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Preparation and characterisation of food grade chitosan from housefly larvae

Czech Journal of Food Sciences, 2011
The preparation and characterisation of food-grade chitosan from housefly larvae are reported. A refinement procedure was developed to remove larval mouth hooks from the primary chitosan product, which greatly improved the quality of the final product ...
Ai-Jun Zhang, Qi-Lian Qin, Huan Zhang, Hong-Tuo Wang, Xuan Li, Lin Miao, Yi-Jun Wu   +6 more
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Risk assessment of an Aedes flavivirus and its effect on pathogenic flavivirus replication in mosquitoes

Parasites & Vectors
Background Mosquitoes are efficient vectors of medically significant flaviviruses and serve as hosts for insect-specific flaviviruses (ISFs). Aedes flavivirus (AEFV) is a classical ISF. Given the increasing discovery of ISFs, it is urgent to evaluate the
Yumei Fu, Wan Zhao, Shaohui Wu, Jinqian Li, Qing Liu, Feng Jiang, Hong Lu, Le Kang, Qianfeng Xia, Feng Cui   +9 more
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RH3 enhances antiviral defense by facilitating small RNA loading into Argonaute 2 at endoplasmic reticulum–chloroplast membrane contact sites

Nature Communications
While RNA silencing is crucial for plant resistance against viruses, the cellular connections between RNA silencing and antiviral responses in plants remain poorly understood.
Juan Huang, Juan Du, Yan Liu, Lu Lu, Yanzhuo Xu, Jianfei Shi, Qing Liu, Qi Li, Yang Liu, Yaqiu Chen, Meng Du, Yiming Zhao, Liangxiao Huo, Weiran Wang, Chenxi Ding, Liya Wei, Jianguo Wu, Yao-Wu Yuan, Jinfeng Chen, Ruixi Li, Feng Cui, Xiaoming Zhang   +21 more
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Quantitative inheritance of volatile pheromones and darcin and their interaction in olfactory preferences of female mice

Scientific Reports, 2017
In this study, we examined how urine-borne volatile compounds (UVCs) and darcin of male mice are inherited from parents and interact to modulate the olfactory preferences of females using two inbred strains of mice, C57Bl/6 (C57) and BALB/c (BALB), and ...
Ying-Juan Liu, Hui-Fen Guo, Jian-Xu Zhang, Yao-Hua Zhang   +3 more
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Huddling remodels gut microbiota to reduce energy requirements in a small mammal species during cold exposure

Microbiome, 2018
Background Huddling is highly evolved as a cooperative behavioral strategy for social mammals to maximize their fitness in harsh environments. Huddling behavior can change psychological and physiological responses.
Xue-Ying Zhang, Gansukh Sukhchuluun, Ting-Bei Bo, Qing-Sheng Chi, Jun-Jie Yang, Bin Chen, Lei Zhang, De-Hua Wang   +7 more
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Transcriptome profiling of maternal stress‐induced wing dimorphism in pea aphids

Ecology and Evolution, 2019
Wing dimorphism, that is, wingless and winged forms, can be induced by maternal stress signals and is an adaptive response of aphids to environmental changes.
Lin Hu, Wanying Gui, Bing Chen, Li Chen
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Target-site mutations (AChE-G119S and kdr) in Guangxi Anopheles sinensis populations along the China-Vietnam border

Parasites & Vectors, 2019
Background In South Asia, the epidemiology of malaria is complex, and transmission mainly occurs in remote areas near international borders. Vector control has been implemented as a key strategy in malaria prevention for decades.
Chan Yang, Xiangyang Feng, Nian Liu, Mei Li, Xinghui Qiu   +4 more
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Leucine aminopeptidase1 controls egg deposition and hatchability in male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

Nature Communications
Aedes aegypti are vectors for several arboviruses infecting hundreds of millions of people annually. Controlling mosquito populations by regulating their reproduction is a potential strategy to minimize viral transmission in the absence of effective ...
Xiaomei Sun, Xueli Wang, Kai Shi, Xiangyang Lyu, Jian Sun, Alexander S. Raikhel, Zhen Zou   +6 more
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Boldness suppresses hoarding behavior in food hoarding season and reduces over‐wintering survival in a social rodent

Ecology and Evolution
The “pace‐of‐life” syndrome (POLS) framework can encompass multiple personality axes that drive important functional behaviors (e.g., foraging behavior) and that co‐vary with multiple life history traits.
Lin Gan, Shuang‐Jie Tian, De‐Hua Wang, Wei Liu   +3 more
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Molecular Detection, Epidemiology and Genetic Diversity of Babesia microti Infecting Wild Rodents. [PDF]

Vet Med Sci
Munir HM, Naeem M, Ijaz M, Ullah S, Usman M, Nasir ZUR, Khan A, Almaary KS, Bouallegue A, Mengistie AA, Iqbal F.   +10 more
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