Higher plants exhibit a variety of different life histories. Annual plants live for less than a year and after flowering produce seeds and senesce. By contrast perennials live for many years, dividing their life cycle into episodes of vegetative growth and flowering. Environmental cues control key check points in both life histories. Genes controlling responses to these cues exhibit natural gen...

The aim of the work was to substantiate forecast epidemiological and epizootiological situation in natural foci plague Russian Federation, countries near far abroad for year 2021. Characteristics distribution Yersinia pestis strains main subspecies (subspecies ) medieval antique biovars, Caucasian (ssp. caucasica central Asian asiatica by 45 CIS are presented paper. persistence a multidirection...

Abstract The middle Miocene (upper Serravallian, lower Volhynian) deposits at Karpov Yar near Naslavcea, northern Moldova, are among the few settings in which fossil fish preserved with otoliths situ. Here, we describe new gobiid † Moldavigobius helenae gen. et sp. nov. from this locality. taxon is characterized by small size (up to 34.2 mm SL), a compact body (body depth 17–21% fan-shaped caud...