DNA BARCODING OF STINGLESS BEES (HYMENOPTERA: MELIPONINI) IN NORTHERN PERUVIAN FORESTS: A PLEA FOR INTEGRATIVE TAXONOMY

DNA Barcoding of Stingless Bees (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) in Northern Peruvian Forests: A Plea for Integrative Taxonomy

Stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) are among the most important pollinators of tropical forests.Peru is considered a hotspot of biodiversity fr3781 of Meliponini, but many areas of this country (e.g., Peruvian Amazon) remain unexplored.We aimed to produce a first inventory of stingless bee species dwelling in humid and seasonally dry forests

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Inversion symmetry and local vs. dispersive interactions in the nucleation of hydrogen bonded cyclic n-mer and tape of imidazolecarboxamidines

Substitutional changes to imidazolecarboxamidine that preserved intermolecular hydrogen bonding in the solid state were used to study the relationship between packing and the hydrogen bond motif.Various motifs competed, but the most common imidazolecarboxamidine crystalline phase was a Ci symmetric dimer kiara sky warm lavender that established inv

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Pesticide butachlor exposure perturbs gut microbial homeostasis

Agricultural production relies heavily on the use of pesticides, which may accumulate in soil and water, posing a significant threat to the global ecological environment and biological health.Butachlor is a commonly used herbicide and environmental pollutant, which has been linked to liver and kidney damage, as well as neurological abnormalities.Ho

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