The study aimed at identifying the pathogen associated with passionfruit woodiness disease in Rwanda. Field work was conducted in Rwanda while, laboratory aspects were carried out in Biosciences for eastern and central Africa-International Livestock Research Institute Hub, Nairob...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/42964
The present study aimed to characterize the ecological features of the vegetation along the international coastal road from El-Ajami to Ras El-Hekma, West Alexandria, Egypt. The cluster analysis of 60 stands was performed using the Community Analysis Package program and Detrended...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/45342
Heavy deforestation and land use conversion in Southeast Asia caused most of the mammals to face the threat of extinction due to limited availability of suitable habitats, which jeopardizes their survival throughout the region. As the demand for certain body parts of threatened m...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/45921
Armel Zacharie Ekoa Bessa, Yasser A. El-Amier, Elvine Paternie Edjengte Doumo & Gabriel Ngueutchoua·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2018
The present study aimed to assess the selected trace metal pollutants in the sediments of the Moloundou swamp. Sediments from typical swamp around Moloundou area, southeast Cameroon were collected from various depths of sediment profile (from surface to 120 cm depth). Five sites...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/46070
Modification of transformation systems with a set of markers is almost used to confirm whether the transgene has been successfully transmitted to the host cells. Transient expression technique is a fast and simple way to analyze promoter expression. This method is not affected by...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/46049
This study was conducted to investigate the effects of Guinea fowl genotype on consumer preferences, carcass characteristics and sensory attributes of meat in Ghana. The study was divided into 3 phases, where phase one consisted of sales of a total of 82 Guinea fowls made up of P...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/45672
The enzyme DGAT1 is involved in the synthesis of triglycerides. The most well-known polymorphic variant of the DGAT1 gene is substitution of lysine with alanine at position 232 of the protein (K232A). The 232K allele is associated with increased enzyme activity and a higher conte...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/46027
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent stem cells that are capable of self-renewal and can be committed into classical mesodermal tri-lineage differentiation (adipocytes, osteocytes and chondrocytes). During chondrogenic differentiation MSCs change their shape due to the r...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/45687
The study deals with the interaction between some soil physicochemical properties and weather variables on sub-humid tropical rainforest soils of Cross River State, Southeastern Nigeria. The study aims to determine the interactions between soil properties and weather variables of...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/45619
Aims: Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are frequently used to treat both acute and chronic pain in animals, especially when the pain is resulted from inflammatory conditions. NSAIDs work by inhibition of cyclooxygenases (COX) enzymes and reduce the production of key...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/45152