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European Journal of Entomology, 2015 The efficacy of pyriproxyfen, a juvenile hormone analog (JHA), was evaluated using third instar larvae of Drosophila melanogaster Meigen, 1830 (Diptera: Drosophilidae).
Samira Kilani-Morakchi +2 more
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Comparative gene annotation and orthology assignments across 301 species of Drosophilidae. [PDF]
PLoS BiologyHigh-quality genome annotations are essential if we are to address central questions in comparative genomics, such as the origin of new genes, the drivers of genome size variation, and the evolutionary forces shaping gene content and structure.
Pankaj Dhakad +3 more
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European Journal of Entomology, 2021 Insects can recognize invading pathogens and initiate an immune response. Among them, Drosophila has emerged as an invertebrate model for investigating innate immune responses in which antimicrobial peptides play a crucial role.
Ramachandra Naik MEGHASHREE +1 more
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Viruses, 2021 Eukaryotic nucleic acid methyltransferase (MTase) proteins are essential mediators of epigenetic and epitranscriptomic regulation. DNMT2 belongs to a large, conserved family of DNA MTases found in many organisms, including holometabolous insects such as ...
Tamanash Bhattacharya +4 more
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Mycophagous Drosophilidae (Diptera) guild and their hosts in the Brazilian Amazon
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2019 The composition and potential hosts of mycophagous Drosophilidae from a section of the Brazilian Amazon forest in the Caxiuanã National forest were investigated. Sampling was performed in three different periods at long the wet season (January (beginning)
Rosângela Santa-Brígida +5 more
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European Journal of Entomology, 2020 Zaprionus indianus is a species of fly native to the Afrotropical biogeographic region, which around twenty years ago invaded the American continent. Several studies have shown that local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity of an invasive species in its
Nicolás José LAVAGNINO +4 more
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European Journal of Entomology, 2012 To understand the factors governing the diversity, abundance and host associations of parasitoids attacking frugivorous drosophilid flies on Iriomote-jima, a subtropical island of Japan, we monitored parasitism on several occasions over the period 2003 ...
Biljana NOVKOVIĆ +4 more
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Live Drosophila melanogaster Larvae Deter Oviposition by Drosophila suzukii
Insects, 2022 The worldwide invasive insect pest, Drosophila suzukii Matsumura (spotted-wing Drosophila), lays eggs in soft and stone fruit before harvest. Hatched larvae cause fruit collapse and significant economic losses.
Trisna D. Tungadi +8 more
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Wolbachia injection from usual to naive host in Drosophila simulans (Diptera: Drosophilidae)
European Journal of Entomology, 2001 Wolbachia pipientis (Hertig) (Rickettsiaceae) is an endocellular bacterium infecting numerous species of arthropods. The bacterium is harboured by males and females but is only transmitted maternally because spermatocytes shed their Wolbachia during ...
Denis POINSOT, Herve MERÇOT
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European Journal of Entomology, 2017 Nutrition is one of the most important environmental factors that influence the development and growth in Drosophila. The food composition strongly affects their reproduction, welfare and survival, so it is necessary for flies to search for a mixture of ...
Jelena TRAJKOVIĆ +5 more
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