Genetic instability of colonies' morphologic characteristics in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The influence of mutations of radiosensitivity]

The exposure to ionizing radiation of radiosensitive mutants of diploid yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae deficient in double-strand break repair results in formation of morphologically unstable colonies. Some characteristics of this process were studied. The results obtained are consistent with the hypothesis on relationship between DNA double-strand breaks or their repair with the formation of unstable clones of diploid yeast cells.     

Entomopathogenic nematodes for the biocontrol of ticks.

Entomopathogenic steinemematid and heterorhabditid nematodes are increasingly used to control insect pests of economically important crops. Laboratory and field simulation trials show that ticks are also susceptible to these nematodes. The authors review the potential of entomogenous nematodes for the control of ticks.