The Amyloid A1 ( AA1 ) and A2 ( AA2 ) proteins, which result from proteolytic cleavage of the Serum Amyloid A1 ( SAA1 ) and A2 ( SAA2 ) proteins, are major protein components of the Amyloid A deposits found in secondary amyloidosis. This study determines frequency of serum amyloid A2 alleles ( α , β ) in healthy Turkish, Azerbaijani, and Kazakh subjects. Two hundred Turkish, sixty-five Azerbaijani and sixty-five Kazakh healthy individuals were studied by previously described the PCR-RFLP methods. Our data revealed that the frequencies of the α and β alleles at the SAA2 locus in the Turkish healthy population were different when compared to those in Azerbaijani and Kazakh healthy populations ( P = 0.014 and 0.02), respectively. In contrast, the difference between α and β alleles at the SAA2 locus was not different in both Kazakh and Azerbaijani healthy populations ( P = 0.882). ş HUMAN GENETICS* The text was submitted by the authors in English.Coding sequence SAA2 α , β SAA2 forward primer SAA2 reverse primer Intron 3 Genomic sequence Exon 3 Exon 4 ∆ ∆ Fig. 1. Schematic description of the positions of the primers for the PCR amplification.

Contribution to the knowledge of the Aprostocetus Westwood, 1833 (Hymenoptera: Tetrastichinae) from Kırıkkale and Çankırı (Turkey) with some new records 1 Kırıkkale ve Çankırı (Türkiye)'dan bazı yeni kayıtlar ile Aprostocetus Westwood, 1833 (Hymenoptera: Tetrastichinae)'a ait bilgilere katkılar Elif SAKALTAŞ ARIYAK 2* Ayla TÜZÜN 3 SummaryIn this study species of genus Aprostocetus of Kırıkkale and Çankırı provinces are identified and data about some ecological aspects (locations, hosts, their distributions in the world) of the species are given. Samples were picked up on the plants between months June-August of 2010-2012. In this study 154 (147 ♀♀, 7 ♂♂) samples have been evaluated. 29 species of genus Aprostocetus have been detected by identifying the samples from locations. 11 species of them are new records for the Turkish fauna. These species are;