background: hla genes are highly polymorphic and certain alleles are frequent only in specific populations. therefore, hla is a unique tool for studying the genetic relationship between different populations. iranians are ethnically diverse people and one of the major ethnic groups in iran is lur population inhabiting along the central and southern parts of zagros chain mountain. objectives: ge...

Background & Aim: Thymus daenensis Celak. is one of the herbal and  perennial medicinal plants belonging to Lamiaceae which grows widely in Isfahan and Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari provinces. All of its floral on aerial part has extensive use in preparing traditional medicines. The major constitutes of Thymus daenensis Celak. are thymol and carvacrol. Since ecolo...

Background & Aim: Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari province contains several major floristic plant associations of central Zagros Mountains. Kallar species were used for medicines nutrias in this area. However, these valuable species have been threatened and even become at risk of extinction due to habitat fragmentation and disturbance. Therefore, the first step in protecting theses species is identify...

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this experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of nursery establishment under plastic cover on yield of some rice cultivars at lordegan region in 2007. experimental design was a split plot with a randomized complete block with three replications. four rice cultivars (hashemi, hasani, saleh and native) were seeded at three seedling date (14 april, 5 may and 15 may). two first planting date...

Introduction: Cancer is one of the main causes for mortality and morbidity in the world. Identifying epidemiology and the trend of esophageal cancer may be highly effective in related planning. The present study has been carried out with the aim of exploring the morbidity and trend of esophageal cancer in Iran. Methods: The present study is a type of repe...