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A Verandah-Trap Hut for Studying the House-Frequenting Habits of Mosquitos and for Assessing Insecticides. I. A Description of the Verandah-Trap Hut and of Studies on the Egress of Anopheles Gambiae Giles and Mansonia Uniformis (Theo.) from an Untreated hut. [PDF]

, 1965
Smith, A
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Silencing of juvenile hormone‐related genes through RNA interference leads to molt failure and high mortality in the spongy moth

Insect Science, EarlyView.
The feasibility of using RNA interference to control the globally important quarantine pest, the spongy moth. Targeting genes related to JHs play an important role in the growth and development of insects. First, the open reading frames (ORFs) of Ldjhamt and Ldjheh were identified and characterized, and the target genes were cloned and double‐stranded ...
Wenzhuai Ji, Qing Xie, Xiaoxiao Chang, Juan Shi   +3 more
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The Problem of Exophily in Anopheles Gambiae. [PDF]

Studies of the exophily exhibited by anophelines in a humid coastal area and in an arid inland region of Tanganyika gave very different results. In the former area, catches of A. gambiae were scanty and largely composed of unfed and gravid females, while
Gillies, M.T.
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Legacy and social media respectively influence risk perceptions and protective behaviors during emerging health threats: A multi-wave analysis of communications on Zika virus cases. [PDF]

, 2018
ObjectiveBoth legacy media, such as television and newspapers, and online social media are potentially important but incompletely understood sources of information in the face of emerging public health risks.
Albarracín, Dolores, Chan, Man-Pui Sally, Farhadloo, Mohsen, Hawkins, Lauren, Jamieson, Kathleen Hall, Winneg, Kenneth   +5 more
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Maltase 1 regulates DENV2 infection and life history in Aedes aegypti

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Our study employed CRISPR/Cas9 to generate a MAL1 knockout strain of Aedes aegypti, demonstrating that the absence of MAL1 significantly suppresses DENV2 replication in the midgut and impairs viral transmission. The mutation also altered life‐history (hatching/pupation/emerging rates and sex‐specific survival), identifying MAL1 as a novel target for ...
Man‐Jin Li, Jin Cheng, Ya‐Ming Zou, Quan‐Chao Liu, Ding Zhu, Ce‐Jie Lan   +5 more
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Full‐length transcriptome profiling of true bug mitochondrial genomes reveals the unique transcriptional regulation during insect evolution

Insect Science, EarlyView.
The mitogenome was transcribed into complete primary polycistrons on both strands. The heteropteran mitochondrial transcription termination factor (HmTTF) functions as a bidirectional attenuator rather than a terminator, and co‐evolution of HmTTF and the binding sites was observed.
Shiwen Xu, Yuange Duan, Ling Ma, Qiaoqiao Liu, Fan Song, Wanzhi Cai, Hu Li   +6 more
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DsiRNA‐mediated silencing of Ceratitis capitata transformer or transformer‐2 leads to masculinization of XX embryos and systemic gene silencing in ovaries

Insect Science, EarlyView.
We carried out functional studies using Dicer‐substrate small interfering RNAs (DsiRNAs), targeting the sex determination genes Cctransformer (Cctra) and Cctransformer‐2 (Cctra‐2) in the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata). Microinjection of DsiRNAs into XX embryos (0‐1 h old) rapidly triggered the expression of male‐specific Cctra isoforms ...
Gennaro Volpe, Sarah Maria Mazzucchiello, Domenico De Falco, David Torrente, Stefania Liguori, Noemi Rosati, Dora Baccaro, Michela Mazzeo, Fulvio Bertolotto, Harshini Sangle, Ennio Giordano, Angela Carfora, Francesca Lucibelli, Marianna Varone, Paola Di Lillo, Hugo Diego Perdomo, Mariangela Bonizzoni, Serena Aceto, Marco Salvemini, Molly Duman‐Scheel, Giuseppe Saccone   +20 more
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Iflaviruses in arthropods: when small is mighty

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Many arthropod species harbor iflaviruses, which often cause covert (asymptomatic) infections, but may still affect host fitness. We review the impact of iflaviruses on arthropod fitness, immunity, behaviour as well as the iflavirus’ host range, transmission, tissue tropism and the interactions with other microorganisms within arthropods.
Annamaria Mattia, Hannah‐Isadora Huditz, Monique M. van Oers, Vera I.D. Ros   +3 more
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Delayed Sampling and Automatic Rao-Blackwellization of Probabilistic Programs

, 2018
We introduce a dynamic mechanism for the solution of analytically-tractable substructure in probabilistic programs, using conjugate priors and affine transformations to reduce variance in Monte Carlo estimators. For inference with Sequential Monte Carlo,
Broman, David, Kudlicka, Jan, Lundén, Daniel, Murray, Lawrence M., Schön, Thomas B.   +4 more
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Selection, counterselection, and conditional gene expression for genetic biocontrol of insects

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Selection, counterselection, and conditional expression can be used for sex separation. Selection (S) and counterselection (CS) genes are linked to the sex chromosomes (e.g., the X and Y chromosomes) to confer sex‐specific selection or counterselection based on the presence or absence of the S or CS genes.
Melanie Hempel, Zhijian Tu
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