Biology
2,290,826 Followers
Recent papers in Biology
Recognizing the imperiled status of biodiversity and its benefit to human well-being, the world's governments committed in 2010 to take effective and urgent action to halt biodiversity loss through the Convention on Biological... more
Three interconnected positions are advocated: (1) although serving as a useful model, the immune self does not exist as such; (2) instead of a self/nonself demarcation, the immune system 'sees' itself, i.e., it does not ignore the... more
"This chapter discusses how models, combined with modern data sources and statistical methods, can be used to test different hypotheses about the causes of migration. Mathematical formalisms for migration are presented. The ecological... more
Mulberry is exclusively used for rearing silkworm due to the presence of unique chemo-factors like morin, β-sitosterol in leaves. Plant is a potential source for curing debilitating diseases. Flavonoids, anthocyanin and alkaloids present... more
The cleft lip and palate (CLP) speech intelligibility is distorted due to the deformation in their articulatory system. For addressing the same, a few previous works perform phoneme specific modification in CLP speech. In CLP speech, both... more
Estre corto documento recoge algunas ideas muy interesantes de varios estudiosos como Antonio Cruz, John Lennox, William Lane Craig y otros. Para explicar el concepto de la palabra evolución , su significado en el contexto y como la... more
El objetivo de este trabajo fue estudiar y evaluar las propiedades físico-mecánicas de la madera de corta final de una plantación experimental de 15 años de edad de Prosopis alba a partir de clones resistentes a la salinidad. Se consideró... more
Ruby N. Gutiérrez 5.1-Medios de Sabouraud y Mycosel-El agar Mycosel contiene cicloheximida y cloranfenicol (antibióticos) que inhiben el crecimiento de casi todas las especies saprofitas de hongos, mientras que el agar Littman contiene... more
Carcharhinus sorrah (Mülle and Henle, 1839) is a coastal pelagic shark of the tropical and subtropical Indo–West Pacific, reaching 1.6 m total length. The species is widely harvested in line, net, and trawl fisheries over tropical... more
In 1985, Abilene Christian University was rocked by a controversy over the alleged teaching of evolution by two biology professors. The two-year conflict was an existential crisis for the university, which relied on students and donations... more
Flow Cytometry Protocols
"The expression “mental illness” arises historically in the course of conversations about our human relational living, in an attempt to visualize some regularities that occurred in it, thinking that if we could grasp them we would be able... more
Medical ethics is an interdisciplinary knowledge which deals with the ethical and value aspects of medical profession and medical sciences. Although medical ethics has a history of 2500 years, it has been formally included in medical... more
Καθόλη τη διάρκεια της ανθρώπινης ιστορίας, αναρίθμητες επιδημίες και πανδημίες έχουν αφανίσει τον ανθρώπινο πληθυσμό. Αν και στο παρελθόν τεχνολογικοί και επιστημονικοί περιορισμοί μειονεκτούσαν τον άνθρωπο, πρέπει να επισημανθεί πως... more
Since the 1980s, morphological and molecular research has resulted in significant advances in understanding the relationships and origins of the recent terrestrial vertebrate fauna in the New Zealand biogeographic region. This research... more
Behavioural observations in the field of male Mediterranean damselfish Chromis chromis were combined with molecular analyses, using bi-parentally and maternally inherited markers, to investigate reproductive success patterns of... more
The techniques used for the capture, marking and habituation of African wild cats (Felis silvestris cafra) in the Kalahari are described and evaluated in this paper. African wild cats were captured, with either baited cage traps or... more
Designed to be used with all majors-level general biology textbooks, the included labs are investigative, using both discovery- and hypothesis-based science methods. Students experimentally investigate topics, observe structure, use... more