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View article: From Galls to Cecidological Herbaria: The Role of Gall Collections in Modern Life Sciences
From Galls to Cecidological Herbaria: The Role of Gall Collections in Modern Life Sciences Open
Galls (also known as cecidia) have been studied by botanists, zoologists and microbiologists over the last century. Indeed, galls can be induced by different animals, bacteria, viruses and fungi, so that their presence simultaneously attes…
View article: From Dormant Collections to Repositories for the Study of Habitat Changes: The Importance of Herbaria in Modern Life Sciences
From Dormant Collections to Repositories for the Study of Habitat Changes: The Importance of Herbaria in Modern Life Sciences Open
In recent decades, the advent of new technologies for massive and automatized digitization, together with the availability of new methods for DNA sequencing, strongly increased the interest and relevance of herbarium collections for the st…
View article: Review of: "Bioethical Assessment of Research with Humanoid or Humanized Biological Entities with Uncertain Moral Status"
Review of: "Bioethical Assessment of Research with Humanoid or Humanized Biological Entities with Uncertain Moral Status" Open
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View article: From Environmental Epigenetics to the Inheritance of Acquired Traits: A Historian and Molecular Perspective on an Unnecessary Lamarckian Explanation
From Environmental Epigenetics to the Inheritance of Acquired Traits: A Historian and Molecular Perspective on an Unnecessary Lamarckian Explanation Open
In the last decade, it has been suggested that epigenetics may enhance the adaptive possibilities of animals and plants to novel environments and/or habitats and that such epigenetic changes may be inherited from parents to offspring, favo…
View article: The foraging Gene Is Involved in the Presence of Wings and Explorative Behaviours in Parthenogenetic Females of the Aphid Myzus persicae
The foraging Gene Is Involved in the Presence of Wings and Explorative Behaviours in Parthenogenetic Females of the Aphid Myzus persicae Open
The foraging gene (for) encodes for a cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP)-dependent protein kinase involved in behavioural plasticity in aphids and in other insects. In this paper, we analysed the complete for sequence in eight clones of…
View article: Genome Editing among Bioethics and Regulatory Practices
Genome Editing among Bioethics and Regulatory Practices Open
In the last decade, genome editing technologies became very effective and several clinical trials have been started in order to use them for treating some genetic diseases. Interestingly, despite more than 50 years of discussion about the …
View article: First Report on the Acrobat Ant Crematogaster scutellaris Storing Live Aphids in Its Oak-Gall Nests
First Report on the Acrobat Ant Crematogaster scutellaris Storing Live Aphids in Its Oak-Gall Nests Open
This study provides new data about the role of ants in mutualistic interactions with aphids mediated by galls. We focused our investigation on galls induced by the cynipid Andricus kollari by conducting a survey and a subsequent experiment…
View article: L’uomo creatore di se stesso. La rivoluzione della genetica tra nuove possibilità e (in)evitabili rischi
L’uomo creatore di se stesso. La rivoluzione della genetica tra nuove possibilità e (in)evitabili rischi Open
The self-made Man. The genetic Revolution between new Chances and (un)avoidable Risks In the last two decades we moved from first data about the human genome to the availability of new molecular tools for editing the human genome. An inter…
View article: T. J. Kasperbauer, Subhuman: The Moral Psychology of Human Attitudes to Animals
T. J. Kasperbauer, Subhuman: The Moral Psychology of Human Attitudes to Animals Open
T. J. Kasperbauer, Subhuman: The Moral Psychology of Human Attitudes to Animals (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018), 248 pp. ISBN: 978-0-19069-581-1. £25.49 (hbk).
View article: Blockchain technology and traceability in the agrifood industry
Blockchain technology and traceability in the agrifood industry Open
Distributed ledgers are becoming commonly used technologies to trace agrifood supply chains in view of their safety, immutability, transparency, and scalability. In the present review, we discuss the most relevant case studies of agrifood …
View article: Ability of Euscelidius variegatus to Transmit Flavescence Dorée Phytoplasma with a Short Latency Period
Ability of Euscelidius variegatus to Transmit Flavescence Dorée Phytoplasma with a Short Latency Period Open
Phytoplasma transmission takes place by insect vectors through an Acquisition Access Period (AAP), Latency Period (LP) and Inoculation Access Period (IAP). Generally, phytoplasmas are believed to be transmitted more efficiently by nymphs b…
View article: Holocentric chromosomes
Holocentric chromosomes Open
Holocentric chromosomes possess multiple kinetochores along their length rather than the single centromere typical of other chromosomes [1]. They have been described for the first time in cytogenetic experiments dating from 1935 and, since…
View article: Draft Genome Sequence of Plant Growth-Promoting <i>Streptomyces</i> sp. Strain SA51, Isolated from Olive Trees
Draft Genome Sequence of Plant Growth-Promoting <i>Streptomyces</i> sp. Strain SA51, Isolated from Olive Trees Open
A streptomycete was isolated from the rhizosphere of olive trees in the autumn of 2004. Its molecular characterization showed the presence of metabolic pathways promoting plant growth and additional properties that indicate that this strai…
View article: Comparative Analysis of Intra- and Inter-Specific Genomic Variability in the Peach Potato Aphid, Myzus persicae
Comparative Analysis of Intra- and Inter-Specific Genomic Variability in the Peach Potato Aphid, Myzus persicae Open
The availability of genomic data in the last decade relating to different aphid species has allowed the analysis of the genomic variability occurring among such species, whereas intra-specific variability has hitherto very largely been neg…
View article: Not by Our Genes Alone
Not by Our Genes Alone Open
Recent discoveries in life sciences evidenced that changes in the composition of the microbiome and epigenetics represent two essential mechanisms at the basis of the biological evolution, since both allow a rapid change of the phenotype i…
View article: Activation of Immune Genes in Leafhoppers by Phytoplasmas and Symbiotic Bacteria
Activation of Immune Genes in Leafhoppers by Phytoplasmas and Symbiotic Bacteria Open
Insect immunity is a crucial process in interactions between host and microorganisms and the presence of pathogenic, commensal, or beneficial bacteria may result in different immune responses. In Hemiptera vectors of phytoplasmas, infected…
View article: The Evolutionary History and Functional Divergence of Trehalase (treh) Genes in Insects
The Evolutionary History and Functional Divergence of Trehalase (treh) Genes in Insects Open
Trehalases (treh) have been found in different organisms, such as bacteria, fungi, yeast, nematodes, insects, vertebrates, and plants. Their biochemical properties are extremely variable and not yet fully understood. Gene expression patter…
View article: New insights in phytoplasma‐vector interaction: acquisition and inoculation of flavescence dorée phytoplasma by <i>Scaphoideus titanus</i> adults in a short window of time
New insights in phytoplasma‐vector interaction: acquisition and inoculation of flavescence dorée phytoplasma by <i>Scaphoideus titanus</i> adults in a short window of time Open
The leafhopper Scaphoideus titanus is able to transmit 16SrV phytoplasmas agents of grapevine's flavescence dorée (FD) within 30–45 days, following an acquisition access period (AAP) of a few days feeding on infected plants as a nymph, a l…
View article: Gene sequence and related structure of neuropeptides in invertebrates
Gene sequence and related structure of neuropeptides in invertebrates Open
Numerous neuropeptides were studied in different invertebrate species, but the presence of most of them was evaluated only by an immunocytochemical approach using antibodies against the vertebrate homologues. As a consequence, several auth…
View article: Molecular and cellular analysis of immunity in the phytoplasma vector Euscelidius variegatus: exploiting immunity to improve biological control strategies
Molecular and cellular analysis of immunity in the phytoplasma vector Euscelidius variegatus: exploiting immunity to improve biological control strategies Open
Insects depend on innate immunity only to defend themselves against pathogens and to regulate interactions with many other microorganisms, such as different kinds of symbionts. Recently, it has been suggested that immunocytes could play a …