Abstract Background Avian eggs have a proteinaceous cuticle.The quantity of cuticle varies and the deposition of a good cuticle in the uterus (Shell-gland) prevents transmission of bacteria to the egg contents.Results To understand cuticle deposition, uterus transcriptomes were compared between hens with i) naturally good and poor cuticle and, ii)
Author Phil Pastras opens his biographical study of legendary pianist Jelly Roll Morton with an epigram from poet Dylan Thomas-"Oh make me a mask"-and with that signal, Dead Man Blues: Jelly Roll Morton Way Out West takes us on the road with trickster Ferdinand Joseph LaMenthe, a.k.a.Jelly Roll.Pastras appreciates the facility with which Morton, li
The species richness and biodiversity of vegetation in Hungary are increasingly threatened by invasive plant species brought in from other continents and foreign ecosystems.These invasive plant species have spread aggressively in the natural and semi-natural habitats of Europe.Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) is one of the species that pose the
Valentina read more Perrone,1,* Luca Degli Esposti,1,* Elisa Giacomini,1 Chiara Veronesi,1 Valerio Blini,1 Marco Oderda2 1CliCon S.r.l.Health, Economics & Outcomes Research, Ravenna, Italy; 2Department of Surgical Sciences - Urology, Città Della Salute e Della Scienza Di Torino, Molinette Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy*These
In the article I am interested in the ways that Africanness (as a representation of and identification with African culture) is musically performed in Slovenia.Africanness is being publicly gtech brush bar represented either by African diaspora that is negotiating their ethnic identifications through culture or non-Africans that have established co