Some 4 000 Barn Owl pellets with small mammal remains have been collected over a period of nine years from two locations at the south end of the Langebaan lagoon.Two small samples of bones from archaeological sites on the Churchhaven peninsula provide evidence for past mammal occurrences.The remains of small mammals from the owl pellet collections

Introduction.Premature ovarian failure (POF) is characterized by amenorrhea, hypergonadotropism and hypoestrogenism in women bellow 40 years.Osteoporosis is one of the late complications of POF.Objective.To correlate collagen type I alpha1 (COLIA1) gene polymorphism with bone mineral density (BMD) in women with POF.Methods.We determined the COLIA1