Long terminal repeat retrotransposons (LTR-RTs) represent a major fraction of plant genomes, but processes leading to transposition bursts remain elusive. Polyploidy expectedly leads to LTR-RT proliferation, as the merging of divergent diploids provokes a genome shock activating LTR-RTs and/or genetic redundancy supports the accumulation of active LTR-RTs through relaxation of selective constra...

Insolubility is one of the possible functions of proteins involved in biomineralization, which often limits their native purification. This becomes a major problem especially when recombinant expression systems are required to obtain larger amounts. For example, the mollusc shell provides a rich source of unconventional proteins, which can interfere in manifold ways with different mineral phase...

Optimal diameter growth equations for 60 major tree species werefit using the potential relat ive increment (PRI) methodology. Almost 175,000 individualsfrom the Midsouth (Arkansas , Louis iana, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas) were selectedfrom the USDA Forest Service’s Eastwide Forest Inventory Database (EFIDB). These records were then reduced to the individualsgrowing at thefastest rategiven t...

Mikania laevigata leaves are used worldwide as herbal medicines. Our study investigates the production differences among three different genotypes of this herb: genotypes’ influence on essential oil yield, chemical composition, and plant tissues involved in secretion compounds produced by leaves. The performed analysis during summer winter seasons. Plants were grown under an organic cultivation...

Starfish (Asteroidea) is one of the biota that make up Bilik Beach, Baluran National Park. The aim research was to determine diversity starfish species in intertidal zone Park, Situbondo Regency, East Java. method used survey method. Data collection carried out by site surveys, determining locations, sampling, observing, and identifying species. Sampling when seawater reached its maximum ebb. l...