THE EARLY EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF NEO-SEX CHROMOSOMES IN NEOTROPICAL GRASSHOPPERS, BOLIVIACRIS NOROESTENSIS (ORTHOPTERA: ACRIDIDAE: MELANOPLINAE)

The early evolutionary history of neo-sex chromosomes in Neotropical grasshoppers, Boliviacris noroestensis (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae)

Neo-sex chromosomes are an important component of chromosome variation in Orthoptera, particularly South American Melanoplinae species, which have proven to be outstanding experimental model system to study the mechanism of sex chromosome evolution in this group of insects.In terms of their origin, most derived sex chromosome mechanisms involve a R

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How England first managed a national infection crisis: Implementation of the Plague Orders of 1578 compared with COVID-19 Lockdown March to May 2020

The current COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown in the UK have parallels with the first ever national management of epidemic infection in England, the Plague Orders LAST MEAL CHOCOLATE of 1578.Combining historical research of the Tudor and Stuart periods with information sources and broadcast news as the epidemic in England unfolds in real time during l

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