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Response Of The Salt Gland Of The Insectivorous Lizard Novoeumeces Schneideri To Ionic And Osmotic Challenges, Claudia Lechuga
Response Of The Salt Gland Of The Insectivorous Lizard Novoeumeces Schneideri To Ionic And Osmotic Challenges, Claudia Lechuga
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The reptilian kidney can only produce isoosmotic waste. To supplement renal ion excretion and maintain ionic and osmoregulation, some reptile species rely on extrarenal salt glands that can secrete a hyperosmotic solution. Extrarenal glands among reptile taxa include the cranial gland in lizards, lacrimal gland of marine turtles, and sublingual gland of the estuarine crocodile and sea snakes. Secretion composition varies among these taxa, depending on diet, osmotic load and phylogeny. The salt glands of lizards are unique among reptiles in their ability to vary composition of the secreted fluid, secreting cations (potassium and/or sodium) and anions (chloride and/or bicarbonate). …
Evidence For Low Levels Of Genetic Variation Among Zostera Marina Populations From The Atlantic West Coast, Eric Rosenzweig
Evidence For Low Levels Of Genetic Variation Among Zostera Marina Populations From The Atlantic West Coast, Eric Rosenzweig
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Zoster a marina (eelgrass), can be found in the North Atlantic on the coast of Europe and the North Arctic, as well as the Pacific. On the Atlantic west coast this species grows as far south as North Carolina and into northern Canada. The cold waters of these regions support the habitat needed for the species. Eelgrass is vital to coastal communities. It serves as a food source for many organisms, hatching ground for fish species, absorbent of water pollutants, and soil stabilizer. Over the last 30 years, the once robust populations of Atlantic west coast eelgrass have withered into …
Comparative Study Between Wild Rice (Oryza Rufipogon) And Domesticated Rice (Oryza Sativa Ssp Japonica) Chromosome 8 Centromere, Soham Aso
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Rice has one of the simplest of the monocotyledonous genomes analyzed to date. The Oryza sativa genome is made of 12 chromosomes and has a total length of 430 MB. It is highly syntenic amongst other cereals. Therefore, genetic distances of these organisms are surprisingly very similar, meaning that genomic recombinations in each cereal occur at much the same frequency despite the differences in their genome size. The reason for this synchrony in recombinations may be due to similar lengths of gene-rich and gene-rare regions. This study focuses on the gene-rare repetitive centromeric region of rice chromosome 8. Although the …