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Management and incipient domestication of Chamaedorea tepejilote in agroforestry systems in Mexico

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Native wild plants are key elements in addressing global biodiversity loss and supporting sustainable food systems. We investigated how rural communities in Mexico manage Chamaedorea tepejilote, a wild palm with edible male inflorescences, by combining ethnobotanical, genetic, morphological and ecological approaches.
Viviana Andrade, Alejandro Casas, Edna Arévalo‐Marín, Gonzalo D. Álvarez‐Ríos, Hernán Alvarado‐Sizzo, Vanessa Guerrero‐Hernández, Paola Ubiergo‐Corvalán, Maite Lascurain‐Rangel   +7 more
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Dose‐dependent efficacy of a novel dsRNA‐based solution containing vadescana for Varroa destructor control

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
Vadescana is a novel dsRNA‐based product that targets Varroa fecundity. Vadescana applied at 4 g/brood box in one application was most effective at reducing Varroa populations for up to 18 weeks. Abstract BACKGROUND A novel dsRNA‐based product, containing a molecule called vadescana, interferes with Varroa destructor (Anderson and Trueman) fecundity ...
Briana E Price, Ryan Kuesel, Taylor Reams, Brian Manley, James Masucci, Brandon K Hopkins   +5 more
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Opposition to Inbreeding Between Close Kin Reflects Inclusive Fitness Costs

Frontiers in Psychology, 2018
Due to the intense selection pressure against inbreeding, humans are expected to possess psychological adaptations that regulate mate choice and avoid inbreeding. From a gene’s-eye perspective, there is little difference in the evolutionary costs between
Jan Antfolk, Debra Lieberman, Christopher Harju, Anna Albrecht, Andreas Mokros, Pekka Santtila, Pekka Santtila   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding Interactions Between Sustainable Development Goals Within and Between Policy Programmes: The Case of Kenya's Dairy Sector

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Achieving Agenda 2030 depends on addressing interactions between the sustainable development goals (SDGs). In this paper, we conceptualize SDG interactions as synergies or trade‐offs, incoming or outgoing, and internal or external, and analyze how SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) interacts with other SDGs within and across policy programmes that support ...
Annita Jepchirchir Kirwa, Sylvia Karlsson‐Vinkhuyzen, Todd Andrew Crane, Art R. P. J. Dewulf   +3 more
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Optimizing genetic diversity in Australian Holsteins and Jerseys: A comparative analysis of whole-genome and regional inbreeding depression effects

Journal of Dairy Science
: Homozygosity, which can arise from several genetic mechanisms including inbreeding, is frequently observed in the offspring of related parents. This inbreeding can lead to a reduced performance, owing to a phenomenon known as inbreeding depression ...
B.A. Scott, M. Haile-Mariam, F. Tiezzi, I. van den Berg, C. Maltecca, J.E. Pryce   +5 more
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Impact of Environmental Microparticles on Insect Olfaction

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Terrestrial insects underpin key ecosystem services, including pollination, herbivory regulation, decomposition, nutrient cycling, and disease control. These functions depend on chemical communication that guides insects to food, mates, hosts, shelters, and oviposition sites while helping them avoid threats.
Steve B. S. Baleba, Danube K. N. Wandji, Yves H. Tchiechoua, Komi Mensah Agboka, Iman B. Hassaballa, Victor O. Omondi, Beatrice T. Nganso, Saliou Niassy, Souleymane Diallo, Merid N. Getahun   +9 more
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A multivariate analysis with direct additive and inbreeding depression load effects

Genetics Selection Evolution, 2019
Background Inbreeding is caused by mating between related individuals and its most common consequence is inbreeding depression. Several studies have detected heterogeneity in inbreeding depression among founder individuals, and recently a procedure for ...
Luis Varona, Juan Altarriba, Carlos Moreno, María Martínez-Castillero, Joaquim Casellas   +4 more
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Water depth and human disturbance drive occupancy of endangered softshell turtles (Nilssonia spp.) in eastern Nepal

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Freshwater turtles play vital roles in maintaining the health of aquatic ecosystems by supporting ecological balance, nutrient cycling and regulating prey populations. Unfortunately, they are among the most threatened species worldwide. Habitat fragmentation, illegal trade, overharvesting for meat, and use in ethnomedicinal practices have severely ...
Asmit Subba, Kamala Limbu, Pooja Lama, Nishan Limbu, Dikshya Rai, Sony Lama, Laxman Khanal   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inbreeding

Biotechnology in Animal Husbandry, 2007
The objective of this paper is to present to scientific and professional public the most common forms of inbreeding appearing or carried out with different kinds of domestic animals aimed to enhancement of the population production capabilities. In this way, by following the change of certain productive, reproductive and other characteristics, the kind
Refik Telalbasic, M. Baban, A. Rahmanovic   +2 more
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Genetic population structure of red foxes Vulpes vulpes across a rural landscape: insights into population connectivity and spatial patterns

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Human activities have shaped and are continuing to influence terrestrial landscapes, creating heterogenous, and often, fragmented landscapes. Generalist species, like the red fox Vulpes vulpes, show high flexibility in habitat use, and occur across the heterogeneous, anthropogenic landscapes of central Europe.
Lukas G. Scholz, Felicitas Oehler, Florian Kunz, Robert Hagen, Niko Balkenhol, Cornelia Ebert, Thomas Alef, Manisha Bhardwaj, Janosch Arnold, Gisela Kopp, Ilse Storch   +10 more
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