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A century of theories of balancing selection

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Traits that affect organismal fitness are often highly genetically variable. This genetic variation is vital for populations to adapt to their environments, but it is also surprising given that nature – after all – ‘selects’ the best genotypes at the expense of those that fall short.
Filip Ruzicka, Martyna K. Zwoinska, Debora Goedert, Hanna Kokko, Xiang‐Yi Li Richter, Iain R. Moodie, Sofie Nilén, Colin Olito, Erik I. Svensson, Peter Czuppon, Tim Connallon   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using citizen science as a research prioritization tool to detect co‐occurrences of the invasive species Harmonia axyridis

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
We studied co‐occurrences and potential novel interactions between the invasive ladybird Harmonia axyridis and local biota (plants, arthropods and fungi) across Argentina using citizen science records. We detected co‐occurrences (mainly Asteracea and Aphididae) and previously unreported interactions (predation, parasitism, interspecific mating and ...
Florencia Baudino, Ramiro R. Ripa, Jorgelina Franzese, Victoria Werenkraut   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Acaricidal Activity of Venom from the Jellyfish Nemopilema nomurai against the Carmine Spider Mite Tetranychus cinnabarinus

Toxins, 2016
The carmine spider mite Tetranychus cinnabarinus (T. cinnabarinus) is a common polyphagous pest that attacks crops, vegetables, flowers, and so on.
Huahua Yu, Yang Yue, Xiangli Dong, Rongfeng Li, Pengcheng Li   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Design and Production of a Recombinant Hybrid Toxin to Raise Protective Antibodies against Loxosceles Spider Venom

Toxins, 2019
Human accidents with spiders of the genus Loxosceles are an important health problem affecting thousands of people worldwide. Patients evolve to severe local injuries and, in many cases, to systemic disturbances as acute renal failure, in which cases ...
P. A. Calabria, L. H. A. L. Shimokawa-Falcão, M. Colombini, A. Moura-da-Silva, K. Barbaro, E. Faquim-Mauro, G. S. Magalhães   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Making with the Trouble: Un/Enfolding Posthuman Participants with Young People in Creative Post‐Qualitative Research

International Journal of Art &Design Education, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores how ‘what matters’ can surface in multisensory arts‐informed projects as ways for young people to survive and stay with gender and sexuality troubles that are always more than theirs. Situated in an ex‐mining post‐industrial locale, we make an agential cut in a longitudinal research and engagement project called Unboxing ...
EJ Renold
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of the Spider Venom on proliferation of Human Lung Adenocarcinoma Cell A549

Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer, 2010
Background and objective The spider venom may inspire new drugs to treat cancer. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects and mechanisms of spider venom on lung adenocarcinoma cell A549.
Zengxiang HU, Yulei DU, Quanxi LIU, Yuan WANG, Yuan WANG   +4 more
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Proteomic analyses of venom from a Spider Hawk, Pepsis decorata [PDF]

, 2023
Matheus Nolasco, Douglas Oscar Ceolin Mariano, Daniel C. Pimenta, Ilka Biondi, Alexsandro Branco   +4 more
openalex   +1 more source

Venomic and pharmacological activity of Acanthoscurria paulensis (Theraphosidae) spider venom

Toxicon, 2013
In the present study we conducted proteomic and pharmacological characterizations of the venom extracted from the Brazilian tarantula Acanthoscurria paulensis, and evaluated the cardiotoxicity of its two main fractions. The molecular masses of the venom components were identified by mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) after chromatographic separation ...
Mourão, Caroline Barbosa F., Oliveira, Fagner Neves, e Carvalho, Andréa C., Arenas, Claudia J., Duque, Harry Morales, Gonçalves, Jacqueline C., Macêdo, Jéssica K.A., Galante, Priscilla, Schwartz, Carlos A., Mortari, Márcia R., Almeida Santos, Maria de Fátima M., Schwartz, Elisabeth F.   +11 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Middlebrow Aesthetics: An Explanation and Defense

Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We offer a philosophical account of the middlebrow as a theoretical category to do explanatory and critical work in aesthetics. On our account, the middlebrow ought to be understood as aspirational popular art. That is, it is art which aspires both to be popular (in a distinctive sense), and at the same time to be something more than popular ...
Aaron Meskin, Jonathan M. Weinberg
wiley   +1 more source

Regulating Autonomous Weapon Systems: Searching for African Solutions to Regional and Global Problems

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS), while offering strategic advantages in warfare, pose significant ethical, legal, and security risks, especially for countries in the Global South. This article examines how a philosophical perspective, rooted in African ethical and political thought, can enrich regional and global debates on regulating ...
Ezenwa E. Olumba, Samuel Oyewole, Christopher Isike, Tony Onazi Oche   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source