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Iheringia: Série Zoologia, 2007 Drosophila piratininga sp. nov. and Drosophila sampa sp. nov., belonging to the canalinea group of the subgenus Drosophila, are described based mostly on wild-caught specimens collected at a forest reserve of the Cidade Universitária "Armando de Salles ...
Vilma Ratcov, Carlos R. Vilela
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PLoS ONE, 2022 Drosophila saltans group belongs to the subgenus Sophophora (family Drosophilidae), and it is subdivided into five subgroups, with 23 species. The species in this group are widely distributed in the Americas, primarily in the Neotropics.
Bruna Emilia Roman +3 more
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Ectoparasitic mites and their Drosophila hosts
Fly, 2017 Only two parasite interactions are known for Drosophila to date: Allantonematid nematodes associated with mycophagous Drosophilids and the ectoparasitic mite Macrocheles subbadius with the Sonoran Desert endemic Drosophila nigrospiracula.
Alejandra Perez-Leanos +3 more
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Evolutionary history of LTR-retrotransposons among 20 Drosophila species
Mobile DNA, 2017 Background The presence of transposable elements (TEs) in genomes is known to explain in part the variations of genome sizes among eukaryotes. Even among closely related species, the variation of TE amount may be striking, as for example between the two ...
Nicolas Bargues, Emmanuelle Lerat
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Anopheline salivary protein genes and gene families: an evolutionary overview after the whole genome sequence of sixteen Anopheles species [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Mosquito saliva is a complex cocktail whose pharmacological properties play an essential role in blood feeding by counteracting host physiological response to tissue injury.
ARCA', Bruno +3 more
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BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2012 Background For a long time the presence of respiratory proteins in most insects has been considered unnecessary. However, in recent years it has become evident that globins belong to the standard repertoire of the insect genome.
Gleixner Eva +4 more
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Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2006 A short illustrated biography of Marta Erps Breuer (1902-1977), designer and lab technician at the University of São Paulo (Universidade de São Paulo), and a former Bauhaus student, is presented.
Carlos Ribeiro Vilela +1 more
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Mining the Plant-Herbivore Interface with a Leafmining Drosophila of Arabidopsis [PDF]
, 2014 Experimental infections of Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis) with genomically characterized plant pathogens such as Pseudomonas syringae have facilitated the dissection of canonical eukaryotic defence pathways and parasite virulence factors.
Ausubel, Frederick M. +9 more
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Genome of Drosophila suzukii, the spotted wing drosophila. [PDF]
, 2013 Drosophila suzukii Matsumura (spotted wing drosophila) has recently become a serious pest of a wide variety of fruit crops in the United States as well as in Europe, leading to substantial yearly crop losses.
Begun, David J +12 more
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Sex-specific triacylglycerides are widely conserved in Drosophila and mediate mating behavior
eLife, 2014 Pheromones play an important role in the behavior, ecology, and evolution of many organisms. The structure of many insect pheromones typically consists of a hydrocarbon backbone, occasionally modified with various functional oxygen groups.
Jacqueline SR Chin +7 more
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