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  Ecology: Plant hybrid zones and insect host range expansion - Hybridization and Resistance to Parasites
Floate and Whitham (1993) suggest that this is because the genetic gap between the host and the [F.sub.1] is large relative to the two smaller genetic gaps: (1) between the parent and the BC, and (2) between the BC and the [F.sub.1].
The first is that phenotypic gaps between actual and potential hosts limit host range in herbivorous insects and mites, and the second is that the genetic control of characters controlling host use is additive in all types of hybrids.
Host range expansion onto hybrids, like range expansion onto novel hosts, must be controlled by relative differences in preference and performance on the ancestral and novel hosts.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2120/is_2_80/ai_54336602   (1434 words)

  
 Greatest Host Range
In this chapter observed feeding will constitute a host record regardless of the effect on development of the insect and whether or not it was a lab or field observation.
Masaki and Umeya 1977), and in Korea 65 hosts are recorded (Woo 1961).
It is unlikely that 636 is the exact number of hosts as this is based on different reports from different parts of the world.
ufbir.ifas.ufl.edu /chap02.htm   (940 words)

  
 Midwest Biological Control News
If you were to draw an analogy between host range of insect parasites and the diet of my two children, Brussels sprouts are in their potential host range, yet are not in their realized host range.
Avoiding the host's immune system is what makes the interaction between internal parasites and their hosts very intimate, and what also limits the hosts that can be attacked successfully.
Host range in the laboratory will nearly always be greater than that measured in the field.
www.entomology.wisc.edu /mbcn/fea/fea208.html   (1446 words)

  
 CDC - Feline Host Range of Canine parvovirus: Recent Emergence of New Antigenic Types in Cats
Moreover, FPLV-type virus actually has the potential to acquire canine host range by natural mutation, although phylogenetic analyses indicate that the isolate is unlikely to be a direct ancestor of CPV-2 (11).
Canine and feline host ranges of canine parvovirus and feline panleukopenia virus: distinct host cell tropisms of each virus in vitro and in vivo.
Horiuchi M, Goto H, Ishiguro N, Shinagawa M. Mapping of determinants of the host range for canine cells in the genome of canine parvovirus using canine parvovirus/mink enteritis virus chimeric viruses.
www.cdc.gov /ncidod/eid/vol8no4/01-0228.htm   (4339 words)

  
 HOST SPECIFICITY
Mermithids of terrestrial insects have a broader host range than those that parasitize aquatic insects.
Host range is more restricted in aquatic mermithids, often to a single or a few species of closely related hosts.
Further, mermithids that complete their parasitic development only in adult hosts are usually specific for a single host species (P. culicus for Aedes sollicitans, Culicimermis culcivora for Aedes communes, Empidomermis cozii for Anophelesfunestus, and Empidomermis riouxi for Aedes detritus).
nematode.unl.edu /epn/mermit3c.htm   (658 words)

  
 Host range and distribution (from virus) --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This is justified in many cases, but not in others, and the host range and distribution of viruses are only one criterion for their classification.
Three rivers cut through the Cascade Range on their way to the sea—the Klamath River to the south, the Columbia River near the middle of the range, and the Fraser River far to the north.
The highest mountain range within the Arctic Circle is the Brooks Range, the northernmost extension of the Rocky Mountains in northern Alaska.
www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=32741   (931 words)

  
 Expanded Host Range and Clinical Presentation of Bird Flu
The expanded host range is cause for concern.
H5N1 has undergone a series of recombinations to generate new genes with expanded host ranges.
As the number of hosts expands, more novel recombinants can be generated.
www.recombinomics.com /News/02230504/Expanded_Host_Clinical_H5N1.html   (432 words)

  
 Baker Institute : Research : Infectious Diseases and Immunology : Colin Parrish : Host Range and Virus/Cell Interaction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
We are examining the atomic structures of the parvovirus capsids and defining point mutants that affect host range, and are also studying the flexibility of the capsid using structure-specific probes and antibodies.
The preliminary results of studies of a series of mutants indicate that the structure of the capsid is very precisely designed for canine cell infection, and that most modifications of that optimal structure result in viruses that cannot infect dog cells.
Our studies of host range are examining the sequence of events which lead to infection or restriction of the different virus capsids - i.e.
bakerinstitute.vet.cornell.edu /research/parrish/host_range.html   (377 words)

  
 Baker Institute : Research : Infectious Diseases and Immunology : Colin Parrish : Curriculum Vitae   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Structures of host range-controlling regions of the capsids of canine and feline parvoviruses and mutants.
Host range and variability of calcium binding by surface loops in the capsids of canine and feline parvoviruses.
Canine parvovirus host range is determined by the specific conformation of an additional region of the capsid.
bakerinstitute.vet.cornell.edu /research/parrish/parrish_cv.html   (1040 words)

  
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Louda (1998) has documented the expansion of this weevil's host range into two native Cirsium thistles in Nebraska, and she has shown through long term studies that seedling recruitment in populations of these non-targets is limited by seed predation (Louda & Potvin 1995).
In defense of those involved with this program, it should be noted that the broad host range of R. conicus was well known at the time of introduction (1969), but that in those days, impact to native plants (particularly native thistles!) was not considered to be a problem.
Host tests indicated that L. jacobaeae has a narrow host range, and we are unlikely to find it on plants other than a couple of very close relatives, also introductions from Europe.
www.udel.edu /entomology/khopper/bcntimpact.txt   (19577 words)

  
 Russia Summer Host Program - Wide Horizons For Children, Inc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Host children are recommended by their orphanage director as children who should be able to adjust successfully to family life.
About one month prior to the children's arrival, each host family sent a photo album which included photos of their family and home to the child matched with them.
Several host parents remarked at how seamlessly their child fit into their family.
www.whfc.org /resources/RussiaSummer.htm   (490 words)

  
 Molecular Virology at Kansas State University: Host Range Specificity in Baculoviruses   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The study of baculovirus host range is important to safely extend the uses of baculoviruses as biopesticides and gene expression vectors.
The knowledge of the functions of these late/very late transcription and replication genes in the processes of transcription, replication, or host range is limited.
The long-term goal is to define determinants for host range, their role in host specificity, and parameters necessary to manipulate the host range of the viruses to make them more efficient bioinseticides.
www.ksu.edu /virology/passarellilab/projects/project1.htm   (279 words)

  
 Mycorrhizal Citations
The host range of ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi in Britain was examined by compilation of a data matrix from published literature sources, based primarily on accounts of sporocarp associations with particular host genera.
There was also variation in the number of species of ECM fungi which were apparently specific to particular host genera, values ranging from zero tin 15 general to > 40 in the case of Betula and Fagus.
Comparison of the ECM mycota associated with different host genera by PCA accounted for 17 % of the total variation, with genera belonging to the Fagaceae (Quercus, Fagus and Castanea) tending to cluster together, indicating a degree of overlap in their ECM associates.
mycorrhiza.ag.utk.edu /latest/latest98/6newt1.htm   (204 words)

  
 CDC - Developing New Smallpox Vaccines
It is also important to compare the breadth and scale of the hosts' immune response with responses generated by vaccines previously used against smallpox infection.
For example, the wide host range of poxvirus viruses could potentially lead to the exploration of a monkeypox model to obtain supporting data.
Sutter G, Moss B. Novel vaccinia vector derived from the host range restricted and highly attenuated MVA strain of vaccinia virus.
www.cdc.gov /ncidod/EID/vol7no6/rosenthal.htm   (5081 words)

  
 Pacific NW Plant-Parasitic Nematode Species, Host Range and Damage Levels   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Host Range and Damage Levels of Pacific Northwest Plant-Parasitic Nematode Species:
Damage level, host and tolerance rating, or host status are then listed by plant and nematode species.
Host status or subjective damage reports are included if quantitative data are not available.
www.nacse.org /ocid/ocidNematodeIntro.html   (563 words)

  
 Sniper Country Duty Roster
We were swamped on the range this weekend with idiots that can shoot the target returns, but CANNOT hit the little blue man hanging from it...go figure.
The 400yd or 500yd ones are good to about half the advertised range as is the case with most all the cheaper range finders unless your ranging a house.
I was easily able to range a house, barn, etc. This is because that big solar generator that we have is emitting light in the same band as your laser range finder...
www.snipercountry.com /roster/AllArchives/duty092000_24_30.htm   (20266 words)

  
 ARS Project: EVOLUTION OF HOST RANGE, COURTSHIP, AND MORPHOLOGY IN SIBLING SPECIES OF PARASITOIDS (405969)
If frequency of pairs with female offspring is reduced for a cross between host species compared to within host species, repeat the cross and observe mating behavior of each pair to determine whether they copulate.
For each combination of parasitoid source and host species which yields numbers of mummies that differ from original, field combination, determine whether this difference arises from differences in host suitability or in host acceptance.
Expose aphids of the original and novel species individually to females and observe whether females insert their ovipositors into each host and dissect hosts to determine whether eggs were laid.
www.ars.usda.gov /research/projects/projects.htm?ACCN_NO=405969   (555 words)

  
 Characterization of Wolbachia Host Cell Range via the In Vitro Establishment of Infections -- Dobson et al. 68 (2): 656 ...
-proteobacteria that infect a diverse range of invertebrate
host cell range is broader than previously thought (17).
Ballard, J. Sequential Evolution of a Symbiont Inferred From the Host: Wolbachia and Drosophila simulans.
aem.asm.org /cgi/content/full/68/2/656   (3090 words)

  
 Pharmalicensing.com: Bacteriophage Having Multiple Host Range
The designation FK1-5 denotes the phage's ability to infect E. coli strains that contain the K1 polysaccharide in their outer capsule as well as E. coli strains that contain the K5 polysaccharide in their outer capsule.
Sequence analysis of the tail proteins of phage FK1-5 by the inventors has shown that they are arranged in a cassette structure, suggesting that the host range of phages can be broadened to other K antigens, and even possibly other species of bacteria by recombinant techniques.
The inventors' demonstration that a phage can contain multiple tail proteins that expand its host range is useful for generating phage with broad-spectrum antibacterial properties for the treatment of infectious diseases.
www.pharmalicensing.com /licensing/displicopp/804   (283 words)

  
 Host Range Determinants of Mosquito Densonucleosis Viruses   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The original isolate of AeDNV is specific for Aedes mosquitoes; however, a host range variant has recently been isolated in Prof.
We propose to identify the critical mutations that changed the host range.
Understanding the nature and location of the host range mutation in the Anopheles variant will facilitate the development of densovirus-based mosquito-borne disease control strategies for Anopheles mosquitoes.
www.crdf.org /Abstracts/fund/UN1439.html   (192 words)

  
 ARS | Publication request: Salmonella Host Range of Bacteriophages Which Exhibit Increased Host Range
For determination of host specificity, a pool of 44 combined isolates of phages were evaluated for ability to propagate in individual non-pathogenic enteric bacterial isolates.
Amplification in each species was confirmed by the formation of increased pfu's in a TSA overlay with the enteric (alternative host) bacteria.
These experiments suggest that phage host range is not always genera-restricted, and that selection of subpopulations of phages, capable of amplification in alternative genera, may provide a tool for selection of broad host-range phages for the pathogen of interest.
ars.usda.gov /research/publications/publications.htm?SEQ_NO_115=157577   (422 words)

  
 Untitled   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In this paper three species of parasitoids with different degrees of host specialization are compared in bioassays with regard to innate responses to aggregation pheromones of adult drosophilid hosts.
Specialist parasitoids are assumed to use more specific information about their hosts than generalist parasitoids.
However, when A. tabida females were given an oviposition experience in the presence of host pheromones, they became attracted to aggregation pheromones of their host.
www.oikos.ekol.lu.se /77(3)/7446HEDL.HTM   (198 words)

  
 ISIS News no.3 index
Some of the main problems are as follows: the generation of new viruses by horizontal gene transfer and recombination, the unpredictable changes in host range of genetically engineered viruses and viral genomes, the infectious nature and long persistence of naked nucleic acids used as vaccines.
Changes to the genetic material of viruses are known to alter their infectivity and host range in unpredictable ways, so that previously non-susceptible species become susceptible.
It is written for the whole range of general readers from ordinary citizens to policy-makers.
www.i-sis.org.uk /i-sisnews3.htm   (8667 words)

  
 Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium and Its Host-Adapted Variants -- Rabsch et al. 70 (5): 2249 -- Infection and ...
appear to have a narrow host range and may be considered host
host range is significant since it provides a new opportunity
to host range thus opens a new opportunity to apply this strategy.
iai.asm.org /cgi/content/full/70/5/2249   (4223 words)

  
 Bev Smith makes full use of her range as radio host   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Last week, she was honored by the Pittsburgh Black Media Federation, receiving the Robert L. Vann Award for a recent broadcast on AIDS awareness and funding.
She went on to host the talk show "Vibrations" on KDKA-TV.
In 1975, she was named news and public affairs director for Sheridan Broadcasting and started a talk show on WAMO.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/05124/498458.stm   (1211 words)

  
 Incompatibility Protein IncC and Global Regulator KorB Interact in Active Partition of Promiscuous Plasmid RK2 -- ...
The self-transmissible plasmids of incompatibility group P (IncP) are known for their remarkably broad host range.
Recognition of the P1 plasmid centromere analog involves binding of the ParB protein and is modified by a specific host factor.
The trfB region of broad host range plasmid RK2: the nucleotide sequence reveals incC and key regulatory gene trfB/korA/korD as overlapping genes.
jb.asm.org /cgi/content/full/182/21/6014   (7675 words)

  
 The Big Picture Book of Viruses - Host List
This list of the taxonomic structure of virus families and genera sorted according to their general host range has been compiled from:
Throughout this document taxa are listed according to their general host range.
Each type species name is preceded by the name of the order, family and genus it belongs to.
www.virology.net /Big_Virology/BVHostList.html   (200 words)

  
 Sniper Country Duty Roster
Your time will be better spent practicing ranging and reading wind with a 308 than spending your time cleaning/replacing the barrel or buying powder for you magnum.
I wasn't sold on the USP.45 at first, but a friend had one at the range, it was light and the finish looked similar to a Glock or Beretta (probably pretty durable) so I gave it a function test.
Many times I've borrowed a Taurus or Rossi on the handgun range and outshot "high dollar piece packin'gun store commandos" that were giving the owners of these guns (usually relatively new shooters with a limited budget) a hard time.
www.snipercountry.com /roster/AllArchives/duty012000.htm   (20121 words)

  
 Advisors
Primarily interested the biodiversity of cestodes and their mammalian hosts, he also studies the ubiquitous though largely unstudied group, the Nemata (the nematodes).
His research interests are wide ranging, from subterranean to canopy communities, from palaeoenvironments to the composition of extant invertebrate communities, from economic entomology and sustainable development to wilderness conservation.
The aim of his research at Berkeley is to elucidate mechanisms of insect resistance to viral infection and viral host range factors.
www.all-species.org /advisors.html   (9005 words)

  
 PAG-X: GENOMIC STUDIES OF THE BROAD HOST RANGE PATHOGEN FUSARIUM GRAMINERUM AND ITS CEREAL HOSTS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Fusarium graminearum (teleomorph: Gibberella zeae) is a broad-host pathogen, attacking a range of plant species including wheat and barley (head blight/scab), and maize (gibberella ear and stalk rots).
It has been the cause of several recent epidemics causing millions of dollars in lost revenue to Canadian and U.S. cereal producers and has been identified as the most important cereal problem in Canada in terms of yield/grade losses and toxicity of infected grains.
A parallel approach is also being used with F. graminearum to identify pathways necessary for fungal pathogenicity and plant infection.
www.intl-pag.org /10/abstracts/PAGX_P54.html   (248 words)

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