Comparisons of host mitochondrial, nuclear and endosymbiont bacterial genes reveal cryptic fig wasp species and the effects of Wolbachia on host mtDNA evolution and diversity [PDF]
, 2011 Background Figs and fig-pollinating wasp species usually display a highly specific one-to-one association. However, more and more studies have revealed that the "one-to-one" rule has been broken. Co-pollinators have been reported, but we do not yet know
A Jeyaprakash +51 more
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Computer-Aided Automated Detection of Gene-Controlled Social Actions of Drosophila [PDF]
International Conference on Smart Cities at Cambridge 2018, 2019 Gene expression of social actions in Drosophilae has been attracting wide interest from biologists, medical scientists and psychologists. Gene-edited Drosophilae have been used as a test platform for experimental investigation. For example, Parkinson's genes can be embedded into a group of newly bred Drosophilae for research purpose.
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Spectral Analysis of Protein-Protein Interactions in Drosophila melanogaster [PDF]
, 2004 Within a case study on the protein-protein interaction network (PIN) of Drosophila melanogaster we investigate the relation between the network's spectral properties and its structural features such as the prevalence of specific subgraphs or duplicate nodes as a result of its evolutionary history.
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A Geometric Chung Lu model and the Drosophila Medulla connectome [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Many real world graphs have edges correlated to the distance between them, but, in an inhomogeneous manner. While the Chung-Lu model and the geometric random graph models both are elegant in their simplicity, they are insufficient to capture the complexity of these networks.
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Insights into the evolution of herbivory from a leaf‐mining fly
Ecosphere, Volume 15, Issue 4, April 2024.Abstract Herbivorous insects and their host plants comprise most known species on Earth. Illuminating how herbivory repeatedly evolved in insects from nonherbivorous lineages is critical to understanding how this biodiversity is created and maintained.
Jessica M. Aguilar +9 more
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Dimensionality-Reduction in the Drosophila Wing as Revealed by Landmark-Free Measure-ments of Phenotype [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 Organismal phenotypes emerge from a complex set of genotypic interactions. While technological advances in sequencing provide a quantitative description of an organism's genotype, characterization of an organism's physical phenotype lags far behind. Here, we relate genotype to the complex and multi-dimensional phenotype of an anatomical structure using
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Bacteria and viruses and their role in the preschool wheeze to asthma transition
Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Volume 35, Issue 3, March 2024.Abstract Wheezing is the cardinal symptom of asthma; its presence early in life, mostly caused by viral infections, is a major risk factor for the establishment of persistent or recurrent disease. Early‐life wheezing and asthma exacerbations are triggered by common respiratory viruses, mainly rhinoviruses (RV), and to a lesser extent, respiratory ...
Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos +3 more
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Chromosome number and individuality in the genus Crepis, [PDF]
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Babcock, E. B. (Ernest Brown), 1877-1954 +1 more
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The Drosophilidae (Diptera) of Estonia [PDF]
, 2006 Until recently, no published records on drosophilids from the Baltic countries existed, except for an unpublished species list for Estonia. We made two collecting trips through the three Baltic countries in the summer of 2000.
Ekenstedt, Johan +3 more
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Examining the associations between a generalist feeder and a highly toxic host
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2024.We used a variety of behavioral assays to assess the association between a generalist feeder and a highly toxic host fungus. Our results suggest that access to a resource with lower competition may help to maintain this association. Abstract Understanding the often antagonistic plant–herbivore interactions and how host defenses can influence herbivore ...
Grace Kropelin, Clare H. Scott Chialvo
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