Search results for "Genea"

Independent host switching events by digenean parasites of cetaceans inferred from ribosomal DNA

2015

Cetaceans harbour a unique fauna of digeneans whose origin and relationships have sparked considerable debate during recent decades. Disparity in the species reported indicates that they do not share close affinities, but their unusual morphology has made their taxonomic identities and phylogenetic positions uncertain. Here we use sequence data to investigate the phylogenetic relationships of the main species of flukes infecting cetaceans. We sequenced the 18S, 28S and internal transcribed spacer 2 rDNA of digenean species representing all known families reported from cetaceans: Braunina cordiformis (Brauninidae), Ogmogaster antarcticus (Notocotylidae), Pholeter gastrophilus (Heterophyidae)…

Molecular phylogeny of species of Ligophorus (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) and their affinities within the Dactylogyridae.

2012

The taxonomic framework of Ligophorus, monogenean specialists of the gills of grey mullets (Mugilidae), is evaluated and its interspecific relationships are assessed for the first time using molecular data. The position of Ligophorus within the paraphyletic Ancyrocephalinae is re-assessed based on newly sequenced species. Furthermore, the relationship between morphometric and genetic interspecific similarities is evaluated. Partial 28S and complete ITS1 rDNA sequences from representatives of 14 of the 16 nominal species of Ligophorus from the Mediterranean, Black and Azov Seas were analysed together with published sequences of members of the Dactylogyridae. The phylogenetic analyses of the …

Towards a Genealogy of the Metaphysics of Sight: Seeing, Hearing, and Thinking in Heraclitus and Parmenides

2015

Mui ilust. Señores. Antonio Pasqual i Garcia, Generoso, deseando tener la honra de ser uno de los Cavalleros, que componen la Noble Cofradia de nuest…

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Peer review by the Peers, for the Peers: response to Hettyey et al.

2012

Open discussion and participation of the scientific community are vital to the evolution of Peerage of Science and, therefore, the letter in TREE by Hettyey et al. [1] is much appreciated. Here, we reply to the three conceptual concerns that they raise. Other responses and open discussion can be found on the Peerage of Science blog (http://www.peerageofscience.org).

Maternal-foetal immunity: an admirable design in favour of life

2014

La modulazione della risposta immunitaria materno-fetale, volta a beneficiare la gestazione di un individuo il cui materiale genetico e estraneo a quello della madre (poiche il 50% e di origine paterna), e un processo biologico, unico, molto complesso, che coinvolge il padre, la madre e il bambino. I primi segnali emessi dal liquido seminale sono gia in grado di promuovere l’inizio di un adattamento immunitario, in cui gli antigeni espressi successivamente dal feto e la sequenza di meccanismi umorali e cellulari dei quali la madre sara responsabile nell’ultimo trimestre, formeranno un ambiente di equilibrio omeostatico, in cui i processi di tolleranza immunitaria volti a tutelare la nuova v…

FIVET e medicina del desiderio

2013

Il trionfo della ragione strumentale e calcolatrice su quella che rivela il significato delle cose ha condotto la società odierna a diventare una “società di mercato”, dove tutto diventa un oggetto del desiderio venale e banale. Al centro della situazione descritta, si è generata una confusione tra il legittimo diritto di avere figli – nel senso del diritto alla libertà o divieto di generare – e il falso diritto di avere bambini a tutti costi, indipendentemente dagli eventuali danni causati a terzi innocenti. ---------- The triumph of instrumental and calculating reason over the reason which reveals meaning has led nowadays society to become a “market society”, where everything becomes an o…

За счастьем в Россию: жизнь новгородских латышей-переселенцев в России, XIX–ХХ века

2017

Книга «За счастьем в Россию» написана по архивным материалам, выявленным в результате разысканий автора и относящимся к истории рода Эглескалн, представители которого переселились с другими крестьянами Курляндской губернии в 1884 году под Новгород на выкупленные ими земли и жили там в латышской колонии. Описывается жизнь и быт латышей-колонистов в XIX–XX веках. На основе собранных документов и устных воспоминаний потомков пролит свет на вопросы о судьбах репрессированных в 1930-е годы колонистов и их родных, оказавшихся волею обстоятельств оторванными от своей исторической Родины.

Digenean parasites of the bivalve mollusc Pisidium amnicum in a small river in eastern Finland

1998

The host-parasite relationship between digeneans and a semelparous population of the mollusc. Pisidium amnicum Müller in a small river in eastern Finland was studied during 1992/1993. The parasite prevalence of the population was high. The total prevalence was 45.6% in 1992 (n = 790) and 47.5% in 1993 (n = 160). The dominant digenean, Bunodera luciopercae (34.2% in 1992, 35.0% in 1993), had highest prevalences in July/August and in winter. Two other species, Palaeorchis crassus (7.8% in 1992, 7.5% in 1993) and Phyllodistomum elongatum (4.7% and 5.0%), were rare during the winter. The prevalence of B. luciopercae increased as clams aged, while the other species were most common in middle-siz…

The Power of Literature to Decipher the Archetype of Lone-Wolf

2021

The Soviet Union collapse marked the end of the Cold War and the rise of the US as the only superpower, at least until 9/11, a foundational event where four civil aeroplanes were directed against the commercial and military hallmarks of the most powerful nation. Terrorism and the so-called War on Terror characterized the turn of a bloody century whose legacy remains to date. The chapter explores the dilemmas of lone-wolf terrorism from the lens of literature as well as cultural theory. The authors hold the thesis that terrorism activates some long-dormant narrative forged in the colonial period respecting to the “non-Western other.” Having said this, the chapter dissects the plot of some no…