The presence of avian eggshell is often interpreted generally as evidence food consumption. When identified taxonomically it can be used a parallel line to gain clearer picture ancient subsistence practices (Beacham and Durand, 2007). Pompeii Archaeological Research Project: Porta Stabia (PARP:PS) conducted excavations in Insula VIII.7 Pompeii, non-elite neighborhood, between 2005 2012. located...

We examined lampbrush chromosomes (LBC) prepared from chicken oocytes of 1-3-mm diam using both light and electron microscopy. Both macro- and microchromosomes form LBC with morphologies very similar to the well known newt and salamander LBC. In chicken LBC typical loops have a contour length of approximately 15 microns, although some loops range up to 50 microns. Multiple transcription units a...