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Insects, 2019 Striacosta albicosta is a crop pest that causes economic damage in the United States and Canada. Only maize and dry beans are shown to be suitable hosts, since larval development is incomplete on other hosts.
Débora G. Montezano +4 more
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HISTOMORPHOLOGICAL POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENTAL STUDY OF THE OVARIES OF THE LOCAL RABBITS (Oryctologus Cuniculus) [PDF]
Basrah Journal of Veterinary Research, 2018 This investigation was carried out to point out structural histomorphological changes that take place in the ovaries of female local rabbits at three different postnatal periods of their life that were kitten, immature and mature does.
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Tests of search image and learning in the wild: Insights from sexual conflict in damselflies
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Search image formation, a proximal mechanism to maintain genetic polymorphisms by negative frequency‐dependent selection, has rarely been tested under natural conditions.
Silvana Piersanti +6 more
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Female mating decisions in the rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus) [PDF]
, 2011 The aim of this study was to obtain an understanding of the basis to female mating decisions in the Chinese rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus). Bitterling have a resource-based mating system that involves the female laying her eggs inside the gills of a
Agbali, Muna
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Scientia Marina, 2008 This study analyses morphology and morphometric growth changes of Halicarcinus planatus females until their terminal moult, and characterises new juvenile stages.
Julio H. Vinuesa, Lucrecia Ferrari
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PLoS ONE, 2013 In long-lived social mammals such as primates, individuals can benefit from social bonds with close kin, including their mothers. In the patrilocal chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes spp.) and bonobo (Pan paniscus), sexually mature males reside and reproduce in
Grit Schubert +7 more
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The developmental high wire: Balancing resource investment in immunity and reproduction
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 The strategic allocation of resources into immunity poses a unique challenge for individuals, where infection at different stages of development may result in unique trade‐offs with concurrent physiological processes or future fitness‐enhancing traits ...
Daniel J. Breiner +2 more
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Microbiome‐blood–brain barrier interactions in aging — mechanisms and therapeutic potential
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Aging reshapes the gut microbiome (↓SCFA‐producing commensals; ↑pro‐inflammatory outputs), shifting circulating metabolites (↓SCFAs; ↑LPS, ↑TMAO, ↑PAA) that act at the BBB to increase nonspecific transcytosis, alter transport, and promote astrocyte reactivity, heightening brain vulnerability.
Daniel Cuervo‐Zanatta +3 more
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BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE TRUE SPIDER Latrodectus geometricus KOCH 1841(ARANEAE: THERIDIIDAE) FEEDING ON DIFFERENT PREY UNDER LABORATORY CONDITIONS [PDF]
Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 2015 This study was conducted to rear the spider Latrodectus geometricus Koch, 1841 (Theridiidae) when fed on different prey under laboratory conditions. The biological aspects including, 1-mating, 2-oviposition, 3-development, 4-adult longevity 5-lifecycle ...
M. Mohafez
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Recent work demonstrated that honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) queens reared in pesticide-laden beeswax exhibit significant changes in the composition of the chemicals produced by their mandibular glands including those that comprise queen mandibular ...
Elizabeth M. Walsh +6 more
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