ARCHIVES OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Vol. 64, No. 2, 2012
CONTENTS
Scientific Papers
Amir Hooshang Mohammadpour, Saeed Nazemi, Maryam Foroughi, Maryam Ghorbani,
Jamal Shamsara, and Javad Behravan
Evaluation of the association between AT1 R1166C
polymorphism and the incidence of CAD and CAC
score in the Iranian population ................................................... 401
Ş. Comşa, Anca Maria Cîmpean, Raluca Ceauşu, C. Suciu, and M. Raica
Correlations between the vascular endothelial growth factor expression, microvascular density
in tumor tissues and TNM staging in breast cancer .......................................................................................................... 409
Catalin Joacabine, Manuela Padurariu, A. Ciobica, R. Dobrin, C. D. Popescu, and F. Mitu
The association between cholesterol levels and brachial/aortic augmentation index versus
cognitive status in patients with cardiovascular risk factors ........................................................................................... 419
I. Raducu Popescu, W. Bild, A. Ciobica, and Veronica Bild
Different modulatory effects of ammonium ions on angiotensin vascular actions in
isolated rat aortic and renal arteries ...................................................................................................................................... 427
Yong Zhang, Wen-Bin Dong, Qing-Ping Li, Chun-Liang Deng, Tao Xiong, Xiao-Ping Lei, and Lin Guo
The role of Omi/HtrA2 protease in neonatal postasphyxial serum-induced apoptosis in human kidney
proximal tubule cells ................................................................................................................................................................ 435
Abbas Doosti, Payam Ghasemi Dehkordi, and Hosein Khodabakhsh
cDNA cloning and sequencing of ostrich growth hormone ............................................................................................. 445
Verica Milošević, Svetlana Trifunović, B. Filipović, Branka Šošić-Jurjević, Jasmina Pantelić,
Florina Perčinić-Popovska, and V. Ajdžanović
Estradiol and GH cells: immunohistomorphometric study in an animal model of andropause .................................... 451
J. B. N. F. Silva, I. R. A. Menezes, H. D. M. Coutinho, F. F. G. Rodrigues, J. G. M. Costa,
and C. F. B. Felipe
Antibacterial and antioxidant activities of Licania tomentosa (Benth.) Fritsch (Crhysobalanaceae) ........................ 459
C. A. S. Vidal, E. O. Sousa, Fabíola F. G. Rodrigues, Adriana R. Campos, S. R. Lacerda,
and J. G. M. Costa
Phytochemical screening and synergistic interactions between aminoglycosides, selected antibiotics and
extracts from the bryophyte Octoblepharum albidum Hedw. (Calymperaceae) ............................................................ 465
Yavuz Selim Cakmak, Gokhan Zengin, Gokalp Ozmen Guler, Abdurrahman Aktumsek,
and Haluk Ozparlak
Fatty acid composition and ω3/ω6 ratios of the muscle lipids of six fish species in Sugla Lake, Turkey .................. 471
L. F. Enríquez-Ocaña, M. Nieves-Soto, P. Piña-Valdez, L. R. Martinez-Cordova,
and María A. Medina-Jasso
Evaluation of the combined effect of temperature and salinity on the filtration, clearance rate
and assimilation efficiency of the mangrove oyster Crassostrea corteziensis (Hertlein, 1951) ................................... 479
G. Stevanovic, M. Pelemis, S. Pelemis, and M. Pavlovic
Non-specific biological markers as screening tests for diagnosis of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis ........................... 489
Vesna Perić Mataruga, Branka Janać, Milena Vlahović, Marija Mrdaković, Larisa Ilijin,
Dragana Matić, and Verica Milošević
Ghrelin effects on the activities of digestive enzymes and growth of Lymantria dispar L. ......................................... 497
Dragana Stojičić, Dušica Janošević, Branka Uzelac, V. Čokeša, and Snežana Budimir
In vitro zygotic embryo culture of Pinus peuce Gris.: optimization of culture conditions affecting
germination and early seedling growth ................................................................................................................................. 503
Branka Uzelac, Dušica Janošević, Dragana Stojičić, and Snežana Budimir
Effect of cytokinins on shoot apical meristem in Nicotiana tabacum ............................................................................. 511
Satyajit D. Sarker, Lutfun Nahar, Srikanth Gujja, Shazi Begum, and Sezgin Celik
Bioactivity of Centaurea persica Boiss. (Asteraceae) ...................................................................................................... 517
Marija S. Marković, Dragana V. Pavlović, Svetlana M. Tošić, Vesna P. Stankov-Jovanović,
N. S. Krstić, S. M. Stamenković, Tatjana Lj. Mitrović, and V. Lj. Marković
Chloroplast pigments in post-fire-grown cryptophytes on Vidlič Mountain (Southeastern Serbia) .......................... 531
Anastasia Giannakoula, I. F. Ilias, Jelena J. Dragišić Maksimović, V. M. Maksimović,
and Branka D. Živanović
Does overhead irrigation with salt affect growth, yield, and phenolic content of lentil plants? ................................. 539
Sonja Trajanovska, Jelena Blaženčić, S. Trajanovski, and Biljana Budžakoska-Gjoreska
Distribution, morphological variability, ecology and the present state of Nitella from
Lake Ohrid and its surroundings ........................................................................................................................................... 549
C. Pertoldi, L. A. Bach, J.-C. Svenning, C. Damgaard, and M. Bayley
Contributions from population genetics to ecotoxicology and stress ecology in light of
transformation to the population genomic era .................................................................................................................... 557
Esra Somay Akçelik, S. Avcı, S. Uzun, and C. Sancak
Karyotype analysis of some Onobrychis (sainfoin) species in Turkey .......................................................................... 567
Emina Mladenović, J. Berenji, V. Ognjanov, Mirjana Ljubojević, and Jelena Čukanović
Genetic variability of bottle gourd Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standley and its morphological
characterization by multivariate analysis ............................................................................................................................. 573
Jelena Rakočević
Spatial and temporal distribution of phytoplankton in Lake Skadar ................................................................................ 585
Md. Kamal Uddin, Abdul Shukor Juraimi, and Mohd Razi Ismail
Weed management in tropical turfgrass areas: a review .................................................................................................... 597
M. Krstić, N. Stavretović, V. Isajev, and I. Bjelanović
Crown structure of Picea omorika trees in the plantation ................................................................................................ 605
G. F. Horváth, Barbara Horváth, Nikolett Sali, and R. Herczeg
Community-level response to different human disturbances and land use of small mammals in
two marshland habitat patches in Hungary .......................................................................................................................... 613
G. Jokić, Marina Vukša, I. Elezović, Suzana Đedović, and D. Kataranovski
Application of grain baits to control common vole Microtus arvalis (Pallas, 1778) in alfalfa crops, Serbia .............. 629
Katarina Ljubisavljević, P. Glasnović, Katja Kalan, and B. Kryštufek
Female reproductive characteristics of the Horvath’s rock lizard (Iberolacerta horvathi) from Slovenia .................. 639
Biljana Budzakoska-Gjoreska, S. Trajanovski, and Sonja Trajanovska
Assessing the status of endangered invertebrates from the ancient Lake Ohrid: the gastropod
Chilopyrgula sturanyi .............................................................................................................................................................. 647
S. Yamasaki-Granados, M. Ruíz-Fregozo, F. Vega-Villasante, L. D. Espinosa-Chaurand,
E. Cortés-Jacinto, and M. García-Guerrero
Contributions to the biology of molting and growth of the longarm river prawn
Macrobrachium tenellum (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) in Mexico ..................................................................................... 651
K. Kurt, and Ö. K. Erman
The first record of the species Lacinius erinaceus Staręga, 1966 (Opiliones, Phalangiidae) in Turkey
with some SEM studies on its morphology .......................................................................................................................... 659
H. Çam
Updated checklist of the Eurytomidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) species of Turkey ............................................. 667
G. Görür, H. Akyildirim, G. Olcabey, and B. Akyurek
The aphid fauna of Turkey: an updated checklist ............................................................................................................... 675
Juan He, Huan-Huan Gao, Hui-Yan Zhao, Walter Monika, Zu-Aing Hu, and Xiang-Shun Hu
Effect of static magnetic fields (SMF) on the viability and fecundity of aphid Sitobion avenae
(Homoptera: Aphididae) under laboratory conditions ........................................................................................................ 693
B. P. M. Ćurčić, R. N. Dimitrijević, V. T. Tomić, M. Pecelj, B. S. Ilić, S. E. Makarov, Nina B. Ćurčić,
and Snežana Pešić
A new epigean false scorpion: Roncus sumadijae n. sp. (Neobisiidae, Pseudoscorpiones)
from the Balkan Peninsula (Western Serbia) ........................................................................................................................ 703
B. P. M. Ćurčić, R. N. Dimitrijević, T. Tađa, and M. Milinčić
Chthonius (Chthonius) makirina (Chthoniidae, Pseudoscorpiones), a new species from Croatia .............................. 709
Biljana Panjković, R. Perić, Vida Stojšić, and Vera Batanjski
New data on the distribution of Ranunculus polyphyllus Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd. in Serbia ..................................... 715
I. H. Tuf, P. Dedek, and M. Veselý
Does the diurnal activity pattern of carabid beetles depend of season, ground temperature and habitat? .............. 721
Mirjana Karadžić, Jelena Vučković-Filipović, G. Davidović, Violeta Irić-Čupić, M. Tasić, and Z. Kovačević
The „widow maker“ warning sign of Wellens’ syndrome: a case report ......................................................................... 733
R. Pavlović, Marica Grujić, Biljana Dojnov, Miroslava Vujčić, Vera Nenadović,
Jelisaveta Ivanović, and Z. Vujčić
Influence of nutrient substrates on the expression of cellulases in Cerambyx cerdo L.
(Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) larvae ....................................................................................................................................... 757
S. Trdan, M. Vidrih, and G. Vierbergen
First record of Aeolothrips gloriosus Bagnall (Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae) in Slovenia ....................................... 767
Mirjana Ocokoljić, Mirjana Šijačić-Nikolić, Dragica Vilotić, and D. Vujičić
Neoteny of the European plane tree ..................................................................................................................................... 771
Sonja Mudri-Stojnić, Andrijana Andrić, Z. Józan, and A. Vujić
Pollinator diversity (Hymenoptera and Diptera) in semi-natural habitats in Serbia during summer ........................... 777
Nela Maksimovic, Ana Andjelkovic, Vedrana Milic-Rasic, Vidosava Rakocevic-Stojanovic,
Biljana Kastratovic Kotlica, S. Brankovic, Tatjana Damnjanovic, Biljana Jekic, Vera Bunjevacki,
Ljiljana Lukovic, Dijana Perovic, Suzana Cvjeticanin, and Ivana Novakovic
Quantitative analysis of the dystrophin gene by real-time PCR ....................................................................................... 787
S. E. Makarov, B. P. M. Ćurčić, M. Milinčić, Milica M. Pecelj, D. Antić, and B. M. Mitić
A new genus and species of the family Anthroleucosomatidae from Serbia
(Myriapoda, Diplopoda, Chordeumatida) ............................................................................................................................ 793
Anila Hoda, Lumturi Sena, and Gentian Hykaj
Genetic diversity revealed by AFLP markers in Albanian goat breeds ........................................................................... 799
Irina Holobiuc, and R. Catana
Recurrent somatic embryogenesis in long-term cultures of Gentiana lutea L.
as a source for synthetic seed production for medium-term preservation ...................................................................... 809
Decision of the Managing Board and Board of Editors — Archives of Biological Sciences, Belgrade