Spatio-temporal distribution of epifauna collected with a sledge was studied on the Cilician shelf of the Mediterranean Sea. There were two different communities: the shallow community was restricted to water at 5 and 10 m deep with sandy bottom inhabited abundantly by Conomurex persicus, Arnoglossus laterna and Murex trunculus. Conomurex persicus, an introduced tropical species predominated th...

this study was carried out in arsanjan county fars province, a new focus of zcl, during 1999-2000. totally fifty nine meriones libycus captured by live traps and four out of them (6.8%) were naturally infected with parasites. parasites were cultured in monophasic medium rpmi 1640 and isolated promastigotes were identified using rapd-pcr test in medical parasitology unit of shiraz university of ...

Foxtail lily (Eremurus), as a medicinal-ornamental geophyte, has recently emerged in the cut flower market novel, commercially significant specialty (SCF). However, there is limited information about sensitivity to ethylene of foxtail species for managing ethylene-mediated senescence prolong vase life and maintain ornamental quality this flower. The purpose current study was compare production ...

The need to vary body temperature to optimize physiological processes can lead to thermoregulatory behaviours, particularly in ectotherms. Despite some evidence of within-population phenotypic variation in thermal behaviour, the occurrence of alternative tactics of this behaviour is rarely explicitly considered when studying natural populations. The main objective of this study was to determine...

Cytostatic drugs used in cancer therapy were evaluated for their capacity to inhibit Echinococcus multilocularis metacestode growth and proliferation. Metacestode tissues were exposed in vitro to docetaxel, doxorubicin, navelbine, paclitaxel, and vorinostat for 1 week, then incubated in drug-free culture, and thereafter metacestodes were injected into the peritoneum of Meriones unguiculatus. Ma...