Ulmus pumila is an elm species, non-native to the USA that hybridizes with Ulmus rubra. In order to study the genetic structure and hybridization patterns between these two elm species, we developed 15 primer pairs for microsatellite loci in U. rubra and tested their cross-amplification in U. pumila. All 15 primers amplified in both species, 11 of which possessed species-specific alleles. Eight...

Lisa Schwartz Longacre, PhD*; Robert A. Kloner, MD, PhD*†; Andrew E. Arai, MD; Christopher P. Baines, PhD; Roberto Bolli, MD; Eugene Braunwald, MD; James Downey, PhD; Raymond J. Gibbons, MD; Roberta A. Gottlieb, MD; Gerd Heusch, MD, PhD; Robert B. Jennings, MD; David J. Lefer, PhD; Robert M. Mentzer, MD; Elizabeth Murphy, PhD; Michel Ovize, MD, PhD; Peipei Ping, PhD; Karin Przyklenk, PhD; Micha...

Allozyme genetic variation in 12 populations of the endangered Castanea pumila var. pumila (Allegheny chinkapin), sampled across the natural range of the species in the United States, was evaluated using 11 loci from seven enzyme systems. At the species level, the percentage of polymorphic loci (Ps) was 72.7 %, the mean number of alleles per locus (As) was 1.9, the mean number of alleles per po...

Biochar is widely recognized as an efficient tool for carbon sequestration and soil fertility. The understanding of its chemical and physical properties, which are strongly related to the type of the initial material used and pyrolysis conditions, is crucial to identify the most suitable application of biochar in soil. A selection of organic wastes with different characteristics (e.g., rice hus...

An unripe apple (immature fruit of Malus pumila Mill) contains more polyphenols than mature fruit. To explore the anti-photoaging effects extract (UAE), we investigated UAE on wrinkle improvement, skin moisturizing, inflammation, and antioxidant activities using ultraviolet B (UVB)-irradiated SKH1-hr hairless mouse model. The mice were irradiated with UVB (0.18 J/cm2) three times per week orall...

The genus Labisia (Myrsinaceae) is a popular medicinal plant in Malaysia. We examined the genetic relationship among three varieties of L. pumila var. pumila, L. pumila var. alata, L. pumila var. lanceolata and Labisia paucifolia using an ISSR assay. Fifty-eight primers were tested, among which 18 gave reliable polymorphic banding patterns; these yielded 264 polymorphic markers. A similarity ma...