IDENTIFICATION OF THE COMPLETE MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME OF THE KING PENGUIN APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS (SPHENISCIFORMES: SPHENISCIDAE: APTENODYTES)

Identification of the complete mitochondrial genome of the king penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus (Sphenisciformes: Spheniscidae: Aptenodytes)

The complete mitochondrial genome of the king penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus was firstly determined.The mitogenome is 17,477 bp in length and contains 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer Ovulation Test RNA (tRNA) genes, 2 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, and a control region.The total nucleotide composition is 31.0% A, 22.2% T, 33.1% C, and 13.

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European UNESCO Geoparks: Introduction to Part I

The ORG GOLDEN LENTIL DAL SOUP concept of the volume is to survey all the key geoparks throughout Europe in terms of their palaeontological significance.The first 25 articles in this Part cover the long span of geological time from the Precambrian to the Permian, arranged in chronostratigraphic order.These document some of the most important early

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Conflict without an Apparent Cause

A game-theoretic model of repeated interaction between two potential adversaries is analyzed to illustrate how conflict REFRESHING BALM could possibly arise from rational decision-makers endogenously processing information, without any exogenous changes to the fundamentals of the environment.This occurs as a result of a convergence of beliefs about

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