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Mayoral, Jaime
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Associate Teaching Professor
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Biological Sciences
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College of Arts, Sciences & Education
mayoralj@fiu.edu
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Dr. Mayoral does research in palpigrades and mites taxonomy, ecology and evolution, as well as Molecular Biology, Evolution and Ecology of cave-dwelling arthropods in caves.
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Article
2023
Palpigrades from Cuba (Arachnida: Palpigradi: Eukoeneniidae)
.
ZOOTAXA
. 5296:475-487.
Full Text via DOI:
10.11646/zootaxa.5296.3.9
Web of Science:
001104176500003
2023
Parasitic mites of the genus
Forania
(Acari, Erythraeidae) on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in NE Spain: When taxonomy meets citizen science
Full Text via DOI:
10.11158/saa.28.1.11
Web of Science:
000931554500011
2023
Some terrestrial Parasitengona with new records of the genera Iberochyzeria, Leptus and Charletonia (Trombidiformes: Chyzeriidae, Erythraeidae) from Türkiye
Full Text via DOI:
10.37828/EM.2023.66.7
2022
First biological data, associated fauna, and microclimate preferences of the enigmatic cave- dwelling beetle Dalyat mirabilis Mateu, 2002 (Coleoptera, Carabidae)
Full Text via DOI:
10.3897/subtbiol.44.87205
Web of Science:
000851290200002
2021
Discovery of the genus Eukoenenia (Palpigradi: Eukoeneniidae) from China and description of a new species
.
JOURNAL OF ARACHNOLOGY
. 49:225-234.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1636/JoA-S-20-058
Web of Science:
000680065400008
2021
New and interesting palpigrades (Arachnida, Palpigradi) of the genera Koeneniodes Silvestri, 1913 and Prokoenenia Borner, 1901 from Asia
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ZOOTAXA
. 4990:45-64.
Full Text via DOI:
10.11646/zootaxa.4990.1.3
Web of Science:
000664735800003
2021
Development of a Broadly Accessible, Computationally Guided Biochemistry Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience
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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION
. 98:400-409.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c01073
Web of Science:
000618875500017
2021
An insight into the tribe Hexathrombiini (Actinotrichida: Trombidioidea, Microtrombidiidae, Eutrombidiinae) with new data on host-parasite interaction
Full Text via DOI:
10.1080/24750263.2021.1899316
Web of Science:
000653689900001
2020
Anew froglobitic palpigrade from Central Brazil, with notes on a new opisthosomal character (Arachnida: Palpigradi)
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ZOOTAXA
. 4869:493-514.
Full Text via DOI:
10.11646/zootaxa.4869.4.2
Web of Science:
000585171800002
2018
A revision of the Pteridopodinae (Acari: Parasitengonina: Chyzeriidae) with the description of a new genus from South Spain and key to the Pteridopodinae
Full Text via DOI:
10.11158/saa.23.6.8
Web of Science:
000435391200008
2017
A cave-dwelling Iberian palpigrade (Arachnida: Palpigradi) of the Eukoenenia mirabilis group
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ZOOTAXA
. 4363:561-568.
Full Text via DOI:
10.11646/zootaxa.4363.4.8
Web of Science:
000417749500008
2017
A remarkable new palpigrade (Arachnida) of the Eukoenenia mirabilis group from Spain
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ZOOTAXA
. 4290:357-366.
Full Text via DOI:
10.11646/zootaxa.4290.2.5
Web of Science:
000404958700005
2017
Description of a new species of Sphaerotarsus (Acari: Parasitengonina: Smarididae) and new record for the fauna of Europe
Full Text via DOI:
10.11158/saa.22.5.2
Web of Science:
000403814000002
2015
A review of larval
Chyzeria
Canestrini, 1897 (Acari: Parasitengonina: Chyzeriidae)
Full Text via DOI:
10.1007/s11230-015-9547-2
Web of Science:
000349974700005
2014
Wolbachia
small noncoding RNAs and their role in cross-kingdom communications
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
. 111:18721-18726.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1073/pnas.1420131112
Web of Science:
000347444400073
2014
New palpigrades (Arachnida, Eukoeneniidae) from the Iberian Peninsula
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ZOOTAXA
. 3826:544-562.
Full Text via DOI:
10.11646/zootaxa.3826.3.6
Web of Science:
000338113400006
2014
Wolbachia
Infection Modifies the Profile, Shuttling and Structure of MicroRNAs in a Mosquito Cell Line
.
PLOS ONE
. 9.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0096107
Web of Science:
000335298200135
2013
NOTES ON THE GENUS BERONIUM (ACARI, EUTROMBIDIINAE) ENLIGHTENED BY NEW CAPTURES OF BERONIUM LAEMOSTENIS IN SPAIN
Full Text via DOI:
10.1051/acarologia/20132106
Web of Science:
000331778800005
2013
Farnesyl Phosphatase, a
Corpora allata
Enzyme Involved in Juvenile Hormone Biosynthesis in
Aedes aegypti
.
PLOS ONE
. 8.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0071967
Web of Science:
000324465000236
2013
Rediscovery of the troglobious palpigrade
Eukoenenia draco
(Peyerimhoff 1906) (Palpigradi: Eukoeneniidae), with notes on the adaptations to a cave-dwelling life
.
ZOOTAXA
. 3635:174-184.
Web of Science:
000316725700005
2013
FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF A MOSQUITO SHORT-CHAIN DEHYDROGENASE CLUSTER
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ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY
. 82:96-115.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1002/arch.21078
Web of Science:
000313244200005
2012
Characterization of an isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase involved in the juvenile hormone pathway in Aedes aegypti
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INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
. 42:751-757.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1016/j.ibmb.2012.07.002
Web of Science:
000309620400003
2012
A new genus and species of larval mite (Acari: Prostigmata: Microtrombidiidae) parasitising Orthoptera (Tettigoniidae) from the Sierra Nevada, Spain
Full Text via DOI:
10.1007/s11230-012-9370-y
Web of Science:
000307541400008
2012
Functional characterization of an allatotropin receptor expressed in the corpora allata of mosquitoes
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PEPTIDES
. 34:201-208.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1016/j.peptides.2011.07.025
Web of Science:
000302851500027
2011
A new species of larval leptus (Parasitengona: Erythraeidae) and new records of larval erythraeidae parasitizing orthoptera from French Guiana
Full Text via DOI:
10.1051/acarologia/20112023
2011
A coordinated expression of biosynthetic enzymes controls the flux of juvenile hormone precursors in the corpora allata of mosquitoes
.
INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
. 41:660-669.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1016/j.ibmb.2011.04.008
Web of Science:
000293105000003
2011
A new species of larval Charletonia (Parasitengona: Erythraeidae) and new records of larval erythraeidae parasitizing Orthoptera and phasmida from Costa Rica
Full Text via DOI:
10.1051/acarologia/20112010
2011
Juvenile hormone synthesis: "esterify then epoxidize" or "epoxidize then esterify"? Insights from the structural characterization of juvenile hormone acid methyltransferase
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INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
. 41:228-235.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1016/j.ibmb.2010.12.008
Web of Science:
000289126700003
2010
Rapid direct analysis in real time (DART) mass spectrometric detection of juvenile hormone III and its terpene precursors
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ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
. 398:3005-3013.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1007/s00216-010-4269-4
Web of Science:
000284542300027
2010
The little known genus Forania (Acari, Prostigmata, Erythraeidae)
.
ZOOTAXA
. 59-68.
Web of Science:
000275893700004
2010
Allatostatin-C receptors in mosquitoes
.
PEPTIDES
. 31:442-450.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1016/j.peptides.2009.04.013
Web of Science:
000275994100011
2010
An Improved End-Point Fluorimetric Procedure for the Determination of Low Amounts of Trypsin Activity in Biological Samples Using Rhodamine-110-Based Substrates
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APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
. 160:1-8.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1007/s12010-008-8520-9
Web of Science:
000273159200001
2009
NADP
+
-dependent farnesol dehydrogenase, a
corpora allata
enzyme involved in juvenile hormone synthesis
.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
. 106:21091-21096.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1073/pnas.0909938106
Web of Science:
000272795300017
2009
Description of the larva Balaustium bisculatae sp n. (Acari: Erythraeidae) from the southeast of Spain
.
BIOLOGIA
. 64:1161-1164.
Full Text via DOI:
10.2478/s11756-009-0200-x
Web of Science:
000271025200020
2009
Molecular and functional characterization of a juvenile hormone acid methyltransferase expressed in the corpora allata of mosquitoes
.
INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
. 39:31-37.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1016/j.ibmb.2008.09.010
Web of Science:
000264257300004
2007
Role of juvenile hormone and allatotropin on nutrient allocation, ovarian development and survivorship in mosquitoes
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JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY
. 53:230-234.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1016/j.jinsphys.2006.08.009
Web of Science:
000245483100004
2007
A new species of
Eukoenenia
(Palpigradi, Eukoeneniidae) from Morocco
.
JOURNAL OF ARACHNOLOGY
. 35:318-324.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1636/H05-23.1
Web of Science:
000249541900008
2006
Biochemical, molecular, and functional characterization of PISCF-allatostatin, a regulator of juvenile hormone biosynthesis in the mosquito
Aedes aegypti
.
JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
. 281:34048-34055.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1074/jbc.M606341200
Web of Science:
000241767600025
2006
The first report of nymphal stage of the genus Abalakeus Southcott, 1994 from Spain
Full Text via DOI:
10.11158/saa.11.1.13
2005
A new genus of the Eutrombidiinae Thor, 1935 (Acari : Eutrombidiidae) parasitic on an endemic beetle from the south of Spain
Full Text via DOI:
10.1007/s11230-005-5485-8
Web of Science:
000231943700003
2005
Beronium laemostenis sp n. (Acari, Eutrombidiinae), a new larval mite on a troglobius beetle from Spain
.
BIOLOGIA
. 60:125-128.
Web of Science:
000229627400005
2004
A new species of the genus Eutrombidium Verdun (Acari: Eutrombidiidae) from southeastern Spain
Full Text via DOI:
10.11158/saa.9.1.24
Other Scholarly Work
2018
When the cure kills-CBD limits biodiversity research
National laws fearing biopiracy squelch taxonomy studies
.
SCIENCE
. 1405-1406.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1126/science.aat9844
Web of Science:
000436598000028
Research
co-principal investigator on
Grant
Momentary Assessment of Research Learning Environments
awarded by
National Science Foundation
2019 - 2022
Contact
full name
Jaime
Garcia Mayoral
Jaime
Mayoral
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8813-6804
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
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