Fetal programming suggests that maternal stimulation and nutrition during the period of fetal development can program progeny. Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), an isomer acid, has been characterized in several aspects, but few studies have performed on its involvement reproduction programming. The aim this study was to evaluate F1, F2 F3 progeny female mice supplemented with CLA pregestational g...

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Pressure-volume curves were determined for black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) BSP) trees from four full-sib families. During the first two years, trees were measured from a plantation on a dry site. In the third year, trees were sampled from the dry site and a wet site. Diurnal measurements of shoot water potential allowed in situ shoot turgor to be estimated in addition to standard water rela...

superior mesenteric artery syndrome is a very uncommon disorder in which acute angulation of superior mesenteric artery (sma) at its origin from aorta results in compression of the third part of the duodenum leading to partial or complete obstruction of the duodenum. other terminologies for this condition are cast syndrome, wilkie syndrome, arteriomesenteric duodenal obstruction, and chronic du...

Genetic and Economic Evaluation of Progeny Testing Selection Programs with Different Levels Artificial Insemination Milk Recording for Breeding Khuzestani Buffalo

Fertility and immunity are concurrently upregulated in Drosophila melanogaster females after normal mating, potentially requiring physiological trade-offs. Using a novel bacterial introduction method, I observed female copulatory Serratia marcescens receipt and infection. Immuno-competent females surviving copulatory S. marcescens exposure had significantly reduced progeny production during the...

Formal definition of self-reproduction may have importance the Alife research program, especially for application of its achievements outside the discipline. The paper examines two formal definitions of self-reproduction, suggested by McMullin and Löfgren. It is pointed out that these definitions form two major branches of selfreproduction analysis, described by ancestor-progeny and system-envi...

The diurnal variation of the gross alpha (alpha) radioactivity in the air near the ground and the gamma (gamma) radioactivity emitted from the ground have been monitored in North-eastern Greece. Meteorological information comprising air temperature and humidity has been simultaneously recorded. Over a period of the 24h of a typical day, the variation of alpha-radioactivity reaches a peak in the...