House Flies: Manure, Media, and Microbes [PDF]
, 2018 This study was conducted to determine if there is a difference in bacterial abundance in house flies based on sex and rearing environment (manure versus artificial media) for house flies.
Adams, Porter +3 more
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Attraction of Apple Maggot Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) to Synthetic Fruit Volatile Compounds and Food Attractants in Michigan Apple Orchards [PDF]
, 2018 The apple maggot, Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh), is a serious pest of apples in the United States, requiring reliable monitoring and control programs.
Liburd, Ocar E, Stenliski, Lukasz L
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Free-flight responses of Drosophila melanogaster to attractive odors [PDF]
, 2006 Many motile organisms localize the source of attractive odorants by following plumes upwind. In the case of D. melanogaster, little is known of how individuals alter their flight trajectories after encountering and losing a plume of an attractive odorant.
Budick, Seth A., Dickinson, Michael H.
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Study of the susceptibility of Sechium edule do fruit flies (Diptera:Tephritidae) in laboratory conditions [PDF]
, 2010 Background. #Sechium edule# (chayote) is a cucurbit largely cultivated under arbour in Reunion Island but its production strongly declined in recent years. Farmers attributed the yield losses to fruit flies (Tephritidae, Dacini) (#Bactrocera cucurbitae#,
Atiama-Nurbel, Toulassi +3 more
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Annotated checklist and illustrated key to braconid parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) of economically important fruit flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) in Brazil [PDF]
, 2018 The braconid parasitoids of fruit-infesting flies have been more intensively studied from the middle to late 1990s, when taxonomic research was restarted in Brazil.
Costa, Valmir A. +2 more
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The effects of disruptive and stabilizing selection on body size in Drosophila melanogaster. III. Genetic analysis of two lines with different reactions to disruptive selection with mating of opposite extremes [PDF]
, 1974 A genetic analysis was made of two lines which when subjected to disruptive selection with compulsary mating of opposite extremes (D−) showed a different response viz.
Bos, M., Scharloo, W.
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Composting poultry manure by fly larvae (Musca domestica) eliminates Campylobacter jejuni from the manure [PDF]
, 2013 Introduction The common house fly, Musca domestica (Md) is an important carrier of zoonotic agents, and Campylobacter jejuni is one that may be transmitted between animals and humans by flies.
Hald, Birthe, Nordentoft, Steen
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Effects of Microbiota on Starvation Resistant Drosophila Melanogaster
, 2016 Bacteria in modern society have often been perceived as having negative effects on humans with complications and potential death to their hosts. In recent years, the gut microbiota has shown that not all bacteria inhabiting a host cause negative side ...
Dahroug, Mohamad +2 more
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Pleiotropic and Novel Phenotypes in The \u3cem\u3eDrosophila\u3c/em\u3e Gut Caused by Mutation of \u3cem\u3eDrop-Dead\u3c/em\u3e [PDF]
, 2018 Normal gut function is vital for animal survival, and deviations from such function can contribute to malnutrition, inflammation, increased susceptibility to pathogens, diabetes, neurodegenerative diseases, and cancer.
Benske, Anika +6 more
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