Citation: Nagai Y, Doi T, Ito K, Yuasa Y, Fujitani T, Naito J-i, Ogata M and Miura I (2018) The Distributions and Boundary of Two Distinct, Local Forms of Japanese Pond Frog, Pelophylax porosus brevipodus, Inferred From Sequences of Mitochondrial DNA. Front. Genet. 9:79. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2018.00079 The Distributions and Boundary of Two Distinct, Local Forms of Japanese Pond Frog, Pelophylax p...

Simultaneous use of parasitoids and entomopathogenic nematodes for codling moth (CM) control could produce an antagonistic interaction between the two groups resulting in death of the parasitoid larvae. Two ectoparasitic ichneumonid species, Mastrus ridibundus and Liotryphon caudatus, imported for classical biological control of cocooned CM larvae were studied regarding their interactions with ...

Cadmium, lead and mercury are environmentally persistent toxicants that affect tissues and cellular components or exert an effect on generation of reactive oxygen species causing a decreased level of available antioxidant reserves. Sulfurtransferases are enzymes that are widespread in nature. Rhodanese, 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase and γ-cystathionase play an important role in the metab...

Background. Two species of water frogs, Pelophylax ridibundus and lessonae, their hybrid, kl. esculentus, are widespread in Ukraine. The purpose this study was to investigate the population structure various types hemiclonal systems (HPS) frogs formed due coexistence same territory. In Ukraine, a hybridization centre with spread triploid individuals hybrid nature has been identified. Triploid h...

The sulfated neurosteroids pregnenolone sulfate (Δ(5)PS) and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) are known to play a role in the control of reproductive behavior. In the frog Pelophylax ridibundus, the enzyme hydroxysteroid sulfotransferase (HST), responsible for the biosynthesis of Δ(5)PS and DHEAS, is expressed in the magnocellular nucleus and the anterior preoptic area, two hypothalamic r...