By capitalizing on the initially puzzling observations of unpredictable transgene silencing
and variable expression, plant scientists have pioneered research into a novel type of …

Aim Primary forests have high conservation value but are rare in Europe due to historic land
use. Yet many primary forest patches remain unmapped, and it is unclear to what extent …

The endothelium influences local vascular tone by releasing endothelium-derived relaxing
factors such as nitric oxide, prostacyclin and a putative hyperpolarizing factor. In isolated …

Background The effect of different classes of antihypertensive drugs on incident diabetes
mellitus is controversial because traditional meta-analyses are hindered by heterogeneity …

ContextCarotid artery intima-media thickness (CIMT) is a marker of coronary atherosclerosis
and independently predicts cardiovascular events, which are increased in type 2 diabetes …

Objective To compare age-adjusted and ethnic differences in prevalences of sleep difficulty
at various stages of the menopausal transition and to determine the relative contribution of …

Familial hypomagnesemia with secondary hypocalcemia (OMIM 602014) is an autosomal
recessive disease that results in electrolyte abnormalities shortly after birth 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. …

Petunia hybrida is one of the classical subjects of investigation in plants in which the pathway
of anthocyanin biosynthesis has been analysed genetically and biochemically. In petunia …

Data were analysed on the volume of dead wood in 86 beech forest reserves, covering
most of the range of European beech forests. The mean volume was 130m 3 /ha and the …

Ocean Drilling Program Leg 176 deepened Hole 735B in gabbroic lower ocean crust by 1
km to 1.5 km. The section has the physical properties of seismic layer 3, and a total …