Procédures de la dénontiation faite contre Me Pierre de Bragelongne, trésorier général de l'extraordinaire des guerres, & cavalerie légère, et de l'emprisonnement tortionnaire & mort par poison de Isaac Godeau, dénontiateur

[Factum. Bragelongne, Pierre de (trésorier général de l'extraordinaire des guerres). 1624]

Draft genome of the red harvester ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus.

We report the draft genome sequence of the red harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex barbatus. The genome was sequenced using 454 pyrosequencing, and the current assembly and annotation were completed in less than 1 y. Analyses of conserved gene groups (more than 1,200 manually annotated genes to date) suggest a high-quality assembly and annotation comparable to recently sequenced insect genomes using Sanger sequencing. The red harvester ant is a model for studying reproductive division of labor, phenotypic plasticity, and sociogenomics. Although the genome of P. barbatus is similar to other sequenced hymenopterans (Apis mellifera and Nasonia vitripennis) in GC content and compositional organization, and possesses a complete CpG methylation toolkit, its predicted genomic CpG content differs markedly from the other hymenopterans. Gene networks involved in generating key differences between the queen and worker castes (e.g., wings and ovaries) show signatures of increased methylation and suggest that ants and bees may have independently co-opted the same gene regulatory mechanisms for reproductive division of labor. Gene family expansions (e.g., 344 functional odorant receptors) and pseudogene accumulation in chemoreception and P450 genes compared with A. mellifera and N. vitripennis are consistent with major life-history changes during the adaptive radiation of Pogonomyrmex spp., perhaps in parallel with the development of the North American deserts.

Bidirectional shifts in colony queen number in a socially polymorphic ant population.

The breeding system of social organisms affects many important aspects of social life. Some species vary greatly in the number of breeders per group, but the mechanisms and selective pressures contributing to the maintenance of this polymorphism in social structure remain poorly understood. Here, we take advantage of a genetic dataset that spans 15 years to investigate the dynamics of colony queen number within a socially polymorphic ant species. Our study population of Formica selysi has single- and multiple-queen colonies. We found that the social structure of this species is somewhat flexible: on average, each year 3.2% of the single-queen colonies became polygynous, and conversely 1.4% of the multiple-queen colonies became monogynous. The annualized queen replacement rates were 10.3% and 11.9% for single- and multiple-queen colonies, respectively. New queens were often but not always related to previous colony members. At the population level, the social polymorphism appeared stable. There was no genetic differentiation between single- and multiple-queen colonies at eight microsatellite loci, suggesting ongoing gene flow between social forms. Overall, the regular and bidirectional changes in queen number indicate that social structure is a labile trait in F. selysi, with neither form being favored within a time-frame of 15 years.

La bibliothèque de Fulvio Orsini : contributions à l'histoire des collections d'Italie et à l'étude de la Renaissance / Pierre de Nolhac

Collection : Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes-Études. Sciences philologiques et historiques ; 74

Carte du cours du Danube : depuis Passau jusqu'à Lintz : De l'Inn depuis Wœrgl jusqu'à son confluent : De la Salza depuis Hallein jusqu'à son confluent : et de la grande route de Kufften à Salzbourg / Atelier de gravure sur pierre de Hellrigel

Échelle(s) : [ca 1:205 000]

Rossignols amoureux : extrait d'"Hippolyte et Aricie" / Rameau, comp. ; Leïla Ben Sedira, S ; Quintette [i.e.] instrumental Pierre Jamet. Psyché / Manuel de Falla, comp. ; Leïla Ben Sedira, S ; G. Crunelle, fl. ; P. Jamet, hrp

Comprend : Rossignols amoureux / Rameau, comp. ; Leïla Ben Sedira, S ; G. Crunelle, fl. ; P. Jamet, hrp ; Psyché / Manuel de Falla, comp. ; Leïla Ben Sedira, S ; Quintette [i.e.] instrumental Pierre Jamet

Carte de France / dressée par Pierre Tardieu

Échelle(s) : [ca 1:2 128 000], échelle 10 myriamètres [= 4,7 cm]

Lettres d'"aristocrates" : la Révolution racontée par des correspondances privées : 1789-1794 ([Reprod.]) / [publ. par] Pierre de Vaissière

Collection : Les archives de la Révolution française ; 3.60