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The ELSO Maastricht Treaty for ECLS Nomenclature: abbreviations for cannulati...
Abstract Background The Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) Maastricht Treaty for Nomenclature in Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS) established consensus... -
Draft genome sequence of Halomonas meridiana R1t3 isolated from the surface m...
Abstract Members of the gammaproteobacterial genus Halomonas are common in marine environments. Halomonas and other members of the Oceanospirillales have recently been... -
Weekday snacking prevalence, frequency, and energy contribution have increase...
Abstract Background There are limited data on the evolution of eating habits, including snacking, in Australia. This study aimed to understand snacking trends among Australian... -
The complete mt genomes of Lutzia halifaxia, Lt. fuscanus and Culex pallidoth...
Abstract Background Despite the medical importance of the genus Culex, the mitochondrial genome (mt genome) characteristics of Culex spp. are not well understood. The phylogeny... -
Emphasis on the deep or shallow parts of the tree provides a new characteriza...
Abstract Background Phylogenetically informed distances are commonly used in the analysis of microbiome data, and analysts have many options to choose from. Although all... -
Association between time perspective and organic food consumption in a large ...
Abstract Background Organic food intake has risen in many countries during the past decades. Even though motivations associated with such choice have been studied, psychological... -
Development of a small panel of SNPs to infer ancestry in Chileans that disti...
Abstract Background Current South American populations trace their origins mainly to three continental ancestries, i.e. European, Amerindian and African. Individual variation in... -
Aerobic and anaerobic enrichment cultures highlight the pivotal role of facul...
Aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons are ubiquitous in the environment due to natural and anthropogenic processes. Under aerobic conditions hydrocarbons can be rapidly... -
The highly variable microbiota associated to intestinal mucosa correlates wit...
Abstract Background The better understanding of how intestinal microbiota interacts with fish health is one of the key to sustainable aquaculture development. The present... -
Genomic abundance and transcriptional activity of diverse gypsy and copia lon...
Abstract Background Long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons are highly abundant in plant genomes and require transcriptional activity for their proliferative mode of... -
Stimulus-specific behavioral responses of zebrafish to a large range of odors...
Abstract Background Odor-driven behaviors such as feeding, mating, and predator avoidance are crucial for animal survival. The neural pathways processing these behaviors have... -
Usual food intakes of 2- and 3-year old U.S. children are not consistent with...
Abstract Background The primary purpose of this paper is to assess how well food consumption patterns of young children in the U.S. conform to the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for... -
Cnidaria: fast, reference-free clustering of raw and assembled genome and tra...
Abstract Background Identification of biological specimens is a requirement for a range of applications. Reference-free methods analyse unprocessed sequencing data without... -
Estimation of linkage disequilibrium and effective population size in New Zea...
Abstract Background Investments in genetic selection have played a major role in the New Zealand sheep industry competitiveness. Selection may erode genetic diversity, which is... -
Heterozygosity testing and multiplex DNA panel screening as a potential tool ...
Abstract Background Selective breeding in populations with a limited effective population size may result in a loss of genetic diversity, which can cause an increased... -
Seasonal change in sexual differences in nestling size and survival: a framew...
Abstract Background Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) occurs in a wide range of species in birds and other animals, but the magnitude of SSD often varies with environmental... -
Sex-specific consequences of an induced immune response on reproduction in a ...
Abstract Background Immune response induction benefits insects in combatting infection by pathogens. However, organisms have a limited amount of resources available and face the... -
Accuracy of genomic selection for grain yield and agronomic traits in soft re...
Abstract Background Genomic selection has the potential to increase genetic gains by using molecular markers as predictors of breeding values of individuals. This study... -
Millstone: software for multiplex microbial genome analysis and engineering
Abstract Inexpensive DNA sequencing and advances in genome editing have made computational analysis a major rate-limiting step in adaptive laboratory evolution and microbial... -
Making evolution stick: using sticky notes to teach the mechanisms of evoluti...
Abstract Evolution and its mechanisms of action are concepts that unite all aspects of biology, but remain some of the most difficult for students to understand. To address this...
