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Gender-specific function of melatonin receptor (MTRI) in gonads of red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii

Scientific Reports
Melatonin receptor (MTR) plays a crucial role in mediating melatonin signaling. Therefore, it is necessary to study functions and characteristics of MTR. In this study, full length cDNA of MTRI in Procambarus clarkii was cloned.
Meng Hu, Long Wang, Qianqian Zhu, Tianyu Guan, Yurui Wang, Lin Cai, Hui Wang, Jiale Li   +7 more
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Assessment of the fish diet of the Caspian seal (Pusa caspica Gmelin, 1788) during haul out periods on island sites: results, challenges, and perspectives

Frontiers in Marine Science
The Caspian seal (Pusa caspica), an endemic and endangered obligate piscivore of the Caspian Sea, faces threats to its existence, notably from the reduction of its food resources. Pollution, sea regression, overfishing, and the introduction of non-native
Mirgaliy Baimukanov, Anuar Shagilbayev, Akzhan Iskakov, Assel Baimukanova, Assel Baimukanova   +4 more
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Annual variation of the biochemical composition, energy reserves and physiological indices in Mactra stultorum tissues from the Tunisian coasts

Highlights in BioScience, 2020
The present study assessed the consequences of environmental changes on the biochemical quality and the physiological condition of the whole body and others organs Mactra stultorum collected from the north coast of Tunisia.
Imene Chetoui, Safa Bejaoui, Feriel Ghribi, M'hamed El Cafsi   +3 more
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Land Uses for Pasture and Cacao Cultivation Modify the Odonata Assemblages in Atlantic Forest Areas

Diversity, 2022
Tropical forests such as the Atlantic Forest are under constant threats from the impact of human activities, mostly being caused by the loss of native forest areas for other land uses.
Laís R. Santos, Marciel E. Rodrigues
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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
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A Reassessment of Phylogenetic Relationships in Class Oligohymenophorea (Protista, Ciliophora) Based on Updated Multigene Data

Ecology and Evolution
Within the ciliate class Oligohymenophorea, many evolutionary relationships among taxa remain unresolved. This study incorporates 97 new sequences from 30 oligohymenophorean populations, including nuclear small subunit ribosomal (SSU‐rRNA) genes, nuclear
Bailin Li, Yumeng Song, Xiang Wang, Qiyue Zhao, Menghan Liu, Lihui Liu, Xuming Pan, Zhenzhen Yi   +7 more
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Therapeutic Effects of Psoralea corylifolia and Morus alba Aqueous Extracts on Tetrahymena pyriformis-Infected Guppies (Poecilia reticulata) and Underlying Transcriptomic Mechanisms: Implications for Ciliate Parasite Control

Animals
Tetrahymena pyriformis is biologically similar to Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, the parasite that causes “white spot disease” in fish. Because it has immune evasion genes and grows quickly, T. pyriformis serves as an ideal model for developing treatments
Sitong Li, Pengfei Zhang, Yunhan Wang, Yuxuan Wang, Huan Li, Xuming Pan   +5 more
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Effects of copper on non-specific immunity and antioxidant in the oriental river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2022
The copper, as heavy metal has important impacts on the antioxidant and immune defense systems in aquatic organisms, and the toxic effects of copper can be accumulated and magnified with the food chain, thus posing a threat to food safety as well as ...
Long Wang, Nan Wu, Yi Zhang, Guiling Wang, Sunyan Pu, Tianyu Guan, Chuankun Zhu, Hui Wang, Jiale Li   +8 more
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Water Adsorption‐Induced Color Sensor: Insight Into the Sensing Mechanism and Interfacial Engineering for Improved Responsiveness

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
We report a unique color‐sensing phenomenon of a TiO2/SbSI:Sb2S3 device utilizing X‐ray absorption. Based on the revealed penetration and adsorption of water onto TiO2, we successfully improved the color response speed and sensitivity by incorporating a hydrophilic polymer interlayer, thereby opening up opportunities for photodetection applications ...
Tai Kobayashi, Ryosuke Nishikubo, Yusuke Tomiyori, Fumitaka Ishiwari, Daisuke Asakura, Eiji Hosono, Miho Kitamura, Hisao Kiuchi, Yoshihisa Harada, Akinori Saeki   +9 more
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Coronaviruses in Aquatic Organisms

, 2016
Members of the family Coronaviridae are evolutionarily related and play an important role in human and veterinary medicine. Taxonomic classification is based on the ultrastructure and morphogenesis of viral particles and on biochemical and molecular features. The family Coronaviridae belongs to the order Nidovirales, and is divided into two subfamilies:
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