background:  linguatulosis is a rare zoonotic parasitic infection, in which human plays the role of both defini­tive and intermediate host and can be occasionally infected. this study determines the status of infection in live­stock and its po­tential risk to men in the northwestern province of azarbaijan-e-sharghi, iran. methods: in a cross-sectional study from june 2007 to june 2008, 800 slau...

C ell surface proteins are absolutely essential to activating the Notch signaling pathway, but the lipids that surround them in the plasma membrane have a signifi cant infl uence too, say Hamel et al. (1). Notch receptor ligands (Delta and Serrate in fl ies) are transmembrane proteins that bind receptors on the surface of neighboring cells. Mysteriously, the ligands must be endocytosed before t...

Two remarkable new cantharid species were described, Prothemus laticornissp. n. (CHINA: Yunnan) and Prothemus lycoceroidessp. n. (THAILAND: Chiang Dao), and provided with illustrations of aedeagi, ultimate abdominal sternites and antennae of both sexes. Their systematic status was discussed, because they differed from all other species of Prothemus in the dilated and/or serrate antennae and ely...

A new species of moray eel from deep water in the Gulf of California is described. It is dark brownish-black with an overall pattern of pale irregular blotches; a short, broad head; wide, triangular jaws; deeply serrate and partially biserial teeth; dorsal-fin origin above and behind gill opening; and 10 predorsal, 66 preanal, and 134 total vertebrae. This combination of characters is not share...