Editor's Note: These short, critical reviews of recent papers in the Journal, written exclusively by graduate students or postdoctoral fellows, are intended to summarize the important findings of the paper and provide additional insight and commentary. For more information on the format and purpose of the Journal Club, please see Review of Zimmermann et al. To properly control body movements, t...

The normal skin is from 0.5 to 10 millimetres thick, varying from place to place in the body, and consists of two layers, the epidermis and the dermis. The more superficial layer of the skin is the avascular epidermis which consists of stratified epithelium accurately moulded on the papillae of the corium , or true skinThe lowest or the deepest layer of the epidermis is known as the basal layer...

Short-term grazing behavior variables are sensitive to the canopy structure and have an impact on daily forage intake. This study evaluated effect of pre- post-grazing heights harvesting process at a patch scale in mixture Brachiaria brizantha (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Stapf. syn. Urochloa R.D. Webster cv. Marandu (palisade grass) Arachis pintoi Krapov. & W.C. Greg. Belomonte (forage peanut). Treat...

Orychophragmus violaceus (L.) O. E. Schulz adapts to karst environments through a variety of adaptability mechanisms. However, the leaf intracellular water translocation and utilization mechanism is still unknown. This study hypothesizes that plants adapt dehydration by synergistically adjusting anatomy, cell elasticity translocation. Leaf structure, elastic modulus (Em), physiological capacita...

Sarcocystis hominis was first isolated from slaughtered cattle raised in Japan. Cysts were 1,220-4,460 x 80-384 microns in size and their wall was 3 to 6 microns thick and appeared radially striated in the histopathological sections because of the presence of palisade-like villar protrusions on the surface. The protrusions were 3.1-4.3 x 0.7-1.1 microns in size and had many microtubules in the ...