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Identification of distant Agouti-like sequences and re-evaluation of the evolutionary history of the Agouti-related peptide (AgRP). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
The Agouti-like peptides including AgRP, ASIP and the teleost-specific A2 (ASIP2 and AgRP2) peptides have potent and diverse functional roles in feeding, pigmentation and background adaptation mechanisms.
Åke Västermark, Arunkumar Krishnan, Michael E Houle, Robert Fredriksson, José Miguel Cerdá-Reverter, Helgi B Schiöth   +5 more
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Rectal prolapse in agouti (Dasyprocta aguti) - Case report

Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 2014
. Lima W.C., Lima D.A.S.D., Rodrigues M.C., Quessada A.M., Último A.P. & Pinheiro B.C. [Rectal prolapse in agouti (Dasyprocta aguti) - Case report.] Prolapso retal em cutia (Dasyprocta aguti) - Relato de caso.
Wagner Costa Lima, Dayanne Anunciação Silva Dantas Lima, Marcelo Campos Rodrigues, Ana Maria Quessada, Abdias Pereira Último, Bruno Carneiro Pinheiro   +5 more
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Agouti protein, mahogunin, and attractin in pheomelanogenesis and melanoblast-like alteration of melanocytes: a cAMP-independent pathway [PDF]

, 2009
Melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1R) and its ligands, a-melanocyte stimulating hormone (aMSH) and agouti signaling protein (ASIP), regulate switching between eumelanin and pheomelanin synthesis in melanocytes.
Bennett, DC, Jimbow, K, Wakamatsu, Kazumasa, Elena V. Sviderskaya, Shosuke Ito, Montoliu, L, Andrew J. Donkin, Tokimasa Hida, Yu, B, Bin Yu, Lluis Montoliu, Donkin, AJ, Wakamatsu, K, Dorothy C. Bennett, Hida, T, Yu, Bin, Millhauser, Glenn L., Bennett, Dorothy C., Barsh, GS, Sviderskaya, Elena V., Sviderskaya, EV, Ito, Shosuke, Lamoreux, ML, Kazumasa Wakamatsu, M. Lynn Lamoreux, Glenn L. Millhauser, Kowichi Jimbow, Lynn Lamoreux, M, Donkin, Andrew J., Lamoreux, M. Lynn, Hida, Tokimasa, Montoliu, Lluís, Gregory S. Barsh, Millhauser, GL, Barsh, Gregory S., Ito, S, Jimbow, Kowichi   +36 more
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Melanocortins and agouti-related protein modulate the excitability of two arcuate nucleus neuron populations by alteration of resting potassium conductances [PDF]

, 2007
The hypothalamic melanocortin system is crucial for the control of appetite and body weight. Two of the five melanocortin receptors, MC3R and MC4R are involved in hypothalamic control of energy homeostasis, with the MC4R having the major influence. It is
Hisadome, Kazunari, Michael L. J. Ashford, Smith, Mark A., Helen Heffron, Mark A. Smith, Al-Qassab, Hind, Kazunari Hisadome, Withers, Dominic J., Hind Al‐Qassab, Dominic J. Withers, Ashford, Michael L. J.; id_orcid, Heffron, Helen   +11 more
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Segmentos anátomo-cirúrgicos arteriais do rim de cutia (Dasyprocta prymnolopha) Anatomical-surgical arterial segments of the kidney in agouti (Dasyprocta prymnolopha)

Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2008
Foram estudados 20 pares de rins decutias (Dasyprocta prymnolopha Wagler, 1831), com o objetivo de descrever os segmentos anátomo-cirúrgicos arteriais.
Maria A.M. Carvalho, Laurita M. Azevedo, Danilo J.A. Menezes, Moacir F. Oliveira, Antonio C. Assis Neto, Fernanda T.S. Cardoso, Maria C.M.O. Teixeira   +6 more
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Reproductive diseases in captive Agoutis (Dasyprocta leporina)

Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2021
Reproductive diseases have been well documented in domestic livestock such as sheep, goat, cattle and pigs. However, there is very little information on these diseases in the agouti (Dasyprocta leporina).
K. R. Jones, K. R. Lall, G. W. Garcia
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Nutritive Value and Physical Properties of Neo-Tropical Rodent Meat-with Emphasis on the Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

Animals, 2020
This review will focus on the nutritive characteristics of meat from neo-tropical rodents which have not yet been domesticated. These rodents include the capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), agouti (Dasyprocta leporina), and the lappe (Agouti paca ...
Anwar Jamaal Ali, Kegan Romelle Jones
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Nocturnal activity by the primarily diurnal Central American agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) in relation to environmental conditions, resource abundance and predation risk [PDF]

, 2009
An animal's fitness is in part based on its ability to manage the inherent risks (foraging costs, predation, exposure to disease) with the benefits (resource gain, access to mates, social interactions) of activity (Abrams 1991, Altizer et al. 2003, Lima &
Aliaga-Rossel, E., Jansen, P., Aliaga-Rosse, E., Jansen, P.A., Lambert, T., Kays, Roland W., Aliaga-Rossel, Enzo, Wikelski, Martin, Jansen, Patrick A., Kays, R., Wikelski, M., Kays, R.W., Lambert, Thomas D., Lambert, T.D.   +13 more
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Níveis iônicos e enzimáticos de cutias (Dasyprocta sp.) hígidas, criadas em cativeiro, influência do sexo e da idade Ion and enzymatic levels of healthy agouti (Dasyprocta sp.) raised in captivit. Influence of gender and age

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2008
Determinou-se o perfil do ionograma e enzimas hepáticas de cutias (Dasyprocta sp.) saudáveis, criadas em cativeiro, como também se avaliou a influência de sexo, idade e interação sexo-idade.
E.E.A. Ribeiro, M.C.S. Batista, M.A.M. Carvalho, J.A.L. Silva   +3 more
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Epigenetic’s role in fish pigmentation

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2014
The agouti coat colour gene encodes a paracrine signalling molecule whose differential expression produces the characteristic dorsal-ventral pigment pattern observed in most mammals.
Laura Cal Delgado, Paloma Morán Martínez, Jose Miguel Cerda Reverter, Robert Kelsh   +3 more
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