St Augustine suggested that monsters (monstra) serve to show or to signify (monstrare) something, whilst Foucault argued that one ancestor of today’s abnormal individual was the human monster, a class of being characterised by a composite nature. This essay examines what two very different mixed human monsters can show us. The donestre, a mediaeval race of lion-headed polyglots with a taste for...

The production of murine monoclonal antibody (MAb) has not yet been reported in Iran. The present work describes for the first time the generation of several murine hybridoma clones secreting MAbs directed against human leukocyte surface antigens. The secreted antibodies by hybridoma clones have been screened on different lymphoid and non-lymphoid tissues. Results indicated that of seven h...

Genetic diversity amongst 21 induced mutant clones tolerant to salinity along with one non-irradiated sensitive clone of banana (Musa acuminata cv. Dwarf Cavendish (AAA)) were studied using morphological and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers. Out of the 30 phenotypic indices screened, 23 were polymorph and two traits, leaf habit and blotches color, were differentiated by non-irrad...

In the present article, six clones of Nigerian Tea (Camellia sinensis) were selected for comparative study. Proximate, phytochemical and functional characterization of the whole Tea seed flour (TSF) was examined. The characteristics of the expressed oil from the seed of the different clones were also carried out. Results shows that oil content ranged between 22.9% (C318) to 28.9% (C228...

garlic (allium sativum .l) has been and is clonally propagated, because it does not produce seed under standard conditions. knowledge of plant recourses genetic diversity can be a first and most important step in achieving breeding program purposes. because of its high accuracy and reproducibility among different genetic diversity assessment techniques amplified fragment length polymorphism (af...

Tempranillo is one of the most widely cultivated grapevine varieties in Spain. After several years of clone selection, some highly recommended old clones have been identified in terms of both their qualitative and production characteristics. This study was designed to discriminate among 28 ancient clones of the cultivar Tempranillo (Vitis vinifera). DNA samples from clones were analysed using t...

the purpose of this study was to compare rooting methods in tissue culture regenerated-clones in sugar beet and their adaptation to environmental conditions and determine clones ploidy stability. two kinds of explants including shoot apex of seedlings and inflorescence stem pieces were used for preparation and propagation of the clones in media. in the next step, three rooting and adaptation me...