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Developmental and environmental stability of candidate reference genes in the wild bee ceratina calcarata [PDF]
Scientific ReportsQuantitative real-time PCR (q-RT-PCR) is a widely used method for measuring gene expression, but its accuracy depends on the use of stable reference genes for data normalization.
Zixiao Zhao +5 more
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Reproductive traits and floral visitors of Aechmea distichantha plants growing in different habitats of a South American xerophytic forest [PDF]
Rodriguésia, 2018 Aechmea distichantha, a widely-distributed facultative epiphytic bromeliad species, is present from rainforests to xerophytic forests. At its southernmost distribution (Humid Chaco) it grows in the understory and forest edges.
Rodrigo M. Freire +2 more
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Microbial Evolution in Allodapine Bees: Perspectives From Trophallactic, Socially Plastic Pollinators [PDF]
Evolutionary ApplicationsThis review seeks a deeper functional understanding of wild bee microbiomes by focusing on a tribe of bees where natural history and behavioral ecology are well known but investigations of microbiology are just beginning.
Simon M. Tierney +2 more
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NEW CASES OF GYNANDROMORPHISM IN XYLOCOPA LATREILLE, 1802 (HYMENOPTERA: APIDAE)
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 1986 Gynandromorphism is the most common case of sexual anomaly reported in bees and is characterized by individuals that show male and female traits simultaneously in the body.
PAULA CAETANO ZAMA, IGOR RISMO COELHO
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EDIS, 2020 Did you know there are over 320 species of bees in Florida and over 4,000 in the United States? Wild bees vary widely in behavior, color, size, and shape. Written by James R. Weaver, Shiala M. Naranjo, Emily Noordyke, and Rachel E.
James Weaver +3 more
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First report on pollinating behavior of the small carpenter bee Ceratina ridleyi Cockerell (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in Globba leucantha var. bicolor Holttum (Zingiberaceae) [PDF]
Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 2022 Small carpenter bees of the genus Ceratina are widespread, but little-studied as pollinators despite their presence in various pollinator assemblages. This study documents the importance of Ceratina ridleyi as a pollinator of the small-flowered Malaysian
Nivaarani Arumugam +5 more
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Acta Scientiarum: Animal Sciences, 2022 This study aimed to observe the attractiveness efficiency of trap boxes installed in collective shelters of stingless bee colonies (Melipona flavolineata, Melipona fasciculata and Scaptotrigona aff.
Mikail Olinda de Oliveira +3 more
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Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2022 Gynandromorphs are individuals that display both male and female features throughout the body and are rarely found in nature. We document and describe two new gynandromorphs of the large carpenter bee Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) augusti reared from a trap ...
Valentín Almada +3 more
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Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum, 2023 In this study, the genus XylocopaLatreille, 1802(Hymenoptera: Apidae) was revised. There were 4 species registered in our investigations:X.hottentottaSmith, 1854; X. olivieriLepeletier, 1841; X.pubescensSpinola, 1838 and X. valgaGerstäcker,
Ghofran Hussein Sahood +2 more
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Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2020 The subgenus Ceratina (Rhysoceratina) Michener has been known largely from southern South America, registered in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and southern Brazil, with a single species, C. (Rhysoceratina) nitidifrons, from the Eastern Llanos of Colombia.
Nathalia A. Flórez-Gómez +1 more
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