D. Millar results 86
· Newest (Page 1/4, per page 25)
Author: D. Millar ×Clear All Filters
Search Results
We describe the identification, synthesis, and field testing of an aggregation-sex pheromone produced by male Acalolepta aesthetica (Olliff 1890) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae), a cerambycid beetle native to Australia that has recently become established in Hawai‘i. Comparing extracts of headspace volatiles from both sexes revealed that males emitted two sex-specific volatiles, (3 E ,5 Z )-octadien-2-ol and (3 E ,5 Z )-o...
Characterising the mycobiome of healthy and wounded reef sharks in the Seychelles archipelagoNARA Subscribed
Sharks frequently sustain cutaneous injuries throughout their lifetimes, yet subsequent infections are surprisingly rare, and wounds appear to heal rapidly. This has led scientists to explore the potential mechanisms behind shark skin’s putative ‘superior’ capacity for fending off infection. Interestingly, research has turned to the skin-associated microbiome for the answer. Although exploration of the bacterial microbiome has...
Little is known about the semiochemicals that mediate the reproductive behavior of click beetles, the Elateridae. Research over the past two decades has begun to fill this gap, with: (1) the discovery of sex attractants for a number of pest and non-pest species, and (2) subsequent studies toward development of semiochemically-based pest management approaches and conservation initiatives for pests and non-pests, respectively. W...
Discovery and Field Evaluation of Sex Pheromone Components for the Click Beetle Melanotus verberans (LeConte) (Coleoptera: Elateridae)NARA Subscribed
Wireworms, the larval stage of elaterid beetles, are among the most serious soil-borne insect pests in the world. Wireworms feed on a variety of key crops, including small grains, maize, vegetables, fruits, sugar cane, sugar beets, potatoes, and sweet potatoes. Management of these pests is becoming increasingly problematic, in part due to knowledge gaps in their basic biology, which hinders development of effective crop protec...
Global Marine Flyways Identified for Long‐Distance Migrating Seabirds From Tracking DataNARA Subscribed
Aim To identify the broad‐scale oceanic migration routes (‘marine flyways’) used by multiple pelagic, long‐distance migratory seabirds based on a global compilation of tracking data. Location Global. Time Period 1989–2023. Major Taxa Studied Seabirds (Families: Phaethontidae, Hydrobatidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Laridae and Stercorariidae). Methods We collated a comprehensive global tracking dataset that included the mig...
SNAPSHOT USA 2019–2023: The First Five Years of Data From a Coordinated Camera Trap Survey of the United StatesNARA Subscribed
Motivation SNAPSHOT USA is an annual, multicontributor camera trap survey of mammals across the United States. The growing SNAPSHOT USA dataset is intended for tracking the spatial and temporal responses of mammal populations to changes in land use, land cover and climate. These data will be useful for exploring the drivers of spatial and temporal changes in relative abundance and distribution, as well as the impacts of specie...
Relative sea‐level changes in southeastern Australia during the 19 th and 20 th centuriesNARA Subscribed
Rates of global and regional sea‐level rise between ~1850 and 1950 were high compared to those in preceding centuries. The cause of this sea‐level acceleration remains uncertain, but it appears to be pronounced in a small set of relative sea‐level proxy records from the Southern Hemisphere. Here we generate three new proxy‐based relative sea‐level reconstructions for southeastern Australia to investigate spatial patterns and c...
X-cells were first described as an unknown cell type in northern hemisphere flatfish in 1969. Almost a decade later they were described in an Antarctic fish, the bald notothen Trematomus borchgrevinki , thus demonstrating their global distribution. Since this time, X-cells from various northern hemisphere fish species and from three other Antarctic fishes, the emerald notothen Trematomus bernacchii , the crowned notothen Trema...
Common, low-frequency, rare, and ultra-rare coding variants contribute to COVID-19 severityNARA Subscribed
The combined impact of common and rare exonic variants in COVID-19 host genetics is currently insufficiently understood. Here, common and rare variants from whole-exome sequencing data of about 4000 SARS-CoV-2-positive individuals were used to define an interpretable machine-learning model for predicting COVID-19 severity. First, variants were converted into separate sets of Boolean features, depending on the absence or the pr...
The Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD®): optimizing its use in a clinical diagnostic or research settingNARA Subscribed
The Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD ® ) constitutes a comprehensive collection of published germline mutations in nuclear genes that are thought to underlie, or are closely associated with human inherited disease. At the time of writing (June 2020), the database contains in excess of 289,000 different gene lesions identified in over 11,100 genes manually curated from 72,987 articles published in over 3100 peer-reviewed jour...
A new classification of rosette‐forming Brachyglottis (Asteraceae: Senecioneae) recognising a single species: Brachyglottis lagopusNARA Subscribed
The rosette‐forming group of Brachyglottis (Asteraceae: Senecioneae) is a New Zealand endemic species complex in which five species are currently recognised. Although there are clear morphological differences between some members of this group (for example, in trichome characters), morphological intermediates and sites where plants display considerable variation in diagnostic characters are common. Using existing keys and desc...