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Beyond thermal melanism : association of wing melanization with fitness and flight behaviour in a butterfly [PDF]
, 2020 Cold developmental conditions can greatly affect adult life history of ectotherms in seasonal habitats. Such effects are mostly negative, but sometimes adaptive.
Saastamoinen, Marjo, Rosa, Elena
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The Role of Testosterone and Gibberellic Acid in the Melanization of Cryptococcus neoformans
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 Cryptococcus neoformans, a spore-producing pathogenic yeast, affects immunocompromised individuals causing meningoencephalitis. Once C. neoformans is introduced via the respiratory tract, it is engulfed by macrophages and other phagocytes.
Jamila S. Tucker +4 more
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Precipitation shapes colour polymorphism in a widespread spider
Functional Ecology, EarlyView.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Colour polymorphism, the presence of multiple colour variants within a population, is a common example of intraspecific phenotypic variation and has served as a model for studying drivers of diversity.
Fabian C. Salgado‐Roa +2 more
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Immune Regulation of
mBio, 2017 Malaria parasite ookinetes must traverse the vector mosquito midgut epithelium to transform into sporozoite-producing oocysts. The Anopheles innate immune system is a key regulator of this process, thereby determining vector competence and disease ...
Maria L. Simões +4 more
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LsFAMeT and LsJHAMT coordinate JH biosynthesis to regulate fecundity in Laodelphax striatellus
Insect Science, EarlyView.The small brown planthopper (SBPH), Laodelphax striatellus, can trigger large‐scale outbreaks when encountering suitable habitats during migration due to their strong reproductive ability. This study investigated the role of juvenile hormone (JH) in regulating SBPH reproduction.
Yan Guo +3 more
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Journal of Fungi, 2018 The use of invertebrates for in vivo studies in microbiology is well established in the scientific community. Larvae of Galleria mellonella are a widely used model for studying pathogenesis, the efficacy of new antimicrobial compounds, and immune ...
Thais Cristine Pereira +7 more
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Males are worse mothers: Comparing care patterns in a facultatively caring beetle
Insect Science, EarlyView.Why should biparental care exist if offspring fare just as well when only one parent is present? In the facultatively dependent burying beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides, manipulating environmental quality reveals that biparental care benefits offspring in form of lower personal immune requirement and parents in term of weight gain.
Leon Müller +2 more
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Psychonotis melane subsp. melane melane (Joicey & Talbot 1916
, 2019 {"references": ["Joicey, J. J. & Talbot, G., 1916 a. New Lepidoptera from Dutch New Guinea. The Annals and Magazine of natural history; zoology \u0321 botany \u0321 and geology (8) 17 (97): 68 - 90, pl. 5 - 8.", "Parsons, M., 1998. The butterflies of Papua New Guinea: their systematics and biology. San Diego, London, etc., Academic Press: xvi + 928
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Hayati Journal of Biosciences, 2009 Eriborus argenteopilosus is the most important parasitoid attacking cabbage pest Crocidolomia pavonana in Indonesia. Previous studies proved that parasitoid encapsulation was found to be an important factor limiting the effectiveness of the parasitoid in
DAMAYANTI BUCHORI +2 more
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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.Integrating comparative spectrometry, image analysis, and thermal modeling, we reveal that (1) females optimize crypsis via background matching, (2) males prioritize high‐contrast disruptive patterning at a significant thermoregulatory cost (reduced solar heat gain), and (3) habitat‐specific monomorphism in Diploderma slowinskii underscores ecological ...
Yuning Cao, Lin Shi, Yin Qi
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