Resistance waxes for mutualists protected by wasp secretions

JL Klassen - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Many animals and plants use toxic molecules to defend themselves. Some make their
producers unpalatable to predators, some act as protective signals, and some directly inhibit …

Protection of a defensive symbiont does not constrain the composition of the multifunctional hydrocarbon profile in digger wasps

CS Ingham, T Engl, M Kaltenpoth - Biology Letters, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Hydrocarbons (HCs) fulfil indispensable functions in insects, protecting against desiccation
and serving chemical communication. However, the link between composition and function …

Does the Symbiotic Relationship Between Hydra Viridissima and Photoautotrophic Alga Provide an Evolutionary Advantage in Protecting DNA against Damage by …

D Želježić, G Kovačević, A Matijević, P Korać… - Bulletin of environmental …, 2024 - Springer
The aim of this paper was to evaluate whether symbiotic cooperation between green hydra
(Hydra viridissima) and photoautotrophic alga gives higher resistance of the preservation of …

PinX1 Alleviates Atherosclerosis by Inhibiting MMP-9 Expression and p66shc-Mediated Oxidative Stress

Y Yao, Q Zhang, H Song, Y Zhang - 2023 - preprints.org
Atherosclerosis (AS) is an age-related disease. Mitochondria and telomere links have been
considered to play important roles in AS. PinX1 is a potent and highly conserved …

Überleben im Giftgasnebel: Chemische Tricks der Tiere und Pflanzen

L Tetsch - 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Bienenwölfe legen ihre Eier auf einer erbeuteten Honigbiene ab, die den schlüpfenden
Larven als Nahrung dient. Für ihr Überleben sind sie auf bakterielle Symbionten …