A novel PCR-RFLP method has been developed for the identification of six commercially relevant penaeid shrimp species in raw and processed food products. The method can be completed within 8 h. To implement the method, PCR amplification with the crustF/crustR primers, targeted to the amplification of a ca. 181 bp region of the cytochrome b (cytb) mitochondrial gene in penaeid shrimps, was coupl...

Control of grey mould, caused by Botrytis spp., is a major challenge in open field strawberry production. was isolated from plant parts collected 19 perennial fields with suspected fungicide resistance the Agder region Norway 2016. Resistance to boscalid, pyraclostrobin and fenhexamid high found 89.1%, 86.0% 65.4% conidia samples, respectively. Multiple common; 69.6% samples exhibited three or ...

The Ixodes ricinus complex is composed of 14 species distributed worldwide. Some members of this complex are involved in the transmission of a number of diseases to animals and humans, in particular Lyme borreliosis, tick-borne encephalitis, ehrlichiosis and babesiosis. While the phylogenetic relationships between species of the I. ricinus complex have been investigated in the past, still littl...

The sequence of a 8351-nucleotide mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) fragment has been obtained extending the knowledge of the Drosophila melanogaster mitochondrial genome to 90% of its coding region. The sequence encodes seven polypeptides, 12 tRNAs and the 3' end of the 16s rRNA and CO I11 genes. The gene organization is strictly conserved with respect to the Drosophila yakuba mitochondrial genome, an...

In order to investigate the molecular diversity of mtDNA in Azeri population, 133 Azeri subjects inhabitingdifferent regions of Azerbaijan (Iran) were selected. Blood samples were taken from these subjects formtDNA extraction. The extracted mtDNA samples were then studied by the PCR-RFLP method.Fourteen haplogroups were characterized from which 82% were identified as European ...

in order to survey the evolutionary history and impact of historical events on the genetic structure of iranian people, the hv2 region of 141 mtdna sequences related to six iranian populations were analyzed. slight and non-significant fst distances among the central-western persian speaking populations of iran testify to the common origin of these populations from one proto-population. mismatch...

The phyllostomid bat genus Vampyressa often has been allied with Uroderma, Chiroderma, Platyrrhinus, Vampyrodes, and Mesophylla. However, the relationships among the genera have proven difficult to resolve, and a number of studies have suggested that Vampyressa is not monophyletic. Mesophylla includes a single species, which some taxonomists have placed in Vampyressa and others in the more dist...

Mitochondria-encoded Cytochrome B (CYTB) gene mutations were reported in different cancers, but the effect of these mutations on cellular metabolism and growth is unknown. In a murine xenograft and human model of bladder cancer, we show the functional effect of overexpression of a 21-bp deletion mutation (mt) of CYTB. Overexpression of mtCYTB generated increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) ac...