Aims: To assess the effect of four animal and four plant species on the perceived monetary value of users’ single experience of a recreational trail. To assess the effect on perceived value of identifying to users that four of the species are invasive non-native species (INNS) wi...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/5469
Spermatogenesis is the lengthy and chronological process. Spermatogenesis is characterized by three specific functional phases: spermatocytogenesis, meiosis, and spermiogenesis; and it involves spermatogonia, spermatocytes, and spermatids respectively. Various growth factors play...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/4289
Aims: We previously detected significant late-gestation ventricular myocardial reduction in fetal mouse hearts from hyperglycemic dams. Flow cytometric analysis of the myocardial cells showed an enhanced rate of apoptosis, suggesting dysregulated cell death as a mechanism associa...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/5085
At the diplotene stage of meiotic prophase, the nucleus of mouse preovulatory oocytes contains multiple and prominent interchromatin granule clusters (IGCs). IGCs, also known as nuclear speckles, splicing factor compartments, or SC35-domains, are one of the most universal nuclear...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/5609
Groupers belong to the subfamily Epinephelinae of the family Serranidae. They are an economically important marine fisheries resource and are commercially cultivated throughout the tropical and temperate regions of the world. The aquaculture industry relies on artificial breeding...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/6036
Aim: To determine the role of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in the alleviation of salt stress in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Design of the Study: Wheat plants were grown with or without 100 mM NaCl and were treated with 0, 50 or 100 nM H2O2 treatments. Place and Duration of Study: T...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/5629
Aims: To determine the effect of environmental temperature on the feeding kinematics of two Florida (USA) invasive-fish species, pike killifish Belonesox belizanus and Mayan cichlid Cichlasoma urophthalmus, in an attempt to explore the adaptive response of whole-organism performa...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/5720
Aims: The study was aimed to screen antifungal activity of some medicinal plant extracts against F. oxysporum by screening fungistatic, fungicidal activities and minimum inhibitory dilution (MID). Study Design: All the data were subjected to analysis of variance followed by mean...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/5777
Aims: The main aim of the study is to identify the key residues involved in interactions of KSRP and microRNAs of human. Study Design: The KH type splicing regulatory protein acronymed as KSRP is a member of the FUSE binding protein family. The FUSE is an AT rich DNA element whic...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/5745
The early stages of Memphis perenna lankesteri (Hall 1935) are described and illustrated in this paper, with the first published female pictures. The butterfly larvae were found in Croton niveus (Euphorbiaceae) in Mansiones de Montes de Oca (9º 56´N, 84º 01´W), San José, Costa Ri...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/3970