Wheat is a crop with spring and winter types and wide adaptability to different climate conditions. The wide adaptability of wheat is mainly controlled by three groups of genetic factors and among them vernalization (VRN) genes play pivotal role in determining spring and winter types. In this study, 395 Iranian wheat landraces were characterized with specific primer pairs designed based on VRN-...

Cardiac arrhythmias are a major healthcare problem in the developed world. The American Heart Association 2017 statistical report indicates that atrial fibrillation, the most common cardiac rhythm disorder, has an ≈25% lifetime incidence and annual costs of ≈26 billion dollars, whereas sudden cardiac death (usually caused by malignant arrhythmias) affects fewer individuals (just under 200 000 A...