Pitcher plant
The influence of habitat composition and configuration on the genetic structure of the pitcher plant midge
... within pitcher leaves and multiple larvae (~ 15 individuals) can be found developing within a single pitcher leaf in late summer (July-August; Heard 1994b; Giberson and Hardwick ...each pitcher ...
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A portable extensional rheometer for measuring the viscoelasticity of pitcher plant and other sticky liquids in the field
... used pitcher plant fluids as an example of a visco- elastic biological fluid in order to test the perform- ance of the Seymour device in the laboratory and in the ...Nepenthes pitcher plant ...
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Population Genetic Structure in the Pitcher Plant Flesh Fly Fletcherimyia fletcheri
... purple pitcher plants occur exclusively in peatlands, including sphagnum bogs, poor fens and seepage swamps, all of which are areas of low nitrogen deposition (Ne’eman et ...filled pitcher leaves; ...
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Examining population genetic structure of the pitcher plant mosquito (Wyeomyia smithii) across multiple spatial scales using AFLP markers
... purple pitcher plant have been used in the field of landscape genetics, which focuses on how landscape characteristics influence the microevolutionary processes that structure genetic variation across space ...
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Epistasis and the genetic divergence of photoperiodism between populations of the pitcher-plant mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii.
... The critical photoperiods of the six lines resulting from crosses between any two parental populations were used to derive estimates of composite additive, dominance, and [r] ...
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Evolutionary Divergence of the Genetic Architecture Underlying Photoperiodism in the Pitcher-Plant Mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii
... Acceptance of the eight-parameter model would indicate that additive, dominance, maternal, and di- genic epistatic effects alone were adequate to account for genetic divergen[r] ...
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Potential effects of climate change on members of the Palaeotropical pitcher plant family Nepenthaceae
... The monotypic Palaeotropical family Nepenthaceae (genus Nepenthes) is the largest family of pitcher plants, comprising approximately 140 species. Nutrients from prey captured by the pitchers are used to supplement ...
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9-13-2011 12:00 AM A model system in landscape genetics – the insect inhabitants of pitcher plants
... the pitcher plant insects represented a crucial step towards developing them as a model ...the pitcher plant flesh fly and midge beyond the larval stage, particularly dispersal abilities of ...
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Traps as treats: a traditional sticky rice snack persisting in rapidly changing Asian kitchens
... no pitcher plant snacks were sold, we presented the photograph of the snack to a target of half of the vendors and cus- tomers (total n = 299) with the aim of encompassing di- versity in tribe, gender and ...
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The role of dipteran larvae in controlling Euglena concentrations in the pitchers of Sarracenia purpurea L
... the pitcher plant and its phytotelmic community? By feeding on algae the larvae of the pitcher-plant mosquito and midge are preventing algae from over-running the phytotelmic community of the ...
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Game Information, Local Heroes, And Their Effect On Attendance: The Case Of The Japanese Baseball League
... Sunday games; after 1994 the starting pitcher for all games was announced in advance. As reported by Yamamura and Shin (2008a), the gap in attendance between the two leagues did not narrow until at least the ...
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Game Information, Local Heroes, And Their Effect On Attendance: The Case Of The Japanese Baseball League
... visiting pitcher comes from the home team town, regardless of the ...starting pitcher was a foreigner, while there is no such effect at CL ...starting pitcher partly affects attendance even when no ...
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<p>Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome in a Young Baseball Pitcher: A Case Report</p>
... A 19-year-old male baseball pitcher repeatedly sought medical attention due to left calf muscle tension and foot numbness for nearly a year. His symptoms were espe- cially aggravated after exercising and with left ...
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A Prize Aryballos
... Ion of Chios (op. 495B) evidently used olpe of the same type of vessel and we are told by Athenaeus that the term was used in Thessaly for a pitcher. These references at least p[r] ...
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SwingBatterBatter.doc
... Aroldis Chapman, a 22-year-old Cuban defector pitching for the Cincinnati Reds, pitched at a speed of 105 mph. Chapman’s pitch was one of the fastest ever recorded; one that pushed his body to the limit of human ability. ...
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Effects of CdCl2 treatment on deep levels in CdTe and their implications on thin film solar cells; A comprehensive photoluminescence study
... In order to compare the finger prints of the defects existing in thin film CdTe layers, together with that of melt-grown bulk CdTe, PL studies were also carried out on CdTe wafers purchased from industry (University ...
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Subscapularis Myotendinous Junction Tears Presenting with Posterior Shoulder Pain in Overhead Throwing Athletes
... baseball pitcher with posterior shoulder pain experienced during warmups: (a) Sagittal T2-weighted TSE FS MR image of the right shoul- der shows a focal partial tear in the region of the subscapularis ...
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Slippery surfaces of pitcher plants: Nepenthes wax crystals minimize insect attachment via microscopic surface roughness
... inner pitcher wall of N. alata. In the plant specimens in our hands we found the wax structures to be sponge-like (porous) with an outer pore size of about ...the pitcher and according to ...
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Team payroll, pitcher and hitter payrolls and team performance: Evidence from the U.S. Major League Baseball
... The findings are qualitatively similar to those in Table 3 – initially, a rise in team payrolls will lead to better performance; but once beyond the inflection point, further rise in team payrolls tend to decrease the ...
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THE EFFECT OF COMPETITIVE PITCHING ON THE SHOULDERS AND ELBOWS OF PREADOLESCENT BASEBALL PLAYERS
... We have cared for a 12-year-old pitcher who experienced the onset of persistent shoulder pain following a “tryout” to make a Little League team.. Roentgenograms ob- tamed 2 months later [r] ...
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