Fluid systems in inverted rifted margins are challenging to interpret because fractures formed before compression were often reactivated acting as fluid pathways new ones formed. Deciphering the fracture and flow history such complex settings has key implications for prediction of distribution mineral resources. As an example, we reconstruct evolution a portion Pyrenean rift, Upper Pedraforca t...

manganese ore deposits occurred in various types of syngenetic, diagenetic and epigenetic mineralization in association with radiolarian cherts in colored melange of neyriz ophiolite in abadeh tashk area, eastern fars province. microscopic study and xrd analyses show a simple mineralogy for manganese compounds in all types. psylomelane and braunite are the primary manganese compounds in syngene...

As George Snell (1) so rightly said, the supergene, the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), is like a page from the nature book read outside of the context. Today this context is beginning to be better understood. We would here like to recall the evolution of concepts regarding these molecular structures found in the-. membrane of cells. First, attention was centered on the almost botanical...

the iranian east magmatic assemblage (iema) in the central lut region, hosted porphyry and vein-type polymetallic mineralization. the galechah-shurab mining district is located in nw of the iema. volcanic and subvolcanic bodies in the area are composed of calc-alkaline porphyry quartz-latite, porphyry dacite and rhyodacite and hornblende-biotite andesite, equivalent to i-type granite. they empl...

Understanding the molecular underpinnings of evolutionary adaptations is a central focus of modern evolutionary biology. Recent studies have uncovered a panoply of complex phenotypes, including locally adapted ecotypes and cryptic morphs, divergent social behaviours in birds and insects, as well as alternative metabolic pathways in plants and fungi, that are regulated by clusters of tightly lin...

Cellular signaling is the core of many biological processes including growth, differentiation, adhesion, motility and apoptosis. The protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) supergene family is the key mediator in cellular signaling in metazoans, directly associated with a variety of human diseases. All PTKs contain a highly conserved catalytic kinase domain, in spite of variable multi-domain structures. ...

Gene rearrangement analysis using Southern-blot hybridization technique is a standard method for evaluating clonal receptor gene rearrangement. Both clonality and lineage can be identified in lymphoid neoplasms by the demonstration of one or more rearranged antigen receptor genes of the immunoglobulin supergene family-immunoglobulin and T-cell receptor genes. To evaluate the diagnostic applicab...