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Influences of functional variation on venom expression in hydractiniid hydrozoans
(2018-08)Cnidaria (jellyfish, hydra, sea anemones, etc) represent the earliest diverging venomous animal lineage. Cnidarians deploy venom for predation, defense, competition, and digestion. Recent evidence suggests venom composition ... -
Differentially expressed venoms in functionally specialized polyps of the colonial hydrozoan Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus
(2018-06)Cnidaria (jellyfish, hydra, sea anemones, etc.) represent the earliest diverging venomous animal lineage. Venom is deployed in cnidarians for predation, defense, competition, and digestion. Recent evidence suggests venom ... -
Optimal control and cost-effective analysis of malaria/visceral leishmaniasis co-infection
(Public Library of Science, 2017)In this paper, a deterministic model involving the transmission dynamics of malaria/visceral leishmaniasis co-infection is presented and studied. Optimal control theory is then applied to investigate the optimal strategies ... -
Defining the Risk of Zika and Chikungunya Virus Transmission in Human Population Centers of the Eastern United States
(Public Library of Science, 2017)The recent spread of mosquito-transmitted viruses and associated disease to the Americas motivates a new, data-driven evaluation of risk in temperate population centers. Temperate regions are generally expected to pose low ... -
Mathematical model of Zika virus with vertical transmission
(KeAi Publishing, 2017)Zika is a flavivirus transmitted to humans through either the bites of infected Aedes mosquitoes or sexual transmission. Zika has been linked to congenital anomalies such as microcephaly. In this paper, we analyze a new ... -
Import volumes and biosecurity interventions shape the arrival rate of fungal pathogens
(Public Library of Science, 2018-05-31)Global trade and the movement of people accelerate biological invasions by spreading species worldwide. Biosecurity measures seek to allow trade and passenger movements while preventing incursions that could lead to the ... -
Spontaneous gain of susceptibility suggests a novel mechanism of resistance to hybrid dysgenesis in Drosophila virilis
(Public Library of Science, 2018-05-29)Syndromes of hybrid dysgenesis (HD) have been critical for our understanding of the transgenerational maintenance of genome stability by piRNA. HD in D. virilis represents a special case of HD since it includes simultaneous ... -
Costs of cold acclimation on survival and reproductive behavior in Drosophila melanogaster
(Public Library of Science, 2018-05-23)Fitness is determined by the ability of an organism to both survive and reproduce; however, the mechanisms that lead to increased survival may not have the same effect on reproductive success. We used nineteen natural ... -
Maximizing tree harvesting benefit from forests under insect infestation disturbances
(Public Library of Science, 2018-08-02)Mathematical modeling has been recognized as an important tool to advance the understanding of the synergetic effect of coupled disturbances (stressors) on the forest population dynamics. Nonetheless, most of the modeling ... -
In memoriam: Jeanette A. Thomas 1952–2018. [obituary].
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A phylum-level phylogenetic classification of zygomycete fungi based on genome-scale data
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-01-20)Zygomycete fungi were classified as a single phylum, Zygomycota, based on sexual reproduction by zygospores, frequent asexual reproduction by sporangia, absence of multicellular sporocarps, and production of coenocytic ... -
Mammals as evolutionary partners
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Nonclonal coloniality: Genetically chimeric colonies through fusion of sexually produced polyps in the hydrozoan Ectopleura larynx
(Wiley Open Access, 2018-07-11)Hydrozoans typically develop colonies through asexual budding of polyps. Although colonies of Ectopleura are similar to other hydrozoans in that they consist of multiple polyps physically connected through continuous ... -
A new lineage of braconid wasps in Burmese Cenomanian amber (Hymenoptera, Braconidae)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2018-01-17)A new braconid wasp from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) amber of the Hukawng Valley in Kachin State, Myanmar is described and figured from a unique female. Seneciobracon novalatus Engel & Huang, gen. et sp. n., is placed ... -
Transmission dynamics for Methicilin-resistant Staphalococous areus with injection drug user
(BioMed Central, 2018-02-07)BACKGROUND: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterial pathogen resistance to antibiotics including methicillin. The resistance first emerged in 1960 in a healthcare setting only after two years of ... -
Datasets and manual for: SAMPLE DATA AND TRAINING MODULES FOR CLEANING BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION
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Mating and aggregative behaviors among basal hexapods in the Early Cretaceous
(Public Library of Science, 2018-02-21)Among the many challenges in paleobiology is the inference and reconstruction of behaviors that rarely, if ever, leave a physical trace on the environment that is suitable for fossilization. Of particular significance are ... -
Livestock Bedding Effects on Two Species of Parasitoid Wasps of Filth Flies
(Oxford University Press, 2014-01-01)Choice of livestock bedding has been shown to affect density of filth fly maggots. Here, laboratory experiments indicate that bedding type can also affect natural enemies of the flies, specifically the parasitoid wasps ... -
Hypolobocera guayaquilensis (Decapoda: Pseudothelphusidae): A New Crab Intermediate Host of Paragonimus mexicanus in Manabí Province, Ecuador
(Korean Society of Parasitology, 2018-04)To determine that Paragonimus sp. is actively transmitted in a tropical area of the Pacific region of Ecuador where human cases of pulmonary paragonimiasis have recently been documented, a total of 75 freshwater crabs were ... -
Rapid Evolution caused by pollinator loss in mimulus guttatus
(Wiley, 2011-09)Anthropogenic perturbations including habitat loss and emerging disease are changing pollinator communities and generating novel selection pressures on plant populations. Disruption of plant–pollinator relationships is ...
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