Abstract Genetic divergence by environment is a process whereby selection causes the formation of gene flow barriers between populations adapting to contrasting environments and is often considered to be the onset of speciation.Nevertheless, the extent to which genetic differentiation by environment on small spatial scales can be detected by means
Possibilities for Methanogenic and Acetogenic Life in Molecular Clouds
According to panspermia, life on Earth may have originated from life forms transported through space from elsewhere.These life forms could have passed through molecular clouds, where the process of methanogenesis could have provided enough energy to sustain living organisms.In this study, we calculate the Gibbs free energy released from Wraps synth
Epidemiology of Chikungunya fever outbreak in Western Jamaica during July–December 2014
Phuong N Pham,1 LaQueena T Williams,1 Uduak Obot,1 Luz A Padilla,1 Maung Aung,2 Tomi F Akinyemiju,1 April P Carson,1 Pauline E Jolly1 1Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; 2Epidemiology Unit, Western Regional Health Authority, Ministry of Health, Montego Bay, Jamaica Objective: Our study describes th
Developing and delivering high quality surgery into community in LMIC: Experience in Kerala, India
The road to the delivery of high-quality cleft surgery into communities in the LMIC is beset with numerous hurdles.These include the availability of trained health care personnel, the availability of infrastructure in health care, parent awareness of the need for timely interventions in these children, presence of affordable treatment centres with