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Research ArticleMarsh Frog (Pelophylax ridibundus) as a Bioindicator to Assess Pollution in an Agricultural Area
Turgay Şişman, Muhammet ÇaÄŸrı Keskin, Hatice Dane, Şeymanur Adil, Fatime Geyikoğlu, Suat Çolak et al.
In order to determine the effects of environmental contamination, nuclear abnormalities of peripheral erythrocytes and lung, liver, and kidney histopathologies were evaluated in marsh frog (Pelophylax ridibundus) in agricultural areas. The most prominent histo…
28 Dec 2020DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20190103130130
Research ArticleDose Dependent Effect of Kisspeptin-10 Administration on Spermatogenesis and Hypothalamic Pituitary Gonadal Axis in Prepubertal Rats
Faiqah Ramzan, Irfan Zia Qureshi, Muhammad Haris Ramzan
Discovery of kisspeptin and its receptor has enhanced our understanding of the neurobiological mechanisms that govern the pituitary-gonadal-axis. However, in sexually immature male mammals, the maturation of gonads is not clear yet. The current study tested th…
28 Dec 2020DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20181210171230
Research ArticleMaximum Sustainable Yield and Development Status of 24 Commercial Marine Fish Groups from Pakistani Waters
Kui Zhang, Ping Geng, Sher Khan Panhwar, Khadim Hussain Memon, Zuozhi Chen
Marine fisheries play an important role in the national economy of Pakistan, as reflected in the provision of animal protein, employment solutions, and foreign-exchange earnings through exports. However, stock assessments are available for few of the commercia…
24 Dec 2020DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20191224071237
Research ArticleBiogenic Copper Nanoparticles as a Nanoscale Solution to Address Multiple Drug Resistance in Bacteria
Ayesha Talib, Khanzadi Nazneen Manzoor, Wajahat Ali, Maria Saeed, Muhammad Asif Gondal, Malik Badshah et al.
Resistance towards a number of antibiotics in a variety of microorganisms is expanding at an alarming pace. There is a dire need to devise novel tactics to deal with these minute yet evolving ever clever microscopic entities. One of the possible ways to fight…
24 Dec 2020DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20191115101110
Research ArticleAn Optional Low-Cost Method of Extracting Environmental DNA of Macro-Organisms from Filter Membranes in Large Scale eDNA Surveys
Zhi Chen, Toshifumi Minamoto, Longshan Lin, Tianxiang Gao
Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis is a powerful tool within ecology for the distribution or abundance study of aquatic species. DNA extracting was an indispensable process to employ this method. In eDNA extracting of macro-organisms, DNeasy Blood and Tissue Ki…
24 Dec 2020DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20190118100108
Research ArticleComparative Analysis of Muscle Development in Zebrafish with Different Intermuscular-Bo nes Patterns
Jian Yang, Guangxiang Tong, Zhipeng Sun, Xianhu Zheng, Weihua Lv, Dingchen Cao et al.
In this study, we used an intermuscular-bones (imbs) partial deletion zebrafish (Danio rerio) mutant to analyze the impact of imbs deficiency on adjacent muscle development and growth by examining expression of muscle-specific genes and muscle structure. Five…
24 Dec 2020DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20181125111102
Research ArticleSize at Sexual Maturity and Fecundity of the Blue Swimmer Crab, Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) along the Coast of Karachi, Pakistan
Shazia Rasheed, Javed Mustaquim, Khalil Hasni
In the present paper, size at sexual maturity was determined by relative growth (functional) as well as by examining the condition of gonads (physiological) in both sexes of Portunus pelagicus. During the study it was observed that the physiological and functi…
24 Dec 2020DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20170427100439
Research ArticleDual Targeting of Janus Kinase and Bruton’s Tyrosine Kinase: A New Approach to Control the Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Neelam Pery, Fatima Ijaz, Nayab Batool Rizvi, Munawar Ali Munawar, Muhammad Imtiaz Shafiq
Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease with prevalence all over the world. Several therapeutics with different modes of action are available to deal with the disease but have failed to produce universal response leaving a large proportion of patients un…
24 Dec 2020DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20191010081058
Research ArticleMilk Production Potential of Marecha Camel (Camelus dromedarius) in Extensive and Semi-intensive Management Systems
Asim Faraz, Abdul Waheed, Ayman Balla Mustafa, Nasir Ali Tauqir, Riaz Hussain Mirza, Hafiz Muhammad Ishaq et al.
Camel is an integral part of livestock as Pakistan ranks 8th in the world regarding its population. Mainly the camel production is in remote areas as pastoral system in desert ecosystem of Pakistan. Due to the urbanization, this husbandry system is changed and…
24 Dec 2020DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20200227090212
Research ArticleAssessment of Patients with β-Thalassemia Major, Undergoing Tertiary Care at a Regional Thalassemia Center in Pakistan
Yasir Sharif, Saba Irshad, Ammara Muazzam, Muhammad Hamza Tariq, Ambreen Kanwal, Sana Rasheed et al.
To assess iron overload, disturbed liver and hematological profile and secondary complications in β thalassemia major (BTM) patients, the current study was carried on 408 subjects including 204 patients and 204 controls. For all 408 individuals; complete…
24 Dec 2020DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20190630160603
Research ArticleSpermidine-Induced Autophagy Regulates the Survival of HeLa Cells
Yihong Tian, Yongmei Qi, Sajid Naeem, Ke Gao, Yingmei Zhang
Although the autophagic effect and mechanism of spermidine have been reported, the role of spermidine-induced autophay in cancer cell survival has not been fully elucidated yet. In the present study, we aim to investigate the effect and toxic mechanism of sper…
24 Dec 2020DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20191026041030
Research ArticleDamages Done by Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus) in Moji Game Reserve and its Surroundings, Leepa Valley, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (Pakistan)
Babar Zahoor, Basharat Ahmad, Riaz Aziz Minhas, Muhammad Siddique Awan
The present study was conducted to investigate human-black bear (Ursus thibetanus) conflict in and around Moji Game Reserve (MGR) Leepa valley, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. The main cause of human-black bear conflicts was damages in the form of livestock…
24 Dec 2020DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20170317130336
Research ArticleDivergence in Morphology, Clinging Ability and Self-Righting Ability of Two Sympatric Box Turtles (Cuora)
Fanrong Xiao, Jichao Wang, Haitao Shi
Elucidating the relationships between morphology, performance and ecology is central to understand how morphology influences fitness. Previous work has already shown that two sympatric turtles, the Keeled box turtle Cuora mouhotii and the Flowerback box turtle…
24 Dec 2020DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20180826140808
Research ArticleDetection of Altered Pattern of Antibiogram and Biofilm Character in Staphylococcus aureus Isolated From Dairy Milk
Muhammad Aamir Naseer, Amjad Islam Aqib, Ambreen Ashar, Muhammad Ijaz Saleem, Muhammad Shoaib, Muhammad Fakhar-e-Alam Kulyar et al.
Dairy milk is overwhelming with biofilm producing Staphylococcus aureus (bpSA), whereas response to commonly used antibiotics is not only becoming worrisome in bpSA but also in non-biofilm producing S. aureus (nbpSA). Current study was planned to detect bpSA f…
24 Dec 2020DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20191203161254
Research ArticleMolecular Characterization of Plasmodium relictum in Four Common Bird Species in India
Gautam Patra, Ana Sahara, Sonjoy Kumar Borthakur, Parthasarathi Behera, Subhamoy Ghosh, Apurba Debbarma et al.
The increasing emergence of wildlife diseases with the possibility to ecological threats as well as domestic animals and human health has prompted the importance of understanding disease dynamics and associated risks in biological conservation. The present stu…
24 Dec 2020DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20180922080933
Research ArticleComparative Transcriptome Analysis of the Ovary and Testis in Noble Scallop (Chlamys nobilis)
Fan Sigang, Guo Yihui, Xu Youhou
Noble scallop (Chlamys nobilis) is an economically important cultured marine bivalve shellfish common in southern China. Investigation on the molecular regulatory mechanisms of gonadal maturation in scallop is critical in the aquacultural industry. Here, gonad…
24 Dec 2020DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20190125080146
Research ArticleIdentification of Myomaker in Yellowfin Seabream (Acanthopagrus latus) (Hottuyn, 1782) and its Transcriptional Regulation by Two MyoDs
Kecheng Zhu, Peiying He, Baosuo Liu, Huayang Guo, Nan Zhang, Liang Guo et al.
Myomaker is a muscle-specific membrane protein that is essential for myoblast fusion. Myomaker is regulated by myoblast determination protein (MyoD), a muscle-specific basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factor in higher vertebrates. However, the trans…
24 Dec 2020DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20200116020138
Research ArticleComparison of Nonlinear Functions using Partial Growth Data at Different Lengths of Growth Period in Awassi Lambs
Nihat Tekel, Seyrani Koncagül, İlkay Baritci, Halit Deniz Şireli, Muhittin Tutkun, Ecevit Eyduran et al.
The aim of this study was to comparatively evaluate some nonlinear functions i.e. Brody, Negative Exponential and Bertalanffy in order to describe the growth of Awassi male lambs (n=120) at the age of 10 months. The coefficient of determination values estimate…
11 Dec 2020DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20190204150214
Research ArticleNew Collection of Fossil Remains of Hyotherium pilgrimi (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Suidae), from Middle Miocene Rocks of Lower Siwaliks of Pakistan
Sadaf Aslam, Abdul Majid Khan, Muhammad Akhtar
The middle Miocene rocks of the Chinji Formation, Siwaliks Hills, Pakistan are well known for their rich and diverse vertebrate fossil assemblages. Here new suid fossil remains of the extinct species Hyotherium pilgrimi described. The known stratigraphic range…
11 Dec 2020DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20190711060719
Research ArticleEffect of Neuromedin S (NMS) on Growth Hormone and its Relationship with NMS Induced Testosterone Secretion in Male Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta)
Shakeel Ahmed, Sarwat Jahan
Neuromedin S (NMS), an anorexigenic neuropeptide was first discovered in rat brain. It is a ligand for receptor FM4/TGR-1 which is also called as NMU receptor type II (NMU2R). Mainly it is expressed in SCN and involved in regulation of food intake and dark lig…
11 Dec 2020DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20190706060713