Chironomus sokolovae Istomina, Kiknadze et Siirin, 1999 (Diptera, Chironomidae) is recorded from Mongolia for the first time. Eleven banding sequences determined in Mongolian population were previously known Altai and Yenisei populations: sokA1, sokB1, sokB2, sokC1, sokC2, sokD1, sokD2, sokE1, sokF1, sokF2 sokG1. The additional B-chromosomes are absent. DNA-barcoding of COI gene was carried out...

Let G be a connected finite graph. The average distance μ(G) of G is the average of the distances between all pairs of vertices of G. For a positive integer k a k-packing of G is a subset S of the vertex set of G such that the distance between any two vertices in S is greater than k. The k-packing number βk(G) of G is the maximum cardinality of a k-packing of G. We prove upper bounds on the ave...

K(+) channels fulfill roles spanning from the control of excitability to the regulation of transepithelial transport. Here we review two groups of K(+) channels, pH-regulated K2P channels and the transport group of Kir channels. After considering advances in the molecular aspects of their gating based on structural and functional studies, we examine their participation in certain chosen physiol...