Context Giving up photosynthetic function is a bold evolutionary step for plant, yet the transition from autotrophy to mycoheterotrophy has occurred dozens of times. Comparing plastome sequences mycoheterotrophs and autotrophs identified recurring patterns gene loss throughout range land plants, though more comparisons are required see how broadly these apply across diversity terrestrial plants...

patients and methods serum samples of 100 patients with hypereosinophilia (> 10%) and 100 normal individuals (without eosinophilia) were collected. demographic information of the participants was recorded in a predesigned questionnaire during sample collection. anti-toxocara antibodies in the subjects’ serum were evaluated by an elisa. results in the hypereosinophilic patients, 54 (54%) were ma...

Sculptures are not capable of creating as complex scenes painting does, except sculptural relief that creates the illusion perspective and narration through different planes. And it is a question establishing conceptual criteria in manner El Paragone, but rather discovering constructive possibilities sculpture certain proposals, such representation content mass, height depth, is, three-dimensio...

Abstract This article presents a compositional analysis of metal artifacts from the Postclassic period ( a.d. 1100–1450) city Mayapan, Yucatan, Mexico. We document metallurgical production at R-183, an elite residential group and one most significant archaeological contexts associated with metalworking Mayapan. Salvage excavations in 1998 recovered small cache containing 282 copper bells, two m...