Cortical vascular density strongly varies between two specimens of Archaeopteryx studied, which we interpret, based on body size differences, to reflect ontogenetic disparity.
We compared these distances to the genetic distance between two specimens of D. (Anomma) molestus collected from the same population at Mt. Kenya to identify a conservative cut-off point for inferring whether males and workers likely belonged to the same species.
We found low levels of divergence (0.778%) between one specimen of Hyas lyratus (Dana, 1851) from Costa et al., [35] and H. coarctatus supporting the recent evolution of the genus.
The British Museum possesses between twenty and thirty specimens, most of them presented by Mr. Marsden, but, unfortunately, it is not known where any of them were found, and the characters of but few are legible; I am therefore unable to say whether the Ceylon hook-form is common to the larins of other countries.
The basic premises of most biomarker discovery studies is to use the high data-gathering capabilities of MS to compare biological samples obtained from healthy and disease-afflicted patients and identify proteins that are differentially abundant between the two specimen.
However, there were subtle differences between the two specimen groups regarding the growth of collagen and cartilage cells.
The comparison between the two specimen types yielded lower correlation coefficients (r = 0.45), which was likely due to dominant effects on the RNA related to the tissue processing for FFPE specimens and the different hybridization techniques in DNA microarray protocols.
The most relevant isolated microbes in the ETT lavage fluids were also isolated by inner lumen swabs in 8/11 cases (72%), showing a good concordance between the two specimen collecting methods.
As a result, 485 differentially expressed probes from FNAB arrays (P < 0.001) and 258 probes from FFPE arrays (P < 0.01) were obtained, of which 39 probes (representing 38 genes) overlapped between the two specimen types.
Given the advantages of these alternative sampling techniques and the high concordance between the two specimen types, alternative samples should nevertheless be considered for future CRS research in Sudan.
