The fruit flies (Anastrepha sp) are organisms endemic to the Neotropics that are similar morphologically but present some behavioral, reproductive and molecular variations. Among these insects we can highlight the ...

Whereas the S. venaticus, has a wide distribution, estimated from Panama to northern Argentina, the dog vinegar is considered "near threatened" by the IUCN and "Vulnerable (VU)" by MMA. The molecular and biological data ...

The present work had as general objective to perform the genomic annotation of Expressed Sequences (ESTs) of Litopenaeus vannamei shrimp, available in the database of Project ShEST and to evaluate the polymorphism of ...

Metastasis depends on several physiological processes such as cell adhesion, transendothelial cell migration and proliferation. These events are mediated mostly by integrins, which are adhesion receptors present on cell ...

Macrobrachium amazonicum is an endemic species in South America, which has been exploited by artisanal fisheries in northern and northeastern Brazil. The overexploitation of this species has led to the decline of its natural ...

Citrus canker is an economically important disease that affects many citrus growing areas around the world, and there is no effective control or cure. The causative agents are bacteria from the genus Xanthomonas, recently ...

Metallothioneins (MT) are non enzymatic proteins with with metal-binding ability. It has been used as a biomarker for environmental pollution by the analysis of its expression in several fish species. The tilapia is a ...

The genus Trypoxylon consists of solitary wasps that build mud nests or nest in preexisting cavities, which brood cells positioned linearly are stored with paralyzed spiders. The male in species of the subgenus Trypargilum ...

Crabronid wasps of the genus Trypoxylon are characterized by being solitary and nest in preexisting cavities or in mud nests. The species Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) albitarse is included in the latter group, because builds ...

Parodontidae comprises the genera Parodon, Apareiodon e Saccodon, including 32 valid species. Of these, 16 occur in Brazil, and only ten defined at species level and one at genus level possess available chromosomal data. ...