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Genetic map** of the three-pistil gene Pis1 in an F2 population derived from a synthetic hexaploid wheat using multiple molecular marker systems
The wheat spike mutant 'three-pistil' (TP) exhibits normal external morphology but produces two additional pistils per floret. Much attention has been paid to this natural mutation because elucidation of its g...
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Detection of Impact Damage for Composite Structure by Electrical Impedance Tomography
This paper presents an experimental work on detection of impact damage for composite structure by using electrical impedance tomography (EIT). A piece of carbon nanotube (CNT) film is attached on the surface o...
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Numerical and experimental study on the formation mode of a landslide dam and its influence on dam breaching
The deposition morphology of a landslide dam determines the position of initial breach and sequentially affects the direction of lateral erosion. Twenty-seven discrete element numerical simulations were carrie...
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Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of As-Cast γ-TiAl Alloys with Different Cooling Rates
γ-TiAl alloys composed of Ti-45Al-5Nb-1W-1B (at.%) solidified at three different cooling rates by vacuum electromagnetic induction melting under a controlled degree of vacuum of under 2 Pa. The influence of the.....
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An SBFEM-Based Model for Hydraulic Fracturing in Quasi-Brittle Materials
A numerical model based on the scaled boundary finite element method is developed to simulate the hydraulic fracturing in concrete-like quasi-brittle materials using cohesive interface elements. The shadow dom...
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Open AccessQuasi mode-locking of coherent feedback random fiber laser
Mode-locking is a milestone in the history of lasers that allows the generation of short light pulses and stabilization of lasers. This phenomenon is known to occur only in standard ordered lasers for long tim...
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An efficient FE–SBFE coupled method for mesoscale cohesive fracture modelling of concrete
This study develops a method coupling the finite element method (FEM) and the scaled boundary finite element method (SBFEM) for efficient meso-scale fracture modelling of concrete for the first time. In this m...
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A Supersonic Molecular Beam Injection System on the J-TEXT Tokamak
A supersonic molecular beam injection (SMBI) system has been developed as a new fueling method for the J-TEXT tokamak. According to experimental needs, the system can provide various supersonic gas jets with ...
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Tunable Plasmon Resonance and Fluorescence of Au/ZnS/CdS Core/Shell Nanorods
Au/ZnS/CdS core/shell nanorods were synthesized via layer-by-layer over-growing sulfide semiconductors ZnS and CdS onto Au-core nanorods, and the thickness of ZnS and CdS layers was tuned by adjusting the amou...
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In this study, proteome and activities of glutathione (GSH)-related enzymes were investigated in detached leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana treated with ochratoxin A (OTA) alone or supplemented with buthionine sulfo...
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IMC and creep behavior in Lead-free solder joints of Sn-Ag and Sn-Ag-Cu alloy system by SP method
The creep properties of Lead-free solder joints were evaluated by Shear Punch (SP) method. Lead-free solder joints with Sn-4Ag, Sn-4Ag-0.5Cu and Sn-4Ag-1.0Cu solder tested and compared to the lead solder joint...
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Open AccessMolecular Identification of a New Wheat-Thinopyrum intermedium ssp. trichophorum Addition Line for Resistance to Stripe Rust
Stripe rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici, was one of the most disaster foliar diseases for wheat-growing areas of the world. Thinopyrum intermedium has provided novel resistance genes to multi-f...
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Open AccessPhenotypic and Epigenetic Changes Occurred during the Autopolyploidization of Aegilops tauschii
A synthetic autopolyploid was developed from diploid Aegilops tauschii, D genome progenitor of common wheat (Triticum aestivum). The tetraploid Ae. tauschii displayed a markedly larger organ size than the diploid...
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We report on the experimental observation of bound states of solitons in a graphene mode locked erbium-doped fiber laser. By using graphene as a saturable absorber, we have obtained stable, single and bound so...
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This study examined the role of estrogen receptor (ER) beta during mouse femoral fracture healing by employing ER knockout (KO) mice. The fracture healing in KO mice was enhanced in the early stage of neovascu...
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Open AccessCharacterization of wheat yellow rust resistance gene Yr17 using EST-SSR and rice syntenic region
Wheat yellow rust resistance gene Yr17 was originated from the wheat-Aegilops ventricosa introgression, and still effective on the adult plant in Southern China. The previous studies located the gene Yr17 on the ...
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A new long terminal repeat (LTR) sequence allows to identify J genome from JS and St genomes of Thinopyrum intermedium
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Secale
Rye (Secale spp.) is a member of the Triticeae tribe in the grass family, Poaceae (syn. Gramineae), which also includes wheat (Triticum ssp.) and barley (Hordeum ssp.). Secale is a small but important cereal genu...
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The dominant part of PBDEs residue in pig tissues was BDE-47 accounted for 48.2% ~ 66.9%, followed by BDE-99 from 15.9% to 24.2%. When the data were on lipid weight basis, the ∑PBDEs concentrations in tissues ...
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Open AccessGenomic distribution of a long terminal repeat (LTR) Sabrina-like retrotransposon in Triticeae species
Knowledge of the chromosomal distribution of long terminal repeats (LTR) is important for understanding plant chromosome structure, genomic organization and evolution, as well as providing chromosomal landmark...
