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In Silico Analyses of the Pseudogenes of Helicobacter pylori

Neenish Rana, Nosheen Ehsan, Awais Ihsan and Farrukh Jamil*

...ly regarded as molecular fossils, non-functional by-products of genome evolution. However, it has been indicated by several lines of evidences that some pseudogenes are active. Using current data of NCBI we have retrieved 65 pseudogenes from the genome sequence of human pathogenic bacteria Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) strain 26695. Computational analysis of the genome showed 6 transcriptionally active pseudogenes that can produce stable mRNA s...

New Hipparionine (Perissodactyla) Fossils from Potwar Plateau of Pakistan

Muhammad Hanif^1,*, Naureen Rana¹, Muhammad Akbar Khan², Muhammad Javed¹ and Muhammad Sajjad Khan¹

Fossils of Boselaphus (Bovini: Bovidae: Ruminantia) from Sardhok Pleistocene of Pakistan

Muhammad Khaled Siddiq¹, Ayesha Riaz², Muhammad Akbar Khan¹, Muhammad Adeeb Babar¹, Khalid Mahmood^1,* and Muhammad Akhtar¹

New Cervid (Artiodactyla) Fossils from Middle Siwaliks of Pakistan

Muhammad Adeeb Babar^1,*, Sayyad Ghyour Abbas¹, Muhammad Akbar Khan¹, Kiran Aftab², Muhammad Hanif¹, Muhammad Asim¹ and Muhammad Akhtar¹

Additional Fossils of Sivalhippus perimensis (Mammalia, Equidae) from the Late Miocene Siwaliks of Pakistan

Tasneem Ikram1, Asmat Salamat2, Muhammad Akbar Khan2, Muhammad Adeeb Babar*2, Khalid Mahmood2, Rabia Shahid2, Muhammad Akhtar2

Additional Fossils of Sivalhippus perimensis (Mammalia, Equidae) from the Late Miocene Siwaliks of Pakistan

Faunal Assemblages of the Middle Jurassic Samana Suk Formation, Chichali Gorge Section, Surghar Range, Sub-Himalayas, Pakistan

Abdur Rauf Nizami*

...ught to be a prospective fossils archive. The Samana Suk Formation with a primary thickness of 43.27m is exposed at the Chichali Gorge Section. A total of 108 limestone rock samples were collected from 51 beds. The formation was investigated by a detailed petrographic analysis to ascertain its faunal assemblages in the Chichali Gorge Section. These investigations revealed that the limestones of this formation are a good repository of faunal

Antelopes (Mammalia) from Pabbi Hills of Sardhok, Pakistan

Muhammad Khaled Siddiq¹, Fatima Yousuf Dar¹,M. Akbar Khan¹, Muhammad Adeeb Babar^1,*, Sayyed Ghyour Abbas¹, Asra Ghaus¹, Musdassir Iqbal¹ and Muhammad Akhtar²

...dle Pleistocene, yielded fossils of antelopes. The remains are referred to Kobus porrecticornis, Reduncini gen. et sp. indet. Antilope sp., Sivatragus cf. bohlini, Damalops sp., Caprinae gen. indet. (aff. Capricornis) roylei. These new findings allowed to calibrate the exact stratigraphic position of the species. Sivatragus bohlini, previouslyrecovered from the Upper Siwaliks, and difficult to date...

First Report of Enamel Hypoplasia in Extinct Tragulids: A Marker Bearing on Habitat Change

Rana Manzoor Ahmad^1,2, Abdul Majid Khan²*, Ayesha Iqbal², Amtur Rafeh², Muhammad Tahir Waseem² and Muhammad Ameen²

...ia (13%) in the tragulid fossils from the middle Miocene outcrops (13.5-11.2 Ma) as compared to the late Miocene to the early Pliocene (11.2-4.0 Ma) tragulid remains (48%) which is statistically significant (p<0.05). The middle Miocene in the Siwaliks is hypothesized to have had warm and humid climatic conditions with dominance of dense forests whereas in the late Miocene to the early Pliocene there was a shift in the ecological conditions, with grasslands ...

Bubalus platyceros (Bovidae: Mammalia) in the Sardhok Pabbi Hills of Pakistan

Muhammad Khaled Siddiq¹, Muhammad Adeeb Babar^1,2*, Muhammad Akbar Khan¹, Muhammad Umar Ijaz³,Sayyed Ghyour Abbas¹, Muhammad Asim¹, Asif Mahmood Qureshi⁴, Mahboob Iqbal⁴ and Muhammad Akhtar⁴

...k Group in Pakistan. The fossils of Bubalus platyceros described in this article were excavated from the Pleistocene of Sardhok. The collected specimens represent some of the rarest anatomical elements of the species, found in Pakistan for the first time, and add substantial knowledge on the anatomical features of Bu. platyceros. Bubalus jarikasensis erected by Akhtar in 2002 is reviewed in this paper and synonymized t...

Fossil molars of Pachyportax (Boselaphini, Bovidae) from Middle Siwalik Subgroup of Pakistan

TASNEEM IKRAM, FOUZIA SAFDAR, MUHAMMAD ADEEB BABAR, MUHAMMAD ASIM, KHALID MAHMOOD* & MUHAMMAD AKBAR KHAN

...e Siwalik Group. The new fossils were collected from different localities of the Middle Siwalik of Pakistan of Late Miocene-Early Pliocene ages (7.0-3.5 Ma). The fossiliferous sites are situated in district Jhelum near well-known villages the Hasnot and the Padhri. The newly recovered fossils comprise isolated molars and premolars. The studied dental material was identified based on the morphological and metrical characters ...

New Fossils of Bovids (Bovidae, Mammalia) from Dhok Pathan Formation of Siwaliks

MARIAM ZAHEER, KHALID MAHMOOD*, MUHAMMAD ADEEB BABAR & MUHAMMAD AKBAR KHAN

New Fossil Material of Bovidae (Mammalia) from Dhok Pathan Formation of Northern Pakistan

Khalid Mahmood¹*, Arslan Lodhi¹, Muhammad Asim², Muhammad Adeeb Babar³ and Muhammad Akbar Khan¹

... to previously described fossils, these specimens are assessed up to species level and identified as belonging to Gazella lydekkeri, Selenoportax lydekkeri, S. vexillarius, Tragoportax punjabicus, T. salmontanus, and Pachyportax latidens. The presence of these bovid species indicates moderate taxonomic diversity of bovid fauna in the Dhok Pathan region of the Siwaliks of Pakistan.

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New fossils of Pachyportax (Bovidae, Mammalia) from middle Siwaliks, Punjab, Pakistan

KHALID MAHMOOD1*, HAFIZA SAMAN AKRAM1, ZAHEER AHMED2, MUHAMMAD ADEEB BABAR1, SAYYED GHYOUR ABBAS1, MUHAMMAD ASIM1, MUHAMMAD AKBAR KHAN1 & MUHAMMAD AKHTAR3

...ext-align: justify;">New fossils of bovids were recovered from the outcrops of Hasnot village of the Dhok Pathan Formation in District Jhelum, Punjab, Pakistan. The fossil includes dental material which consists of upper premolars and molars. Based on morpho-metry, the specimens were assigned to Pachyportax latidens. The fossils provide an evidence for the existence of the large sized animals in Pakistan during the Late Mioc...

Pleistocene Plant Fossils of the Lower Karewa Beds of Kashmir

Relph R. Stewart

...ad never collected plant fossils and was glad to be able to go with him. Most of the fossils were the leaves of forest trees which had blown on to the surface of the lake or had floated down from higher levels. They had sunk to the bottom and there were many layers of leaves in the clay along with Trapa fruits and a few seeds. Many of the leaves were of oaks, maples, birch and willows which seemed to be similar to modem spec...

Cell-Free Systems: Platform for Sustainable Commercial Biomanufacturing of Biochemicals

Humaira¹, Afsana Huseynova Anvar², Shaukat Ali³, Marcelo Franco⁴, Muhammad Irfan¹*

...and a shift from current fossils-based commercial manufacturing practices to sustainable, ecofriendly production systems. Extensive metabolic engineering practices incorporating living systems for commercial manufacturing of cost-effective value-added products and biochemical from sustainable feed-stock show limited success as desired higher production rates run counter to life-sustaining metabolic activities. To address these challenges, cell-free approaches ...

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