1The authors thank A. L. Archibald, M. F. Rothschild, and the EC PiGMaP group for distribution of DNA from the PiGMaP reference families, and D. Nicholson and G. J. Lee for provision of database services and linkage analyses. Published as paper no. 11840, Journal Series, Agric. Res. Dev., Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln 68583-0908. 2To whom correspondence should be addressed. Phone: (402) 472-6416; ...

Abstract Introduction In 2010, The Michael J. Fox Foundation launched the Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI) to study how disease (PD) starts and changes over time. Volunteers participate in clinic, online or both. PPMI is now prioritizing recruitment of individuals with possible probable REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) without a PD diagnosis (goal 500 clinic). As 30% people RB...

Mulberry plants have wide range of variations in characters view its adaptability to cross pollination with no inter-specific reproduction barrier rendering it a heterozygous species. Every plant being different from the other natural population, this great diversity makes difficult gather information and carry out studies on effect edaphic factors expression genotypic for adjudging variations....

The 0908 typhoon “Morakot” heavily attacked Taiwan. It brought strong rainfall which not only caused water level rise in several reservoirs and rivers, but also triggered a large number of landslides, debris flow, collapse and other geological disasters. All of these changes resulted in flooding, and for the worst, several villages were buried. In this paper, using NDVI(Normal Differential Vege...

Calving difficulty, survival from birth to weaning, birth weight, and weaning weight of 167 calves and carcass traits of 88 cattle (63 for adjusted fat thickness) were compared for progeny of Red Poll and Longhorn bulls mated to crossbred cows that calved at 2 or 3 yr of age. Results indicated that Longhornsired calves required 28% less assistance at calving than Red Poll-sired calves when dams...