Feeding, a vital behavior in animals, is modulated depending on internal and external factors.In the Tool nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, the feeding organ called the pharynx ingests food by pumping driven by the pharyngeal muscles.Here we report that optical silencing of the body wall muscles, which drive the locomotory movement of worms, affects
Interspecific hybridization is relatively frequent in nature and numerous cases of hybridization between wild canids and domestic dogs have been recorded.However, hybrids between golden jackals (Canis aureus) and other canids have not been described before.In this study, we combined the use of biparental (15 autosomal microsatellites and three majo
In this paper, the author finds links among changes in private and public debt during economic downturn and discusses their financial stability and fiscal sustainability consequences.Financial deepening in years before Bicycle Trailers the economic downturn resulted in the growth of indebtedness among agents within economy that sustained afterwards
Farmers are often overlooked and undervalued as sources of innovation, but can be powerful drivers of ingenuity and development.We evaluate historical developments in the Australian subterranean clover seed-production industry as a case study of farmer-driven innovation.Subterranean clover seed machinery patents (75% of which were patented by farme