Rhinoceros beetles of the species Oryctes boas and O. monoceros were used in this investigation. Both species are large, weighing about 3*5 g and having a wing span of about 10 cm. There appears to be no difference in the flight motors of the two species. The beetles are common in sugar-cane fields and in well-established compost and manure heaps in Natal. The animals were kept in compost in me...

The use of many psychotropic drugs (PDs) is associated with increased caloric intake, significant weight gain, and metabolic disorders. nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) has been used to study the effects PDs on food intake. However, little known about body fat C. elegans. In elegans, feeding behavior metabolism are regulated through independent mechanisms. This aims evaluate intake ...

salicylic acid (sa) plays a key role in plant disease resistance and hyper-sensitive cell death but is also implicated in hardening responses to abiotic stress. the aim of this study is to examine the effects of salicylic acid on the growth, eco-physiological and biochemical characteristics in zinnia elegans plant exposed to copper stress. effects of copper (cu) on biomass, root length and shoo...

background : 5-fluorouracil could lead to a decline in fertility in caenorhabditis elegans. the aim of this study was to describe the mechanisms underlying such an altered fertility phenotype and to illustrate the specific genes and path-ways that are involved in the related phenotypic changes in c. elegans. methods : we isolated total rna from the samples and used a new method called digital g...