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Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2019 Background Blowfly larvae and pupae collected during post-mortem forensic investigation can be analysed to detect drugs or toxins in a dead body. Drug or toxin-contaminated tissues of human remains consumed by blowfly larvae are stored in the crop even ...
Nooratiny Ishak +3 more
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Austral Entomology, Volume 64, Issue 1, February 2025.Abstract In October 2020, Liriomyza huidobrensis (serpentine leafminer [SLM]) was first detected in Western Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), and subsequently Southern Queensland (QLD). Control failures were reported, and insecticide resistance was confirmed via bioassay, but mechanisms causing resistance remained unknown.
Yizhou Chen +4 more
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Lucifensins, the Insect Defensins of Biomedical Importance: The Story behind Maggot Therapy
Pharmaceuticals, 2014 Defensins are the most widespread antimicrobial peptides characterised in insects. These cyclic peptides, 4–6 kDa in size, are folded into α-helical/β-sheet mixed structures and have a common conserved motif of three intramolecular disulfide bridges with
Václav Čeřovský, Robert Bém
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An Investigation into the Protein Composition of the Teneral Glossina morsitans morsitans Peritrophic Matrix. [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND Tsetse flies serve as biological vectors for several species of African trypanosomes. In order to survive, proliferate and establish a midgut infection, trypanosomes must cross the tsetse fly peritrophic matrix (PM), which is an acellular ...
Acosta-Serrano, Alvaro +7 more
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G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2018 Haematobia irritans, commonly known as the horn fly, is a globally distributed blood-feeding pest of cattle that is responsible for significant economic losses to cattle producers. Chemical insecticides are the primary means for controlling this pest but
Kranti Konganti +7 more
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Genetic Variation of Leafhopper, Nephotettix Virescens Distant Active Transmitters From Endemic and Non Endemic Areas of Rice Tungro Disease Based on RAPD Marker [PDF]
, 2014 Genetic variation of leafhopper, Nephotettix virescens Distant active transmitters from endemic and non endemic areas of rice tungro disease based on RAPD marker. Leafhopper, Nephotettix virescens Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) plays an important role
Supriyadi, S. (Supriyadi) +1 more
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Cuticular lipids of adults and puparia of the Australian sheep blowfly Lucilia cuprina (Wied.)
Journal of Lipid Research, 1970 The presence of a strong contact component in the sex and ovipositing behavior of the sheep blowfly Lucilia cuprina Wied. prompted an investigation into the chemical composition of the cuticular wax of the adult male and female flies as well as that of ...
B.S. Goodrich
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Bacterial evolution and the cost of antibiotic resistance [PDF]
, 2010 Bacteria clearly benefit from the possession of an antibiotic resistance gene when the corresponding antibiotic is present. But do resistant bacteria suffer a cost of resistance (i.e., a reduction in fitness) when the antibiotic is absent?
Richard E. Lenski
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Calliphoridae (Diptera) associados à decomposição animal na região de Cianorte, noroeste do Paraná
Entomology BeginnersO presente trabalho teve como objetivo identificar as espécies de dípteros necrófagos presentes em uma área florestal na cidade de Cianorte, noroeste do Paraná.
Natalia de Moraes Alves +2 more
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Resistance to dicyclanil and imidacloprid in the sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina, in Australia. [PDF]
Pest Manag Sci, 2022 Kotze AC +4 more
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