Pheromones, Sex Attractant, Olfactory Receptors, Alkenyl Acetates, Noctuidae Electrophysiological analysis of olfactory hair sensilla in male P. pisi has revealed four different types of presumed pheromone receptor cells, maximally responsive to (Z)-ll-tetradecenyl acetate (Z ll-14 :A c), (Z)-9-tetradecenyl acetate (Z9-14:Ac), (Z )-l 1-hexadecenyl acetate (Z ll-14 :A c) and (Z)-7-dodecenyl acet...

The Far Eastern or Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) survives today as a tiny relict population of 25-40 individuals in the Russian Far East. The population descends from a 19th-century northeastern Asian subspecies whose range extended over southeastern Russia, the Korean peninsula, and northeastern China. A molecular genetic survey of nuclear microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA (mtDN...

Recent studies clearly indicate that the modification of synthetic polymers with enzymes is an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional chemical methods requiring harsh conditions. Some work already performed on polyamide 6.6 (nylon 6.6), polyethyleneterephthalate (PET) and polyacrylonitrile (PAN) revealed that surface functionalization of these materials is a key requirement for an ...