ESTIMATING COLONIES OF PLEBEIA DRORYANA (FRIESE, 1900) (HYMENOPTERA, APIDAE, MELIPONINI): ADULTS, BROOD AND NEST STRUCTURE

Estimating colonies of Plebeia droryana (Friese, 1900) (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini): adults, brood and nest structure

Estimate of stingless bee Tough 1 colonies including nest structures and quantitative brood and adult individuals are scarce.Here, we describe a new approach to estimate colonial parameters from nest structure, adults and brood.We used five colonies of Plebeia droryana (Friese, 1900) to evaluate colony size and weight of adult and brood.Nest archit

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Ectopic eruption of maxillary central incisor through abnormally thickened labial frenum: An unusual presentation

Ectopic eruption is a deviation from the normal eruption pattern, Air Conditioner Display Module making the tooth erupt out of its normal position, and possibly causing resorption of adjacent primary teeth.A wide range of etiological factors may be responsible for ectopic eruption of the teeth, so their management depends on the correction of the e

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Production of offspring from vacuum-dried mouse spermatozoa and assessing the effect of drying conditions on sperm DNA and embryo development

Freeze-dried sperm (FD sperm) are of great value because they can be stored at room temperature for long periods of time, However, the birth rate of offspring derived from FD sperm is low and the step in the freeze-drying process particularly responsible for low offspring production remains unknown.In this study, we determined whether the drying pr

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