Soissons, façade de la cathédrale [Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais], les portails [dégâts dus à la guerre] : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]

Référence bibliographique : Rol, 55111

Équipe des États-Unis [épreuves d'aviron dans le bassin de Saint-Cloud-Suresnes] : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]

Référence bibliographique : Rol, 55035

Équipe du Canada [épreuves d'aviron dans le bassin de Saint-Cloud-Suresnes] : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]

Référence bibliographique : Rol, 55044

Extended family structure in the ant Formica paralugubris: the role of the breeding system

In populations of various ant species, many queens reproduce in the same nest (polygyny), and colony boundaries appear to be absent with individuals able to move fi eely between nests (unicoloniality). Such societies depart strongly from a simple family structure and pose a potential challenge to kin selection theory, because high queen number coupled with unrestricted gene flow among nests should result in levels of relatedness among nestmates close to zero. This study investigated the breeding system and genetic structure of a highly polygynous and largely unicolonial population of the wood ant Formica paralugubris. A microsatellite analysis revealed that nestmate workers, reproductive queens and reproductive males (the queens' mates) are all equally related to each other, with relatedness estimates centring around 0.14. This suggests that most of the queens and males reproducing in the study population had mated within or close to their natal nest, and that the queens did not disperse far after mating. We developed a theoretical model to investigate how the breeding system affects the relatedness structure of polygynous colonies. By combining the model and our empirical data, it was estimated that about 99.8% of the reproducing queens and males originated from within the nest, or from a nearby nest. This high rate of local mating and the rarity of long-distance dispersal maintain significant relatedness among nestmates, and contrast with the common view that unicoloniality is coupled with unrestricted gene flow among nests.

Soissons, cathédrale [Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais], le transept Nord [dégâts dus à la guerre] : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]

Référence bibliographique : Rol, 55117

Soissons, portail Nord du transept [de la cathédrale Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais, dégâts dus à la guerre] : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]

Référence bibliographique : Rol, 55116

Association of the solute carrier family 11 member 1 gene polymorphisms with susceptibility to leprosy in a Brazilian sample

Natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 1/solute carrier family 11 member 1 gene (Nramp1/Slc11a1) is a gene that controls the susceptibility of inbred mice to intracellular pathogens. Polymorphisms in the human Slc11a1/Nramp1 gene have been associated with host susceptibility to leprosy. This study has evaluated nine polymorphisms of the Slc11a1/Nramp1 gene [(GT)n, 274C/T, 469+14G/C, 577-18G/A, 823C/T, 1029 C/T, 1465-85G/A, 1703G/A, and 1729+55del4] in 86 leprosy patients (67 and 19 patients had the multibacillary and the paucibacillary clinical forms of the disease, respectively), and 239 healthy controls matched by age, gender, and ethnicity. The frequency of allele 2 of the (GT)n polymorphism was higher in leprosy patients [p = 0.04, odds ratio (OR) = 1.49], whereas the frequency of allele 3 was higher in the control group (p = 0.03; OR = 0.66). Patients carrying the 274T allele (p = 0.04; OR = 1.49) and TT homozygosis (p = 0.02; OR = 2.46), such as the 469+14C allele (p = 0.03; OR = 1.53) of the 274C/T and 469+14G/C polymorphisms, respectively, were more frequent in the leprosy group. The leprosy and control groups had similar frequency of the 577-18G/A, 823C/T, 1029C/T, 1465-85G/A, 1703G/A, and 1729+55del4 polymorphisms. The 274C/T polymorphism in exon 3 and the 469+14G/C polymorphism in intron 4 were associated with susceptibility to leprosy, while the allele 2 and 3 of the (GT)n polymorphism in the promoter region were associated with susceptibility and protection to leprosy, respectively.

2/6/19, remise du traité de paix aux Autrichiens, sortie de M. Sonnino [préliminaires au traité de Saint-Germain-en-Laye du 10 septembre, au château] : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]

Référence bibliographique : Rol, 54215

Évangile de saint Jean.

Acquis le 2 avril 1743 de madame du Faÿ parmi 11 mss. pour le prix global de 1200 livres; cf. B.n.F., département des Manuscrits, Archives Ancien Régime 65, registre des acquisitions du département des Manuscrits 1667-1758, f. 291 "n° 87. Codex evangelii secundum Joannem, litteris auro depictis"; mention de la main de l'abbé Sallier "De madame du Fay. 12" (contreplat sup.); — note du XVe s. "Iste liber emptus fuit de precio scutorum LXV (...) M° CCCC° LXV°" (contreplat sup.); — anciennes cotes "87", "17" (Cv)