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Development of LAMP Primers for the Detection of Pyrethroid Resistance Mutation...
Costa, Maíra; Yadró García, Carlos A.; Lopes, Ana; Bejaoui, Mohamed Khalil; Almeida, Jhennifer; Correia, Lucas; Sánchez, Sara; Li, FernandaVarroa destructor is one of the main threats to Apis mellifera L., directly affecting colony health and contributing to their global decline. Control of this mite is traditionally achieved using acaricides, with pyrethroids such as tau-fuvalinate and fumethrin being the most used, acting on voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSC). However, the intensive use of these compounds by beekeepers has led to the emergence...
Large Scale Mitochondrial Evidence of C-lineage Dominance in European Honey Bees
Li, Fernanda; Lopes, Ana; Costa, Maíra; Henriques, Dora; Quaresma, Andreia; Yadró García, Carlos A.; Albo, Alexandre; Čereškienė, Laima BlažytėIn Europe, distribution of the several endemic honey bee (Apis mellifera) subspecies has suffered a considerable shift in the last century. In particular, beekeepers tend to favour subspecies of Eastern European ancestry (C-lineage), such as the Italian honey bee (A. m. ligustica), due to their perceived docility and high honey production. As a result, large scale migratory beekeeping and trade of C-lineage que...
Carnosic acid production from sugarcane syrup by engineered yeast in fed-batch ...
Carsanba, Erdem; Fernandes, Sara; Beato, Felipe; Carvalho, Luís Carlos; Pintado, Ana; Lopes, Ana; Ribeiro, Mónica; Leal, Tânia; Pintado, ManuelaPhenolic diterpene carnosic acid (CA) is widely used in the food, nutritional health, and cosmetic industries due to its antioxidative and antimicrobial properties. This work aimed to overproduce CA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae from sugarcane syrup in fed-batch 2 L bioreactor fermentation. A geranylgeranyl diphosphate (GGPP)-producing strain modified with genes encoding the enzymes copalyl diphosphate synthase (...
Bioinformatics pipeline to evaluate patterns of diversity in detoxification gen...
Barbosa, Daniela; Li, Fernanda; Bashir, Sana; Lopes, Ana; Yadró García, Carlos A.; Quaresma, Andreia; Rufino, José; Rosa-Fontana, AnneliseThe Western honey bee, Apis mellifera, displays significant genetic diversity in detoxification genes, which is pivotal for environmental adaptation and resilience. Herein, we developed a bioinformatics pipeline to investigate patterns of diversity in these genes, focusing on single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) across A. mellifera populations, with variant annotation performed using both snpEff and the Varia...
Human-mediated introgression and Varroa destructor shaped the genetic structure...
Henriques, Dora; Lopes, Ana; Low, Matthew; Pinto, M. AliceThe evolutionary trajectory of island populations can be rapidly altered by human-mediated migration, a process further exacerbated when immigrants introduce invasive parasites, creating new selective pressures. Using customised SNP panels constructed with genome-wide diagnostic loci, we describe the genetic changes in honey bee populations inhabiting the Azores archipelago. As part of a breeding initiative in ...
Note: Cytonuclear patterns of a honey bee population from the Azores show a sta...
Henriques, Dora; Lopes, Ana; Costa, Maíra; Quaresma, Andreia; Doblas-Bajo, Mónica; Pinto, M. AliceThe Azores archipelago has been the stage for multiple introductions of Apis mellifera from varying origins, which have led to widespread admixture and the existence of phenotypically and genotypically heterogeneous populations. This is evident on the São Miguel Island, where the historically introduced black phenotype of A. m. iberiensis (lineage M) co-exists with the contemporaneously introduced yellow phenot...
Nurse-Led Gastrostomy Care: A Business Case
Fernandes, Davide; Lopes, AnaPercutaneous gastrostomy tube placement is a crucial method for providing long-term enteric nutrition in patients with cancer. The process involves four stages: decision-making consultation, hospital admission, device implantation in a hybrid operating room, and discharge to the community. Post-discharge care is typically physician-led, aligning with Portuguese health policies. However, expanding nurse-led inte...
Homozygosity for a rare FASTKD2 variant resulting in an adult onset autosomal r...
Gonçalves, Francisco Pereira; Tavares, Isabel; Silva, Roberto; Nunes, Ana Teresa; Pereira, Luciano; Campos, Andreia; Pinto, Joel; Lopes, AnaMitochondrial cytopathies can have kidney involvement in up to half of cases. Their diagnosis is challenging due to phenotypic variability, lack of noninvasive tests to assess mitochondrial dysfunction, and genetic heterogeneity. We report on a young adult male with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) with subnephrotic proteinuria who presented to the emergency department with kid...
Maternal ancestry of honey bees on São Miguel-Azores (Portugal)
Costa, Maíra; Lopes, Ana; Doblas-Bajo, Mónica; Quaresma, Andreia; Barreira, Diogo; Henriques, Dora; Pinto, M. AliceThe Apis mellifera iberiensis was introduced to the Azores in the 16th century by Portuguese settlers likely from the northern part of mainland Portugal. Many years later, in the 1980s, occurred a new introduction using honey bee subspecies from C-lineage maternal ancestry. This left a C-lineage signature in the Azores, with some islands, such as Pico or Graciosa, showing high frequency of C-lineage maternal an...
Comparative Analysis of DNA Extraction Methods for Individual Varroa destructor
Costa, Maíra; Lopes, Ana; Yadró Garcia, Carlos A.; Vitrio, Nathalia; Gonçalves, Telma; Pinto, M. Alice; Henriques, DoraThe ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor is one of the major honey bee threats and it is associated to population worldwide decline. Genetic analyses using the mtDNA of V. destructor are fundamental for establishing the taxonomy and distribution of the mites. Consequently, low-quality DNA can lead to inaccurate or inconsistent data, making genetic interpretation more challenging. In this study, we compared the ...