Cladophialophora carrionii is one of the four major etiologic agents of human chromoblastomycosis in semi-arid climates. This species was studied using sequence data of the internal transcribed spacer region of rDNA, the partial beta-tubulin gene and an intron in the translation elongation factor 1-alpha gene, in addition to morphology. With all genes a clear bipartition was observed, which cor...

A cactus graph is a connected graph in which every block is either an edge or a cycle. In this paper, we consider several problems of graph theory and developed optimal algorithms to solve such problems on cactus graphs. The running time of these algorithms is O(n), where n is the total number of vertices of the graph. The cactus graph has many applications in real life problems, especially in ...

Let p be a positive integer and G = (V;E) a graph. A subset S of V is a p-dominating set if every vertex of V S is dominated at least p times. The minimum cardinality of a p-dominating set a of G is the p-domination number p(G): It is proved for a cactus graph G that p(G) 6 (jV j+ jLp(G)j+c(G))=2; for every positive integer p > 2; where Lp(G) is the set of vertices of G of degree at most p 1 an...

Drosophila gouveai is a cactophilic species endemic to South America. In southeast Brazil it is found on summits of isolated hills, which apparently are current refugia resulting from climatic changes during the Quaternary Period. It breeds only in necrotic cactus cladodes of Pilosocereus machrisii. Temporal differences in necrotic cactus availability could have a great impact upon D. gouveai p...

Regulation of NF kappaB activity is central to many processes during development and disease. Activation of NF kappaB family members depends on degradation of inhibitory I kappaB proteins. In Drosophila, a nuclear gradient of the NF kappaB/c-rel protein Dorsal subdivides the embryonic dorsal-ventral axis, defining the extent and location of mesodermal and ectodermal territories. Activation of t...

We performed a quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis of epicuticular hydrocarbon variation in 1650 F(2) males from crosses of Baja California and mainland Mexico populations of Drosophila mojavensis cultured on two major host cacti. Principal component (PC) analysis revealed five PCs that accounted for 82% of the total epicuticular hydrocarbon variation. Courtship trials with mainland females...

A cactus graph is a connected graph in which every block is either an edge or a cycle. An optimal algorithm is presented here to find a maximum independent set and maximum 2-independent set on cactus graphs in O(n) time, where n is the total number of vertices of the graph. The cactus graph has many applications in real life problems, specially in radio communication system.

Absttact. A cactus graph is a connected graph in which every block is either an edge or a cycle. An optimal algorithm is presented here to find minimum cardinality 2-neighbourhood-covering set on cactus graphs in) (n O time, where n is the total number of vertices of the graph. The cactus graph has many applications in real life problems, specially in radio communication system.