soil is well known to support the transient or ongoing existence of kerathophilic fungi and potential sources of infection for humans and animals. fifty soil samples were collected from various areas of forests and farmyards at golestan province in the north part of iran to determine the prevalence of keratinophilic fungi and dominant species. a total of 357 fungal colonies including 13 genera ...

Species of Hypogastruridae and Onychiuridae described by D. L. Wray were reexamined and redescribed where necessary from type material and other specimens. Mitchellania hermosa is redescribed and transferred to Ceratophysella. Hypogastrura ireneae is redescribed and H. gravesi is validated with additional material. Hypogastrura gami is synonymized with H. humi and H. utahensis is synonymized wi...

Uncovering genetic responses to selection in wild populations typically requires tracking individuals over generations and use of animal models. Our group monitored the body size of one Swiss Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria; Diptera: Scathophagidae) field population over 15 years, including intermittent common-garden rearing in the laboratory to assess body size with minimized environm...

Recent theoretical models have postulated a role for haploid-diploid conflict and for kin selection favouring sperm cooperation and altruism in the diversification and specialization of sperm form. A critical assumption of these models-that haploid gene expression contributes to variation in sperm form-has never been demonstrated and remains contentious. By quantifying within-male variation in ...