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Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase attenuates inhibitor development in gene-therapy-treated hemophilia A mice
A serious impediment to gene and protein replacement therapy in hemophilia A is the development of inhibitors. Mechanisms responsible for inhibitor development include T-cell-dependent adaptive immune response...
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Feeding behavior ofRhagoletis pomonella flies (Diptera: Tephritidae): Effect of initial food quantity and quality on food foraging, handling costs, and bubbling
Under seminatural conditions feeding and postfeeding behaviors of individual apple maggot flies, Rhagoletis pomonella(Diptera: Tephritidae), were recorded after flies were presented with yeast hydrolysate or suc...
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Identification of the major components in the secretion from the rectal pheromone glands of the queensland fruit fliesDacus tryoni andDacus neohumeralis (Diptera: Tephritidae)
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The release ofOpius concolor andO. Concolor var.Siculus [Hym.: Braconidae] against the spring generation ofDacus oleae [Dipt.: Trypetidae] on Corfu
Releases ofOpius concolor Szepl. andO. concolor var.siculus Mon. were carried out in the spring to determine if they could be used as a biological control agent against the heavy infestation ofDacus oleae Gmel. w...
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Storage and Release of a Sex Pheromone by the Queensland Fruit Fly, Dacus tryoni (Diptera: Trypetidae)
Dacus tryoni (Frogg.) mates at dusk. During courtship, males stridulate by drawing their wings across a pair of combs formed from large bristles on the third abdominal tergite. This produces a high pitched buzz, ...