The genomic basis of parasitism in the Strongyloides clade of nematodes. Nat Genet. 2016;48:299–307. Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Kikuchi T, Hino A, Tanaka T, Aung MPPTHH, Afrin T, Nagayasu E, et al. Genome-wide analyses of individual Strongyloides stercoralis (...
Life cycle of the sweetpotato weevil and the associated location within or on the host plant for the various life stages. The life cycle depicted is representative of that typically observed forC. formicarius (C.f.),C. brunneus (C.b), andC. puncticollis (C.p), and is not intended t...
Parasitoid wasps inflict widespread death upon the insect world. Hundreds of thousands of parasitoid wasp species kill a vast range of insect species. Insects have evolved defensive responses to the threat of wasps, some cellular and some behavioral. Her
(see Parasitism and Symbiosis) who control human minds, and a prime example of Paranoia in 1950s sf; a loose and entirely unauthorized film adaptation is The Brain Eaters (1958), and the official film version of the novel – not, alas, notably successful – did not appear until The ...
Due to the absence of parasitism, all products are available in abundance and are distributed according to the needs of the citizens. The work of the Utopians is limited to six hours. They devote their free time to science and art. Utopia is governed on the basis of democratic principles....
[17,21]. Despite such successful establishment and impact of this biocontrol agent, after 14 generations of ASW,M. hyperodaeparasitism rates had declined significantly. Magnitudes of parasitism rate declines vary, for example by c.60% at Ruakura in the North Island and c.36% at Lincoln in ...
avenea infectivity. In this study, RNAi was used to investigate the function of HaEXPB2 in parasitism. The HaEXPB2 transcripts expressed in juveniles were detected by real-time PCR after soaking in dsRNA for 24 hours. The mRNA expression level of HaEXPB2 in nematodes treated with Ha...
in their financial interest to eradicate the virus. In a modern take on evolution, one can conceptualize a symbiotic relationship between SARS-CoV-2 and biotech investors, both united in their parasitism of the bodies of working class people.” —Omicron variant: A Menace of Capitalism’s ...
Notably, computational models demonstrated that parasitic replicators that specifically parasitize a certain host replicator generated a new ecological niche where new host replicators that defended against the parasitism evolved and coexisted11,38. In our experiment, the maintenance of multiple host RNA ...
Evolution acts on genomic changes to bring about the diversity of life. For example, single nucleotide changes in coding gene sequences duplicate the goldfish tail fin1or cause nose loss in humans2; changes in gene regulatory regions are associated with profound evolutionary body plan changes3,4,...