Cuticle

is the opposite of melanism. Unlike humans, other animals have multiple pigments and for these, albinism is considered to be a hereditary condition characterised by the absence of melanin in particular, in the eyes, skin, hair, scales, feathers or cuticle. Albinism results from inheritance of recessive gene alleles and is known to affect all vertebrates, including humans. While an organism with complete absence of melanin is called an albino an organism with only a diminished amount of melanin…

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Pesticides are substances that are meant for attracting, seducing, and then usually destroying the pest itself. These substances can be chemicals or biological agents that are killing the pests. These toxic substances are released into the environment intentionally to kill living things. Specifically, an insecticide is a substance or chemical that is used for the killing of insects and herbicides are used to kill unwanted vegetation. Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) was one of the first…

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Porifera Classification information for Poriferans: Poriferans, better known as sponges, consist of 5000 known species, all located primarily in marine and fresh waters (Myers, 2001a). They are multicellular, heterotrophic, invertebrates with an irregular shape and no distinct pattern of symmetry (Myers, 2001a). Overall, they are the simplest of animals; thus, lacking any true tissue and/or germ layers (Myers, 2001a). Furthermore, they are known to be highly sessile,…

n 1910 Citrus Canker was introduced to the United States on trifoliate rootstock seedlings that were imported Japan. The disease spread rapidly around the Gulf Coast. Starting in Texas, it made it’s way east to Florida, then north to South Carolina. The pathogen, Xanthomonas axonopodis has two pathovars known to cause Canker; one being citri, and the other being aurantifolii. These can affect all citrus cultivars and even some citrus relatives. This bacterium is not known to be harmful to humans…

1. Introduction Lernaea infection is a major disease problem encountered in carp culture in the Indian subcontinent and has been reported from Indian major carps Catla (Catla catla), Rohu (Labeo rohita), Mrigal (Cirrhinus mrigala) , exotic carps silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix), grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) and indigenous carps Labeo fimbriatus (Nandeesha et al., 1984, 1985; Tamuli and Shanbhouge, 1996; Zafar et al., 2001). The three Indian Major Carps viz., Catla, Rohu and…

depends on conditions such as housing. The coronet is also the area of transition between the hairy skin and the horny shoe. The transition is formed by the soft horn of the periople. This horn partly covers the wall and can be compared to the human cuticle. At the back side (posterior) the horn of the periople becomes the horn of the…

Women in American society today are held to an impractical standard of perfection. There is an unnecessary pressure placed on these women to conceal their “flaws” throughout all aspects of their everyday living. With a priority placed on robotic-like bliss, the word “natural” has essentially been altered now to define the term “not-as-fake.” The instantaneous nature of American society continues to pressure women to lust for unrealistic states of flawlessness that they cannot genuinely achieve.…

OUR NEARFUTURE Ray Bradbury is one of the greatest dystopian authors. His every novel in its own way is a unique masterpiece. Amongst number of novels that Ray Bradbury has written he is best known for ‘Fahrenheit 451’. He is regarded as one of the best authors that 21st century has seen. “Martian Chronicles” and “Something wicked this way” are few of his creations. Ray Bradbury has a strong belief that if we want to live forever you need to do certain things that will be remembered forever,…

A LIVING HAZARD: BRACKEN FERN [Pteridium aquilinum (L.)Kuhn] INTRODUCTION With their large, shiny green and highly dissected leaves, ferns are so visually appealing and many of them are sold as ornamentals. But certain fern species can create substantial problems and they are herein called “problem ferns”. Pteridium aquilinum (bracken fern) is one of the problem ferns which cause the greatest range of problems on ecology and human welfare. Bracken fern has been described as one of the five…