MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS IN THE AFRICAN MONARCH BUTTERFLY, HOST TO A MALE-KILLING SPIROPLASMA

Morphological changes in female reproductive organs in the African monarch butterfly, host to a male-killing Spiroplasma

Background Sexual selection and conflicts within and between sexes promote morphological diversity of reproductive traits within species.Variation in the morphology of diagnostic reproductive characters within species offer an excellent opportunity to study these evolutionary processes as drivers of species diversification.The African monarch, Dana

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Causal effect of atrial fibrillation/flutter on chronic kidney disease: A bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization study.

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and atrial fibrillation are both major burdens on the health care system worldwide.Several observational studies have reported clinical associations between CKD and atrial fibrillation; however, causal relationships between these conditions remain to be elucidated due to possible bias by confounders and cowboys ps5 cont

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Establishment of lactate-metabolism-related signature to predict prognosis and immunotherapy response in patients with colon adenocarcinoma

The outcome of colon adenocarcinoma (COAD) patients remains dismal, and lactate metabolism has been characterized to promote tumor development and immune evasion.Based on the above background, it is worthwhile to explore novel prognostic and therapeutic biomarkers for COAD patients from the aspect of air force ocp officer ranks lactate metabolism.A

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