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Revision Of The Species Of Lytopylus From Area De Conservación Guanacaste, Northwestern Costa Rica (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae), Ilgoo Kang, Eric G. Chapman, Daniel H. Janzen, Winnie Hallwachs, Tanya Dapkey, M. Alex Smith, Michael J. Sharkey
Revision Of The Species Of Lytopylus From Area De Conservación Guanacaste, Northwestern Costa Rica (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae), Ilgoo Kang, Eric G. Chapman, Daniel H. Janzen, Winnie Hallwachs, Tanya Dapkey, M. Alex Smith, Michael J. Sharkey
Entomology Faculty Publications
Thirty two new species of Lytopylus (Agathidinae) are described with image plates for each species: Lytopylus alejandromasisi sp. n., Lytopylus alfredomainieri sp. n., Lytopylusanamariamongeae sp. n., Lytopylus angelagonzalezae sp. n., Lytopylus cesarmorai sp. n., Lytopylus eddysanchezi sp. n., Lytopylus eliethcantillanoae sp. n., Lytopylus ericchapmani sp. n., Lytopylus gahyunae sp. n., Lytopylus gisukae sp. n., Lytopylus guillermopereirai sp. n., Lytopylusgustavoindunii sp. n., Lytopylus hartmanguidoi sp. n., Lytopylus hernanbravoi sp. n., Lytopylushokwoni sp. n., Lytopylus ivanniasandovalae sp. n., Lytopylus johanvalerioi sp. n., Lytopylusjosecortesi sp. n. …
Characterizing Mekk1: Candidate Behavioural Isolation Gene, Caryn Dooner
Characterizing Mekk1: Candidate Behavioural Isolation Gene, Caryn Dooner
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Behavioural isolation can occur due to divergence in aspects of courtship and mating, and can contribute to reproductive isolation. The purpose of this study is to determine how a gene, Mekk1, contributes to female rejection behaviour between D. melanogaster and D. simulans. Unique polymorphisms were identified within D. simulans Mekk1 that could contribute to behaviour, most of which are non-coding. Both transcripts of Mekk1 appear to be expressed at similar levels in D. simulans and D. melanogaster. These data also indicate that Mekk1 may be expressed in a specific region of the brain called the mushroom body, …
Characterization Of Plant-Spider Mite Interactions And Establishment Of Tools For Spider Mite Functional Genetic Studies, Nicolas Bensoussan
Characterization Of Plant-Spider Mite Interactions And Establishment Of Tools For Spider Mite Functional Genetic Studies, Nicolas Bensoussan
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The two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae), is one of the most polyphagous herbivores feeding on cell contents of over 1100 plant species including more than 150 crops. However, despite its important pest status and a growing understanding of the molecular basis of its interactions with plant hosts, knowledge of the way mites interface with the plant while feeding and the plant damage directly inflicted by mites is lacking. Likewise, while the use of the reverse genetic tools in plants facilitated our understanding of the establishment of defense mechanisms against spider mite herbivory, such tools are lacking for …
Evolutionary Genetic Aspects Of Host Association In Generalist Ectoparasites, Benoit Talbot
Evolutionary Genetic Aspects Of Host Association In Generalist Ectoparasites, Benoit Talbot
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Despite the use of the host for dispersal by most parasite species, the extremely loose relationship typical between highly mobile hosts and generalist ectoparasites may lead to very different gene flow patterns between the two, leading in turn to different spatial genetic structure, and potentially different demographic history. I examined how similar gene flow patterns are between Cimex adjunctus, a generalist ectoparasite of bats present throughout North America, and two of its key bat hosts. I first analyzed the continent-scale genetic structure and demographic history of C. adjunctus and compared it to that of two of its hosts, the …