In West Bengal, the two most tradable species of mud crab (Scylla sp.) are available due to high market demand in local as well foreign markets. Scylla sp. is an important (ecological, nutritional, and economical) bioresource India including Bengal. Juveniles adult crabs selectively collected by coastal area common people or fisherpersons for culturing ponds traded locally internationally. Diff...

Stephen Brush once asked, “Should the history of science be rated ‘X’?” Well, times have changed. Now controversy reigns over the role of sociology in the science classroom. Here, I profile several dimensions of the sociology of science and survey recent efforts by philosophers to address its most radical claims. In respecting the opposing poles of this contentious debate, I contend that it is ...

Shell-fish are of some significance in the human diet. Because of their high content of protein, low content of fat and high proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids, they are commonly recommended in diets designed to treat atherosclerotic patients. However, little work on their nutritional value has been reported. Assessments of the biological value of different crab-meat preparations indicat...

Nucleotide sequences from the cytochrome b gene of mitochondrial DNA were employed to resolve phylogenetic controversies and to assess molecular evolutionary rates in marine turtles (Chelonioidea). Findings of special relevance to conservation biology include discovery of a distant relationship between Natator and other cheloniid species, the paraphyly of Chelonia mydas with respect to Chelonia...

Evaluamos la diversidad de reptiles y aves en el Distrito Manejo Integrado Cabo Manglares Bajo Mira-Frontera, departamento Nariño, Colombia, mediante muestreos hechos noviembre 2018. Para se realizaron búsquedas libres delimitadas por tiempo; para aves, recorridos puntos observación. Se obtuvieron 25 registros pertenecientes a tres órdenes, 17 familias, 23 géneros 24 especies. De registraron 17...

Translationally controlled tumour proteins (TCTP) cDNA were cloned from the haemolymph of Scylla paramamosain by reverse transcription PCR using primers derived from Penaeus monodon. Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed 507 bp open reading frame (ORF) encoding 168 amino acid residues with a predicted molecular mass and pI of approximately 19.2 kDa and 4.5, respectively. Interestingly, mud crab...

Intracellular fatty acid-binding proteins (FABPs) are multifunctional cytosolic lipid-binding proteins found in vertebrates and invertebrates. In this work, we used RACE to obtain a full-length cDNA of Sp-FABP from the mud crab Scylla paramamosain. The open reading frame of the full length cDNA (886 bp) encoded a 136 amino acid polypeptide that showed high homology with related genes from other...