• Animal cells and systems
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.337-342
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• 2012

Information about the mating behaviors of an endangered species is critical for the understanding of the natural history of the species as well as in situ and ex situ breeding programs designed to rehabilitate field populations. We describe the mating behaviors of the Mongolian racerunner (Eremias argus), an endangered species in South Korea. The mating of this species consists of precopulatory, copulatory, and postcopulatory stages and is composed of 12 different mating behaviors. During the postcopulatory stage, other males or females not involved in mating show more interference behaviors than during the precopulatory and copulatory stages. The male E. argus has an extraordinarily long postcopulatory bite, which may function as a type of mate-guarding behavior. This study is the first report on the mating behavior of a South Korean reptile.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.51-57
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• 2011

Reproductive activity in the economically important insect, Antheraea mylitta is very important because the female reproduces only once in her life time and the aging is very rapid and costly. It is a capital breeder and strictly a monoandrous species. To know how strategically the insect behaves and the male allocates its ejaculate resource more prudently during its successive mating with virgin females to maximize its own fitness and the fitness of the female with whom it mated, both being most important to sericulture industry. So, the present study was undertaken and the results revealed fresh and virgin females always prefer to mate with fresh virgin males (84%) and receives high dose of ejaculates leading to higher hatchability than to virgin males of one day old (13.7%) and one day old males with mating experience (2.3%). The ejaculation size (as referred to eupyrene sperm count in the ejaculation) declined significantly over successive mating (r = -0.9931, P < 0.001), so also the male body weight (r = -0.9560, P < 0.001). The quantity of ejaculate passed to female also dramatically declined during aging (r = -0.9982, P < 0.001). It was found that male weight contribute substantially to the quantum of ejaculate (r = -0.9519, P < 0.001), so also higher fecund females receive relatively more ejaculate than the lower group to reach higher reproductive fitness. The life time fecundity was found to be $334{\pm}31$.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.167-172
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• 1999

We report for the first time the life history of a 'social' spider, Philoponella prominens, living in a temperate region. Philoponella prominens hibernated as immatures or subadults for 7-8 months in 1995 and 1996 from September-October to April-May in central Korea. When they emerged from their winter hibernation, a majority began their lives as commensals in the webs of other species. As the mating season approached, however, commensal spiders switched to become colonial or solitary. The mating season began in early June and lasted until early August. Newly-hatched spiderlings began to appear in the field in late June. They formed a colony by building their webs connected to the mother's by using pan of the mother's web as supporting substrates. As the season progressed, however, some of the colonial spiderlings became commensal or solitary individuals. Our field observations suggest that Philoponella prominens form colonies or commensal associations to reduce the web-building cost.

• 한국양식학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.16-22
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• 2009

한국산 가재 Cambaroides similis 자연 개체군의 생활사를 밝히기 위해 2006년 3월부터 10월까지 약 8개월간 서울소재 관악산에 서식하는 가재를 조사하였다. 조사기간 중 포획 및 재포획 방법을 사용하여 총 551개체에 대한 조사가 이루어 졌다. 연구결과 관악산의 가재 개체군은 체장 빈도 분포를 통해 4개의 연령 구조를 가지는 것으로 추정되며, 암수 성비는 거의 동일하였다. 성장률은 수은에 크게 영향을 받음을 알 수 있었다. 6월에 확인된 어린 유생들은 8월에 성체로 성장하였다. 논란이 있었던 한국산 가재의 교미시기는 늦은 가을부터 시작됨을 확인하였다.

• Mycobiology
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.452-462
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• 2023

Opportunistic infections due to Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii species complexes continue to rise unabated among HIV/AIDS patients, despite improved antifungal therapies. Here, we collected a total of 20 environmental and 25 presumptive clinical cryptococcal isolates from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples of 175 patients enrolled in an ongoing clinical trial Ambition 1 Project (Botswana-Harvard Partnership). Identity confirmation of the isolates was done using MALDI-TOF MS and PCR. We describe the diversity of the isolates by PCR fingerprinting and sequencing (Oxford Nanopore Technology) of the intergenic spacer region. Mating types of the isolates were determined by amplification of the MAT locus. We report an unusual prevalence of 42.1% of C. neoformans × C. deneoformans hybrids Serotype AD (n = 16), followed by 39.5% of C. neoformans Serotype A (n = 15), 5.3% of C. deneoformans, Serotype D (n = 2), 7.9% of C. gattii (n = 3), and 5.3% of C. tetragattii (n = 2) in 38 representative isolates that have been characterized. Mating type-specific PCR performed on 38 representative environmental and clinical isolates revealed that 16 (42.1%) were MATa/MAT𝛼 hybrids, 17 (44.7%) were MAT𝛼, and five (13.2%) possessed MATa mating type. We used conventional and NGS platforms to demonstrate a potential link between environmental and clinical isolates and lay a foundation to further describe mating patterns/history in Botswana.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.91-105
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• 2001

Taxonomic and phylogenetic studies of firefly in Japan have been reviewed. Fourty-six lampyrid species and one rhagophthalmid are distributed in the Japanese Islands including the Ryukyus. Recently, molecular phylogenetic approaches have been employed in the systematic study of firefly using mitochondrial and luciferase genes. Based on the molecular phylogenetic trees, evolutionary process of flashing patterns related strictly to mating behavior was estimated. Furthermore, genetic diversity studies revealed geographic differentiation patterns within species, and conservation measures of firefly were proposed to protect genetic resources endemic to the localities.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.425-430
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• 2012

The southwestern Australian frog Crinia georgiana (Anura; Myobatrachidae) inhabits ephemeral pools in which the tadpoles often face desiccation. Under these conditions selection on tadpoles can be severe and can directly affect fitness during the aquatic as well as the terrestrial developmental stages. A quantitative genetic study using a half-sib breeding design was conducted to understand the genetic effects on larval life-history traits. We found no significant additive genetic variance in any of larval traits. Except for hatching period, heritability estimates based on females were high in egg size, larval period, snout-vent length, and weight at metamorphosis, suggesting non-additive genetic effects. These results indicate that any response to selection during hatching and larval periods should be predominately governed by non-additive genetic effects in C. georgiana.

• Interdisciplinary Bio Central
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.13.1-13.8
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• 2011

Previous research has established the existence of individual differences with regards to individuals' optimum time of well-functioning; specifically in terms of being either morning or evening oriented. An association has also emerged between being more evening, as opposed to morning, oriented and having a greater number of sexual partners. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether "eveningness" in males is an evolved sexually dimorphic trait consistent across different cultures. A sample of 179 male Sri Lankan men residing in two different cultural and economic settings, Italy and Sri Lanka, were administered the Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ) followed by assessing their sexual behavior history. The results robustly portrayed a highly significant main effect of MEQ types highlighting the twofold sexual success enjoyed by the evening individuals in both regional locations. Morning oriented individuals, showed a stronger preference for going out and partying than evening-types, suggesting that the higher mating success of evening types is not due to their different lifestyles allowing more opportunities to encounter females. However, evening types exhibited a preference for flirtatious behaviors in the later part of the day. Shoulder-to-hip and handgrip strength, as measures of testosterone levels, were not significantly associated with eveningness. The results are discussed in terms of sexual selection and its interplay with human cultural variation.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.14-19
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• 1992

rate of growth of "protective" films of oxides and compounds derived from the lubricant. The protection afforded by the films is strongly dependent on lubricant and steel composition, initial composite surface roughness and the load/speed sequence or history in the early stages of sliding. The protective films, formed by chemical and mechanical action between lubricant and mating surfaces, delayed the surface roughening and offered higher load capacity. Given the great number of variables involved it is not possible to follow more than a few of the chemical changes on surfaces at the end of experiments. Ellipsometry was therefore used to monitor the formation and loss of dual protective films in real time, and also to find the effect of protective films on scuffing and break-in depending on lubricant conditions.

• 생태와환경
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.116-125
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• 2017

극한 기후에서 수분매개자가 부족한 고산식물은 번식보장을 위해 자가수정을 겪는 것으로 믿어졌다; 그러나 반대되는 증거도 있다. 고산지역에서 융설체제는 고산식물의 개화시기와 개화기간 같은 생활사 특성을 변화시키는 기능을 한다; 그러나 국내의 고산식물에 대한 융설체제 효과는 검정된 바 없다. 본 연구에서는 소백산 정상부의 아고산식물인 모데미풀의 자웅이숙성, 교배체제, 두 개체군[이른 융설 구역과 늦은 융설 구역(각기 ESP와 LSP)]의 개화특성을 조사하였다. 모데미풀은 암술과 수술의 성숙시기가 부분적으로 겹치는 불완전 자예선숙성을 나타냈다. 교배실험의 결과 대조구와 인공타가수분 처리구가 자율 및 인공자가수분 처리구보다 꽃당 골돌 및 종자를 유의하게 더 많이 생산하였다. 취과성숙률에 근거한 자율자가 수정지수(AI)와 자가화합성지수(SI)는 각기 0.33, 0.50이었다. ESP의 융설이 LSP보다 10일 빨랐고 이에 따라 ESP와 LSP의 개화수명과 계화계절이 현저한 차이를 보였으나 두 개체군의 개화절정일은 거의 차이가 없었다. 결론적으로, 소백산 아고산지역 모데미풀은 수분매개자 서비스를 통해 거의 타가수정으로 번식하는 조건부타가수정 식물이다. 또한 기후변화로 인한 융설 시점(이른 vs. 늦은)과 후속적인 개화특성의 변동은 이미 희귀식물인 모데미풀을 더욱 위협할 가능성이 있다.