Selection gains for the palm oil production from progenies of American oil palm with oil palm.

O objetivo deste trabalho foi estimar os parâmetros genéticos, as correlações e os ganhos de seleção para a produção de óleo de progenies de híbridos interespecíficos entre caiaué, da origem 'Manicoré', e dendê da origem 'La Mé'. Trinta e nove progênies foram avaliadas, do sexto ao nono ano pós-plantio, quanto a produtividade de cachos de frutos frescos (PROD_FFB), teor de óleo no cacho (OCB) e produtividade de óleo de palma (PROD_OP). Foram estimados os parâmetros genéticos e os ganhos de seleção direta (GDS) e indireta (GIS) para PROD_OP. Altos valores de herdabilidade para a razão CVg/CVe indicaram condições favoráveis para a seleção. Com a seleção de 20% das progênies (seleção em ambos os sexos), as seguintes estimativas foram obtidas: 11,15% de GDS para PROD_OP, 9,1% GIS para OCB e 8,1% GIS para PROD_FFB, respectivamente. A PROD_OP das progênies foi de 6.175, 6.057 e 5.995 kg ha-1 por ano, com GSD e GSI em OCB e PROD_CFF, respectivamente. A seleção restrita a genitores masculinos de dendê LM2T resultou em 5,1% de GSD e na média de 5.800 kg ha-1 por ano para PROD_OP. Ganhos de seleção para PROD_OP podem ser obtidos imediatamente pela seleção restrita de genitores masculinos de dendê e, em médio e longo prazo, pela seleção recorrente recíproca interespecífica entre as populações de caiaué e dendê

Nos caminhos da Luz, antigos palacetes da elite paulistana

The present article is dedicated to recover the memory of the old mansions built in\ud the region of Luz Railway Station, from the beginning of the second half of the 19th Century\ud onwards. It was around that time that the region became São Paulo elites first residential\ud neighbourhood, concentrating mansions that expressed the local elaborations of architectural\ud Neo-classicism and Eclecticism. One intends to approach the interpretation processes that\ud characterised such architectural production

STING Millennium: a web-based suite of programs for comprehensive and simultaneous analysis of protein structure and sequence.

Sting Millennium suite intrinsics. SMS organization. Sting Millennium Modes. Sting Millennium Modules. Millennium Features. Example of Sting Millennium Application.Na publicação: Paula R. Kuser

The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organization

Background: The shift from solitary to social behavior is one of the major evolutionary transitions. Primitively eusocial bumblebees are uniquely placed to illuminate the evolution of highly eusocial insect societies. Bumblebees are also invaluable natural and agricultural pollinators, and there is widespread concern over recent population declines in some species. High-quality genomic data will inform key aspects of bumblebee biology, including susceptibility to implicated population viability threats. Results: We report the high quality draft genome sequences of Bombus terrestris and Bombus impatiens, two ecologically dominant bumblebees and widely utilized study species. Comparing these new genomes to those of the highly eusocial honeybee Apis mellifera and other Hymenoptera, we identify deeply conserved similarities, as well as novelties key to the biology of these organisms. Some honeybee genome features thought to underpin advanced eusociality are also present in bumblebees, indicating an earlier evolution in the bee lineage. Xenobiotic detoxification and immune genes are similarly depauperate in bumblebees and honeybees, and multiple categories of genes linked to social organization, including development and behavior, show high conservation. Key differences identified include a bias in bumblebee chemoreception towards gustation from olfaction, and striking differences in microRNAs, potentially responsible for gene regulation underlying social and other traits. Conclusions: These two bumblebee genomes provide a foundation for post-genomic research on these key pollinators and insect societies. Overall, gene repertoires suggest that the route to advanced eusociality in bees was mediated by many small changes in many genes and processes, and not by notable expansion or depauperation