This survey was carried out to evaluate the perception of the people of Cross River State on genetically modified products (GMPs). The survey was carried out in four local government areas of Cross River State (Odukpani, Calabar Municipality, Calabar South and Akpabuyo) with 1000...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2021/v24i1230257
The continuous destruction of our rainforest has threatened the existence of many useful and multipurpose plant species such as Tetrapleura tetraptera. To revert this situation, efforts must be made towards its sustainable use by encouraging reforestation which entails raising of...
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Research Article10.9734/ajob/2020/v9i130072
Relationships among Phenotypic Traits of Giant African Land Snails in Western region of Nigeria The relatedness among three populations (A. achatina, A. fulica and A. marginata) of giant African land snails, a highly relished source of protein in West Africa was studied. Three h...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/35066
Assessment of Morphological Variation in Wild and Cultured Populations of Tilapia Fish (Oreochromis niloticus) Reliable estimates of morphometric traits are required for all traits of economic importance to predict response to selection, choose various breeding plans, estimate ec...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/33777
Background: Giant African land snail (Archachatina marginata) is a micro livestock with potentials as a protein source especially among impoverished individuals. As such, it requires much research attention to fully unveil it genetic nature for possible improvements. Materials an...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/33778
Objective: This research was aimed at analysing single nucleotide polymorphisms and haplotypes on D-loop and Cyt-b regions of the mitochondrial DNA of tilapia fish. Methods: Fifteen and thirteen tilapia fish were obtained from two populations, south-south (Domita farm) and south-...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2018/42950
Forty-four (44) samples of clams were obtained from three locations between Cross River and Akwa Ibom States. Genomic DNA was extracted from tissues of the clams using cetyl trimethylammonium bromide (CTAB). Following DNA extraction from the tissues, ultraviolet radiation spectro...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2018/42951
Aims: This study was carried out to evaluate the evolutionary relationship of a family of cold shock proteins (CSP) in ten mammalian species using bioinformatics tools and soft wares such as Genbank, FASTA, BLAST and MEGA 5. Sample: Twenty protein sequences of both RBM3 and CIRP...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/36326
Herbal plants have been found to be effective in traditional medicine for healthcare. However, the full potentials of these natural resources are yet to be fully explored. This research was coined at investigating the effects of Tetracarpidium conophorum seeds on the hormone and...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/5426
In this study, stem bark extracts of Cylicodiscus gabunensis, Nauclea latifolia and Araliopsis soyauxii were investigated for possible adverse effects on male reproductive organs and sex hormones of male albino rats of about eleven weeks weighing between 120-180g. The total of tw...
M. E. Kooffreh, A. J. Umoyen, E. V. Ikpeme, O. U. Udensi, E. E. Ekerette, O. M. Etukudo, E. Okon, E. Eze, N. Ephraim, S. O. Abraham, N. M. Effiong, M. O. Ozoje & R. Duke·Journal of Advances in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences·2018
Background: Primary open-angle glaucoma is one of the commonest causes of blindness due to optic nerves damage because of elevated intraocular pressure and it is the commonest form of glaucoma. We determined the frequency of CYP1B1 gene mutations spectrum among families with open...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2018/41763
V Evaluation of Genetic Diversity in Giant African Land Snails Using Inter Simple Sequence Repeats (ISSR) Markers The genetic diversity and relatedness among three populations (A. achatina, A. fulica and A. marginata) of giant African land snails, a highly relished source of prot...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2018/41088