We examined the distribution and ancestral relationships of genetic caste determination (GCD) in 46 populations of the seed-harvester ants Pogonomyrmex barbatus and P. rugosus across the east-to-west range of their distributions. Using a mtDNA sequence and two nuclear markers diagnostic for GCD, we distinguished three classes of population phenotypes: those with GCD, no evidence of GCD, and mix...

Four new species of feather mites belonging to three different genera of the family Pteronyssidae are described from passerine birds of South Africa: Pteroherpus africanus sp. n. from the garden bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus (Desfontaines) (Pycnonotidae), Pteroherpus cysticolae sp. n. from the wing-snapped cisticola Cisticola ayresii Hartlaub (Sylviidae), Pteronyssoides promeropis sp. n. from the ...

The aim of this study was to contribute the knowledge avian diversity and breeding species in Türkiye. Observations were carried out Iğdır Province within a total 40 days spread throughout migration periods 2017-2018. Regional status codes determined for each species. Some winter visitors have also been observed during early stages spring migration. In study, 192 identified belonging 50 familie...

Biodiversity includes variation and variability among the different living species of different natural habitats. Out of them plant diversity also placed in significant construction of biodiversity. Plant diversity is affected by several biotic and abiotic factors and is also regulated by their genes. Plant life is always affected by their population structure, natural effect in different phase...