Do local perturbations affect stability of laboratory fruitfly metapopulations?
Our study shows that localized perturbations are unlikely to affect the dynamics of real metapopulations, a finding that has cautionary implications for ecologists and conservation biologists faced with the problem of stabilizing unstable metapopulations in nature.
LCAT-dependent conversion rate is a determinant of plasma prebeta1-HDL concentration in healthy Japanese. We speculate that prebeta1-HDL concentration may be used as a metabolic marker for HDL maturation.