If you're trying to make your yard a native wildlife habitat, North American pussy willow species are a perfect addition. They won't just benefit the hummingbirds, either. The American pussy willow is also a host plant for viceroy butterflies and is beloved by many native bee species....
found throughout the state. Rhododendron, laurel, dogwood, redbud, and trillium are prominent among the dozens of types of flowering vegetation that can be found in the Kentucky mountains. Birds and mammals of Kentucky include those native to the South as well as those more commonly found in ...
An isolated nucleic acid or polypeptide can exist in a purified form or can exist in a non-native environment such as, for example, in a transgenic host cell. The term “nucleic acid” refers to deoxyribonucleotides or ribonucleotides and polymers thereof in either single- or double-stranded...
Proper homologous recombination can be confirmed by Southern blot analysis of restriction endonuclease digested DNA using, as a probe, a segment of the construct. Since the native genome segment will exhibit a restriction pattern different from that of the inserted construct, the presence of an inser...
For plants to survive in their specific habitats, they must be able to grow, develop, and reproduce under suitable conditions. The mechanism by which they reproduce in time and space is an important adaptive strategy. In polar regions, some flowering plants reproduce only vegetatively or generativ...