DEVELOPMENT OF A SET OF MICROSATELLITE MARKERS TO INVESTIGATE SEXUALLY ANTAGONISTIC SELECTION IN THE INVASIVE ANT NYLANDERIA FULVA

Development of a Set of Microsatellite Markers to Investigate Sexually Antagonistic Selection in the Invasive Ant Nylanderia fulva

Sexually antagonistic selection (SAS) occurs when distinct alleles are differentially selected in each sex.In the invasive tawny crazy ant, Nylanderia fulva, a genomic region is under SAS, while the rest of the genome is randomly selected in males and females.In this study, we designed a suite of 15 microsatellite markers to study the origin and ev

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Estimating sewage flow rate in Jefferson County, Kentucky, using machine learning for wastewater-based epidemiology applications

Direct measurement of the flow rate in sanitary sewer lines is not always feasible and is an important parameter here for the normalization of data used in wastewater-based epidemiology applications.Machine learning to estimate past wastewater influent flow rates supporting public health applications has not been studied.The aim of this study was t

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Fecal Carriage and Molecular Characterization of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales in the Pediatric Population in Qatar

ABSTRACT Whole-genome sequencing was used to characterize carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) strains recovered from rectal screening swab samples obtained from children at a tertiary-care pediatric hospital in Qatar during a 3-year period.A total of 72 CPE isolates recovered from 61 fecal carriers were characterized.Escherichia coli (47

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The role of extra-familial factors in adolescence for the association between out-of-home care and adult psychiatric disorders-A birth cohort study.

BackgroundPsychiatric disorders are a substantial public health concern, and childhood adversity a well-known risk factor for it.Investigating gender differences in vulnerability and resilience processes following out-of-home care (OHC) as proxy for childhood adversity can help map opportunities for the prevention of psychiatric disorders.MethodsWe

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