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Pachyneuron (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) and its relationship to ladybirds (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): new data from Iran and review of the literature
Species of Pachyneuron Walker are most often reported as hyperparasitoids of aphids, coccids and psyllids (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha). On the other...
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Phenotypic Plasticity of Plants in Formal and Non-formal Education: Genetics in Everyday Life
Environmental changes can always influence the individual fitness and enhance the performance of any living organism. However, some environmental...
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Ambrosia Beetles
The term “ambrosia beetles” refers to an ecological strategy shared by thousands of species of wood-boring weevils from multiple lineages, rather...
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Movement, Habitat Selection, and Home Range of American Marsupials
Mammal movements and home ranges are highly influenced by endogenous and exogenous factors. In this chapter, the factors driving the movement,...
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Changes to volatile profiles of arborvitae, Thuja occidentalis, from drought and insect infestation: olfactory cues for the cypress bark beetle, Phloeosinus aubei
The cypress bark beetle, Phloeosinus aubei (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae) prefers to build breeding galleries in decaying host trees....
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Biochemical responses of pea plants to drought stress and in the presence of molybdenum trioxide nanoparticles
AimsTo study the effect of an aqueous suspension of MoO 3 NPs on drought-affected peas by watering and spraying and to evaluate their effect on the...
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Chemical control of the polyphagous shot hole borer beetle (PSHB, Euwallacea fornicatus) and Fusarium euwallaceae in American sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
The polyphagous shot hole borer beetle (PSHB, Euwallacea fornicatus ) is a pest of global significance. PSHB is an ambrosia beetle which, together...
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Ecological, morphological and phylogenetic survey of Fomes fomentarius and F. inzengae (Agaricomycetes, Polyporaceae) co-occurring in the same geographic area in Central Europe
The phenomenon of cryptic species is widespread among various fungal lineages. Fomes inzengae (Ces. & De Not.) Cooke has been recently recognized as...
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The Recombinant DNA Technology Era
Humans have been practicing biotechnology since a long time ago to prepare fermented food and beverages and to treat diseases. Onset of the...
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Immungenetik beeinflusst Infektion und Verlauf von COVID-19
In the present report, we concentrate on the influence of immunogenetics on the SARS-CoV-2 infection. A total of 527 SARS-CoV-2 PCR positive and...
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When THAT Rule Almost Persists as THAT Rule
In biology, theories are constantly enriched and adapted by new examples and scientific advances. In this chapter, we focus on the debate about the...
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Reflections on assortative mating, social stratification, and genetics
A recent report by G. Clark points to a sustained persistence of social status in England that extends vertically across several generations and...
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Genome-Wide Association Studies/SNP Chips
Genome-wide association study (GWA study or GWAS), or whole genome association study (WGA study or WGAS), has been proved to be an effective...
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Biotechnology in Fisheries
The history of fermentation dates back to 10,000 BC. People from various parts of the world have been using fermented products. It was Louis Pasteur...
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Preemergence mating, inbreeding, and their consequences in the bark beetle Ips typographus
Scolytinae is a subfamily of weevils that contains many major pest species. Most scolytines employ an outbreeding mating system: individuals emerge...
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Introduction to Genetics
Genetics is the branch of biology that studies genes, which are the entities responsible for inheritance. Since inheritance is a process in which...
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Mittwoch – Vererbung
Egal, was wir an diesem Mittwoch unternehmen, wir werden nicht alleine sein. Der Tag steht unter dem Titel Vererbung und so wird uns...
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Innovations in functional genomics and molecular breeding of pea: exploring advances and opportunities
The garden pea ( Pisum sativum L.) is a significant cool-season legume, serving as crucial food sources, animal feed, and industrial raw materials....
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Functional morphology of plesiadapiform distal phalanges and implications for the evolution of arboreality in Paleogene euarchontans
With a few exceptions, crown-clade Primates differ from other arboreal mammalian clades by having nails instead of claws on most post-axial digits....
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Gymnocalycium ×applanatum (Cactaceae, Cactoideae) – the first reported nothospecies between the subgenera Gymnocalycium and Trichomosemineum
This study examines an assumed hybrid between Gymnocalycium capillense and G. intertextum discovered in a mixed population of the putative parents at...
