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Can synchronous spawning be predicted from environmental parameters? A case study of the lugworm Arenicola marina
The annual epidemic spawning period of a Scottish population of Arenicola marina (L.) has been recorded over a period of 13 yr. This population spawns between mid-October and mid-November in a discrete spawning ...
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Molecular and Cellular Events in the Formation of New Meristems
We have developed an efficient system in which to analyse cellular and molecular events during the initiation and organization of lateral root meristems as a way of obtaining markers for regeneration from cell...
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Somaclonal variation in a maize inbred line is not associated with changes in the number or location of Ac-homologous sequences
Somaclonal variation (tissue culture-induced mutations) may result, in some instances, from the activation of transposable elements. This study was conducted to determine whether somaclonal variants in the Zea ma...
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Continuous Production of a Novel Lysozyme via Secretion from the Yeast, Pichia pastoris
We have cloned a cDNA for bovine lysozyme c2, a novel lysozyme characteristic of the cow stomach and expressed its protein product by secretion using its native signal sequence in the methylotrophic yeast, Pichia...
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The production of callus capable of plant regeneration from immature embryos of numerous Zea mays genotypes
In the summer of 1983, immature embryos from 101 selfed inbred lines and germplasm stocks of Zea mays L. were examined for their ability to produce callus cultures capable of plant regeneration (regenerable cultu...
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The Role of Lichens in the Structure, Productivity, and Mineral Cycling of the Wet Coastal Alaskan Tundra
Lichens are a constant, though variable, component of arctic tundra ecosystems (Wielgolaski, 1972, 1975). In the Barrow tundra lichens have been reported as a minor part of the vegetation (Britton, 1967; Spetz...