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Arena fight and venom usage Argentine ant Survival

, 2015
The table "Arena fight and venom usage Argentine ant Survival.csv" corresponds to the manuscript section "Arena fight and venom usage". It contains data represented in the Argentine ant Mortality column in table "Arena fight and venom usage.csv ...
Fabian L. Westermann (3314946), Iain S. McPherson (1649737), Phillip J. Lester (3314952), Tappy H. Jones (3314955), Lesley Milicich (3314949)   +4 more
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Identification, expression and characterization of the recombinant Sol g 4.1 protein from the venom of the tropical fire ant Solenopsis geminata

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2018
Background Fire ant venom is a complex mixture consisting of basic piperidine alkaloids, various biologically active peptides and protein components, including a variety of major allergenic proteins.
Hathairat Srisong, Sophida Sukprasert, Sompong Klaynongsruang, Jureerut Daduang, Sakda Daduang   +4 more
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Venom of the giant ant Dinoponera quadriceps attenuates inflammatory pain in mouse cutaneous wound healing model

Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences, 2022
Arthropod venoms are potential sources of bioactive substances, providing tools for the validation of popular use and new drugs design. Ants belonging to the genus Dinoponera are used in the folk medicine to treat inflammatory conditions.
Ana Maria Sampaio Assreuy, Beatriz Lima Adjafre, Évilla Rayanne Oliveira Sousa, Ana Paula Negreiros Nunes Alves, Alana de Freitas Pires, Yves Quinet, Mário Rogério Lima Mota   +6 more
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Evaluation of Inter and Intraspecific Differences in the Venom Chemical Compositions of Polybia paulista Wasps and Ectatomma brunneum Ants Using FTIR-PAS

Sociobiology, 2019
Wasps can synthesize chemical compounds called venom whose function is to overcome prey and assist in defense of the colonies. Geographic Parameters such as sex, age, the season of the year, and diet determined the composition of the venom location ...
Angelica Mendonça, Rafaella Caroline Bernardi, Ellen Liciane Barbosa Firmino, Luis Humberto da Cunha Andrade, Sandro Marcio Lima, Wedson Desidério Fernandes, William Fernando Antonialli Junior   +6 more
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Ecology and evolution of pyrazines in insects

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Chemical communication is the oldest and most widespread form of signalling among and within organisms. Among the many compounds involved in such communication, pyrazines – nitrogen‐containing heterocyclic molecules – are especially intriguing due to their widespread occurrence across the tree of life, from bacteria and fungi to insects and ...
Zowi Oudendijk, Niklas Wahlberg, Johanna Mappes   +2 more
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Loss, persistence and reversal of phenotypic traits

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The irreversibility of complex trait loss has long been a tenet of evolutionary biology. However, this idea is increasingly at odds with the numerous documented exceptions across the Tree of Life. We synthesise this growing body of evidence across a diverse array of taxa and traits, exploring the evolutionary conditions that enable ...
Giobbe Forni, Giuseppe Fusco, Filippo Nicolini, Heather Bruce, Andrea Luchetti   +4 more
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Intraspecific variations in the venom peptidome of the ant Odontomachus haematodus (formicidae: ponerinae) from French Guiana

, 2015
Ant venoms are complex cocktails of toxins employed to subdue prey and to protect the colony from predators and microbial pathogens. Although the extent of ant venom peptide diversity remains largely unexplored, previous studies have revealed the ...
Orivel, Jérôme, Dejean, Alain, Escoubas, Pierre   +2 more
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Morphology and Histochemistry of the Venom Apparatus in Different Castes of the Ant Ectatomma vizottoi (Formicidae: Ectatomminae)

Sociobiology, 2018
The elimination of toxins via a venom gland by some ant species is a component of a larger mechanism for capturing prey and defense. The present study describes the morphology and histochemistry of the venom apparatus of different castes of the ant ...
Luan Dias Lima, Ellen Liciane Barbosa Firmino, Alexsandro Santana Vieira, William Fernando Antonialli-Junior   +3 more
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Kin discrimination in plants: overview and implications for population and community ecology

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Following the discovery of identity discrimination, particularly self and kin discrimination amongst plant competitors, research on interplant interactions has advanced significantly within plant physiology and evolutionary ecology. This review synthesizes current knowledge on how both self and kin discrimination influence plant growth ...
Akira Yamawo
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Open‐land‐derived agroforestry and effects of abandonment of management of the main crop on ecosystem services and woody plant diversity

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Tropical forests are rapidly declining. One promising strategy to reverse the loss of tropical forest is the establishment of agroforestry on open land. We combined interviews with biodiversity surveys to learn general lessons from success and nonsuccess stories of the establishment of open‐land‐derived coffee agroforests in one of the world's ...
Lucas M. Fonzaghi, Kristoffer Hylander, Thiago S. de Melo, Ayco J. M. Tack   +3 more
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