The alpine plant Arabis alpina (alpine rock-cress) is a thoroughly studied species in the fields of perennial plant flowering regulation, phylogeography, and adaptation to harsh alpine climatic conditions. We report the complete A. alpina chloroplast genome sequence obtained through de novo assembly of Illumina paired-end reads produced by total DNA sequencing. The A. alpina cp circular genome ...

The venom of the European honey bee Apis mellifera is an intricate mixture of chemical compositions, including proteins, peptides, enzymes, and other small molecules. Lately, there has been growing interest in the use of melittin, due to its wide range of biological and potential therapeutic applications. Melittin, which is considered to be an antimicrobial, antitumor, and antiinflammatory pept...

Bu çalışmada; Tilia dasystyla Steven subsp. caucasica (V.Engl.) Pigott tohumlarında çimlenme engelinin giderilmesi için en uygun yöntemin belirlenmesi ve bu doğrultuda fidan üretimi uygulayıcılara yol gösterilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Tohumlar 2015 yılında yaklaşık 15 günlük periyotlarla üç farklı zamanda Trabzon İli, Of ilçesi, Solaklı havzasındaki doğal ıhlamur bireylerinden toplanmıştır. Ekimler D...

Abstract The effects of acute sublethal doses coumaphos, an acaricide used against Varroa destructor infestation in beekeeping, on the locomotor activities four native honeybee subspecies Türkiye including two ecotypes (Carniolan - A. m. carnica , Syrian syriaca Caucasian honeybee- caucasica and Muğla Yığılca Anatolian anatoliaca ) were investigated using individual activity monitoring system. ...

In this paper, the Palearctic genus Dimorphaphorura Bagnall, 1949 (Collembola: Onychiuridae), is revised. The diagnosis of the genus is defined within the tribe Oligaphorurini based on the development of the furcal area, shape of furcal rudiment, and furcal chaetotaxy. Six new species are described: D. olenae sp n. from Ukraine, D. inya sp n., D. pseudoinya sp n., D. sibirica sp n., D. caucasic...