There is broad interest in the development of efficient marine protected areas (MPAs) to reduce bycatch and end overfishing of speckled hind (Epinephelus drummondhayi) and warsaw grouper (Hyporthodus nigritus) in the Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern U.S. We assimilated decades of data from many fishery-dependent, fishery-independent, and anecdotal sources to describe the spatial distribution...

Purpose: Infertility is described as unexplained when all of the tests a basic infertility evaluation return within normal limits and present in 15% infertile couples. Some studies indicate that there an association between methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR C677T A1298C) mutations male or female grown adults. The objective this study was to analyze distributions MTHFR’s A1298C genotype...

Most quadrupedal mammals support a larger amount of body weight on their forelimbs compared with their hind limbs during locomotion, whereas most primates support more of their body weight on their hind limbs. Increased hind limb weight support is generally interpreted as an adaptation that reduces stress on primates' highly mobile forelimb joints. Thus, increased hind limb weight support was l...

Many species of groupers form spawning aggregations, dramatic events where 100s to 1000s of individuals gather annually at specific locations for reproduction. Spawning aggregations are often targeted by local fishermen, making them extremely vulnerable to over fishing. The Red Hind Bank Marine Conservation District located in St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, was closed seasonally in 1...

BACKGROUND Sequence variations at the apolipoprotein (apo)C-III gene locus have been associated with increased plasma triglycerides. In particular, the S2 allele of an SstI polymorphism in the 3' untranslated region has been associated with hypertriglyceridemia in many populations. The aim of this study was to determine whether the variant S2 allele is related to increased mRNA expression in vi...

INTRODUCTION Oxidative stress is a key factor in the development of the principal comorbidities of obesity. Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase enzyme (MTHFR) participates in the metabolism of folate with the action of vitamins B6 and B12. The gene of MTHFR may present a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) at position 677 (C677T), which can promote homocysteinemia associated to the production ...

In this paper we study the impact of polymorphism in Hind-ley/Milner style type systems that deal with some form of constraints. Previous approaches use a syntactic notion of constraints. This can have some serious limitations. Some reasonable programs are not typable under syntactic{based formulations of the quantiier introduction rule. As examples , we consider systems that deal with overload...

A set of twelve CAPS markers was mapped for linkage group III of pea (Pisum sativum L.). New primers were designed to use a polymerase chain reaction to amplify fragments of sequenced pea genes containing at least one large intron. Amplification products were tested for polymorphism across three pea lines (Chi115, Flagman and WL1238) using eleven four-base restriction endonucleases. Nine STS ma...

Walking involves a cyclic exchange of gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy of the center of mass. Our goal was to understand how the limbs of walking quadrupeds coordinate the vertical movements of the fore and hind quarters to produce these inverted pendulum-like movements. We collected kinematic and ground reaction force data from dogs walking over a range of speeds. We found tha...