Half of Amazon Insects May Struggle to Survive Rising Temperatures, Study Finds

The Amazon rainforest is often associated with jaguars, parrots, and towering trees. Yet the majority of animal life in this ...
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Temperature, reproduction link holds promise for insect control

Scientists have uncovered a set of neurons in fruit flies that shut down in cold temperatures and slow reproduction, a system conserved in many insects, including mosquitoes, which could provide a ...
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Insect reproduction; [proceedings of the society's second symposium held on 19th-20th September, 1963] Edited on behalf of the society by K.C. Highnam

Cytogenetic mechanisms in insect reproduction / M.J.D. White -- Studies on early stages of insect oogenesis / R.C. King -- Endocrine relationships in insect reproduction / K.C. Highnam -- Feeding and ...
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Discovery of bacterial proteins that induce asexual reproduction in insects

SMBE Journals (Molecular Biology and Evolution and Genome Biology and Evolution) Further analysis of PifA and PifB revealed that they exhibit many of the characteristics of eukaryotic host-associated ...
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Symbiotic bacterium Rickettsia affects the reproduction of a predatory insect, an effective biological control agent for agricultural pests

The predatory mirid bug, Nesidiocoris tenuis, which preys on agricultural pests, is used as a biological control agent. This discovery has significant implications for biological control which ...