Northumberland Mammals

The Gothic Revival in Northumberland & County Durham

Cleft lips and palates in Northumberland and Durham.

Under present-day conditions, and particularly because of the statutory examination of all children of school age through the School Health Service. we can be certain that almost all cases of cleft lip and palate in Great Britain come to notice and are referred for surgical treatment. The exceptions are those infants who are stillborn or who die before being referred, but even of the latter a c...

Epidemiology of Childhood Leukaemia in Northumberland and Durham.

Our understanding of the aetiology of leukaemia is progressing rapidly. Differentiation of chronic myeloid leukaemia through an abnormal chromosome 21, a high risk of acute leukaemia in mongols, again with anomalies of chromosome 21, a demonstrated association between the risk of leukaemia and the dose of radiation received, and between therapeutic irradiation and chromosomal anomalies, indicat...

An Overview of Sex Selection at Conception in Mammals

Although the mechanisms under which sex ratio is controlled in nature remain unknown, researchers have attempted to treat sperm in an effort to predetermine the sex of the offspring. The methods of sperm separation that have been repeatedly reported to isolate fractions rich in X- or Y-chromosome bearing sperm are serum albumin gradient swim-up and flow cytometry. However, the ability of the se...

The mammals of Anzali Wetland, in the Southern Caspian Sea

Anzali Wetland as a listed habitat in Montreux Record, was investigated for the mammal fauna during Jan. 2015 - Jan. 2016. About 165 km of water bodies and 200 km around Anzali Wetland were patrolled, respectively. By applying different methods, such as direct observation, different signs recording, using different sampling traps, nets and camera traps, twenty mammal species were identified fro...