COBALT CHLORIDE TREATMENT USED TO ABLATE THE LATERAL LINE SYSTEM ALSO IMPAIRS THE OLFACTORY SYSTEM IN THREE FRESHWATER FISHES.

Cobalt Chloride Treatment Used to Ablate the Lateral Line System Also Impairs the Olfactory System in Three Freshwater Fishes.

Fishes use multimodal signals during both inter- and intra-sexual displays to convey information about their sex, reproductive state, and social status.These complex behavioral displays can include visual, auditory, olfactory, tactile, and hydrodynamic signals, and the relative role of each sensory channel in these complex multi-sensory interaction

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EFR3A: a new raft domain organizing protein?

Abstract Background Membrane rafts play a crucial role in the regulation of many important biological processes.Our previous data suggest that specific interactions of flotillins with MPP1 are responsible for membrane raft domain organization and regulation in erythroid cells.Interaction of the flotillin-based protein network with specific membrane

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The contribution of small-scale rural irrigation schemes towards food security of smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe

Smallholder farmers across Zimbabwe have been facing a problem of food insecurity because Halloween of climate-induced droughts and lack of effective use of irrigation schemes.Rainfall patterns in the country have become more unpredictable and inconsistent with the traditional farming seasons.Faced with such challenges, many smallholder farmers in

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