Publications by authors named "A K Gerry"
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- The study examines how the sex and age of adult Culex tarsalis mosquitoes affect their survival when exposed to permethrin, a common insecticide.
- Results showed that younger and older females responded differently to permethrin, with older females having higher mortality rates after initial exposure, while males had slightly higher mortality than females in the first few minutes.
- Ultimately, all mosquitoes tested died within 30 minutes, indicating that they are susceptible to permethrin, which is important for understanding insecticide resistance in mosquitoes.
Sex chromosomes often differ between closely related species and can even be polymorphic within populations. Species with multifactorial sex determination segregate for multiple different sex determining loci within populations, making them uniquely informative of the selection pressures that drive the evolution of sex chromosomes. The house fly (Musca domestica) is a model species for studying multifactorial sex determination because male determining genes have been identified on all six of the chromosomes, which means that any chromosome can be a "proto-Y".
View Article and Find Full Text PDF. To fabricate and validate a novel focused collimator designed to spare normal tissue in a murine hemithoracic irradiation model using 250 MeV protons delivered at ultra-high dose rates (UHDRs) for preclinical FLASH radiation therapy (FLASH-RT) studies..
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- The chicken body louse is a parasite that feeds on feathers and negatively affects the health and productivity of egg-laying chickens, especially in cage-free settings.
- A study was conducted comparing infested flocks to uninfested controls, measuring behaviors and welfare indicators like pecking, preening, and presence of skin lesions.
- Results showed infested chickens engaged in more preening and had skin lesions, highlighting the need for more research on the economic impact of chicken body lice on welfare and productivity.
Background: As a primary vector of bluetongue virus (BTV) in the US, seasonal abundance and diel flight activity of Culicoides sonorensis has been documented, but few studies have examined how time of host-seeking activity is impacted by environmental factors. This knowledge is essential for interpreting surveillance data and modeling pathogen transmission risk.
Methods: The diel host-seeking activity of C.