The innate immune system is ancient and highly conserved.It is the first line of defense and the only recognizable immune system in the vast majority of metazoans.Signaling events that convert pathogen detection into a defense response are central to innate immunity.Drosophila has emerged as an invaluable model organism for studying this regulation

Herein, a case study on the impact of assimilating satellite radiance observation data into the rapid-refresh multi-scale analysis and prediction system (RMAPS) is presented.This case study targeted the 48 h period from 19–20 July 2016, which was characterized by the passage of a low pressure system that produced heavy rainfall over North Chi

Anthropogenic impacts on North American grasslands, a highly endangered ecosystem, have led to declines of prairie dogs, a keystone species, over 98% of their historical range.While impacts of this loss on maintenance of grassland biodiversity have been widely documented, much less is known about the consequences on the supply of ecosystem services