Culex quinquefasciatus (the southern house mosquito) is an important mosquito vector of
viruses such as West Nile virus and St. Louis encephalitis virus, as well as of nematodes that …

Ticks transmit more pathogens to humans and animals than any other arthropod. We describe
the 2.1 Gbp nuclear genome of the tick, Ixodes scapularis (Say), which vectors pathogens …

Background SINEs (Short INterspersed Elements) are homoplasy-free and co-dominant
genetic markers which are considered to represent useful tools for population genetic studies, …

Sex determination in the mosquito Aedes aegypti is governed by a dominant male-determining
factor (M factor) located within a Y chromosome–like region called the M locus. Here, we …

Background Y chromosomes are responsible for the initiation of male development, male
fertility, and other male-related functions in diverse species. However, Y genes are rarely …

Background Anopheles stephensi is the key vector of malaria throughout the Indian subcontinent
and Middle East and an emerging model for molecular and genetic studies of mosquito-…

Despite the great potential of electrolytic water technology, the four-electron transfer
process of oxygen evolution reaction limits its full application to a slow and energy-consuming …

In recent years, biodegradable porous Zn-based scaffolds employed as bone tissue
engineering scaffolds to treat large bone defects have attracted attention of many researchers. …

In the present work porous Zn scaffolds with different porosities were fabricated by air pressure
infiltration method (APIM) as potential degradable materials for biomedical applications. …

Purpose Ferroptosis is a form of regulated cell death that has the potential to be targeted as
a cancer therapeutic strategy. But cancer cells have a wide range of sensitivities to …