New or noteworthy trees from Micronesia (I)

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NEW OR RARE CHROMOSOME COUNTS IN TEN SPECIES OF COUSINIA FROM IRAN (I)

The meiotic chromosome counts are reported in 10 species of the genus Cousinia including: C. adenostegia, C. antonowii, C. chaetocephala, C. dasylepis, C. eriobasis, C. freynii, C. prasina, C. rechingerorum, C. termei and C. trachyphyllaria from Iran. Specimens have been collected from different parts of Iran out of which, eight species are considered to be new and two provide confirmation of t...

I-23: Freezing Oocytes: New or Old Ethical Issues?

Background: This paper considers whether the development of oocyte freezing raises any new or distinctive ethical issues. It will examine the ethical issues raised by this technique: the ’social’ use of egg freezing and how that might be defined; the use of egg freezing for cancer patients; and limitations and benefits of the technique. Materials and Methods: A consideration of the literature a...

New and Noteworthy in Nutrition (NNN)

SOUTHERN AFRICA “In a little town not far from where I live, children suck salt to make themselves thirsty. Their thirst makes them drink more water and this fills their stomachs and helps to suppress the hunger in their bellies. It is almost beyond belief that three years ago Zimbabwe was called the breadbasket of Africa” (excerpt from Zimbabwean farmer, Cathy Buckle’s online journal, 22 Febru...

Motivational Interfaces, or, Everything I Need to Know about Family Trees I Learned from Angry Birds

According to the market research firm Global Industry Analysts, each year 84 million people spend $1,000 or more on family history research [8]. Ancestry CEO Tim Sullivan reported over two million paying customers at the world’s most popular commercial genealogy website [7]. Family Tree Maker, the leading producer of genealogical desktop software has shipped approximately 2 million units since ...