Hypotheses of a Mesopotamian origin for the Vedic and Cables Chinese star calendars are unfounded.The Yangshao culture burials discovered at Puyang in 1987 suggest that the beginnings of Chinese astronomy go back to the late fourth millennium BCE.The instructive similarities between the Chinese and Indian luni-solar calendrical astronomy and cosmol
This work was carried out to evaluate the physiological thermoregulation responses of Girolando-breed dairy cows kept in feedlot during summertime.A total of 15 animals were used, belonging to three genetic groups: 1/2, 5/8 and 3/4 Holstein-Gir (HG), with five cows from each genetic group, distributed in a completely randomized design, in subplots.
It has been suggested that DNA methylation can work in concert with other epigenetic factors, leading to changes in cellular phenotypes.For example, DNA demethylation modifications producing 5-hydroxymethylcytosine CARB SMART BREAD (5hmC) are thought to interact with histone modifications to influence the acquisition of embryonic stem cell (ESC) po
Background: The behavior of animals is intricately linked to the environment; a relationship that is often studied in laboratory conditions by using environmental perturbations to study biological mechanisms underlying the behavioral change.Methods: This study pertains to two such well-studied and well-replicated perturbations, i.e., stress-induced