Marine Morbilliviruses: Diversity and Interaction with Signaling Lymphocyte Activation Molecules
Viruses, 2019 Epidemiological reports of phocine distemper virus (PDV) and cetacean morbillivirus (CeMV) have accumulated since their discovery nearly 30 years ago.
Kazue Ohishi +3 more
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Radiation and extinction:investigating clade dynamics in deep time [PDF]
, 2016 The field of macroevolutionary research has grown rapidly in recent decades, bringing new sources of data and rigorous new methodologies to the analysis of organismal evolution through deep time.
Benton, Mike J +2 more
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Feliform carnivores have a distinguished constitutive innate immune response
Biology Open, 2016 Determining the immunological phenotype of endangered and threatened populations is important to identify those vulnerable to novel pathogens. Among mammals, members of the order Carnivora are particularly threatened by diseases.
Sonja K. Heinrich +6 more
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Mutation pressure mediates a pattern of substitution rates with latitude and climate in carnivores. [PDF]
Ecol EvolThis study revealed a robust correlation between substitution rates and latitudinal gradients, rather than adaptation‐related parameters. And the results suggest that nonadaptive forces (mutation pressure) have a more widespread impact on mitochondrial genes compared to adaptive forces. Abstract The evolutionary patterns of the mitochondrial genome are
Zhao C +7 more
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Adaptive evolution toward larger size in mammals [PDF]
, 2015 The notion that large body size confers some intrinsic advantage to biological species has been debated for centuries. Using a phylogenetic statistical approach that allows the rate of body size evolution to vary across a phylogeny, we find a long-term ...
Alexander +5 more
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Molecular and Paleontological Evidence for a Post-Cretaceous Origin of Rodents [PDF]
, 2014 The timing of the origin and diversification of rodents remains controversial, due to conflicting results from molecular clocks and paleontological data. The fossil record tends to support an early Cenozoic origin of crown-group rodents.
Edwards, Scott V. +8 more
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Use of a Sendai virus-based vector for effcient transduction of pinniped fbroblasts
Вавиловский журнал генетики и селекции, 2019 Generation of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells expanded possibilities of pluripotency and early development studies. Generation of order Carnivora iPS cells from dog (Canis lupus familiaris), snow leopard (Panthera uncia), and American mink (Neovison
V. R. Beklemisheva, A. G. Menzorov
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Evolution of the POU1F1 transcription factor in mammals: rapid change of the alternatively-spliced β-domain [PDF]
, 2018 The POU1F1 (Pit-1) transcription factor is important in regulating expression of growth hormone, prolactin and TSH β-subunit, and controlling development of the anterior pituitary cells in which these hormones are produced. POU1F1 is a conserved protein
Altschul +37 more
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Segmental composition and nerve distribution of the brachial plexus in Galictis cuja
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Galictis cuja is a neotropical mustelid with terrestrial locomotor habits, yet the anatomy of its brachial plexus has remained undescribed. This study characterizes the origin, organization, and distribution of the brachial plexus nerves in 15 adult specimens (30 antimeres).
Natan da Cruz de Carvalho +6 more
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Partially incorrect fossil data augment analyses of discrete trait evolution in living species [PDF]
, 2016 Ancestral state reconstruction of discrete character traits is often vital when attempting to understand the origins and homology of traits in living species.
Bristol Doctoral College +3 more
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