Abies koreana is an endemic and rare species from Korea and is classified as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Although the genetic diversity assessment for current population of A. koreana needs to be performed urgently, no microsatellite markers have been developed for this species. In the present study, we developed 22 novel polymorphic microsatellite loci and...

The peculiarity of bears behavior of stripping of bark is typical for all species. We have described the damage to trees, by Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) and brown bear (U. arctos) in Primorsky Krai and by brown bears on the Sakhalin Island during 1998-2015. In this study, we studied the damaged bark of the tree only in cases where it was clear that part of the cambium was eaten by bea...

A49-year-oldmale nursery employee (a skilled gardener) was referred by theDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine with a vesicular and scaling hand eczema, primarily on the two first fingers and dorsum of the right hand. The patient had worked as a greenhouse gardener for 33 years, primarily with Euphorbia species, without skin problems. In his trainee years, the patient worked wi...

INTRODUCTION. ....................................... : .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 A new form with viviparous leaves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Parallel variation shown in reversion and cresting. .................................. 84 Progressive parallel variation by cresting. . . . . . . . . . . . ....