Inbreeding-Driven Innate Behavioral Changes in Drosophila melanogaster
Biology, 2023 Drosophila melanogaster has long been used to demonstrate the effect of inbreeding, particularly in relation to reproductive fitness and stress tolerance. In comparison, less attention has been given to exploring the influence of inbreeding on the innate
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On-the-fly Approximation of Multivariate Total Variation Minimization [PDF]
, 2016 In the context of change-point detection, addressed by Total Variation minimization strategies, an efficient on-the-fly algorithm has been designed leading to exact solutions for univariate data.
Abry, Patrice +3 more
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Emergence of Adult Hessian Flies (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) From Overwintered Puparia [PDF]
, 2017 (excerpt) The Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor (Say), is a pest of wheat and more rarely barley and rye. The fly usually has two generations per year in Michigan, one in the spring and the other in the fall.
Ruppel, Robert F
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A brief review of the genus Stegana Meigen, 1830 (Diptera: Drosophilidae) from India, with description of a new species and an updated identification key [PDF]
Journal of Insect Biodiversity and SystematicsThis study presents a brief review of the genus Stegana Meigen (Diptera: Drosophilidae: Steganinae) from India, emphasizing its diversity and ecological significance within the Dipteran fauna.
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Resistance Stability of the Secondary Tiller of \u27Caldwell\u27 Wheat After the Primary Culm Was Infested With Virulent Hessian Fly (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Larvae [PDF]
, 2017 Secondary tiller resistance of \u27Caldwell\u27 wheat, Triticum aestivum, with the H6 gene for larval resistance to Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor, was maintained, after the primary culm had been previously infested with virulent larvae.
Araya, Jaime E, Wellso, Stanley G
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The effects of fly-bys on planetary systems [PDF]
, 2010 Most of the observed extrasolar planets are found on tight and often eccentric orbits. The high eccentricities are not easily explained by planet-formation models, which predict that planets should be on rather circular orbits.
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Iheringia: Série Zoologia, 2008 O desenvolvimento pós-embrionário, a produtividade, a taxa de parasitismo e a razão sexual de Nasonia vitripennis (Walker, 1836) criada em pupa de Cochliomyia macellaria (Fabricius, 1775) foram estudados. Densidades diferentes de hospedeiro foram usadas (
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Revision of Belvosia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Tachinidae) and 33 new species from Area de Conservación Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica with a key to known North and Mesoamerican species [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2023 This revision is part of a continuing series of taxonomic work aimed at the description of new taxa and the redescription of known taxa of the Tachinidae of Area de Conservación Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica.
AJ Fleming +4 more
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Integrated Management of European Cherry Fruit Fly Rhagoletis cerasi (L.): Situation in Switzerland and Europe [PDF]
, 2012 : The European cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis cerasi (L.) (Diptera: Tephritidae), is a highly destructive pest. The low tolerance for damaged fruit requires preventive insecticide treatments for a marketable crop.
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Allergic reactions associated with medically relevant arthropods
Annals of Medicine, 2023 Objective Vector-borne diseases are a growing burden worldwide. In particular, the risks of allergic reactions to bites are associated with growing arthropod populations in contact with the public. The diversity of allergic reactions associated with host
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