Taming of the shrewd: novel eukaryotic genes from RNA viruses

Abstract Genomes of several yeast species contain integrated DNA copies of complete genomes or individual genes of non-retroviral double-strand RNA viruses as reported Food Processors in a recent BMC Biology article by Taylor and Bruenn.The integrated virus-specific sequences are at least partially expressed and seem to evolve under pressure of Tri

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NEW OCCURRENCE OF TWO EXOTIC HYDROPHYTES AZOLLA FILICULOIDES LAM. AND HYDRILLA VERTICELLATA (L. F.) ROYLE IN TIGRIS RIVER WITHIN MOSUL CITY

The present research is a scientific documentation of a historical environmental event, which is the invasion of two species of non-native (exotic) aquatic plants for the Tigris River flowing in Mosul city center near TV Power Wire Al-Dandan water purification plant.One of them is Azolla filiculoides Lam., a fern belonging to the family Salviniacea

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Threshold models of recognition and the recognition heuristic

According to the recognition heuristic (RH) theory, decisions follow the recognition principle: Given a high validity of the recognition cue, people should prefer recognized choice options compared to unrecognized ones.Assuming that the memory strength of choice options is strongly correlated with both the choice criterion and recognition judgments

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