funding provided by NSF-DEB:2105033 and NSF-IOS:2019799;Michael A.D.Goodisman and USDA:2023-67012-39886 to Sarah E.Orr.
Females of many species are polyandrous.However,polyandry can give rise to conflict among individuals within families.We examined the level of polyandry and paternity skew in the common eastern yellowjacket wasp,Vespu...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31930012, 31920103004, and 31772531);the Science and Technology Service Network Initiative of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KFJ-STS-ZDTP-073);the Joint NSFC-ISF Research Grant (3201101042);the State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents (Y852981203)。
Caste differentiation in social hymenopterans is an intriguing example of phenotypic plasticity. However, the co-ordination among gene regulatory factors to mediate caste differentiation remains inconclusive. In this ...
Termites are the most serious pests of field and horticultural crops, forests, and wooden household furniture. In Hamelmalo Agricultural College (HAC) the infestation of termite is very high resulting in great destruc...
Increasing evidences indicate that male haploid are more susceptible to parasites than female diploid(workers,alate females and queens)although the generality and reasons causing such susceptibility are still under de...
supported jointly by the Foundation for University Key Teachers by the Ministry of Education (2011697505);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31201732);the Foundation of Shaanxi Educational Committee (11JK0614);the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (20116101120001);Insect Fauna of Mt. Qinling (DWSC-13-01);the Opening Foundation of the Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Northwest University), Ministry of Education
An aerial nest of Dolichovespula flora Archer, 1987, was discovered at Mt. Shaohua (Shaanxi, China) and all three castes of this species were collected. For the first time the male of Dolichovespulaflora Archer, 198...
HIV/AIDS spread has opened a Pandora of medical and health problems apart from creating serious socio-psychological trauma for the victims and their families. Despite the governmental effort to curve the growing infec...
The paper reported the phenotype and allele frequency distribution of ABO and Rh(D) blood groups among Brahmin,an endogamous population from Visakhapatnam district,Andhra Pradesh,India.Blood samples of 100 unrelated B...
India is the world's largest democracy. The preamble of the constitution enshrines the values of a socialist, secular and equality. The aim was to create a society, based on fair and equitable distribution of resourc...
Education is an important aspect of human resource development. Imparting of education leads to the improvement of understanding, perception, attitude and efficiency of working population. Education has been considere...
the Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi, China (2005 Cl 25)
The cholinergic system plays an important role in the central nervous system of insects and is closely related to the complex behavior of insects. The immunohistochemical technique was performed to detect the expressi...