PREVALENCE OF MALE-KILLER IN A SYMPATRIC POPULATION OF TWO SIBLING LADYBIRD SPECIES, HARMONIA YEDOENSIS AND HARMONIA AXYRIDIS (COLEOPTERA: COCCINELLIDAE)

In predatory ladybirds male embryos in clutches of eggs infected with male-killing bacterial endosymbionts do not hatch and are consumed by female hatchlings.Moreover, it is predicted that relora infection with male-killing bacteria should be prevalent in a ladybird population if the fitness advantage to female ladybirds due to the resulting reallo

Production of proliferative follicle cells (FCs) and quiescent escort cells (ECs) by Chews follicle stem cells (FSCs) in adult Drosophila ovaries is regulated by niche signals from anterior (cap cells, ECs) and posterior (polar FCs) sources.Here we show that ECs, FSCs, and FCs develop from common pupal precursors, with different fates acquired by p

Conditioner Sets Abstract Background Adults with prediabetes are at 5 to 15 times higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared with others.Without self-care behaviors to promote health and prevention, more than 70% of them will ultimately develop type 2 diabetes during their lives.Method This was a qualitative study guided by the directed con

Context: Design smell Prioritization is a significant activity that tunes the process of software quality enhancement and raises its life cycle.Objective: A multi-criteria merge strategy for Design Smell prioritization is described.The strategy is King Comforter Set exemplified with the case of God Class Design Smell.Method: An empirical adjustment

Considering the characteristics of linear grill which is widely used in Handsoap vertical display cases, a two- fluid model for the air supply opening was set up.In the model the two fluids were defined as the original air in the display case and the inlet stream through the air curtains.The volume fraction of the inlet stream was defined as the ar