BACKGROUND AND AIMS Intraspecific reproductive differentiation into sexual and apomictic cytotypes of differing ploidy is a common phenomenon. However, mechanisms enabling the maintenance of both reproductive modes and integrity of cytotypes in sympatry are as yet poorly understood. This study examined the association of sexual and apomictic seed formation with ploidy as well as gene flow towar...

A pattern of seasonal changes in the morphological and anatomical leaf traits is reported for Potentilla argentea L. var. tenuiloba (Jord.) Sw. of temperate-climate areas in central Poland. Leaf area, perimeter, dry mass and lamina thickness were measured in summer and autumn leaves of the same individuals. Dissection index, density and specifi c leaf area were calculated. Signifi cant differen...

The phylogenetic relationships of the most dominant and morphologically cryptic endophytic fungal isolates from each of five selected medicinal plants, namely Potentilla fulgens, Osbeckia stellata, Osbeckia chinensis, Camellia caduca, and Schima khasiana of the biodiversity rich state of Meghalaya, were assessed with random amplification of polymorphic DNA and PCR-restriction fragment length po...

The properties of cellulases from Helix pomatia have been studied by many workers, including Seilliere (1906), Karrer, Schubert & Wehrli (1925), Karrer & Schubert (1926, 1928) and de Stevens (1955). Cellulolytic enzymes have also been found in other invertebrates, such as Teredo (Greenfield, 1955) and Ctenolep8ima lineata (Lasker & Giese, 1956), and in a wide range ofmicro-organisms which inclu...

The aesthete canals of fourteen chiton species were cast with epoxy, allowing detailed examination and comparison of the entire canal system that infiltrates their valves (shell plates). Some species in this study have been classified without question in the family Mopaliidae (Mopalia ciliata (Sowerby, 1840), Mopalia lignosa (Gould, 1846), Mopalia spectabilis Cowan and Cowan, 1977, Mopalia swan...

The distribution of neurons and fibres containing monoamines (MA, that is noradrenaline, dopamine, and serotonin) was studied in the brain of the weakly electric fish, Eigenmannia lineata, by formaldehyde-induced fluorescence histochemistry. Control experiments using a catecholamine-precursor (Dopa), a MA-depleting (reserpine), and a MA-accumulating (nialamide) drug, together with microspectrof...

Some insects markedly increase their internal temperature during flight. Locusts (Church, i960) maintain an internal thoracic temperature 6 °C in excess of the ambient temperature. The sphinx moth Celerio lineata raises its temperature to a minimum level before take-off, and during flight it maintains an internal temperature within a range of 4 °C independent of the external temperature (Adams ...