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Inhibition of a Secreted Immune Molecule Interferes With Termite Social Immunity

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Social immune behaviors are described in a great variety of insect societies and their role in preventing emerging infectious diseases has become a major topic in insect research.
M. Alejandra Esparza-Mora, M. Alejandra Esparza-Mora, Hannah E. Davis, Stefania Meconcelli, Rudy Plarre, Dino P. McMahon, Dino P. McMahon   +6 more
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NFYB Integrates Hormonal Signals into Tissue Allometry by Promoting Protein Biosynthesis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
In the American cockroach, NFYB acts as a spatiotemporin that translates distinct hormonal cues into tissue‐specific allometry. Juvenile hormone activates NFYB in the early fat body, while 20‐hydroxyecdysone induces it in late wing pads. NFYB then promotes protein biosynthesis via core translational machinery, driving differential growth across the ...
Fangfang Liu, Shiming Zhu, Sishi Xia, Xiaoshuai Zhang, Qin Li, Zhanquan Zeng, Yuqing Liu, Wanyin Liang, Guanyu Zhou, Erxia Du, Suning Liu, Sheng Li   +11 more
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Ce que les plantes disent des femmes : une chambre d’amour chez François Emmanuel? [PDF]

, 2022
Parmi les nouvelles du recueil 33 chambres d’amour (Seuil, 2016) où François Emmanuel explore la puissance du désir dans les rencontres amoureuses, « La botaniste » met le monde vert à l’épreuve des sentiments.
Marinella TERMITE
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Real-Time and Sustainable Termite Management: Application of Intelligent Monitoring Systems in Reservoirs

Applied Sciences
Termites pose a threat to water conservancy infrastructure due to their concealed, recurring, and long-term destructive behaviors. Consequently, implementing termite monitoring in critical hydrological facilities—such as reservoirs—is essential for ...
Ming Wang, Peidong Jiang, Fengyan Wu, Lai Jiang, Tengteng Che   +4 more
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Transcriptomic dissection of termite gut microbiota following entomopathogenic fungal infection

Frontiers in Physiology, 2023
Termites are social insects that live in the soil or in decaying wood, where exposure to pathogens should be common. However, these pathogens rarely cause mortality in established colonies.
Ya-ling Tang, Ya-ling Tang, Yun-hui Kong, Sheng Qin, Sheng Qin, Austin Merchant, Ji-zhe Shi, Xu-guo Zhou, Mu-wang Li, Mu-wang Li, Qian Wang   +10 more
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Mandible composition and properties in two selected praying mantises (Insecta, Mantodea)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Insects process their food with their cuticle‐based mouthparts. These feeding structures reflect their diversity and can, in some cases, showcase adaptations in material composition, mechanical properties, and shape to suit their specific dietary preferences.
Malo Roze, Stanislav N. Gorb, Timo Zeimet, Wencke Krings   +3 more
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Termite-Hill [PDF]

International Journal of Swarm Intelligence Research, 2012
Termites present a good natural metaphor to evolutionary computation. While each individual’s computational power is small compared to more evolved species, it is the power of their colonies that inspires communication engineers. This paper presents a study of artificial termites in sensor networks for the purpose of solving its’ routing problem.
Adamu Murtala Zungeru, Li-Minn Ang, Kah Phooi Seng   +2 more
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Molecular characterization of Amitermes rhizophagus Belyaeva, 1974 (Blattodea: Isoptera), newly recorded from Uzbekistan

Acta Biologica Sibirica
This study presents the first molecular confirmation of Amitermes rhizophagus Belyaeva, 1974 (Blattodea: Termitidae) from Uzbekistan. Specimens collected in the Kashkadarya Region were identified through combined morphological and molecular analyses ...
Gulnara S. Mirzaeva, Bakhtiyor R. Kholmatov, Kakhramon D. Rustamov, Zumrad A. Ganieva, Vakhidjon N. Akhmedov, Natalia I. Lebedeva, Mukhabbat Kh. Khashimova, Sobir K. Sobirov, Oybek A. Amirov, Kumri X. Allaberdiyeva   +9 more
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Carcass consumption by Nasutitermes callimorphus (Blattodea: Isoptera) in highland forests from Brazil

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2020
This note reports the occurrence of carcass feeding by Nasutitermes callimorphus, a endemic termite from brazilian evergreen forests. Based on this observation and previous reports, it is plausible to think that drought may play a important role in the ...
Igor Eloi, Mário Herculano de Oliveira, Maria Avany Bezerra-Gusmão   +2 more
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Collaborative Response of the Host and Symbiotic Lignocellulytic System to Non-Lethal Toxic Stress in Coptotermes formosanus Skiraki

Insects, 2021
Disturbing the lignocellulose digestive system of termites is considered to be a promising approach for termite control. The research on the tolerance mechanism of the termite lignocellulose digestive system to harmful environment conditions is limited ...
Wenhui Zeng, Bingrong Liu, Wenjing Wu, Shijun Zhang, Yong Chen, Zhiqiang Li   +5 more
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