Genetic variability of a population of Aedes aegypti from Paraná, Brazil, using the mitochondrial ND4 gene

Genetic variability of a population of Aedes aegypti from Paraná, Brazil, using the mitochondrial ND4 gene. To analyze the genetic variability of populations of Aedes aegypti, 156 samples were collected from 10 municipalities in the state of Paraná, Brazil. A 311 base pairs (bp) region of the NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4 (ND4) mitochondrial gene was examined. An analysis of this fragment identified eight distinct haplotypes. The mean genetic diversity was high (h = 0.702; p = 0.01556). AMOVA analysis indicated that most of the variation (67%) occurred within populations and the F ST value (0.32996) was highly significant. F ST values were significant in most comparisons among cities. The isolation by distance was not significant (r = -0.1216 and p = 0, 7550), indicating that genetic distance is not related to geographic distance. Neighbor-joining analysis showed two genetically distinct groups within Paraná. The DNA polymorphism and AMOVA data indicate a decreased gene flow in populations from Paraná, which can result in increased vectorial competence.

Suurlähettiläs R.R. Seppälä 13/1 1967

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Tal vid sibeliusveckans öppningshögtidlighet år 1955

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External morphology of the immature stages of Neotropical heliconians: IX. Dione glycera (C. Felder & R. Felder) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Heliconiinae)

External morphology of the immature stages of Neotropical heliconians: IX. Dione glycera (C. Felder & R. Felder) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Heliconiinae). The biology of the Andean silverspot butterfly Dione glycera (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861) is still poorly known. This species is restricted to high elevations in the Andes, where the immature stages are found in close association with species of Passiflora belonging to the section Tacsonia (Juss.) Harms, especially P. tripartida var. mollissima (Kunth), which is grown for subsistence by villagers. Herein we describe and illustrate the external features of the egg, larva and pupa of D. glycera, based on light and scanning electron microscopy.

Controlo Interno e Gestão dos Correios de Cabo Verde S.A.R.L

O trabalho que ora se apresenta tem como tema “controlo interno e gestão dos correios de Cabo Verde S.A.RL” e enquadra-se no âmbito do curso de licenciatura em Economia e Gestão, variante Auditoria Financeira, realizado pela Universidade Jean Piaget de Cabo Verde. O controlo interno tem sido implementado pelas empresas como modelo de gestão com o objectivo de auxiliar a administração na tomada de decisões. Perante esta situação, as dificuldades enfrentadas para criar e gerir essas áreas de acordo com os princípios da sustentabilidade, constituem constrangimentos e desafios que requerem medidas de políticas adequadas.O presente trabalho tem por objectivo analisar o sistema de controlo interno dos Correios Cabo Verde e evidenciar a importância do controlo interno como instrumento que contribua para uma melhor gestão da Empresa. Para a realização deste trabalho foi utilizada a metodologia qualitativa e exploratória, com enfoque para análise interna e externa, de forma a identificar os pontos fortes e fracos, as oportunidades e ameaças sobre o controlo interno e gestão dos correios cabo verde. Com a realização deste trabalho conclui-se com base na análise SWOT, que para além das suas potencialidades, possuem fraquezas e ameaças que condicionam a sua gestão, o que deve ser superado recorrendo a implementação de políticas de sustentabilidade, aproveitando assim, as oportunidades a esse respeito ser criativo e inovador.Pelo exposto, aconselha-se o reforço de medidas, politicas e estratégias que contribuam para a eficácia do controlo interno.

A burst of segmental duplications in the genome of the African great ape ancestor

It is generally accepted that the extent of phenotypic change between human and great apes is dissonant with the rate of molecular change. Between these two groups, proteins are virtually identical, cytogenetically there are few rearrangements that distinguish ape-human chromosomes, and rates of single-base-pair change and retrotransposon activity have slowed particularly within hominid lineages when compared to rodents or monkeys. Studies of gene family evolution indicate that gene loss and gain are enriched within the primate lineage. Here, we perform a systematic analysis of duplication content of four primate genomes (macaque, orang-utan, chimpanzee and human) in an effort to understand the pattern and rates of genomic duplication during hominid evolution. We find that the ancestral branch leading to human and African great apes shows the most significant increase in duplication activity both in terms of base pairs and in terms of events. This duplication acceleration within the ancestral species is significant when compared to lineage-specific rate estimates even after accounting for copy-number polymorphism and homoplasy. We discover striking examples of recurrent and independent gene-containing duplications within the gorilla and chimpanzee that are absent in the human lineage. Our results suggest that the evolutionary properties of copy-number mutation differ significantly from other forms of genetic mutation and, in contrast to the hominid slowdown of single-base-pair mutations, there has been a genomic burst of duplication activity at this period during human evolution.