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Open AccessChaetomium-like fungi causing opportunistic infections in humans: a possible role for extremotolerance
Members of the family Chaetomiaceae are ubiquitous ascosporulating fungi commonly, which reside in soil enriched with manure or cellulosic materials. Their role as human pathogens is largely ignored. However, the...
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Open AccessThree New Species of the Genus Ochroconis
Ochroconis bacilliformis, O. phaeophora and O. robusta, three novel species of the melanized genus Ochroconis (Sympoventuriaceae, Venturiales), are described, illustrated and distinguishe...
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Open AccessA new species of the oligotrophic genus Ochroconis (Sympoventuriaceae)
Ochroconis globalis, a novel species of the melanized genus Ochroconis (Sympoventuriaceae, Venturiales), is described and illustrated and distinguished phenotypically and molecularly from existin...
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Multiple paternity and female-biased mutation at a microsatellite locus in the olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)
Multiple paternity in the olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) population nesting in Suriname was demonstrated using two microsatellite loci, viz., Ei8 and Cm84. The large number of offspring sampled p...
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Evolution of gustatory sensitivity in Yponomeuta caterpillars: sensitivity to the stereo-isomers dulcitol and sorbitol is localised in a single sensory cell
The cellular localisation of the sensitivity to two host-plant specific larval phagostimulants was determined in Yponomeuta evonymellus and in inter-specific hybrids of Y. cagnagellus and Y. padellus. The combin...
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Genetic interpretation of enzyme variation in sexual and agamospermous taxa of Taraxacum sections Vulgaria and Mongolica
The inheritance of 15 enzymes, comprising at least 22 genetic loci, was investigated in crosses between sexual diploid individuals of Taraxacum sections Vulgaria and Mongolica. Patterns were consistent with simpl...
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Enzymatic characterization of nine endoparasite species of small ermine moths (Yponomeutidae)
Eight hymenopterous and 1 dipterous species, all endoparasitic in eggs, larvae, or pupae of small ermine moths (Yponomeuta) were investigated for their allozyme variation at 3–29 loci. The mean heterozygosity lev...