REVIEW OF THE FRITILLARY SPECIES SYSTEMATICALLY CLOSE TO MELITAEA LUTKO EVANS, 1932 (LEPIDOPTERA: NYMPHALIDAE) WITH ANALYSIS OF THEIR GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION AND INTERRELATIONS WITH HOST PLANTS

Review of the fritillary species systematically close to Melitaea lutko Evans, 1932 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) with analysis of their geographic distribution and interrelations with host plants

This review considers a fascinating, from a zoogeographical viewpoint, group of closely related species: Melitaea lutko Evans, 1932, M.timandra Coutsis & van Oorschot, 2014, M.mimetica Higgins, 1940 stat.rev.and M.shahvarica sp.nov.It is a taxonomical and geographical review link of these species, and data on the biology of M.shahvarica sp.nov.

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Exposure to endocrine disruptor induces transgenerational epigenetic deregulation of microRNAs in primordial germ cells.

In mammals, germ cell differentiation is initiated in the Primordial Germ Cells (PGCs) during fetal development.Prenatal exposure to environmental toxicants such as endocrine disruptors may alter PGC differentiation, development of the male germline and induce transgenerational epigenetic disorders.The anti-androgenic compound vinclozolin represent

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Effect of summer shoot tip pruning and early winter de-flushing on flowering, fruit yield and quality of litchi (Litchi chinensis)

The present study was undertaken at the Used Elbow Pads National Research Centre on Litchi, Muzaffarpur, Bihar for two consecutive years 2011-12 and 2012-13 in the young bearing litchi (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) orchard of cv.Shahi to see the effect of shoot tip pruning and de-flushing on reproductive behaviour and fruit yield in litchi.This study co

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