METEOROLOGICAL CONTROLS ON WATER TABLE DYNAMICS IN FEN PEATLANDS DEPEND ON MANAGEMENT REGIMES


Comparative transcriptomics of Gymnosporangium spp. teliospores reveals a conserved genetic program at this specific stage of the rust fungal life cycle

Abstract Background Gymnosporangium spp.are fungal plant pathogens causing rust disease and most of them are known to infect two different host plants (heteroecious) with four spore stages (demicyclic).In the present study, we sequenced the transcriptome of G.japonicum teliospores on its host plant Juniperus chinensis and we performed comparison to

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Gender imbalance amongst promotion and leadership in academic surgical programs in copyright: A cross-sectional Investigation.

BackgroundWomen are underrepresented at higher levels of promotion or leadership despite the increasing number of women physicians.In surgery, this has been compounded by historical underrepresentation.With a nation-wide focus on the importance of diversity, our aim was to provide a current snapshot of gender representation in Canadian universities

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