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Rana

rana

(Science: zoology) A genus of anurous batrachians, including the common frogs.

Origin: L, a frog.


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Can you use mtDNA to...

They are Chiricahua Leopard Frog (Rana chiricahuensis) eggs. Microsatellites have been tryed on the eggs but due to the Unfirtilization of the eggs there is only one set of Cromosomes to try to PRC making it so i can not transer from one tube ...

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by Swordy
Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:32 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Can you use mtDNA to...
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Views: 1485

Frog Egg Physilogy

... Projects i have been stuck with the Troublesome task of extracting DNA from some Unfertilized frog eggs… they are Chiricahua Leopard Frog (Rana chiricahuensis) eggs and I have asked many “experts” on this type frog and they knew nothing about them in the slightest. As Such I was wondering ...

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by Swordy
Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:22 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Frog Egg Physilogy
Replies: 2
Views: 468

Unidentified Frog in Libya

... Libya, and i am wondering about what species it is. I have looked through the texts I have available, and all i can do is guess that this is Rana saharica - due to the geographic distribution. However, it's a tiny thing, and i think it's best that an expert should look at it. The picture ...

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by tempogen
Sun Mar 08, 2009 4:13 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Unidentified Frog in Libya
Replies: 1
Views: 330

Re: IBO 2003 questions- please help me out

... plant)—I didn’t see a sea urchin entry, but there were a lot of polymerases, so I could have missed it. Somatotropin (Human) is 41% identical to RANA (another frog) and 32% identical to carp; I think somatotropin is likely only to be found in vertebrates. Prolamine—I didn’t check. So my best ...

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by blcr11
Tue May 13, 2008 10:29 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: IBO 2003 questions- please help me out
Replies: 9
Views: 1557

The Fiber Disease

London, That link you had tells what the frogs are dying of: "Chitridiomycosis was diagnosed in native Arizona Leopard frogs (Rana yavapiensis and Rana chiricahuensis). Recently, there has been high mortality in adult frogs of these species. The lesions noted included cutaneous erythema ...

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by Skytroll
Sat Nov 18, 2006 2:14 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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