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BACKGROUND Invasive species are among the most significant threats to biodiversity. The diet of invasive animal populations is a crucial factor that must be considered in the context of biological invasions. A broad dietary spectrum is a frequently cited characteristic of invasive species, allowing them to thrive in a wide range of environments. Therefore, empirical studies comparing diet in in...

The genus Moluccella (Lamiaceae) encompasses eight species among which aucheri (Boiss.) Scheen and M. laevis L. are available in Iran. aim of this study is characterizing the essential oil dried aerial parts collected from South was hydrodistilled then analysed by GC-MS. Twenty-one compounds were identified aucheri. most abundant components an aromadendrane sesquiterpene; spathulenol (63.3%) to...

The fungal flora of two water bodies Upper Lake and Hathaikheda Reservoir Bhopal Madhya Pradesh were isolated during the course study from January 2017 to December 2018. During present study, total 600 isolates, comprising 17 genera 24 species aquatic terrestrial fungi recorded bodies. These belonged various orders group Oomycota, Ascomycota Zygomycota. Members Saprolegniales dominant over rest...

RNAs that localize to the vegetal cortex during Xenopus laevis oogenesis have been reported to function in germ layer patterning, axis determination, and development of the primordial germ cells. Here we report on the genome-wide, comparative analysis of differentially localizing RNAs in Xenopus laevis and Xenopus tropicalis oocytes, revealing a surprisingly weak degree of conservation in respe...

Two spontaneous and three methylcholanthrene-induced lymphoid tumors in the anuran amphibian Xenopus laevis laevis were transferred into the dorsal lymph sac, abdominal cavity, or under the abdominal skin of 93 immature or adult animals of the same species. Eighty-eight gave positive results, 76 with the persistence of the tumor at the implantation site and 70 with the development of visceral t...

The skin of Xenopus laevis contains a soluble beta-galactoside-binding lectin with a approximately 16,000-mol-wt subunit. It resembles similar lectins purified from a variety of tissues from other vertebrates, and differs from two other soluble X. laevis lectins from oocytes and serum that bind alpha-galactosides. The skin lectin is concentrated in the cytoplasm of granular gland and mucous gla...

Recently, using the frog Xenopus laevis as a model system, we showed that transcription factor Rfx2 coordinates many genes involved in ciliogenesis and cell movement in multiciliated cells (Chung et al., 2014). To our knowledge, it was the first paper to utilize the genomic resources, including genome sequences and interim gene annotations, from the ongoing Xenopus laevis genome project. For re...