This study aimed to determine the effect of queen bee in lowering the brain dopamine levels of Apis cerana worker bees, thus affecting their locomotor activity and attraction to queen bee, by virtue of the pheromones she ...

Molds are common components of indoor urban environments and exposure may result in the development of allergies, hypersensitivity reactions, and asthma. Mold species are opportunistic and can pose threats to exposed ...

Many endemic Begonia species are present in the Philippines especially in limestone, karst forests (Rubite, 2010). In a recent visit to Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, three species of Begonia were found ...

The presence of Mytella charruana, commonly known as charru mussels, was first recorded in the Philippines in 2014 and has recently been reported as invasive (Vallejo et al., 2018). Recently, accounts have shown that the ...

We have reconstructed the hominid evolution line by dating the brain miRNA divergence in accordance with the developments of hominid intelligence after splitting from the chimpanzee line. Homology between human and chimpanzee ...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is considered a serious threat to global human health as it causes nosocomial infections while exhibiting significant antibiotic resistance. Through the action of the Verona Integron-encoded ...

Hox proteins play important development and regulatory roles in the body including that of hematopoiesis. Different effects on these Hox proteins result in different malignant phenotypes resulting from interaction with ...

Phosphorus is a major plant nutrient yet it is one of the least available in the soil. In order to acquire inorganic phosphate (Pi), plants have developed several strategies for adaptation to low phosphorus. These include ...

Begonia is recognized as having palmately or pinnately veined asymmetric leaves and having winged inferior ovaries of female flowers. Begonia, which grows in pristine forests, develops in Philippine rainforests with 121 ...

Testing for a substance’s mutagenicity or ability to cause heritable DNA damage is one of the crucial tests needed in the production of commercially available pharmaceutical drugs. The sources of new drugs and active ...