The wood-boring beetles, including the majority of Cerambycidae, have developed the ability to metabolize a variety of toxic compounds derived from host plants and the surrounding environment.However, detoxification mechanisms underlying the evolutionary adaptation of a cerambycid beetle Pharsalia antennata to hosts and habitats are largely unexplo
Preference for Exercise vs. More Sedentary Reinforcers: Validation of an Animal Model of Tetrabenazine-Induced Anergia
Physical activities can have intrinsic motivational or reinforcing properties.The choice to engage in voluntary physical activity is undertaken in relation to the selection of other alternatives, such as sedentary behaviors, drugs, or food intake.The mesolimbic dopamine (DA) system plays a critical role in behavioral activation or exertion of effor
Exploring the Diversity of Mechanisms Associated With Plant Tolerance to Virus Infection
Tolerance is defined as an interaction in which viruses accumulate to some degree without causing significant loss of vigor or fitness to their hosts.Tolerance can be described as a stable equilibrium between the virus and its host, an interaction in which each partner not only accommodate trade-offs for survival but also receive some benefits (e.g
THE ORAL NARRATIVE OF THE FOLK OF GORANCI ABOUT CHURCH CONSTRUCTION
After Ottoman conquest of Bosnia and Herzegovina traces of Catholic religion were exterminated by devastating churches, prosecution and killing of friars, mistreating and humiliating those who continued to live in the spirit of their religion.The first Ski de fond - Accessoires - Fixations - Back-country permissions for renovating the old and build
Among-population variation in microbial community structure in the floral nectar of the bee-pollinated forest herb Pulmonaria officinalis L.
BackgroundMicrobial communities in floral nectar have been shown to be characterized by low levels of species diversity, yet little is known about among-plant population variation in microbial community composition.Methodology/principal findingsWe investigated the microbial community structure (yeasts and bacteria) in floral nectar of ten fragmente