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Caterpillars and fungal pathogens: two co-occurring parasites of an ant-plant mutualism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
In mutualisms, each interacting species obtains resources from its partner that it would obtain less efficiently if alone, and so derives a net fitness benefit.
Roux, Olivier   +3 more
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Shedding Lights on Crude Venom from Solitary Foraging Predatory Ant Ectatomma opaciventre: Initial Toxinological Investigation

open access: yesToxins, 2022
Some species of primitive predatory ants, despite living in a colony, exercise their hunting collection strategy individually; their venom is painful, paralyzing, digestive, and lethal for their prey, yet the toxins responsible for these effects are ...
Lucas Ian Veloso Correia   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bioactivity Profiling of In Silico Predicted Linear Toxins from the Ants Myrmica rubra and Myrmica ruginodis

open access: yesToxins, 2022
The venoms of ants (Formicidae) are a promising source of novel bioactive molecules with potential for clinical and agricultural applications. However, despite the rich diversity of ant species, only a fraction of this vast resource has been thoroughly ...
Sabine Hurka   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identification and Functional Characterization of a Novel Insecticidal Decapeptide from the Myrmicine Ant Manica rubida

open access: yesToxins, 2019
Ant venoms contain many small, linear peptides, an untapped source of bioactive peptide toxins. The control of agricultural insect pests currently depends primarily on chemical insecticides, but their intensive use damages the environment and human ...
John Heep   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

International consensus on (ICON) anaphylaxis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
ICON: Anaphylaxis provides a unique perspective on the principal evidence-based anaphylaxis guidelines developed and published independently from 2010 through 2014 by four allergy/immunology organizations.
Alvarez-Twose   +137 more
core   +3 more sources

Bottom-Up Proteomic Analysis of Polypeptide Venom Components of the Giant Ant Dinoponera Quadriceps

open access: yesToxins, 2019
Ant species have specialized venom systems developed to sting and inoculate a biological cocktail of organic compounds, including peptide and polypeptide toxins, for the purpose of predation and defense.
Douglas Oscar Ceolin Mariano   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparisons of Protein and Peptide Complexity in Poneroid and Formicoid Ant Venoms [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
© 2016 American Chemical Society. Animal venom peptides are currently being developed as novel drugs and bioinsecticides. Because ants use venoms for defense and predation, venomous ants represent an untapped source of potential bioactive toxins.
Aili, SR   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Gene content evolution in the arthropods [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Arthropods comprise the largest and most diverse phylum on Earth and play vital roles in nearly every ecosystem. Their diversity stems in part from variations on a conserved body plan, resulting from and recorded in adaptive changes in the genome ...
Anstead, Clare A.   +78 more
core   +5 more sources

An Integrated Proteomic and Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals the Venom Complexity of the Bullet Ant Paraponera clavata

open access: yesToxins, 2020
A critical hurdle in ant venom proteomic investigations is the lack of databases to comprehensively and specifically identify the sequence and function of venom proteins and peptides.
Samira R. Aili   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

The influence of camouflage and prey type on predatory decisions of jumping spider [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Decisions made by predators during predatory encounters are often based on multiple factors that may influence the outcome of the encounters. For stalking predators their visibility to the prey and the ability of their prey to escape may be important ...
Bartos Maciej
core   +2 more sources

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