Parasites comprise a significant percentage of the biodiversity of the planet and are useful systems to test evolutionary and ecological hypotheses. In this study, we analyze the effect of host species identity and the immediate local species assemblage within mixed species colonies of nesting seabirds on patterns of genetic clustering within two species of multihost ectoparasitic lice. We use ...

The subject of this article is counterfactual thinking as a tool in geneticist-patient communication under conditions uncertainty. focuses on the use narrative one main components doctor-patient framework making decisions about future treatment. for are considered, taking into consideration two features: logic predetermination and influence overpersonal forces notions kinship that contribute to...

We describe the role of the UNUSUAL FLORAL ORGANS (UFO) gene in Arabidopsis floral development based on a genetic and molecular characterization of the phenotypes of nine ufo alleles. UFO is required for the proper identity of the floral meristem and acts in three different aspects of the process that distinguishes flowers from shoots. UFO is involved in establishing the whorled pattern of flor...

The number of phalanges and joints are key features of digit 'identity' and are central to limb functionality and evolutionary adaptation. Prior chick work indicated that digit phalanges and their associated joints arise in a different manner than the more sparsely jointed long bones, and their identity is regulated by differential signalling from adjacent interdigits. Currently, there is no ge...

This study aimed to determine the phylogenetic and bottleneck analyses of Turkish Thoroughbred Arabian horse populations. In study, genotyping was performed using a total 17 microsatellite markers in samples taken from 959 813 horses. The average effective allele number horses 3.338 alleles 7.412 Thorougbred Genetic distance genetic identity between breeds 0.411 0.663, respectively. Also each p...