CHARACTERIZATION OF TESTIS-SPECIFIC SERINE/THREONINE KINASE 1-LIKE (TSSK1-LIKE) GENE AND EXPRESSION PATTERNS IN DIPLOID AND TRIPLOID PACIFIC ABALONE (HALIOTIS DISCUS HANNAI; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA) MALES.

Testis-specific serine/threonine kinase 1-like (TSSK1-like), which plays important roles in late-phase spermatogenesis and male fertility, was characterized in Pacific abalone Haliotis discus hannai, an important commercial marine gastropod.Further, its expression patterns were assessed in diploid and induced triploid males showing differential deg

Between the years 2008 and 2013, six annual research expeditions were carried out at Dyer Island (Gansbaai, South Africa) to study the surface behaviour of white sharks in the presence of two Bar Spoons passive prey: tuna bait and a seal-shaped decoy.Sightings were performed from a commercial cage-diving boat over 247 h; 250 different white sharks,

Plasma discharges in the tungsten (W) Environment Steady-state Tokamak (WEST) are strongly impacted by W contamination.In WEST experiments, due to W contamination, the Makeup Accessories power radiated in the plasma ( P _Rad ) is on average, around 50% of the total power injected into the plasma ( P _TOT ).Furthermore, this radiated power fraction

Abstract Background House mice (Mus musculus) are commensals of humans and therefore their phylogeography can reflect human colonization and settlement patterns.Previous studies have linked the distribution of house mouse mitochondrial (mt) DNA clades to areas formerly occupied by the Norwegian Vikings in Norway and the British Isles.Norwegian Viki

The Arab Spring uprisings have released a flood of land and property conflicts, brought about by decades of autocratic rule.Expropriations, corruption, poor performance of the rule of law, patronage and sectarian discrimination built up a wide variety of land and property transgressions over approximately 30 years.The result has been the creation o