Segregating populations were developed to evaluate the inheritance of the fuzzless seed phenotypes in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). Accession 143 of the Mississippi Obsolete Variety Collection (MOVC) has a fuzzless seed phenotype. This line carries the n(2) locus which is recessive to the seed fuzz phenotype. Data from the F(2), BC(1)F(1), F(2:3), and BC(1)F(2) populations of DP 5690 x...

INTRODUCTION Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, causing damage and dysfunction in multiple organs. The complications of this disease are numerous, affect every organ and/or tissue in the body and vary considerably among patients over the time challenging its management. THE AIM OF OUR STUDY To determine the iron status of 17 patients w...

BACKGROUND Kulldorff's spatial scan statistic has been one of the most widely used statistical methods for automatic detection of clusters in spatial data. One limitation of this method lies in the fact that it has to rely on scan windows with predefined shapes in the search process, and therefore it cannot detect cluster with arbitrary shapes. We employ a new neighbor-expanding approach and in...

plant-based remediation (i.e. phytoremediation) is one of the most significant eco-sustainable techniques to cope with devastating consequences of pollutants. in the present study, the potential of a wetland macrophyt (i.e. potamogeton crispus ) for the phytoremediation of heavy metals (i.e. cu, cr, pb, as and cd) in the anzali wetland was evaluated. the results showed that p. crispus tends to ...

     The essential oils and aromatic water, known as Arak in traditional Iranian medicine, comes from the aerial part of Teucrium persicum Boiss., which is grown in Fars Province located in Iran. The samples were collected in summer and the oils and aromatic water were obtained through steam distillation. The chemical composition of the oils was analyzed using GC-MS. An analysis of the chemical...

Effects of p.o. administration of sulfolithocholic acid disodium salt (SLCNa) and lithocholic acid sodium salt (LCNa) on N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU)-induced colonic tumorigenesis were studied in conventional rats. Female F344 rats received either 0.5 ml of distilled water (DW) alone or DW containing 2.5 mg of MNU twice in 1 wk intrarectally. Then rats were fed freely on a basal diet (PCE-2) or...