In nature, many animals use intermittent rather than continuous locomotion. In laboratory studies, intermittent exercise regimens have been shown to increase endurance compared with continuous exercise. We hypothesized that increased intermittency has evolved in lines of house mice (Mus domesticus) that have been selectively bred for high voluntary wheel-running (wheel diameter 1.12 m) activity...

five organo-phosphorous compounds were tested against lab-bred and wild caught larvae of ano pliclcs stcphclisi nrysorcnsis at the kazeroun medical research station, southern iran, during may-june, 1974. this study showed that as the larvae grew their tolerance to the insecticides tested increased up to 5 times more than that of day-old larvae. when iate 3rd and early 4th instal' larvae of wild...

The sucking behaviour of lamb genotypes, selected for an increase or decrease in weaning weight and a random bred line, was studied during the first six weeks of lactation. Sucking frequency and duration were recorded as were lamb growth rates and lactation performance of the ewes. There were no apparent differences between the lines in sucking behaviour even with large variations between lines...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease primarily affecting motor neurons in the central nervous system. Although most cases of ALS are sporadic, about 5-10% of cases are familial (FALS) with approximately 20% of FALS caused by mutations in the Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) gene. We have reported that hSOD1-G93A transgenic mice modeling this disease show a more se...

A set of 45 diverse Asian and African origin/bred populations pearl millet were investigated multi-locationally for morphological traits including grain yield assessed their fertility restoration ability on three cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) systems in two contrasting seasons. Significant genetic variation was found all the linked traits. Multivariate analysis its component grouped these in...

George H. Shull, while working as a corn geneticist at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory from 1904 to 1915, observed that when two different pure-bred lines of corn were crossbred the resulting progeny exhibited physical traits superior to those of the parents (Glass, 2010). Shull described the offspring of pure-bred crosses as having increased heartiness, size, fruitfulness, speed of developme...