upported by grants from the National Science Foundation of China(31500839 to C.M.and 81871121 to S.J.).
The gut microbiome is a key partner of animals,influencing various aspects of their physiology and behaviors.Among the diverse behaviors regulated by the gut microbiome,locomotion is vital for survival and reproductio...
supported by funding from NIH awards(R01AI151004,RO1AI148300,RO1AI175152)awarded to O.S.A.Figures were created using Prism9 for Windows(GraphPad Software,San Diego,USA)and www.BioRe nder.com.
Background Genetic biocontrol interventions targeting mosquito-borne diseases require the release of male mosquitoes exclusively,as only females consume blood and transmit pathogens.Releasing only males eliminates the...
funded by the National Science Centre of Poland(grant no.2021/41/B/NZ8/00474).
Aggregations of juveniles are dominant forms of social life in some insect groups.Larval societies are shaped by competitive and cooperative interactions of the larvae,in parallel with parental effects.Colonies of nec...
conducted under USDA APHIS permit numbers P526P-17-03681 and P526P-20-02026(K.L.G.)and P526P-16-04388(D.P.);supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant DEB 1702701(K.L.G.)and 1702312(D.P.)under the Macrosystems Biology Program and the Thomas F.and Kate Miller Jeffress Memorial Trust;funding was provided by the Slow-the-Spread Foundation;the University of Richmond School of Arts&Sciences.
Under global climate change,high and low temperature extremes can drive shifts in species distributions.Across the range of a species,thermal tolerance is based on acclimatization,plasticity,and may undergo selection,...
part of the Research Program “The Key Techniques for Control Pine Wood Nematod”;“Fundamental Research Funds of Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAFYBB2021ZG001)” for supporting the present study;supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32370494):Taxonomic study of braconids parasitizing important cerambycids and screening of excellent natural enemies.
A new species,Sclerodermus alternatusi Yang,sp.nov.(Hymenoptera:Bethylidae),is described and illustrated.Its cerambycid host,Monochamus alternatus Hope,a severe wood borer attacking many pine trees(Pinus spp.),is also...
The effectiveness of current control measures against Aedes mosquitoes remains low, resulting in persistent epidemics in urban areas. The emergence of resistant mosquito populations to chemical insecticides highlights...
supported by Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(LTY20C030001);the program on“Collembola species diversity of Wuyanling National Nature Reserve”。
The fifth species in the genus Lepidodens was reported from Wuyanling National Natural Reserve.Lepidodens taishunensis Lin,Wu&Pan sp.nov.is the second new species of this genus recorded from Zhejiang Province.This new...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2019YFC0408203)。
Tetramethylammonium hydroxide(TMAH)is an important compound that utilized and released by the rapidly expanding semiconductor industry,which could hardly be removed by the conventional wastewater treatment techniques....
supported by start-up funds awarded to K.D.K.We thank K.Kohler,S.Reilly,and S.Hartill for assistance with animal husbandry.
Research has shown that leached plant toxins negatively impact the growth and development of larval amphibians.However,tadpoles may encounter these same toxins in food material,and differential exposure routes and dis...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32030071 and U1402267);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(CCNU22LJ003).
Most animal-pollinated flowers offer nectar or pollen as a reward to their pollinators.A small fraction,however,have switched to other rewards,such as fatty oils offered in glandular hairs or just below the epidermis....