The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organization [PDF]
Background: The shift from solitary to social behavior is one of the major evolutionary transitions. Primitively eusocial bumblebees are uniquely placed to illuminate the evolution of highly eusocial insect societies.
Amdam, Gro V. +143 more
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Novel OBP genes similar to hamster Aphrodisin in the bank vole, Myodes glareolus [PDF]
Background Chemical communication in mammals involves globular lipocalins that protect and transport pheromones during their passage out of the body.
Romana Stopková +5 more
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The Genome and Methylome of a Subsocial Small Carpenter Bee, Ceratina calcarata [PDF]
Understanding the evolution of animal societies, considered to be a major transition in evolution, is a key topic in evolutionary biology. Recently, new gateways for understanding social evolution have opened up due to advances in genomics, allowing for ...
Glastad, Karl M. +3 more
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The Olfactory Nervous System Of Terrestrial And Aquatic Vertebrates [PDF]
Animals in their natural milieu are surrounded by odors. These odors are rich source of information, and are perceived by sophisticated olfactory systems, that have evolved over time.
Ashiq Hussain
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Selectivity of odorant-binding proteins from the southern house mosquito tested against physiologically relevant ligands [PDF]
As opposed to humans, insects rely heavily on an acute olfactory system for survival and reproduction. Two major types of olfactory proteins, namely, odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) and odorant receptors (ORs), may contribute to the selectivity and ...
Hongxia Duan +3 more
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Scientific ReportsLipocalins are abundantly expressed secretory proteins that perform diverse roles such as ligand-transport, immunomodulation, cell-signaling, chemical communication etc.
Ved Prakash Dubey, Prabir Kumar De
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Synthetic blends of volatile, phytopathogen-induced odorants can be used to manipulate vector behavior [PDF]
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are emitted from all plants and these VOCs are important means of communication between plants and insects. It has been documented that pathogen infections alter VOC profiles rendering infected plants more attractive to ...
Alexander A. Aksenov +4 more
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Ca2+-sensors and ROS-GC: interlocked sensory transduction elements: a review [PDF]
From its initial discovery that ROS-GC membrane guanylate cyclase is a mono-modal Ca2+-transduction system linked exclusively with the phototransduction machinery to the successive finding that it embodies a remarkable bimodal Ca2+signaling device, its ...
Rameshwar K. Sharma, Teresa Duda
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A G protein-gated K channel is activated via beta 2-adrenergic receptors and G beta gamma subunits in Xenopus oocytes [PDF]
In many tissues, inwardly rectifying K channels are coupled to seven- helix receptors via the Gi/Go family of heterotrimeric G proteins. This activation proceeds at least partially via G beta gamma subunits.
Dascal, Nathan +4 more
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Potential mosquito repellent compounds of Ocimum species against 3N7H and 3Q8I of Anopheles gambiae [PDF]
Mosquitoes are exceptionally efficient in detecting their hosts for blood meal using odorant binding proteins, viz. 3N7H and 3Q8I and spread several dreadful diseases.
Allu Prasada Rao +2 more
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