Second-generation, sex-specific genetic linkage maps were generated for the economically important estuarine-dependent marine fish Sciaenops ocellatus (red drum). The maps were based on F(1) progeny from each of two single-pair mating families. A total of 237 nuclear-encoded microsatellite markers were mapped to 25 linkage groups. The female map contained 226 markers, with a total length of 127...

Of the 24 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and conditions listed by WHO, snakebite is among the top killers [1]. Tens of thousands of people die each year as a result of snakebite envenoming, with close to 50,000 deaths in India alone [2] and up to 32,000 in sub-Saharan Africa [3]. Yet there are few sources of effective, safe, and affordable antivenoms. The regions that bear the highest snake...

Age determination of redfish is difficult. In this paper, the ages of Sebastes mentella on the Flemish Cap are validated by following year classes from 1991 to 2000. The criteria used for S. mentella are consistent and coherent. The growth of different year classes is described and compared, and density-dependence is demonstrated to influence the growth rate of the strong 1990 year class, growt...

Correspondência: Vera Marcia Gimenes • Rua Coronel Oscar Porto, 569/31 – Paraíso 04003-002 São Paulo, SP, Brasil E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Artigo recebido em 24/08/11, revisão recebido em 24/08/11, aceito em 24/08/11. A Terapia de Ressincronização Cardíaca (TRC) tem se mostrado eficaz concomitantemente ao tratamento com fármacos convencionais em pacientes refratários aos tratam...

At Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Sistemas Locales de Atención Integral a la Salud, León (SILAIS-León), Leon, Nicaragua; Hospital Escuela Oscar Danilo Rosales Argüello (HEODRA), León, Nicaragua, Leon, Nicaragua; Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill...

Although prolactin has been demonstrated to be the main hormone involved in adaptation to dilute media in several freshwater teleosts, few studies have been conducted in marine teleosts. In the Mediterranean, the sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax inhabits environments ranging from the open sea to coastal lagoons, where salinity varies greatly. We characterised the prolactin (prl) gene and analysed ...