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List of works by Abderrahman Khila

300 Million years of coral treaders (Insecta: Heteroptera: Hermatobatidae) back to the ocean in the phylogenetic context of Arthropoda

scientific article published on 28 June 2023

Ancestral developmental potential facilitates parallel evolution in ants

scientific article published in January 2012

Comparative functional analyses of ultrabithorax reveal multiple steps and paths to diversification of legs in the adaptive radiation of semi-aquatic insects.

scientific article published on 22 May 2014

Cooption of the pteridine biosynthesis pathway underlies the diversification of embryonic colors in water striders

scientific article published on 04 September 2019

Correlations between spatiotemporal changes in gene expression and apoptosis underlie wing polyphenism in the ant Pheidole morrisi.

scientific article published in November 2010

Diversity in Morphology and Locomotory Behavior Is Associated with Niche Expansion in the Semi-aquatic Bugs

scientific article published on December 2016

Draft genome of the globally widespread and invasive Argentine ant (Linepithema humile)

scientific article

Draft genome of the red harvester ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus

scientific article

Emergence of tissue sensitivity to Hox protein levels underlies the evolution of an adaptive morphological trait.

scientific article

Evolution of a novel appendage ground plan in water striders is driven by changes in the Hox gene Ultrabithorax

scientific article (publication date: July 2009)

Fluctuating selection strength and intense male competition underlie variation and exaggeration of a water strider's male weapon

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Function, developmental genetics, and fitness consequences of a sexually antagonistic trait

scientific article published on May 4, 2012

Gene silencing in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae: dsRNA and siRNA parental silencing of the Distal-less gene.

scientific article published on 30 January 2007

Hox genes mediate the escalation of sexually antagonistic traits in water striders

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Impact of male trait exaggeration on sex-biased gene expression and genome architecture in a water strider

scientific article published on 30 April 2021

In situ hybridization on ant ovaries and embryos.

scientific article published in July 2009

Integrating evo-devo with ecology for a better understanding of phenotypic evolution

scientific article

Key patterning genes contribute to leg elongation in water striders

scientific article published on 28 April 2015

Molecular evolutionary trends and feeding ecology diversification in the Hemiptera, anchored by the milkweed bug genome

Molecular evolutionary trends and feeding ecology diversification in the Hemiptera, anchored by the milkweed bug genome

scientific article published on 02 April 2019

Predator strike shapes antipredator phenotype through new genetic interactions in water striders

scientific article

Reproductive constraint is a developmental mechanism that maintains social harmony in advanced ant societies.

scholarly article

Taxon-restricted genes at the origin of a novel trait allowing access to a new environment

scientific article

The benefits of expanding studies of trait exaggeration to hemimetabolous insects and beyond morphology

scientific article

The complex contains a single gene that controls bristle development in the semi-aquatic bugs

scientific article published in 2018

The growth factor BMP11 is required for the development and evolution of a male exaggerated weapon and its associated fighting behavior in a water strider

scientific article published on 11 May 2021

The mlpt/Ubr3/Svb module comprises an ancient developmental switch for embryonic patterning

scientific article published on 21 March 2019

The phylogenetic origin of oskar coincided with the origin of maternally provisioned germ plasm and pole cells at the base of the Holometabola

scientific article

Unique features of a global human ectoparasite identified through sequencing of the bed bug genome

scientific article published on 2 February 2016

New species and new records of semiaquatic bugs (Arthropoda, Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Gerromorpha) from French Guiana

scientific article published in November 2022