Road mortality has the potential to alter the structure of turtle populations because turtle populations are highly sensitive to additive sources of adult mortality. To address the issue, we captured painted turtles ( Chrysemys picta; n = 174) and snapping turtles ( Chelydra serpentina; n = 56) in 18 wetlands surrounded by low road density (≤1.5 km roads/km of landscape) and 17 wetlands surroun...

MEPROBAMATE is the shortened name of 2-Methyl-2-n-Propyl-l,3 propanediol dicarbamate, which is also known as Miltown or Equanil. Previously published reports (1—5)on clinical trials of this drug have concerned its effect on patients suffering from neurotic and psychotic disorders. As far as we are aware no reports have been published of its effects on mentally defective patients. The clinical...

Shoot tips and nodal segment explants to Rauwolfia serpentina when cultured on MS medium containing varying concentration of Benzyl adenine purine (BAP) and Benzyl adenine purine in combination with Indole butyric acid (IBA) produced multiple shoots. Maximum multiple shoots (85.6%) were found in static MS medium supplemented with 5.0 mg/ 1 BAP and 0.5 mg / 1 IBA along with 2.5% sucrose and 0.85...

Rauwolfia serpentina has come to stay with the modern medical profession as a useful therapeutic agent. It would be easily the best remedy so far discovered from amongst Indian folk lore and it will be a matter of time involving wide field trials before the drug finds its exact role in the management of two challenging medical problems namely ‘hypertension’ and ‘neuropsychiatric’ conditions. Ho...

In reptiles with temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD), the temperature at which the eggs are incubated determines the sex of the offspring. The molecular switch responsible for determining sex in these species has not yet been elucidated. We have examined the dynamics of yolk steroid hormones during embryonic development in the snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina, and the alligator, A...