra Matoušková , Heiko Vogel , Petr Šebesta , Ullrich Jahn , Jerrit Weißflog , Aleš Svatoš , and Iva Pichová

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Oct 2015

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2014

Delta12-Fatty acid desaturase from Candida parapsilosis is a multifunctional desaturase producing a range of polyunsaturated and hydroxylated fatty acids.

Aleš Buček , Petra Matoušková , Hana Sychrová , Iva Pichová , and Olga Hrušková-Heidingsfeldová

PloS one, Mar 2014

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2013

The role of desaturases in the biosynthesis of marking pheromones in bumblebee males

Aleš Buček , Heiko Vogel , Petra Matoušková , Darina Prchalová , Petr Žáček , Vladimír Vrkoslav , Petr Šebesta , Aleš Svatoš , Ullrich Jahn , Irena Valterová , and Iva Pichová

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Aug 2013

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