GENETIC PREDISPOSITION FOR OVARIAN CANCER DEVELOPMENT

Genetic predisposition for ovarian cancer development

Ovarian cancer is a leading malignancy in the female reproductive system and is responsible for more deaths than any other type of cancer affecting this system.Ovarian cancers can be hereditary or sporadic.Anatomic, cellular, microenvironmental and molecular features of ovarian cancers show a high degree of heterogeneity.Numerous genes implicated i

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Revisiting reproduction and population structure and dynamics of Procambarus clarkii eight years after its introduction into Lake Trasimeno (Central Italy)

Understanding population dynamics and Security regulation is fundamental for predicting establishment and spread of invasive alien species.In addition, the population biology of invasive alien species offers an opportunity to study basic ecological processes.In this context, we investigated reproductive and growth plasticity in the invasive crayfis

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NEW FOSSIL VERTEBRATE REMAINS FROM SAN GIOVANNI DI SINIS (LATE PLEISTOCENE, SARDINIA): THE LAST MAUREMYS (REPTILIA, TESTUDINES) IN THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN

New fossil vertebrates from the most representative Upper Pleistocene section (Tyrrhenian, MIS 5e) of the outcrop of San Giovanni di Sinis (Oristano, Sardinia) are here reported and described.The fossils, although scarce and fragmentary, document the occurrence of a terrapin (Mauremys sp.) and the endemic Sardinian deer (Praemegaceros cazioti).Sign

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