High Gene Flow Despite Urbanization: Genetic Diversity and Structure of the Eastern Spotted Dove (<i>Spilopelia chinensis</i>) in Jiangsu Province, China and Implications for Releasing Confiscated Individuals. [PDF]
Ecol EvolThis study reveals high haplotype diversity but low nucleotide diversity in Eastern Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis) populations across Jiangsu Province, China, based on mitochondrial Cytb and D‐loop sequences from 139 individuals. Despite sampling from 13 sites spanning five geographical regions and varying urbanization levels, genetic analyses ...
Liu D, Ying G, Hou S, Xie C, Huang Y.
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Novel duck reovirus σC hijacks the mitochondrial COQ6-CoQ10 axis to drive NLRP3-dependent pyroptosis. [PDF]
PLoS PathogensMitochondrial metabolic homeostasis serves as a critical checkpoint that integrates cellular bioenergetics with innate immunity. While viruses often subvert mitochondrial functions to manipulate cell fate, the specific viral determinants that directly ...
Hui Yan +9 more
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Ancient Plumage Colour Genetics Reveal Goose Domestication and Hybridization. [PDF]
Anim GenetABSTRACT In archaeological assemblages, differentiating the European domestic goose and its wild progenitor, the greylag goose (Anser anser), has been challenging due to their similar skeletal morphologies. A short region of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysed from ancient DNA (aDNA) has been shown to distinguish wild greylags from domestic geese, but ...
Honka J +7 more
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Tuberculosis Susceptibility and Inbreeding Depression Hinder <i>Ex Situ</i> Conservation in a Critically Endangered Rainforest Bird. [PDF]
Evol ApplABSTRACT Captive breeding can be a key component of species conservation strategies, but also exposes these rare species to novel environments including the pathogen landscape. The critically endangered white‐winged wood duck (WWWD) Asarcornis scutulata has experienced substantial population declines, local extirpations and fragmentation of its former ...
Bolton PE +5 more
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Mitochondrial Abundance and Function Differ Across Muscle Within Species [PDF]
MetabolitesBackground: Mitochondria are considered the powerhouse of cells, and skeletal muscle cells are no exception. However, information regarding muscle mitochondria from different species is limited.
Con-Ning Yen +6 more
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Assessing the Genetic Health and Conservation Value of an Introduced Urban Population of a Critically Endangered Parrot. [PDF]
Evol ApplABSTRACT Non‐native species can be introduced to novel environments such as cities via wildlife trade. These populations may have conservation value—particularly if they are of a species threatened in its native range. Genetic tools can help assess the fitness of introduced populations by indicating if they are (1) suffering the consequences typically ...
Andersson AA +7 more
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Sperm mtDNA Copy Number Is Not Associated With Midpiece Size Among Songbirds [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionTremendous variation in sperm morphology is observed across the animal kingdom. Within avian taxa, the songbirds (infraorder Passerides) have the largest variation in sperm morphology.
Laima Bagdonaitė +4 more
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A library of avian proteins improves palaeoproteomic taxonomic identification and reveals widespread intraspecies variability [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsBiomineral-associated proteins, such as those found in bone, teeth, and eggshell, have become instrumental for studying ancient life, as they often survive far longer than DNA.
Maria C. Codlin +3 more
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Lack of Structural Variation but Extensive Length Polymorphisms and Heteroplasmic Length Variations in the Mitochondrial DNA Control Region of Highly Inbred Crested Ibis, Nipponia nippon. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 The animal mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) length polymorphism and heteroplasmy are accepted to be universal. Here we report the lack of structural variation but the presence of length polymorphism as well as heteroplasmy in mtDNA control region of an ...
Xue-Lian He +2 more
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Royal Society Open Science, 2021 The propulsion of sperm cells via movement of the flagellum is of vital importance for successful fertilization. While the exact mechanism of energy production for this movement varies between species, in avian species energy is thought to come ...
Ulrich Knief +3 more
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