TAXONOMIC REVISION OF MADAGASCAN RHANTUS (COLEOPTERA, DYTISCIDAE, COLYMBETINAE) WITH AN EMPHASIS ON MANJAKATOMPO AS A CONSERVATION PRIORITY

Taxonomic revision of Madagascan Rhantus (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Colymbetinae) with an emphasis on Manjakatompo as a conservation priority

We review the diving-beetle genus Rhantus Dejean of Madagascar (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Colymbetinae) based on museum collection holdings and recently collected expedition material.Both morphology and DNA is used to test species boundaries, in particular whether newly collected material from the Tsaratanana mountains in the north represent a new sp

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Quasicrystal formation in binary soft matter mixtures

Using a strategy that may be applied in theory or in experiments, we identify the regime in which a model binary soft matter mixture forms quasicrystals.The system is described using classical density functional theory combined with integral equation theory.Quasicrystal formation requires Newborn Bib particle ordering with two characteristic length

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A naturally occurring Lgr4 splice variant encodes a soluble antagonist useful for demonstrating the gonadal roles of Lgr4 in mammals.

Whiskey Glass And Decanter Leucine-rich repeat containing G protein-coupled receptor 4 (LGR4) promotes the Wnt signaling through interaction with R-spondins or norrin.Using PCR amplification from rat ovarian cDNAs, we identified a naturally occurring Lgr4 splice variant encoding only the ectodomain of Lgr4, which was named Lgr4-ED.Lgr4-ED can be de

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