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Beetles drive groundbreaking conservation project
May 19, 2009 |
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They are cursed the world over for contaminating food supplies and are a huge commercial pest, but the humble flour beetle is about to play a significant role in the management of endangered species.
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Biologists sequenced red flour beetle genome
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Mar 23, 2008 |
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Most of us hate to find the red flour beetle living happily in the flour sack in our pantries. But for several scientists at Kansas State University, and many others throughout the world, this pest of stored grain and grain ...
Scientists Plot Genetic Ploy Against Grain Pest
Nov 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Aided by a genomic map of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and university scientists are plotting a kind of genetic sabotage on the pest’s basic ...
How one pest adapted to life in the dark
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Dec 21, 2007 |
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A type of beetle that lives its entire life burrowing through stored grain has been found to lack full colour vision, and what’s more the vision it does have breaks the rules. Most other insects have trichromatic vision – ...
New genetic analysis forces re-draw of insect family tree
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Oct 26, 2006 |
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The family tree covering almost half the animal species on the planet has been re-drawn following a genetic analysis which has revealed new relationships between four major groups of insects.
Giant Insects Might Reign If Only There Was More Oxygen in the Air
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Oct 11, 2006 |
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The delicate lady bug in your garden could be frighteningly large if only there was a greater concentration of oxygen in the air, a new study concludes. The study adds support to the theory that some insects were much larger ...
Study discovers how beetle shells harden
Aug 05, 2005 |
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Kansas State University researchers think their discovery of the enzyme involved in the hardening of a beetle's exoskeleton or cuticle could lead not only to better pest control, but also help create similar strong, lightweight ...
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