With nearly 150,000 described species, flies (the insect order Diptera), are among the most diverse groups of living organisms on the planet. This diversity transcends simple species numbers and is demonstrated in the great breadth of morphological, ecological, and behavioral variation found in the group. Flies have a deep evolutionary history that extends back to the Permian Period, over 250 million years ago. The FLYTREE project is an international research collaboration funded by the US National Science Foundation, to elaborate and discover the details of fly relationships and diversity with the ultimate goal of providing a newly resolved phylogeny for this major branch of the Tree of Life. ... [Information of the supplier]
This private web site is devoted to asiloid flies (Asiloidea, Orthorrapha, Diptera) of the families Apioceridae (flower-loving flies) & Mydidae (mydas flies). Apioceridae (138 species) only occur in Argentina, Australia, Chile, western North America, and South Africa whereas Mydidae (463 species) are distributed worldwide. The web site supplies a bibliography and catalogues of both taxa and presents the aims and recent publications of research project on asiloid flies’ phylogeny, taxonomy, and biogeography. ... [Editorial staff vifabio]
The hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) are a family of attractive and familiar flies that we all see visiting flowers. Gardeners welcome them because many of the black-and-yellow striped species have larvae which prey on greenfly and bacause of their important role in pollination. The National Recording Scheme, launched in 1976, aims to collate information about their ecology and distribution. On this web site you can find: Information about each of the species, maps of species distributions in Great Britain, an up-to-date checklist of British species and forums for discussion of topics related to these fascinating insects. ... [Information of the supplier]
Weltweit gibt es ca. 3500 Stechmückenarten. Allein in Deutschland sind bisher 49 Arten nachgewiesen worden! Diese Zahl verursacht häufig Erstaunen, gehen doch viele Menschen davon aus, dass Stechmücke eben Stechmücke ist. Doch schon bei genauerem Hinschauen lassen sich bereits Unterschiede in Größe und Farbe ausmachen. Da Stechmücken in Deutschland wissenschaftlich lange vernachlässigt wurden, fehlt grundlegendes Wissen über das Vorkommen und die Verbreitung der verschiedenen Arten. Faktoren wie Globalisierung und die so genannte Klimaveränderung begünstigen die Einschleppung und Ansiedlung nicht-einheimischer Mückenarten. Daher sind Fragen wie: "Welche Stechmückenarten kommen aktuell in Deutschland vor?", "Wie verteilen sich diese geografisch?" und "Gibt es Veränderungen hinsichtlich ihres jahreszeitlichen Auftretens?" von besonderem Interesse. Einige Stechmücken und andere blutsaugende Insekten sind in der Lage, Krankheitserreger zu übertragen. Auch in Europa kam es vor wenigen Jahren zu Ausbrüchen von Insekten-assoziierten Krankheiten, so z.B. der Blauzungenkrankheit der Wiederkäuer in ganz Mitteleuropa (Gnitzen als Virusüberträger) oder des Chikungunya-Fiebers des Menschen in Italien (Stechmücken als Virusüberträger). Beide Ereignisse zeigen, dass die grundlegende Forschung an blutsaugenden Insekten, und damit auch an Stechmücken, sehr aktuell und wichtig ist. Es besteht derzeit kein Grund zur Beunruhigung! In Deutschland wurden seit der Ausrottung der Malaria im letzten Jahrhundert keine Fälle von Krankheiten diagnostiziert, deren Erreger hierzulande durch Stechmücken auf den Menschen übertragen worden waren. In wärmeren Ländern ist allerdings schon seit Längerem eine Zunahme solcher Fälle festzustellen, und auch die Ausbreitung von Stechmückenarten, die effiziente Überträger sind, wird beobachtet. Wir fangen und erforschen die einheimischen Stechmückenarten im Auftrag des Robert-Koch-Institutes (RKI) sowie des Bundesministeriums für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz (BMELV). Unter anderem stellen wir dazu deutschlandweit Fallen auf, gehen aber ebenso eigenhändig auf die Jagd. Da wir daran interessiert sind, von möglichst vielen Standorten in Deutschland Mücken zu erhalten, RUFEN WIR ZUR MÜCKENJAGD AUF. Mit Ihrer Mithilfe können wir das Ergebnis unserer Forschung an Stechmücken noch verbessern. Zum Mückenjäger sind es jetzt nur noch ein paar Schritte. Wenn Sie eine Mückenjägerin oder ein Mückenjäger werden wollen, können Sie hier nachlesen, wie Sie das anstellen. ... [Information des Anbieters]
Completed in 2003, the Human Genome Project (HGP) was a 13-year project coordinated by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health. During the early years of the HGP, the Wellcome Trust (U.K.) became a major partner; additional contributions came from Japan, France, Germany, China, and others. See our history page for more information. Project goals were to identify all the approximately 20,000-25,000 genes in human DNA, determine the sequences of the 3 billion chemical base pairs that make up human DNA, store this information in databases, improve tools for data analysis, transfer related technologies to the private sector, and address the ethical, legal, and social issues (ELSI) that may arise from the project. Though the HGP is finished, analyses of the data will continue for many years. Follow this ongoing research on our Progress page. ... [Information of the supplier]
Dendrome is a collection of forest tree genome databases and other forest genetic information resources for the international forest genetics community. Dendrome is part of a larger collaborative effort to construct genome databases for major crop and forest species. [Information of the supplier]
An international research consortium has been formed to create the most detailed and medically useful picture to date of human genetic variation. The 1000 Genomes Project will involve sequencing the genomes of at least a thousand people from around the world. The project will receive major support from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Hinxton, England, the Beijing Genomics Institute Shenzhen in China and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Drawing on the expertise of multidisciplinary research teams, the 1000 Genomes Project will develop a new map of the human genome that will provide a view of biomedically relevant DNA variations at a resolution unmatched by current resources. As with other major human genome reference projects, data from the 1000 Genomes Project will be made swiftly available to the worldwide scientific community through freely accessible public databases. ... [Information of the supplier]
The NCI's Cancer Genome Anatomy Project sought to determine the gene expression profiles of normal, precancer, and cancer cells, leading eventually to improved detection, diagnosis, and treatment for the patient. Resources generated by the CGAP initiative are available to the broad cancer community. Interconnected modules provide access to all CGAP data, bioinformatic analysis tools, and biological resources allowing the user to find "in silico" answers to biological questions in a fraction of the time it once took in the laboratory. ... [Information of the supplier]
The Neandertal genome project was initiated in 2006 to sequence the 3 billion bases that make up the complete genome of the closest human relative – the Neandertals. A multidisciplinary research consortium led by Svante Pääbo at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, is undertaking analysis of the sequence data which has been generated in collaboration with 454 Life Sciences and Illumina. ... [Information of the supplier]
GenMAPP is a free computer application designed to visualize gene expression and other genomic data on maps representing biological pathways and groupings of genes. Integrated with GenMAPP are programs to perform a global analysis of gene expression or genomic data in the context of hundreds of pathway MAPPs and thousands of Gene Ontology Terms (MAPPFinder), import lists of genes/proteins to build new MAPPs (MAPPBuilder), and export archives of MAPPs and expression/genomic data to the web. The main features underlying GenMAPP are: 1) Draw pathways with easy to use graphics tools; 2) Color genes on MAPP files based on user-imported genomic data; 3) Query data against MAPPs and the GeneOntology. ... [Information of the supplier]
