DEMASCULINIZATION OF THE ANOPHELES GAMBIAE X CHROMOSOME

Demasculinization of the Anopheles gambiae X chromosome

Abstract Background In a number of organisms sex-biased genes are non-randomly distributed between autosomes and the shared sex chromosome X (or Z).Studies on Anopheles gambiae have produced conflicting results regarding the underrepresentation of male-biased genes on the X chromosome and it is unclear to what extent sexual antagonism, dosage compe

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Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment for the active substance flutianil in light of confirmatory data on the endocrine disruption assessment

Abstract The conclusions of EFSA Insect Repellent following the peer review of the initial risk assessment carried out by the competent authority of the rapporteur Member State Belgium, for the pesticide active substance flutianil, are reported.The context of the peer review was that requested by the European Commission following the submission and

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Christological Anthropology

Theologians have long maintained that Christology is vital for a properly theological understanding of the human person.Patristic theology maintained an intrinsic link between the humanity revealed in Christ and that which we ought to believe about humanity in general (Beeley 2016), an emphasis that was maintained by many in the medieval Water Bott

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