Karyomorphological and cytogenetical studies in Potentilla (Rosaceae) I. Karyotypes of nine Japanese species.

Megagametophyte development in Potentilla nivea (Rosaceae) from northern Swedish Lapland.

An investigation of the embryology of Potentilla nivea was carried out using a confocal laser scanning microscope. The crassinucellate nature of the ovule as well as the presence of a multicellular archesporium was confirmed. A "nucellar cap" builds up as the result of mitotic divisions in the parietal cell tissue and the nucellar epidermis. Earlier reports that several mature megagametophytes ...

Potentilla Fruticosa (rosaceae) as a Nectar Plant for Butterflies

Despite its wide distribution, little documentation exists to confirm that butterflies use the woody shrub Potentilla fruticosa (Linnaeus) (Rosaceae) as a nectar plant. During the summer of 2004, we observed 36 individual butterflies belonging to 10 species nectaring on P. fruticosa in the Jemez Mountains, New Mexico. Butterflies spent 56% of total observed nectaring time on P. fruticosa, where...

postnatal studies of bats (pipistrellus kuhlii and miniopterus schreibersii) & histomorphology and histochemistry studies of organs and diseases of (neurergus microspilotus and n. kaiseri)

1. to determine whether difference in birth body mass influenced growth performance in pipistrellus kuhlii we studied a total of 12 captive-born neonates. bats were assigned to two body mass groups: light birth body mass (lbw: 0.89 ± 0.05, n=8) and heavy birth body mass (hbw: 1.35 ± 0.08, n=4). heavier body mass at birth was associated with rapid postnatal growth (body mass and forearm length) ...

Cytogenetical Analysis of Iranian Wild Almond Species

In this study, the karyo-systematic studies on the Iranian wild almond species A .communis L., A. corduchoruom Bornm., A. trichamygdalus woronow, Amygdalus lycioides Var. horrida Spach were done by the karyological methods. The meristem cells of the root tip were used for these studies. In each species, ten suitable metaphase plates were chosen and photographed so that the morphology of the chr...

Cytogenetical studies on swine intersexes.