Juvenile wood volume and its proportion to stem volume vs. selected biometric features of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) trees

The aim of the study was to determine whether there is a correlation between breast height diameter, tree height and stem total volume of Scots pines, on the one hand, and volume and proportion of juvenile wood, on the other.The investigations comprised pure pine stands of the IInd, IIIrd, IVth and Vth age classes developed les benjamins ta?l? swea

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A Novel Widespread MITE Element in the Repeat-Rich Genome of the Cardinium Endosymbiont of the Spider Oedothorax gibbosus

ABSTRACT Free-living bacteria pycom expansion board 2.0 have evolved multiple times to become host-restricted endosymbionts.The transition from a free-living to a host-restricted lifestyle comes with a number of different genomic changes, including a massive loss of genes.In host-restricted endosymbionts, gene inactivation and genome reduction are

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