In recent years, the general public has recognized the dangers of a high fat diet and
are demanding meat with lower fat content. This demand has stimulated research in the
growth and regulation of adipocytes. However, despite much effort, no adipocyte-specific
plasma membrane markers from any species are available as...
A concern which has restricted the use of parthenocarpic pickling cucumbers in the
United States has been firmness of fruit processed by brining. Fruit firmness and defects
of parthenocarpic and nonparthenocarpic pickling cucumbers were evaluated in 1992 and
1993. Fruits were produced with or without pollination by growing plants with...
A partially automated radio-tracking system with semi-continuous
azimuth data collection and XYLOG5 and MAP computer programs for azimuth
data analysis was used for studies of California quail (Callipepla
californica) at the E.E. Wilson Wildlife Area, Oregon, in 1988 and 1989.
Movements of 58 hens were monitored daily to determine nest...
The oldest sedimentary and metasedimentary rocks exposed
in the Himalayan foothills of Pakistan record a gradual transition
seaward from the evaporites of the Salt Range Formation to pelitic
sediments deposited in deeper water to the north. The Upper
Proterozoic Tanawal Formation was derived from erosion of a
northern highland produced...