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Ecosystem services provided by spiders. [PDF]

Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc
ABSTRACT Spiders, ubiquitous and abundant predators in terrestrial ecosystems, often are the subjects of an unjust negative perception. However, these remarkable creatures stand as unsung heroes within our ecosystems, contributing a multitude of ecosystem services critical to human well‐being.
Cardoso P, Pekár S, Birkhofer K, Chuang A, Fukushima CS, Hebets EA, Henaut Y, Hesselberg T, Malumbres-Olarte J, Michálek O, Michalko R, Scott C, Wolff J, Mammola S.   +13 more
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Transcriptome analysis of the synganglion from the honey bee mite, Varroa destructor and RNAi knockdown of neural peptide targets [PDF]

, 2016
Acknowledgements This work was funded by BBSRC-LINK grant # BB/J01009X/1 and Vita Europe Ltd. We are grateful to the Scottish Beekeepers Association, especially Mr Phil McAnespie in supporting this work at its inception.
Bowman, Alan S., Budge, Giles E., Campbell, Ewan M., Watkins, Max   +3 more
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Isolation of the monooxygenase complex from Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus:Clues to understanding acaricide resistance [PDF]

, 2016
The monooxygenase complex is composed of three key proteins, a cytochrome P450 (CYP), the cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase (CPR) and cytochrome b5 and plays a key role in the metabolism and detoxification of xenobiotic substances, including pesticides.
Abbas, Baxter, Bissinger, Brogdon, Chandor-Proust, Chen, Chiu, Corbel, Cossio-Bayugar, Crampton, Crampton, Drali, Finn, Gong, Guengerich, Guerrero, He, Hemingway, Hill, Im, Iyanagi, Kawada, Kushwah, Kwon, Li, Lian, Liu, Mamidala, Marcombe, McLaughlin, Muller, Nijhof, Porter, Rodriguez-Vivas, Schenkman, Scott, Stevenson, Syed, Sztal, Van Zee, Werck-Reichhart, Wondji, Zhang, Zhou, Zhu   +44 more
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Presence and distribution of mosquito larvae predators and factors influencing their abundance along the Mara River, Kenya and Tanzania [PDF]

, 2015
Among all the malaria controlling measures, biological control of mosquito larvae may be the cheapest and easiest to implement. This study investigated baseline predation of immature mosquitoes by macroinvertebrate predators along the Mara River ...
Ally-Said Matano, Ayub VO Ofulla, Canisius K Kanangire, Collins Ouma, Douglas N Anyona, Frank B Gelder, Gabriel O Dida, Jackson O Onyuka, Paul O Abuom, Philip O Owuor, Samson O Adoka   +10 more
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Thou shalt not pass - arachnid venom peptides interacting with biological membranes

Frontiers in Arachnid Science
Arachnid venom peptides receive increasing attention from researchers for possible applications as human therapeutics, as bioinsecticides in agriculture or for targeting vectors of human disease.
Yachen Wang, Yachen Wang, Shaodong Guo, Shaodong Guo, Katie F. Jee, Volker Herzig, Volker Herzig   +6 more
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Harvey: A Greybox Fuzzer for Smart Contracts

, 2019
We present Harvey, an industrial greybox fuzzer for smart contracts, which are programs managing accounts on a blockchain. Greybox fuzzing is a lightweight test-generation approach that effectively detects bugs and security vulnerabilities.
Amani Sidney, Bartoletti Massimo, Bhargavan Karthikeyan, Brent Lexi, Böhme Marcel, Böhme Marcel, Cadar Cristian, Cadar Cristian, Cadar Cristian, Cha Sang Kil, Cha Sang Kil, Chen Peng, Chen Ting, Chipounov Vitaly, Choi Jaeseung, Feist Josselin, Fraser Gordon, Fu Zhoulai, Ganesh Vijay, Garg Pranav, Geldenhuys Jaco, Godefroid Patrice, Godefroid Patrice, Hajdu Ákos, Haller István, He Jingxuan, Inkumsah Kobi, Jiang Bo, Kalra Sukrit, Klees George, Krupp Johannes, Lakhotia Kiran, Lakhotia Kiran, Luu Loi, Mossberg Mark, Pacheco Carlos, Pham Van-Thuan, Raval Siraj, Rawat Sanjay, Rebert Alexandre, Sen Koushik, Siegmund Janet, Souza Matheus, Sparks Sherri, Stephens Nick, Swan Melanie, Tapscott Don, Thummalapenta Suresh, Tillmann Nikolai, Tonella Paolo, Tsankov Petar, Wang Yuepeng, Woo Maverick, Wood Gavin, Xie Tao, Zhang Sai   +55 more
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Lectin microarray analysis of salivary gland glycoproteins from arboviral vector Aedes aegypti and malaria vector Anopheles stephensi

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases
Background & objectives: Salivary gland proteins but not glycoconjugates have been previously studied in mosquito vectors of human diseases. Glycoconjugates from salivary gland-derived proteins from human-feeding tick vectors can elicit hypersensitivity ...
Ranjan Ramasamy, Xi Chen, Jian Zhang, Kokila Sivabalakrishnan, Sivasingham Arthiyan, Sinnathamby N Surendran   +5 more
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Structure, evolution and function of the bi-directionally transcribed iab-4/iab-8 microRNA locus in arthropods [PDF]

, 2013
In Drosophila melanogaster, the iab-4/iab-8 locus encodes bi-directionally transcribed microRNAs that regulate the function of flanking Hox transcription factors. We show that bi-directional transcription, temporal and spatial expression patterns and Hox
Antonio Marco, Bartel, Bender, Campo-Paysaa, Chen, Cherbas, Chung, Davis, Enright, Griffiths-Jones, Grimson, Jagadeeswaran, Janet Melling, Jerome H. L. Hui, Kosman, Kozomara, Landgraf, Legeai, Lemons, Lempradl, Liu, Marco, Marco, Marco, Matthew Ronshaugen, Miura, Patraquim, Pearson, Rinn, Ronshaugen, Ruby, Sam Griffiths-Jones, Shippy, Stark, Suzanne Hunt, Thomsen, Tyler, Wei, Wheeler, Wiegmann, Yekta, Yekta   +41 more
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Medically important trombiculids: a systematic review of the global distribution and clinical consequences of their bites [PDF]

, 2021
Background: Mites are among the smallest arthropods that can be seen without magnification, were the use of dermatoscopy is an invaluable tool. They are a cosmopolitan pest, and at the moment more than 250 species have been shown to produce problems for ...
Javier-Olivera, Mario, Porras-Villamil, Julián F.   +1 more
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Systematic revision and phylogeny of the South American sun-spider genus Gaucha Mello-Leitão (Solifugae: Mummuciidae), with description of four new species and two new generic synonymies [PDF]

, 2017
The South American sun-spider genus Gaucha Mello-Leitão, 1924 is herein studied from a combined approach of cladistics and traditional taxonomy. This is the first cladistic analysis for a group of mummuciid solifuges, and it is pioneer in integrating ...
Botero Trujillo, Ricardo, Carvalho, Leonardo S., Ott, Ricardo   +2 more
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