The longhorned beetle Rosalia batesi Harold (Coleoptera; Cerambycidae) is endemic to Japan, where its range extends from Hokkaido to Kyushu.The colorful adults are well-known to entomologists and collectors worldwide.It is a hardwood-boring species with larvae that develop in dead broad-leaf trees.In laboratory bioassays, females were attracted to
Sexual Transmission of Hepatitis B virus: Epidemiological Considerations and Implications for Control with Vaccine
Prior to the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic, more than 50% of the new hepatitis B virus infections THIN HAIR in the United States and Canada were sexually transmitted, approximately one-quarter by heterosexual men and women and one-third by homosexual men.The percentage of hepatitis B virus infections attributable to heterosexu
Postcranial heterochrony, modularity, integration and disparity in the prenatal ossification in bats (Chiroptera)
Abstract Background Self-powered flight is one of the most energy-intensive types of locomotion found in vertebrates.It is also associated with a range of extreme morpho-physiological adaptations that evolved independently in three different vertebrate groups.Considering that development acts as Supplies a bridge between the genotype and phenotype