Anadolu’nun güneyinde Kilikia Bölgesi’nin metropolü olan Tarsus antik kentinin kalıntıları, modern kentin altında yatmaktadır. Tarsus’tan bahseden yazarlar, ortasından geçen Kydnos Nehri’nden de söz ederler. Bu yazarlar aynı zamanda şehrin büyüklüğüne ve ulaştığı refah düzeyine vurgu yapmaktadırlar. Kentin gelişiminin temelinde ise, çağda bir limana sahip olması, kente uluslararası yolun ulaşma...

Both Proboscipedia (PB) and Sex Combs Reduced (SCR) activities are required for determination of proboscis identity. Here we show that simultaneous removal of PB and SCR activity results in a proboscis-to-antenna transformation. Dominant negative PB molecules inhibit the activity of SCR indicating that PB and SCR interact in a multimeric protein complex in determination of proboscis identity. T...

The Hawaiian Drosophilidae contains approximately 1000 species, placed in species groups and subgroups based largely on secondary sexual modifications to wings, forelegs and mouthparts. Members of the spoon tarsus subgroup possess a cup-shaped structure on the foretarsi of males. Eight of the twelve species in this subgroup are found only on the Big Island of Hawaii, suggesting that they have d...

In five cases, a simplified anterior tarsal resection corrected complicated upper eyelid blepharoptosis and contour abnormalities. One case of residual blepharoptosis after levator muscle resection was corrected by resecting an amount of tarsus equal to the desired amount of correction. Two cases of upper eyelid blepharoptosis resulting from overcorrected levator muscle recession were corrected...

INTRODUCTION In this study, we focused on the medically important problem of long bone wound healing by regeneration. We employed a small animal in vivo load-bearing model to study the effect of a biocompatible artificial polymer scaffold on regeneration of critical size defects in adult Xenopus laevis frog hind limbs. The long-term goal is to repair large segmental critical size (non-regenerat...

Hemimetabolous insects such as the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus regenerate lost tissue parts using blastemal cells, a population of dedifferentiated proliferating cells. The expression of several factors that control epigenetic modification is upregulated in the blastema compared with differentiated tissue, suggesting that epigenetic changes in gene expression might control the differentiation s...

The tarsal flexor system, a novel system of retinacular structures, is described for the first time based on morphological and ultrastructural examinations of several Neotropical harvestmen (Opiliones: Laniatores). The tarsal flexor system is made up of many individual pulleys that function to maintain close apposition between the tendon and internal ventral surface of the cuticle in the tarsus...