Urbanization significantly influences local climate conditions, particularly through the intensification of the Surface Urban Heat Island (SUHI) effect. Understanding the spatial and temporal variations in SUHI is essential for effective urban planning and environmental management. This study investigated the dynamics of SUHI in Tehran, examining its correlations with land surface temperature (LST), vegetation coverage, land u...

Characterization of microsatellites in the parthenogenetic polyploid snail Melanoides tuberculata revealed an unusual high density of dinucleotide repeats. Multiple banding patterns were obtained at these loci, and interpreted as a consequence of polyploidy. Microsatellite variability was low within, but high between, shell morphotypes. Genotypes were wholly transmitted from mothers to offspring. These results suggest that rep...