the spalacidae are southeast european and east mediterranean blind rodents, highly adapted for life underground. their taxonomy needs a modern revision including chromosomal data as well as morphology. mole rats of the family spalacidae range over turkey and approximately 30 karyotypes of nannospalax complex inhabit. the diploid number of chromosome of nannospalax ranges from 36 to 62. also, fu...

the ethnobotany of the medicinal plants of alamut region is important in understanding the cultures and traditions of alamut people. this study documents 16 medicinal plant species, most commonly used by the indigenous people of alamut region (ghazvin province), northwest, iran. the botanical name, family name, vernacular name, part used, and the application of the plants have been provided in ...

BACKGROUND Several clades of bivalve molluscs have invaded freshwaters at various times throughout Phanerozoic history. The most successful freshwater clade in the modern world is the Unionoida. Unionoids arose in the Triassic Period, sometime after the major extinction event at the End-Permian boundary and are now widely distributed across all continents except Antarctica. Until now, no freshw...

INTRODUCTION This research aimed to identify and quantify potentially pathogenic Vibrio from different cultivations of bivalve shellfish in the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil, and water regions in the South Bay, as well as correlate the incidence of these microorganisms with the physicochemical parameters of marine waters. METHODS Between October 2008 and March 2009, 60 oyster and seawater s...

Monogenea is one of the most species-rich groups of parasitic flatworms worldwide with many species described from African freshwater fish. Little is known about the diversity and geographic distribution of monogenean parasites infesting the Red Sea fishes in Egypt. In the present study, a total of 45 specimens of the brushtooth lizardfish Saurida undosquamis (family: Synodontidae) and...