10.7554/eLife.44530.001 Two-dimensional (2D) human skeletal muscle fiber cultures are ill-equipped
to support the contractile properties of maturing muscle fibers. This limits their …

In an abandoned field near Ithaca, New York, bee species partitioned the available flower
resources, primarily by foraging at different times of the season and by visiting different flower …

The global climate has been changing over the last century due to greenhouse gas emissions
and will continue to change over this century, accelerating without effective global efforts …

Transmission risk of Lyme disease at a site can be estimated using the probability of exposure
(P 1 = probability of being bitten by at least one infected tick); P 1 =1 - (1 - k t ) n , where n …

Background Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most commonly reported vector-borne disease in
north temperate regions worldwide, affecting an estimated 300,000 people annually in the …

Lyme disease is common in the northeastern United States, but rare in the southeast, even
though the tick vector is found in both regions. Infection prevalence of Lyme spirochetes in …

Laboratory studies have shown clear relationships between relative humidity (RH) and the
activity and survival of Ixodes scapularis Say (blacklegged tick). However, field studies have …

The Apoidea include about 20, 000 species of bees worldwide, placed in eight families (142).
Twenty-five years ago, most comparative behavioral studies of bees dealt with their …

Ticks were sampled by flagging, collecting from the investigator's clothing (walking samples),
trapping with dry-ice bait, and collecting from mammal hosts on Fire Island, NY, USA The …

Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in temperate regions of North America,
Europe and Asia, and the number of reported cases has increased in many regions as …