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Functional characterization of the Hyles euphorbiae hawkmoth transcriptome reveals strong expression of phorbol ester detoxification and seasonal cold hardiness genes

open access: yesFrontiers in Zoology, 2018
Background The European spurge hawkmoth, Hyles euphorbiae (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae), has been intensively studied as a model organism for insect chemical ecology, cold hardiness and evolution of species delineation.
M. Benjamin Barth   +8 more
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Morphological evolution in Hyles Hübner, 1819 hawkmoths (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae): reconstructing the ancestral Hyles habitus [PDF]

open access: yesNota Lepidopterologica, 2020
Molecular phylogenetic studies suggest that similar wing and body patterns in the hawkmoth genus Hyles Hübner, [1819] do not necessarily reflect a close phylogenetic relationship. To improve our understanding of morphological evolution in these organisms,
Anna K. Hundsdoerfer, Ian J. Kitching
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Museums of Łódź as an Element of Tourism Space and the Connection between Museums and the City’s Tourism Image [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This article deals with the museum potential of Łódź. The first sections describe the kinds and significance of museums, their location in the city and the attractiveness of their collections, premises and organized events.
Krakowiak, Beata
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A new species of Parasesarma (Brachyura, Sesarmidae) from Western Australia, with a key to the species from Australia [PDF]

open access: yesZooKeys
Nine species of Parasesarma are currently recorded from continental Australian mangroves. The present study describes a new species, P. otiense sp. nov., from Western Australia. Parasesarma otiense sp. nov. occurs sympatrically with P.
Adnan Shahdadi   +3 more
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Distribution, Habitat, and Life History Aspects of the Dwarf Crayfishes of the Genus Cambarellus (Decapoda: Cambaridae) in Arkansas [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The dwarf crayfishes of the genus Cambarellus are represented in Arkansas by only 2 species: Cambarellus (Pandicambarus) puer (Hobbs) and C. (P.) shufeldtii (Faxon). Both species are quite small and uncommonly encountered in the state.
McAllister, Chris T., Robison, Henry W
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Museums – Collections – Interpretations [PDF]

open access: yesCivilisations, 2005
Introduction « Museums are about cannibals and glass boxes, a fate they cannot seem to escape no matter how hard they try. » (Michael M. Ames 1992 : 3) The cover of this volume of Civilisations shows a very recent museum, built in a small Japanese city called Kanazawa, situated in the western part of Tokyo near the Japanese Sea. It is the Museum of the
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The Deer Flies of Indiana (Diptera: Tabanidae: \u3ci\u3eChrysops\u3c/i\u3e) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
(excerpt) The great majority of specimens, over 12,000 out of 13,185, which form the basis of this study, were collected by the writer during the flight season of the summer of 1963.
Burton, John J.S
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Library preparation method and DNA source influence endogenous DNA recovery from 100‐year‐old avian museum specimens

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2023
Museum specimens collected prior to cryogenic tissue storage are increasingly being used as genetic resources, and though high‐throughput sequencing is becoming more cost‐efficient, whole genome sequencing (WGS) of historical DNA (hDNA) remains ...
Amie E. Settlecowski   +2 more
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Colonization by tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus Skuse, 1894) of mountain areas over 600 m above sea level in the surroundings of Trento city, Northeast Italy

open access: yesJournal of Entomological and Acarological Research
Originally from Southeast Asia, the tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) is now found almost everywhere in the world. Additionally, it spread throughout all of Northeastern Italy’s cities, including Trento, and settled in the Alpine regions.
Giulia Battistin   +3 more
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Human and dog Bayesian dietary mixing models using bone collagen stable isotope ratios from ancestral Iroquoian sites in southern Ontario

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
Under the archaeological canine surrogacy approach (CSA) it is assumed that because dogs were reliant on humans for food, they had similar diets to the people with whom they lived.
John P. Hart
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