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Combined analysis of the proteome and metabolome provides insight into microRNA-1174 function in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

Parasites & Vectors, 2023
Background Pathogenic viruses can be transmitted by female Aedes aegypti (Ae. aegypti) mosquitoes during blood-meal acquisition from vertebrates. Silencing of mosquito- and midgut-specific microRNA (miRNA) 1174 (miR-1174) impairs blood intake and ...
Yangrui Luo, Dun Liu, Yuanmei Wang, Fan Zhang, Yankun Xu, Qian Pu, Lu Zhao, Tianqi Wei, Ting Fan, Yuqi Lou, Shiping Liu   +10 more
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Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Insects in 2015

Insects, 2016
The editors of Insects would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for assessing manuscripts in 2015. [...]
Insects Editorial Office
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First identification and coinfection detection of Enterocytozoon bieneusi, Encephalitozoon spp., Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia duodenalis in diarrheic pigs in Southwest China

BMC Microbiology, 2023
Background Enterocytozoon bieneusi, Encephalitozoon spp., Cryptosporidium spp., and Giardia duodenalis (G. intestinalis) are enteric pathogens that cause diarrhea in pigs.
Samson Teweldeberhan Ghebremichael, Xianzhi Meng, Yujiao Yang, Amanuel Kidane Andegiorgish, Zongrun Wu, Jie Chen, Junhong Wei, Tian Li, Jialing Bao, Zeyang Zhou, Guoqing Pan   +10 more
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Edible Insects versus Meat—Nutritional Comparison: Knowledge of Their Composition Is the Key to Good Health

Nutrients, 2021
Recently, attention has been drawn to the fact that increasing the consumption of edible insects may positively impact the state of the natural environment and reduce the problem of malnutrition in large parts of society.
A. Orkusz
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Standards and Best Practices for Monitoring and Benchmarking Insects

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Benchmark studies of insect populations are increasingly relevant and needed amid accelerating concern about insect trends in the Anthropocene. The growing recognition that insect populations may be in decline has given rise to a renewed call for insect ...
Graham A. Montgomery, M. Belitz, R. Guralnick, M. Tingley   +3 more
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Factors Affecting Capture Rates of Insect Taxa by Retail Electrocutors and Eliminators in Northern Lower Michigan [PDF]

, 2018
We compare the abundance and types of insects captured at several locations, with and without a chemical attractant and in varying weather conditions using two different devices advertised to kill biting insects.
Heinen, Joel T, Hill, Sarah, Kostrzewski, Jennifer, Maziak, Anya, Reznik, Joseph   +4 more
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Non-coding RNAs identification and regulatory networks in pathogen-host interaction in the microsporidia congenital infection

BMC Genomics, 2023
Background The interaction networks between coding and non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) including long non-coding RNA (lncRNA), covalently closed circular RNA (circRNA) and miRNA are significant to elucidate molecular processes of biological activities and ...
Zigang Shen, Qiong Yang, Lie Luo, Tangxin Li, Zhuojun Ke, Tian Li, Jie Chen, Xianzhi Meng, Heng Xiang, Chunfeng Li, Zeyang Zhou, Ping Chen, Guoqing Pan   +12 more
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Insects and recent climate change

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020
Insects have diversified through more than 450 million y of Earth’s changeable climate, yet rapidly shifting patterns of temperature and precipitation now pose novel challenges as they combine with decades of other anthropogenic stressors including the ...
C. A. Halsch, A. Shapiro, J. Fordyce, C. Nice, J. Thorne, D. Waetjen, M. Forister   +6 more
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Chemical Composition, Nutrient Quality and Acceptability of Edible Insects Are Affected by Species, Developmental Stage, Gender, Diet, and Processing Method

Foods, 2021
Edible insects have been considered as either nutritious food itemsper se, or as wholesome ingredients to various dishes and components of traditional subsistence.
V. Meyer-Rochow, R. Gahukar, Sampat Ghosh, C. Jung   +3 more
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Who's the pest? Imagining human–insect futures beyond antagonism [PDF]

, 2013
Joining the effort to reimagine our relationships with insects, the Wellcome Collection's ‘Who's the Pest?’ programme attempts to challenge the stigma of insects as ill-disposed ‘bugs’.
Last, Angela
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