Wanderings in South America, the North-West of the United States, and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, & 1824 : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, &c. for Cabinets of Natural History /

Sabin,

Museum Calonnianum : specification of the various articles which compose the magnificent museum of natural history collected by M. de Calonne in France and lately his property : consisting of an assemblage of the most beautiful and rare subjects in entomology, conchology, ornithology, mineralogy, &c. ... all of which are now exhibiting at Saville House ... previous to the sale thereof.

Reads at end: End of the first part.

The Kaleidoscope; or, Literary and scientific mirror, containing a variety of original and select articles, literature, men and manners, amusement, criticism, elegant extracts, poetry, anecdotes, biography, meteorology, the drama, arts and sciences, voyages and travels, natural history, diary of the months, fashions, &c. ...

Mode of access: Internet.

A discourse on the character and services of Thomas Jefferson, more especially as a promoter of natural and physical science. Pronounced, by request, before the New York Lyceum of natural history, on the 11th October, 1826.

The appendix (p. 45-67) comprises short reports and letters from Alden Partridge, William Eustis, Robert R. Livingston, John Stranger, S. H. Long, Thomas Jefferson, J. Priestley, Horatio Gates and Lindley Murray.

A natural history of the globe, of man, of beasts, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, and plants.

Added title-pages with engr. vignettes.

History of cultivated vegetables : comprising their botanical, medicinal, edible, and chemical qualities; natural history; &c., &c. /

Vol. I: p. i-vii, 1-383; v. II: p. 1-430.

An historical, geographical, and philosophical view of the Chinese empire; comprehending a description of the fifteen provinces of China, Chinese Tartary, tributary states; natural history of China; government, religion, laws, manners and customs, literature, arts, sciences, manufactures, &c.

Mode of access: Internet.

Elements of natural history : adapted to the present state of the science, containing the generic characters of nearly the whole animal kingdom, and descriptions of the principle species /

Includes indexes.

Tracts on the natural history of animals and vegetables,

I. Physiological reflections on the natureal history of animals and vegetables. Observations and experiments upon the animalcula of infusions. Two epistolary dissertations on infusion animacula addressed to the author, by M. Bonnet of Geneva. Observations and experiments on the seminal vermiculi of man and other animals, with an examination of the celebrated theory of organic molecules.--II. Observations and experiments on the seminal vermiculi [cont'd] Observations and experiments on some singular animals which may be killed and revised. Observations and experiments on the origin of the plantulae of mould. Results of experiments on the reproduction of the head of the garden snail. Experiments on the reproduction of the head of the terrestrial snail, by C. Bonnet. Memoirs on the reproduction of the members of the water newt, by C. Bonnet.

The silk culture in the United States; embracing complete accounts of the latest and most approved modes of hatching, rearing and feeding the silk-worm, managing a cocoonery, reeling, spinning, and manufacturing the silk, &c. ... With brief historical sketches of the silk business, natural history of the silk-worm, the mulberry, &c. comp. from the most approved and reliable works ... To which is added Blydenburgh's Manual of the silk culture; statistics of silk imports, &c., &c.

"The work ... has been prepared ... with the aid of Mr. I. R. Barbour ... we have ... profited by the article on silk in Dr. Ures ... dictionary of arts and sciences, Mr. Bliss's report on silk ... to the legislature of Ohio, Mr. Colman's report to the Massachusetts legislature, &c.; while we have quoted entire The silk manual of ... Mr. Blydenburgh." Advertisement, p. [3]

Buffon's Natural history, containing a theory of the earth, a general history of man, of the brute creation, and of vegetables, minerals, &c. &c.

At head of title: Barr's Buffon.

New, complete, and universal natural history of upwards of four hundred animals, including all the most remarkable quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles, and insects, in the known world : illustrative of their natures, dispositions, manners, habits, &c. /

Includes index.

Natural history of the salmon, herrings, cod, ling, &c.; with a short account of Greenland, its inhabitants, land and sea animals, and the different tribes of fishes found on the coast.

Mode of access: Internet.

Contrasting quantitative traits and neutral genetic markers for genetic resource assessment of Mesoamerican Cedrela odorata

We compared within-population variability and degree of population differentiation for neutral genetic markers (RAPDS) and eight quantitative traits in Central American populations of the endangered tree, Cedrela odorata. Whilst population genetic diversity for neutral markers (Shannon index) and quantitative traits (heritability, coefficient of additive genetic variation) were uncorrelated, both marker types revealed strong differentiation between populations from the Atlantic coast of Costa Rica and the rest of the species' distribution. The degree of interpopulation differentiation was higher for RAPD markers (F-ST 0.67 for the sampled Mesoamerican range) than for quantitative traits (Q(ST) = 0.30). Hence, the divergence in quantitative traits was lower than could have been achieved by genetic drift alone, suggesting that balancing selection for similar phenotypes in different populations of this species. Nevertheless, a comparison of pair-wise estimates of population differentiation in neutral genetic markers and quantitative traits revealed a strong positive correlation (r = 0.66) suggesting that, for C. odorata, neutral marker divergence could be used as a surrogate for adaptive gene divergence for conservation planning. The utility of this finding and suggested further work are discussed.

Molecular markers and human history: A tale of two haplogroup systems

To chronicle demographic movement across African Asian corridors, a variety of molecular (sequence analysis, restriction mapping and denaturing high performance liquid chromatography etc.) and statistical (correspondence analysis, AMOVA, calculation of diversity indices and phylogenetic inference, etc.) techniques were employed to assess the phylogeographic patterns of mtDNA control region and Y chromosomal variation among 14 sub-Saharan, North African and Middle Eastern populations. The patterns of genetic diversity revealed evidence of multiple migrations across several African Asian passageways as well within the African continent itself. The two-part analysis uncovered several interesting results which include the following: (1) a north (Egypt and Middle East Asia) to south (sub-Saharan Africa) partitioning of both mtDNA and Y chromosomal haplogroup diversity, (2) a genetic diversity gradient in sub-Saharan Africa from east to west, (3) evidence in favor of the Levantine Corridor over the Horn of Africa as the major genetic conduit since the Last Glacial Maximum, (4) a substantially higher mtDNA versus Y chromosomal sub-Saharan component in the Middle East collections, (5) a higher representation of East versus West African mtDNA haplotypes in the Arabian Peninsula populations versus no such bias in the Levant groups and lastly, (6) genetic remnants of the Bantu demographic expansion in sub-Saharan Africa. ^