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Effects of the two carvone enantiomers on soil enzymes involved in the C, P, and N cycles

Essential oils exert stimulatory or inhibitory effects on the size and activity of the soil microbial communities. Given that microbial biomass is the main source of soil enzymes, in this study, we examined how R

Authors: Efimia M Papatheodorou, Chysanthi Margariti and Despoina Vokou

An overview: biomolecules from microalgae for animal feed and aquaculture

Despite being more popular for biofuel, microalgae have gained a lot of attention as a source of biomolecules and biomass for feed purposes. Algae farming can be established using land as well as sea and strat...

Authors: Zahira Yaakob, Ehsan Ali, Afifi Zainal, Masita Mohamad and Mohd Sobri Takriff

First insights on the mitochondrial genetic variability of Lightiella magdalenina (Crustacea), the sole Mediterranean cephalocarid species

Here we report the first insight into the mitochondrial (Cytochrome c Oxidase subunit I - COI and Cytochrome b - Cyt b) genetic variation of the only Mediterranean cephalocarid Lightiella magdalenina.

Authors: Daria Sanna, Alberto Addis, Fabio Scarpa, Francesca Fabiano, Marcella Carcupino and Paolo Francalacci

Expression of relative-protein of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α in vasculogenesis of mouse embryo

Physiological vasculogenesis in embryonic tissues share some important features with pathological neoangiogenesis in tumors. Linearly Patterned Programmed Cell Necrosis (LPPCN) and Vasculogenic Mimicry (VM) ha...

Authors: Xueyi Dong, Baocun Sun, Xiulan Zhao, Zhiyong Liu, Qiang Gu, Danfang Zhang, Nan Zhao, Jinjing Wang and Jiadong Chi

Reproducibility and reliability assays of the gene expression-measurements

Reliability and reproducibility are key metrics for gene expression assays. This report assesses the utility of the correlation coefficient in the analysis of reproducibility and reliability of gene expression...

Authors: Behrooz Darbani and Charles Neal Stewart Jr

Aquatic animal resources in Prehistoric Aegean, Greece

This paper explores the early stages in the history of fishing in the Aegean Sea in Greece, and highlights its formative phases and its specific characteristics in different points in time. This is testified b...

Authors: Dimitra Mylona

A new era for Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki

Authors: Theodore J Abatzopoulos