THE CANDELABRA TREE (EUPHORBIA INGENS): A SOURCE OF WATER FOR BLACK RHINOCEROS IN LIWONDE NATIONAL PARK, MALAWI

The candelabra tree (Euphorbia ingens): a source of water for black rhinoceros in Liwonde National Park, Malawi

The introduction of two rhinoceros into a 15 km2 fenced sanctuary within Liwonde National Park provided an opportunity for close observation of the animals feeding on the toxic succulent Euphorbia ingens.Feeding invariably caused the death of the plant and for plants with basal diameters between 5-17 cm, royal nomadic 5413 rug mortality ranged from

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Genes optimized by evolution for accurate and fast translation encode in Archaea and Bacteria a broad and characteristic spectrum of protein functions

Abstract Background In many microbial genomes, a strong preference for a small number of codons can be observed in genes whose products are needed by the cell in large quantities.This codon usage bias (CUB) improves translational accuracy and speed and is one of several factors optimizing cell growth.Whereas CUB and the overrepresentation of indivi

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John dos Passos in the 1930s John dos Passos in the 1930s

In 1930 John dos Passos was nearing the pinnacle of his impressive career.The Forty Second Parallel, the first volume of his trilogy USA, would be published that year to critical acclaim; he was respected as a writer by political factions both left and right; he was actively involved in causes in which he believed such as Emergency Committee for th

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