Studies on culicid breeding in empty rice fields were carried out during the cultivation cycle from May to November 1993.This period corresponded to stages 1 and 2, when empty conditions prevailed.Breeding read more occurred in stage 1 and the first part of stage 2, corresponding respectively to fallow uncultivated and ploughing situations.No breed
Anthocyanins from Vaccinium myrtillus fruits have been reported in vitro to exert potent radical scavenging and antiglycation activities.However, the physiological relevance of such properties remains unclear given the potential susceptibility of anthocyanin derivatives to digestive conditions.A simulated gastrointestinal tract model was thus imple
Abstract Background The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is a major laboratory model in biology.Only ten Caenorhabditis species were available in culture at the onset of this study.Many of them, like C.elegans, were mostly isolated from artificial compost heaps, and their more natural habitat was unknown.Results Caenorhabditis nematodes were found t
A group of variously colored proteins belonging to the green fluorescent protein (GFP) family are responsible for coloring read more coral tissues.Corals of the Great Barrier Reef were studied with the custom-built fiber laser fluorescence spectrometers.Spectral analysis showed that most of the examined corals contained multiple fluorescent peaks r