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Counting insects [PDF]

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2018
When counting-like abilities were first described in the honeybee in the mid-1990s, many scholars were sceptical, but such capacities have since been confirmed in a number of paradigms and also in other insect species. Counter to the intuitive notion that counting is a cognitively advanced ability, neural network analyses indicate that it can be ...
Skorupski, P., MaBouDi, H., Galpayage Dona, H.S., Chittka, L.   +3 more
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Insights to microsporidia Nosema bombycis congenital infection and host immune responses in the embryo and larva stages of silkworms

BMC Genomics
Microsporidia are a group of intracellular and unicellular eukaryotic parasites, which can nearly infect all animals, including human beings. As the first identified microsporidia, Nosema bombycis is a world-wide threat for silkworm eggs production, it ...
Tangxin Li, Yue Song, Quan Sun, Qiong Yang, Yunlin Tang, Zigang Shen, Zhangshuai He, Yabin Dou, Junzheng Zhang, Sheng Li, Tian Li, Xianzhi Meng, Zeyang Zhou, Jie Chen, Guoqing Pan   +14 more
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An annotated and illustrated checklist of Microgastrinae wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and Greenland

ZooKeys, 2017
The Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from ten islands of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago (CAA) and Greenland were studied based on 2,183 specimens deposited in collections.
Jose Fernández-Triana, Joel Buffam, Melanie Beaudin, Hannah Davis, Ana Fernández-Galliano, Emily Griffin, Shang-Yao Lin, Megan K. McAulay, Robin Richter, Freddy Rodriguez, Gergely Várkonyi   +10 more
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Insects

Each year, the Department of Entomology at Virginia Tech hosts an entomology-themed outreach event known as Hokie BugFest. This on-campus, festival-sized experience aims to educate the public about insects and other arthropods through hands-on activities,
Kathleen M. Miller, Beegle, Dana K., Stephanie Blevins Wycoff, Daniel L. Frank, Frank, Daniel L., Dana K. Beegle, Blevins Wycoff, Stephanie, Miller, Kathleen M.   +7 more
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Managing coextinction of insects in a changing climate [PDF]

, 2013
Approximately a quarter of global terrestrial biodiversity is represented by plant dwelling insects and the potential for thousands of species to be extinguished through widespread disturbances such as a changing climate is high. From a large database of
Melinda Moir, Mei Chen Leng
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Single-cell transcriptional responses of T cells during microsporidia infection

Communications Biology
T cells have been reported to play critical roles in preventing of microsporidia dissemination. However, there roles and functions of each subset remain unclear.
Yunlin Tang, Lu Cao, Jiangyan Jin, Tangxin Li, Yebo Chen, Yishan Lu, Tian Li, Louis M. Weiss, Guoqing Pan, Jialing Bao, Zeyang Zhou   +10 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of an edible aquatic insect Epophthalmia elegans (Odonata: Corduliidae) and phylogenetic analysis

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019
Epophthalmia elegans is one of edible aquatic insects in Southwest China. In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome E. elegans (Odonata, Corduliidae) was determined.
Jin-Di Wang, Cheng-Ye Wang, Min Zhao, Zhao He, Ying Feng   +4 more
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How might we overcome ‘Western’ resistance to eating insects? [PDF]

, 2019
Entomophagy, the consumption of insects as a food source, occurs at a global scale with over 2 billion people seeing it as traditional. This practice does not extend into mainstream Western culture where its introduction is often met by a range of ...
Collins, Catherine, McDade, Harry, Harry McDade, C. Matilda Collins   +3 more
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Full-length cloning, sequence analysis and expression detection of the β-tubulin gene from the Chinese gall aphid (Schlechtendalia chinensis)

Scientific Reports, 2017
Some insect galls are formed on sumac plants by certain aphid species and have been used for medicinal and chemical purposes as they are rich in tannins.
Ping Liu, Zi-Xiang Yang, Xiao-Ming Chen, Hang Chen   +3 more
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Mixed mating system and variable mating patterns in tropical woody bamboos

BMC Plant Biology, 2019
Background So far, little is known in detail about mating systems of woody bamboos. Paternity analysis of offspring improved our understanding of these systems, and contributed to their germplasm conservation and genetic improvement.
Ning Xie, Ling-Na Chen, Yu-Ran Dong, Han-Qi Yang   +3 more
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