Feminism and the Legalization of Prostitution: How far down the river?

One of the most telling issues on the state of the women\u27s movement today is that of the legalization of prostitution. It would be inappropriate to say that the issue has caused a breach in the ranks: the term is inapplicable to a movement which has never claimed coherency and which has, in fact, consistently demonstrated an inability to reconcile the views of its various factions. The prostitution issue is important, rather, precisely because it underscores these differences of analysis and tactics which have appeared in other areas and the splits between white middle class liberal women, radical feminists, marxist socialists and working class and minority women which have characterized the movement since its inception. It is a cutting edge issue because its resolution will signal either the reassertion of a new model of equality for all women or the acceptance of second-class citizenship for one group of them. The swing vote lies with the middle class liberals because their forte has been legislative and legal action and because they are now developing the capacity to resolve the issue in these terms. To the end that women avoid selling their own down the river, the writer presents the following paper

Feminism and the Legalization of Prostitution: How far down the river?

One of the most telling issues on the state of the women\u27s movement today is that of the legalization of prostitution. It would be inappropriate to say that the issue has caused a breach in the ranks: the term is inapplicable to a movement which has never claimed coherency and which has, in fact, consistently demonstrated an inability to reconcile the views of its various factions. The prostitution issue is important, rather, precisely because it underscores these differences of analysis and tactics which have appeared in other areas and the splits between white middle class liberal women, radical feminists, marxist socialists and working class and minority women which have characterized the movement since its inception. It is a cutting edge issue because its resolution will signal either the reassertion of a new model of equality for all women or the acceptance of second-class citizenship for one group of them. The swing vote lies with the middle class liberals because their forte has been legislative and legal action and because they are now developing the capacity to resolve the issue in these terms. To the end that women avoid selling their own down the river, the writer presents the following paper

Caracterização genética de rizóbios capazes de nodular feijão-caupi isolados de solos do estado de Roraima.

Considerando as características nutricionais e de rusticidade, o feijão-caupi [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.], constitui-se uma das leguminosas de grande importância para o Estado de Roraima e seu cultivo pode ser encontrado em diversas áreas da região. É uma leguminosa que pode se beneficiar do processo de fixação de nitrogênio, podendo receber parte do nitrogênio necessário ao seu desenvolvimento, através da simbiose com bactérias denominadas de rizóbios. Desta forma, o objetivo deste trabalho foi caracterizar genotipicamente 31 bactérias isoladas de solo de mata e cerrado no Estado de Roraima capazes de nodular feijão-caupi. Para isto, com o DNA das bactérias extraídos, o gene 16S rRNA foi amplificado, purificado e sequenciado. A partir do sequenciamento pode-se observar similaridade acima de 99% entre as bactérias e os gêneros Bradyrhizobium, Rhizobium e Agrobacterium. Também foi possível observar que das 31 bactérias sequenciadas, 20 são pertencentes ao gênero Bradyrhizobium e 11 ao gênero Rhizobium, e estes foram encontrados tanto em áreas de mata quanto de cerrado

Caracterização genética de rizóbios capazes de nodular feijão-caupi isolados de solos do Estado de Roraima.

Considerando as características nutricionais e de rusticidade, o feijão-caupi [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.], constitui-se uma das leguminosas de grande importância para o Estado de Roraima e seu cultivo pode ser encontrado em diversas áreas da região. É uma leguminosa que pode se beneficiar do processo de fixação de nitrogênio, podendo receber parte do nitrogênio necessário ao seu desenvolvimento, através da simbiose com bactérias denominadas de rizóbios. Desta forma, o objetivo deste trabalho foi caracterizar genotipicamente 31 bactérias isoladas de solo de mata e cerrado no Estado de Roraima capazes de nodular feijão-caupi. Para isto, com o DNA das bactérias extraídos, o gene 16S rRNA foi amplificado, purificado e sequenciado. A partir do sequenciamento pode-se observar similaridade acima de 99% entre as bactérias e os gêneros Bradyrhizobium, Rhizobium e Agrobacterium. Também foi possível observar que das 31 bactérias sequenciadas, 20 são pertencentes ao gênero Bradyrhizobium e 11 ao gênero Rhizobium, e estes foram encontrados tanto em áreas de mata quanto de cerrado

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Levantamento de rizóbios isolados de nódulos de caupi cultivado em amostras de solos do cerrado do Estado do Piauí.

Cultivo de plantas iscas. Isolamento de nódulos, carcterização dos isolados. Resultados e discussão. Referências bibliográficas. Anexo 1. Anexo 2.bitstream/CNPAB-2010/27392/1/doc125.pd

Successful extraction of insect DNA from recent copal inclusions: limits and perspectives

Insects entombed in copal, the sub-fossilized resin precursor of amber, represent a potential source of genetic data for extinct and extant, but endangered or elusive, species. Despite several studies demonstrated that it is not possible to recover endogenous DNA from insect inclusions, the preservation of biomolecules in fossilized resins samples is still under debate. In this study, we tested the possibility of obtaining endogenous ancient DNA (aDNA) molecules from insects preserved in copal, applying experimental protocols specifically designed for aDNA recovery. We were able to extract endogenous DNA molecules from one of the two samples analyzed, and to identify the taxonomic status of the specimen. Even if the sample was found well protected from external contaminants, the recovered DNA was low concentrated and extremely degraded, compared to the sample age. We conclude that it is possible to obtain genomic data from resin-entombed organisms, although we discourage aDNA analysis because of the destructive method of extraction protocols and the non-reproducibility of the results