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The potential of aquatic bloodfeeding and nonbloodfeeding leeches as a tool for iDNA characterisation. [PDF]
Mol Ecol Resour, 2022 Abstract Leeches play important roles in food webs due to their abundance, diversity and feeding habits. Studies using invertebrate‐derived DNA (iDNA) extracted from leech gut contents to target vertebrate DNA have focused on the Indo‐Pacific region and mainly leveraged the leech family Haemadipsidae, composed of bloodfeeding terrestrial leeches, while
Lynggaard C +4 more
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Molecular Insights Into the Sensory Adaption of the Cave-Dwelling Leech Sinospelaeobdella wulingensis to the Karst Cave Environment. [PDF]
Ecol EvolWe conducted a transcriptome analysis on the cave‐dwelling land leech Sinospelaeobdella wulingensis. Piezos, TRPs, and iGluRs may have roles in mechanosensory and chemosensory systems of this leech. Similar gene expression profiles in winter and summer samples imply a stable physiological status of S.
Wen X +8 more
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Developmental Dynamics, Volume 252, Issue 11, Page 1391-1400, November 2023., 2023 Abstract Background The biofouling marine tube worm, Hydroides elegans, is an indirect developing polychaete with significance as a model organism for questions in developmental biology and the evolution of host‐microbe interactions. However, a complete description of the life cycle from fertilization through sexual maturity remains scattered in the ...
Katherine T. Nesbit, Nicholas J. Shikuma
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Conserved functions of prion candidates suggest a primeval role of protein self‐templating
Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, Volume 91, Issue 9, Page 1298-1315, September 2023., 2023 Abstract Amyloid‐based prions have simple structures, a wide phylogenetic distribution, and a plethora of functions in contemporary organisms, suggesting they may be an ancient phenomenon. However, this hypothesis has yet to be addressed with a systematic, computational, and experimental approach.
Tomasz Zajkowski +6 more
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Interaction between nanomaterials and the innate immune system across evolution
Biological Reviews, Volume 98, Issue 3, Page 747-774, June 2023., 2023 ABSTRACT Interaction of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) with the immune system mainly occurs with cells and molecules of innate immunity, which are present in interface tissues of living organisms. Immuno‐nanotoxicological studies aim at understanding if and when such interaction is inconsequential or may cause irreparable damage. Since innate immunity
Diana Boraschi +5 more
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Simultaneous analysis of the intestinal parasites and diet through eDNA metabarcoding
Integrative Zoology, Volume 18, Issue 3, Page 399-413, May 2023., 2023 We design a eukaryotic mini‐barcode (MiniB18S_81), which provides high taxonomic resolution of the most relevant diet and parasite phyla, Arthropoda, Nematoda, Platyhelminthes, and Apicomplexa, at the order level. An excellent tool to simultaneously provide detailed information regarding the diet and parasites of birds, essential for conservation and ...
Xabier CABODEVILLA +3 more
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Early mesodermal development in the patellogastropod Lottia goshimai
Evolutionary Applications, Volume 16, Issue 2, Page 250-261, February 2023., 2023 Abstract Mesodermal development is essential to explore the interlineage variations in the development of spiralians. Compared with model mollusks such as Tritia and Crepidula, knowledge about the mesodermal development of other molluscan lineages is limited.
Dehui Sun, Pin Huan, Baozhong Liu
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A global review of problematic and pathogenic parasites of farmed tilapia
Reviews in Aquaculture, Volume 15, Issue S1, Page 92-153, February 2023., 2023 Abstract Over the past 80 years, tilapia have been translocated globally for aquaculture; active production is recorded in >124 countries. Of 7 million tonnes of tilapia produced in aquaculture, 79% is from 79 countries outside the natural range of tilapia.
Andrew P. Shinn +15 more
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Freshwater Biology, Volume 67, Issue 12, Page 2089-2099, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Freshwater molluscs are hosts for diverse metazoan symbionts. However, apart from the digenean helminths, symbionts of molluscs are underreported worldwide. Therefore, this study focused on the diversity of oligochaetes, leeches, mites, insect larvae and nematodes associated with gastropods and bivalves from Lake Victoria, East Africa. Overall,
James Omondi Outa +3 more
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Development of a flow‐sensitive macroinvertebrate index for Australian rivers
River Research and Applications, Volume 38, Issue 5, Page 846-862, June 2022., 2022 Abstract Hydrologically sensitive macroinvertebrate indices have been developed in Europe, the Americas and New Zealand to serve many purposes such as monitoring ecological responses to drought, flow regulation, water extraction and the provision of environmental flows.
Bruce C. Chessman +2 more
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