Please cite this article in press as: Diez, L., doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.02.026 In social insects, rejection of dead nestmates is a common hygienic behaviour that allows colonies to reduce pathogen transmission within the nest. We investigated which orientation processes, chemical cues or individual memory, are used by the common red ant, Myrmica rubra, when it removes dead nestmates far from...

In 1925, a game called ‘exquisite corpse’ was invented by a group of surrealists to harness the random power of imagination through collaboration. Working either with words or drawings, an exquisite corpse was begun by one member of the group, who then folded the paper so that his or her contribution was obscured and then passed it to the next member. The game (named after one of their first re...

One of the objects forensic veterinary examination is animal’s corpses, death which occurred suddenly, or from violent actions, including cruel treatment. A variation manifestation cruelty to animals their deliberate poisoning. Among wide variety toxic substances, pesticides, rodenticides, occupy a significant place. The aim study was develop an algorithm for diagnostics and evaluation dog corp...

An increasing number of court orders from grieving women seek the retrieval sperm their deceased husbands, fiancés or boyfriends for purposes procreation. The legality gametes a dead body is unclear in United Kingdom, and other jurisdictions have similarly confusing jurisprudence on matter. Human Fertilisation Embryology Act 1990 requires informed consent both gamete providers before fertility ...

Because billions of cells die every day in their bodies, animals have evolutionarily developed apoptosis to preserve the tissue environment from adverse effects of dead cells, a process achieved via phagocytosis of the cell corpses by professional or amateur phagocytes that are collectively referred to as scavengers. Hence, apoptosis is a merger of two procedures separately occurring inside the...

In anthropology, objective parameters to adequately describe storage conditions and the preservation of mummies have yet to be identified. Considering that fatty acids degrade to stable products, we analysed their profile in human mummies and in control samples by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Originating from different epochs and civilizations, samples of the Tyrolea...

The ecological behavior of Clostridium perfringens in the human intestine was investigated by using a quantitative method for bacterial count . C. perfringens was found in all the fecal specimens from healthy persons and in almost all the contents of the large intestine of corpse . The actual number of the organisms ranged from 101 to 109 per g of feces. The heat resistant C. perfringens was de...

Oxidative stress is linked to many pathological conditions including the loss of dopaminergic neurons in Parkinson's disease. The vast majority of disease cases appear to be caused by a combination of genetic mutations and environmental factors. We screened for genes protecting Caenorhabditis elegans dopaminergic neurons from oxidative stress induced by the neurotoxin 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA)...