A Molecular Marker Within the NLP3-B1 Gene Is Associated with Earliness in Spring Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Earliness is a critical agronomic trait that enables plants to avoid adverse weather conditions during the late growing season or at harvest.In wheat, earliness is controlled by at least three distinct mechanisms: vernalization requirement, Sherlocks photoperiod sensitivity, and a mechanism independent of the first two, so called, earliness per se.

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Signal denoising through topographic modularity of neural circuits

Information from the sensory periphery is conveyed to the cortex via structured projection pathways that spatially segregate stimulus features, providing a robust and efficient encoding strategy.Beyond sensory encoding, this prominent anatomical feature extends throughout the neocortex.However, the extent to which it influences cortical processing

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Rural health workers and their work environment: the role of inter-personal factors on job satisfaction of nurses in rural Papua New Guinea

Abstract Background Job satisfaction is an important focal attitude towards work.Understanding factors that relate to job satisfaction allows interventions to be developed to enhance work performance.Most research on job satisfaction among nurses has been conducted in acute care settings in industrialized countries.Factors that relate to rural nurs

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