TRYPANOSOMA MADEIRAE SP. N.: A SPECIES OF THE CLADE T. CRUZI ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEOTROPICAL COMMON VAMPIRE BAT DESMODUS ROTUNDUS

Trypanosoma madeirae sp. n.: A species of the clade T. cruzi associated with the neotropical common vampire bat Desmodus rotundus

Molecular phylogenetic studies have revealed the growing diversity of bat trypanosomes.Here, 14 isolates from blood samples of the vampire bat Desmodus rotundus (Phyllostomidae) from Rio de Janeiro, Southeast Brazil, were cultivated, and Lip Balm morphologically and molecularly characterized.All isolates represent a novel species named Trypanosoma

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Behavioral variation across the days and lives of honey bees

Summary: In honey bee colonies, workers generally change tasks with age (from brood care, to nest work, to foraging).While these trends are well established, our understanding of how individuals distribute tasks during a day, and how individuals differ in their lifetime behavioral trajectories, is limited.Here, we use automated tracking to obtain l

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Hypothesis: The opposing pulling forces exerted by spindle microtubules can cause sliding of chromatin layers and facilitate sister chromatid resolution

Previous studies indicated that mitotic chromosome structure consists of many stacked layers formed by a mononucleosome sheet folded as a helicoid.This multilayer chromatin structure justifies the cylindrical shape of chromosomes and the transverse orientation of cytogenetic bands, and can Solder Paste explain chromosome duplication by the formatio

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