introduction : streptococcus pneumoniae cause morbidity and mortality in infants and younger children. because of high prevalence of penicillin resistance, rapid and reliable diagnostic techniques for penicillin non-susceptible s. pneumoniae (pnssp) are important for prevention and treatment. we investigated the association of the restriction length polymorphism (rflp) patterns for pbp2b to dis...

myostatin gene or growth and differentiation factor-8 inhibits the puberty and development of skeletal muscles and it could change the size of some muscles such as double muscle, if the mutation occurs. one of the most important indigenous sheep in iran, lori sheep, possess high genetic potential for meat production. therefore, the study of some genes affecting meat production would be of utmos...