We were delighted on two counts to be able to act as the conveners of the third biennial meeting of the International Biogeography Society (IBS) in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife in January 2007. First, the conference facilities generously provided for our use by the Cabildo Insular de Tenerife made an excellent venue for the free-flowing discussion with colleagues old and new that is the hallmark...

Mantacaprella macaronensis new genus, new species, is described based on specimens collected from Canary Islands and Cape Verde. Mantacaprella is close to the genera Pariambus , Pseudolirius , Propodalirius and Paracaprella , but can be distinguished by the combination of the following characteristics: pereopods 3, 4 and 5 two-articulate; pereopods 6 and 7 six-articulate; mandibular molar prese...

Purpose: In this study, two cases of uveitis due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) are described including the clinical and therapeutic management of both affected patients. Methods: Retrospective study of two cases of uveitis by MP from a uveitis unit in a University Hospital in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. Two female patients of 46 and 49 years old respectively were admitted to the Canary Isl...

Phylogenetic relationships within Limonium (Plumbaginaceae) are evaluated using sequence data from three plastid regions (rbcL, the trnL intron, and the trnL-trnF intergenic spacer). Sixty-six species representing the major genera of Staticoideae, including representatives of all sections and genera formerly included in Limonium, have been analyzed using four species of Plumbaginoideae as an ou...

Correns's 1903 (Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft 21: 133-147) crosses between a monoecious and a dioecious species of Bryonia revealed the simple Mendelian inheritance of dioecy and provided the first instance of an XY sex determination system in any organism. Bryonia ranges from the Canary Islands to Central Asia and comprises seven dioecious and three monoecious species; its cl...

INTRODUCTION The prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) varies significantly among the different geographical areas reported. In Spain, two epidemiological studies have shown a prevalence of 9-10% in the population aged over 40. However, neither of these studies included the Canary Islands, which are of interest due to their climatic conditions and high incidence of smoking....

Mutations that produce glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency have been identified in samples from patients with hemolytic disease in the United States, and in G6PD-deficient samples from Greece, the Canary Islands, the Czech and Slovak Republics, South China, and in samples from the Coriell Cell Repository. Eight new mutations are described. Particularly unusual were a nonsense mu...

Abstract The concept of geodiversity is becoming more widely used every year, beyond its contribution to the development geotourism. It estimated that as important biodiversity in functioning Earth's natural ecosystems. Therefore, an problem recognize possibilities on integrating geographic education, both formal and informal. main aim study identify subject educating godiversity, included core...