One species of the genus Tanypus Meigen, 1803, T. punctipennis Meigen, 1818 was previously recorded from Japan. Herein Tanypus nakazatoi sp. nov. is described and figured based on all life stages. Tanypus kraatzi (Kieffer, 1913) is recorded for the first time from Japan, and all stages are redescribed and figured. Tanypus formosanus (Kieffer, 1912) sensu Niitsuma (2001) is recognized as T. kraa...

  Glyphosate, N–(phosphonomethyl) glycine, has been widely used to control agricultural weeds in the north of Iran. However, it is also supposed to have adverse effects on natural sturgeon population. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the acute toxicity of glyphosate to three different sturgeon species (Huso huso, Acipenser stellatus, and A. persicus) under laboratory conditions. Fis...

1College of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Chungbuk National University, 410 SungBong-ro, Heungduk-gu, Cheongju-si, Chungbuk 361-763, South Korea 2Department of Computer Education and IIE, Chungbuk National University, 410 SungBong-ro, Heungduk-gu, Cheongju-si, Chungbuk 361-763, South Korea 3Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Chungbuk National University, 410 SungBong-ro, He...

We have benefited from discussions with Aloysius Siow. We thank the SSHRCC (Baker Grant # 410-99-0112, Hamilton Grant # 410-98-0426) for research funding.

Serum complement is valuable tool in determining the health status of fish. This study was conducted to examine in vitro activity of serum complement as an indicator of innate immunity in four sturgeon species, Acipenser stellatus, A. baeri, A. nudiventris and Huso huso (Chondrostei: Acipenseridae). The Effects of different temperatures, concentrations and volumes of serum on alternative comple...

  Glyphosate, N–(phosphonomethyl) glycine, has been widely used to control agricultural weeds in the north of Iran. However, it is also supposed to have adverse effects on natural sturgeon population. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the acute toxicity of glyphosate to three different sturgeon species (Huso huso, Acipenser stellatus, and A. persicus) under laboratory conditions. Fis...

Retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is a major component of the eye. This highly specialized cell type facilitates maintenance of the visual system. Because RPE loss induces an irreversible visual impairment, RPE generation techniques have recently been investigated as a potential therapeutic approach to RPE degeneration. A microRNA-based technique is a new strategy for producing RPE cells from ad...

The hypothesis that individual tumor subpopulations which differ in sensitivity to chemotherapeutic agents can influence each other's drug sensitivity was investigated using a set of mouse mammary tumor subpopulations derived from the same tumor. In one set of experiments, syngeneic mice were given injections of cyclophosphamide (CY)-sensitive line 168 cells and relatively insensitive line 410 ...