What are all the Transcription factors (TFs) control the growth and development of insect pests?

Transcription factors (TFs)

04 May 2019 869 1 View

Does any one know the detailed methodology of Hcap program to assess the exact number of instars based on the head capsule measurement

I am wondering to assess the exact number of instars based on head capsule measurement of some lepidopteran larvae. With this, I have gone through some papers and found that the program Hcap...

05 June 2017 4,182 22 View

Is there any relationship between Dyar's law and Crosby growth rule?

03 April 2017 1,720 0 View

Does anyone know the interpretation of Repeated Measure ANOVA analysis particularly Greenhouse - Geisser, Huynf-Feldt ?

Which correction method could be ideal (Greenhouse -Geisser or Huynh-Feldt), if the data did not meet the assumption of sphericity.

10 November 2016 5,914 2 View

What is the reason for the variation of fitness advantage and disadvantage of a resistant insect from different geographical locations?

What is the reason for variation of fitness advantage and disadvantage in a resistant insect collected from different locations with same insecticide? The same species of insect pest collected...

01 January 1970 4,640 10 View

What kind of fluid could I use for a pitfall trap that also does not invalidate molecular testing?

Hi, I want to start testing pitfall trap to obtain ants samples, but I need to conduct molecular analysis on those insects. So, what kind of fluid can I use? Ethanol expires too early and I need...

03 March 2021 5,978 5 View

What is the status of bread making and more bakery foods with the use of insect flour/powder?

Insects have been consumed by human diet since prehistoric times. At present, the idea of looking at insects as food has been getting traction worldwide, also in response to increasing food...

03 March 2021 6,223 5 View

Which fluorescent dye to use for measuring total ROS production?

Is DCFDA appropriate for measuring total ROS production, or can it only detect certain types of ROS? If I want to measure total ROS production, which dye should I use?

01 March 2021 9,447 3 View

How to compare 2 samples recruited with different sampling methods?

If I want to compare characteristics of 2 groups of patients, one group is recruited from a random sample of the general public while another group is from a sample with a fixed gender (male to...

26 February 2021 3,526 3 View

Can anyone help with Schistosoma identification?

Can anyone identify what kind of Schistosome species this might be? Morphological features of cercariae and adults resemble Trichobilharzia, though I am fairly new to the field of parasitology...

25 February 2021 7,760 6 View

Any references about insects or animals that can damage or weathering of rock or fossil material?

Are there any references to insects or animals that can cause damage or weathering to the rock or fossil material? books or paper that would be nice. Thank you very much!

24 February 2021 6,805 3 View

Please help in identification of this insect?

This insect is minute in size around 1 mm and not clearly visible with naked eye.

22 February 2021 5,907 11 View

Are there SDMs that can take in percentage data?

Hi everyone, I am wondering if anyone knows of a species distribution model that can take in percentage data (i.e. presence data with prevalence values attached to them)? The dataset I have...

18 February 2021 7,312 3 View

How to find if Qualitative and Quantitative (discrete) variables have a relation?

I'm going to do a brief research about the dependance between the number of cases of Covid-19 and sex( male/female) . One of the requierements is to use inferential statistics to test the...

18 February 2021 7,092 11 View

How reliable is estimation of copy numbers by absolute qPCR?

Hello, I would like to compare the expression levels of several genes in insects, so I prepared standard curves and estimated copy numbers of each sequence in my samples. But for one of the genes,...

11 February 2021 8,421 13 View