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Head transcriptome profiling of glossiphoniid leech (Helobdella austinensis) reveals clues about proboscis development

open access: yesOpen Biology, 2022
Cephalization refers to the evolutionary trend towards the concentration of neural tissues, sensory organs, mouth and associated structures at the front end of bilaterian animals. Comprehensive studies on gene expression related to the anterior formation
Hee-Jin Kwak   +6 more
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A review and illustrated description of Musca Crassirostris, one of the most neglected livestock hematophageous flies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Tabanids, stomoxyine flies, hippoboscids and tsetse flies are the most well‐known brachyceran biting flies of livestock. Only a few other higher Diptera have developed the unique mouthparts required for blood feeding.
Al‐Saffar H.   +35 more
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Evolution of proboscis musculature in Lepidoptera

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Entomology, 2004
The suctorial proboscis of adult Lepidoptera represents a key morphological innovation that enabled these insects to gain access to new food sources. In the ancestral condition of the lepidopteran proboscis only extrinsic galeal muscles are present in ...
Harald W. KRENN, Niels P. KRISTENSEN
doaj   +1 more source

Regulated inositol synthesis is critical for balanced metabolism and development in Drosophila melanogaster

open access: yesBiology Open, 2021
Myo-inositol is a precursor of the membrane phospholipid, phosphatidylinositol (PI). It is involved in many essential cellular processes including signal transduction, energy metabolism, endoplasmic reticulum stress, and osmoregulation.
Maria J. Rivera   +4 more
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Through the dark continent: African trypanosome development in the tsetse fly [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
African trypanosomes are unicellular flagellated parasites causing trypanosomiases in Africa, a group of severe diseases also known as sleeping sickness in human and nagana in cattle.
Rotureau, Brice, Van Den Abbeele, Jan
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Ultrastructure of the proboscis sensilla of ten species of butterflies (Insecta: Lepidoptera).

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2019
The ultrastructure of the sensilla on the proboscis of ten species of butterflies, Iphiclides podalirius, Parara guttata, Colias fieldii, Celastrina oreas, Sasakia charonda, Tirumala limniace, Acraea issoria, Stichophthalma neumogeni, Callerebia suroia ...
Luyao Ma   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Standard methods for Apis mellifera anatomy and dissection [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
An understanding of the anatomy and functions of internal and external structures is fundamental to many studies on the honey bee Apis mellifera. Similarly, proficiency in dissection techniques is vital for many more complex procedures.
CASAGRANDE-JALORETTO D C   +9 more
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Antenatally diagnosed alobar holoprosencephaly: A report of two cases

open access: yesCHRISMED Journal of Health and Research, 2017
Holoprosencephaly is a complex developmental abnormality of the brain arising from the failure of cleavage of the prosencephalon. The condition termed “holoprosencephaly” includes cyclopia, cebocephaly, ethmocephaly, and median cleft.
C R Srinivasa Babu   +3 more
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Ultrastructural and Descriptive Study on the Adult Body Surface of Heortia vitessoides (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

open access: yesInsects, 2023
Heortia vitessoides Moore, 1885 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) is an economically important lepidopteran pest that caused severe damage to the plantation area of Aquilaria sinensis (Lour.) Gilg, 1825 (Thymelaeaceae), resulting in extensive defoliation of the ...
Lei Liu   +4 more
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Size-associated Variation and Factors Affecting the Morphology of Brown Bodies in Glycera tridactyla (Polychaeta:Glyceridae)

open access: yesBrazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2014
Size-associated variations in brown body morphology (size and shape) were studied from the individuals of Glycera tridactyla. Variables related to size, length (BL) and width (BW) of the brown bodies were measured.
Elif Can
doaj   +1 more source

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