03.00.00 Biological sciences
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Description
Based on the information stored in the system of database management, biodiversity indices with special accent on measures of species richness are comparatively studied for Carabid beetles in various areas of the East Caucasus. Biodiversity indices are shown to be dependent on sampling or collecting techniques, sample size, geographic localization and its area
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LEAF MORPHOMETRY OF KUBAN WILD-GROWING GRAPE LIANA
DescriptionLeaf morphometry of Kuban wild-growing grape liana has not been studied yet and there is no evidence of straight subspecies representatives location of Vitis vinifera silvestris Gmel. on the Kuban land. Though there have been suppositions about it in science since long ago [5]. With morphometric taxonomy appearance there was necessity of exact focusing on modern state of genotypic grape variety and biological leaf polymorphism for link identification silvestris – silvesatis - sativa
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ISSR ANALYSIS OF PINUS SYLVESTRIS TREES APPURTENANT TO DIFFERENT SELECTION CATEGORIES
DescriptionThe genetic variability study of Pinus sylvestris trees appurtenant to different selection categories in the plus stand is carried out with ISSR markers. A total of 178 loci were amplified by 6 ISSR – primers and 168 of them were polymorphic. It is detected that the genetic distance between the trees appurtenant to difference selection categories varies from 0,038 to 0,082. Genetic variation parameters of the Pinus sylvestris plus stand are calculated. Shannon’s index (I) was 0,4303, Nei’s gene diversity (H) was 0,2735 and Effective number of alleles (Ne) was 1.4268
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60 YEARS IN THE RANKS: FEATURES OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF BEZOSTAYA 1 WINTER WHEAT VARIETY
DescriptionThis review is devoted to the 60 anniversary of the winter wheat variety (Triticum aestivum L.) Bezostaya 1 – a masterpiece of world selection. This variety played a great role in increasing total grain yields in the Kuban Region. It also was an important gene source for Russian and world breeding. This variety has initiated and was for many years a party to research molecular biological mechanisms of wheat frost resistance formation. The article summarizes data about the peculiarities of functioning of protein-synthesizing system it sprouts (coleoptilies) under the influence of hardening temperature (4oC): translational activity in vitro, poliribosomts, degree of polyadenilation and stability of total mRNA and specific mRNA translational elongation factor α subunit 1 (eEF-1 α). The in vitro (ommp) system, which adequately characterizes the relative mRNA stability in vivo was used for these measurements. The effects of cooling and light on mRNA stability were shown to be cultivar-specific. The hardiness of winter wheat has a positive relationship with the amount of RNA and DNA, and a negative correlation with the amount of magnesium cations in mature grain that can serve as a simple marker of frost resistance. The main feature of the variety Bezostaya 1 is high content of magnesium ions (Mg++) in RNA molecules and relatively low variation of Mg++-depending molecularphysiological responses for different environmental conditions. The knowledge gained in the study of variety of Bezostaya 1 contributes to the understanding of molecular biological processes that underlie the selection and determining its future success