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Obesity stigma as a globalizing health challenge
Globalization and Health, 2018 Background Based on studies conducted in the global north, it is well documented that those who feel stigmatized by overweight/obesity can suffer extreme emotional distress, be subject to (often legal and socially-acceptable) discrimination, and adjust ...
Alexandra Brewis +2 more
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Relaxed selection underlies genome erosion in socially parasitic ant species
Nature Communications, 2021 Many obligate symbionts, including parasites, have reduced genomes. A comparison of leaf-cutter ant genomes reveals parallel gene losses, particularly in olfactory receptors, in socially parasitic species compared to their closely-related hosts ...
Lukas Schrader +9 more
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eLife, 2021 The symbiotic partnership between leaf-cutting ants and fungal cultivars processes plant biomass via ant fecal fluid mixed with chewed plant substrate before fungal degradation.
Morten Schiøtt, Jacobus J Boomsma
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Hormonal pleiotropy helps maintain queen signal honesty in a highly eusocial wasp
Scientific Reports, 2017 In insect societies, both queens and workers produce chemicals that reliably signal caste membership and reproductive status. The mechanisms that help to maintain the honesty of such queen and fertility signals, however, remain poorly studied.
Ricardo Caliari Oliveira +6 more
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Host plant use drives genetic differentiation in syntopic populations of Maculinea alcon [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 The rare socially parasitic butterfly Maculinea alcon occurs in two forms, which are characteristic of hygric or xeric habitats and which exploit different host plants and host ants.
András Tartally +3 more
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Ecology and Society, 2010 Change in freshwater availability is arguably one of the most pressing issues associated with global change. Agriculture, which uses roughly 70% of the total global freshwater supply, figures prominently among sectors that may be adversely affected by ...
Oguzhan Cifdaloz +3 more
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Hydrocarbon Signatures of the Ectoparasitoid Sphecophaga vesparum Shows Wasp Host Dependency
Insects, 2020 Sphecophaga vesparum often parasitizes nests of vespid wasps such as Vespula vulgaris and Vespula germanica. Inside the colonies, the ectoparasitic larvae feed on the immature forms of the wasps. There are two adult forms of S. vesparum.
Cintia Akemi Oi +3 more
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Hard paths, soft paths or no paths? Cross-cultural perceptions of water solutions [PDF]
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2014 In this study, we examine how development status and water scarcity shape people's perceptions of "hard path" and "soft path" water solutions. Based on ethnographic research conducted in four semi-rural/peri-urban sites (in Bolivia, Fiji, New Zealand ...
A. Wutich +5 more
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The Genome and Methylome of a Subsocial Small Carpenter Bee, Ceratina calcarata [PDF]
, 2016 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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Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 2009 Those of us who met the field of mathematical biology as a well-developed,flourishing, and rewarding discipline owe much to those who made it so.This special issue of Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering isdedicated to two such pioneers: Fred Brauer
Carlos Castillo-Chávez +3 more
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