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• Plowe and his colleagues tested a vaccine that targets a molecule on the malaria parasite known as apical membrane antigen 1 (AMA1).
• Plants have a mechanism called apical dominance, by which axillary buds are prevented from growing at the same time as the terminal bud-the tip of the plant stem.
• The apical margin of the first segment of the abdomen rufo-fuscous.
• Abdomen conical, extending rather beyond the hind wings; apical tuft small.