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The start of migration correlates with arrival timing, and the total speed of...
Abstract Background Anthropogenic changes in the climate and environment have globally affected ecological processes such that the spatiotemporal occurrence of the main annual... -
The relationship between lower limb muscle volume and body mass in ambulant i...
Abstract Background Individuals with cerebral palsy have smaller muscle volumes normalised to body mass than their typically developing peers. The aim of this study is to... -
Characterization of wheat MYB genes responsive to high temperatures
Abstract Background Heat stress is one of the most crucial environmental factors, which reduces crop yield worldwide. In plants, the MYB family is one of the largest families of... -
Cardiac procedures in ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction - the influe...
Abstract Background Timely restoration of bloodflow acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) reduces myocardial damage and improves prognosis. The objective of... -
Inhibition of RNA polymerase II allows controlled mobilisation of retrotransp...
Abstract Background Retrotransposons play a central role in plant evolution and could be a powerful endogenous source of genetic and epigenetic variability for crop breeding. To... -
Identification of novel putative causative genes and genetic marker for male ...
Abstract Background Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) is an important tree for Japanese forestry. Male-sterile marker development in Japanese cedar would facilitate... -
Additional file 1: of Rifampin resistance and its fitness cost in Riemerella ...
Table S1. Primers and descriptions used in this study (XLSX 10 kb) -
Transcriptome profiling in the damselfly Ischnura elegans identifies genes wi...
Abstract Background Sexual dimorphism occurs widely across the animal kingdom and has profound effects on evolutionary trajectories. Here, we investigate sex-specific gene... -
Two nucleotide second messengers regulate the production of the Vibrio choler...
Abstract Background The nucleotide second messengers cAMP and c-di-GMP allow many bacteria, including the human intestinal pathogen Vibrio cholerae, to respond to environmental... -
The rise and fall of Argentina
Abstract I examine the contribution of institutional breakdowns to long-run development, drawing on Argentina’s unique departure from a rich country on the eve of World War I to... -
Etmopteridae bioluminescence: dorsal pattern specificity and aposematic use
Abstract Background In the darkness of the ocean, an impressive number of taxa have evolved the capability to emit light. Many mesopelagic organisms emit a dim ventral glow that... -
Characterizing ice particles using two-dimensional reflections of a lidar beam
This is an Open Access article published by The Optical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain... -
African migration: trends, patterns, drivers
Abstract Africa is often seen as a continent of mass migration and displacement caused by poverty, violent conflict and environmental stress. Yet such perceptions are based on... -
Effects of divergent selection upon adrenocortical activity on immune traits ...
Abstract Background The sustainability of farming and animal welfare requires the reconsideration of current selection schemes. In particular, implementation of new selection... -
Differential gene transcription across the life cycle in Daphnia magna using ...
Abstract Background Unravelling the link between genes and environment across the life cycle is a challenging goal that requires model organisms with well-characterized... -
Expansion of the molecular and morphological diversity of Acanthamoebidae (Ce...
Abstract Background Acanthamoebidae is a “family” level amoebozoan group composed of the genera Acanthamoeba, Protacanthamoeba, and very recently Luapeleamoeba. This clade of... -
A unique cluster of roo insertions in the promoter region of a stress respons...
Abstract Transposable elements (TEs) are not randomly distributed in the genome. A genome-wide analysis of the D. melanogaster genome found that differences in TE density across... -
Additional file 3: of Differential neuro-immune patterns in two clinically re...
Table S3. Subclusters of genes/probes showing the most differential expression patterns between TMEV-IDD and R-EAE. Microarray data. (XLSX 111 kb) -
High-resolution monitoring from birth to sexual maturity of a male reef manta...
Abstract Background In this study, we report the first case of a male reef manta ray, Mobula alfredi, becoming sexually mature in captivity and present its reproductive... -
Mitochondrial genomes and comparative analyses of Culex camposi, Culex corona...
Abstract Background The Coronator Group currently encompasses six morphologically similar species (Culex camposi Dyar, Culex coronator Dyar and Knab, Culex covagarciai...
