variable number tandem repeats
variable number tandem repeats (VNTR; minisatellite DNA) A family of genetic loci found in eukaryotes consisting of short (15–100 bp) sequences of DNA repeated in tandem arrays; in humans these arrays are typically 1–5 kb long. The alleles for any particular locus all have the same sequence but differ as to how many times the sequence is repeated. VNTR loci contribute to
repetitive DNA and have proved valuable in
DNA fingerprinting, especially in human forensic science. The VNTR sequences can be released intact from a DNA sample using restriction endonuclease enzymes and identified using
gene probes with
Southern blotting. Alternatively, the VNTR alleles can be amplified by the
polymerase chain reaction, separated by gel electrophoresis, and the resultant patterns compared without the need for special gene probes. Since each VNTR locus typically has many different alleles, the likelihood of two individuals having identical sets of alleles for even a few such loci is very remote. Hence, a DNA sample can be ascribed to a particular person with a high degree of certainty.
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BEAN BEETLES HELP GET RID OF ANOTHER GARDEN PEST: BINDWEED.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 8/15/1995; 644 words
; ...was being attacked by Mexican bean beetles, another constant irritant...beetles in the garden on the green beans, the sunflowers and occasionally...on my garden plants. Mexican bean beetles are related to ladybird...observant gardeners will notice that bean beetles, at ...
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Controlling Mexican bean beetles
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 5/17/2002; ; 496 words
; ...crops we plant is green beans. Needless to say, the Mexican bean beetle always finds the bean...and in due course the beetles win. One could, of...honeybees? A. Mexican bean beetles are best controlled...that preys on these beetles is also known as "Pediobius...This ...
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Keeping Beetles Off Your Beans
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/14/2008; ; 685 words
; QWhile picking beans last year I noticed...AThe bugs are Mexican bean beetles, the most significant pest of green beans. Like Japanese beetles...row cover over your beans to prevent the adults...outbreak, treat your bean plants with insecticidal...
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Parasitic Wasps Used to Manage Mexican Bean Beetles
PR Newswire; 6/22/1998; 622 words
; ...fields to control Mexican bean beetles. "Our scientists at...combating the Mexican bean beetle, which can devastate...release the wasps in beetle-infested fields. As...control of Mexican bean beetles on bean crops. Interested...soon as Mexican bean beetle ...
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Plant RX: Mexican bean beetles.(What's Growing on in the Plant World)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Country Living Gardener; 6/22/2004; ; 515 words
; ...PROBLEM Holy frijoles! Your bush bean's foliage is limp and lacy...ladybug lookalike: the Mexican bean beetle. DETECTION Starting in late...with black spines. Rounded beetles begin life yellow, age to...eliminating your bountiful bean crop. SOLUTIONS Tough gardeners...
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa-Area Soy Farmers Wage War On Bean Beetles.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 8/23/2000; ; 551 words
; ...soybean fields in a war against bean leaf beetles. Earlier in the season, the...Now they're feeding on the bean pods, said Matt Wilshusen...they may carry a disease called bean mottle virus. If the beans are sold for oil, there's...
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Bugs feasting in yard might be bean beetles
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 8/4/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Bugs feasting in yard might be bean beetles By MELINDA MYERS Sunday, August 4, 2002 Q. Our green beans are being rampaged by bugs...these pests? A. The Mexican bean beetle may be the culprit. It can...garden. The spotted cucumber beetle is more elongated, yellow...
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From bean to beetle: Soy-powered learning at Oak Fores High School
Magazine article from: Green Teacher; 4/1/2002; ; 694 words
; ...they harvest their crop by hand, dry the beans, and then press them to extract the oil...and installed it in a 1999 Volkswagen Beetle that was donated to the project. Testing...world application of their learning, the bean-to-Beetle project is also revving up curricula in...
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CULTIVATING LITTLE GARDENERS Even young sprouts can wield a hose, pick green beans and spy on beetles
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 6/7/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...crops with children of all ages is green beans. "My son was 3 when he first planted...suprised how much kids enjoy eating green beans they grow themselves!" Getting kids thrilled...My 3-year-old plucks raw peas and beans out of the garden and says, `Can I eat...
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Attraction of multicolored Asian lady beetles, Harmonia axyridis, to extrafloral nectaries of mung beans. (Insects and Environmental 02:00 PM, Saturday, April 5, 2003 Brewer/Frost Science 108 Prof Michael T. Homsher-Presiding).
Magazine article from: The Ohio Journal of Science; 3/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...The multicolored Asian lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis, is a...investigate the culture of mung beans under Ohio growing conditions...The multicolored Asian lady beetle was one of the insect species commonly observed on mung beans, during late summer, 2002. Upon closer examination, these ...
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bean beetle
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...beneficial carnivores, the bean beetle attacks leguminous plants, especially beans. Both larva and adult...has forked spines. Bean beetles overwinter as adults...early-maturing beans suffer the least damage. Removing old bean plants helps to destroy overwintering ...
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Mexican bean beetle
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
Mexican bean beetle ( Epilachna varivestis ) See COCCINELLIDAE .
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ladybird beetle
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...when Australian ladybird beetles ( Rhodolia cardinalis...orchards. The Mexican bean beetle ( Epilachna varivestis...America, and the squash beetle ( E. borealis ) are the only North American ladybird beetles considered destructive...
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bean weevil
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
bean weevil common name for a well-known cosmopolitan species of beetle ( Acanthoscelides obtectus ) that attacks beans and is thought to be native...family Bruchidae, the seed beetles. The bean weevil is small, about 1...chewed by the female into stored beans or into pods in the ...
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Coccinellidae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
...Coccinellidae ( ladybirds , ladybugs , lady-beetles ; class Insecta , order Coleoptera ) Family of rounded, convex, usually shiny beetles, coloured red, black, or yellow...Epilachna varivestis , the Mexican bean beetle) are phytophagous and attack crop plants...
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