Fruit quality traits are important commercial traits that directly affect the market value. The rind stripe is the primary determinant of watermelon fruit quality, but its genetic basis and underlying gene (s) are not well understood. In this study, two contrasted watermelon inbred lines...

Background: Most of the about 140 million informal sector workers in urban China do not have health insurance. A 1998 central government policy leaves it to the discretion of municipal governments to offer informal sector workers in cities voluntary participation in a social health insurance for...

Objectives Due to major problems of accessing essential medicines, this paper will evaluate the impact of the new Shenzhen labor health insurance on accessing essential medicines among migrant workers.Methods Medicines data and revenues-expenditures reports from 19 community health service...