This article traces the 90-yr history and speculates on future applications of predictive breeding in maize (Zea mays L.). Predictive started 1930s when superior double-cross hybrids were identified based mean four nonparental single crosses. The advent recurrent selection 1940s led to methods predict next cycle selection. shift single-cross 1960s necessitated their performance, genomic best li...

in the recent decades sociologists of occupation have paid more attention to the gender differences in the process of work socialization and job selection . gender gaps at the management level is one of the most important issues for educated women ,however it has not been studied as much. this article presents findings of a research on occupational positions of female faculty members at three u...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to analyse the clinical characteristics and etiological factors related to male osteoporosis in patients attending an out-patient rheumatology department during an 11-year period (1995-2006), as well as to compare them with the observed characteristics in a previous study performed 12 years ago. METHODS 232 males aged 21-88 (mean 56.1+/-14) with osteoporosi...

DNA and RNA quantifications are widely used in biological and biomedical research. In the last ten years, many technologies have been developed to enable automated and high-throughput analyses. In this review, we first give a brief overview of how DNA and RNA quantifications are carried out. Then, five technologies (microarrays, SAGE, differential display, real time PCR and real competitive PCR...

It is my first duty and privilege to thank you for the honour you have conferred upon me by electing me to this Chair. This is the greatest honour that you have in your power to confer upon any of your members, and it is a matter of great pride to me that you have considered me worthy to occupy the Chair which has been so ably filled by my predecessors. During the last thirty years none of your...