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Chromosome‐Level Genome Assembly of Strauchbufo raddei and Multi‐Omic Insights Into Drought Adaptation

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding how amphibians adapt to terrestrial and arid environments is important for elucidating vertebrate terrestrialization. In this study, we present the first chromosome‐level, high‐quality genome assembly of Strauchbufo raddei, constructed using PacBio HiFi long‐read sequencing and Hi‐C scaffolding. The assembled genome is 4.47 Gb in
Fanrui Chen, Rui Su, Chengqi Wang, Shengnan Wang, Jinjing Wang, Yuquan Miao, Wenya Zhang, Wei Zhao   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Boom and Bust of Donor Development Regimes

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Across the Global North, support for international development is weakening. This raises an important question: Under what conditions does international solidarity become politically sustainable? This article addresses that question through a historical case study of the Netherlands, one of the strongest donor countries of the post‐war era and
Dirk‐Jan Koch
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring the frequency and determinants of COVID-19 prevention behaviours: a cross-sectional assessment of large-scale programmes in seven countries, late 2020. [PDF]

BMJ Open
Bick S, White S, Hasund Thorseth A, Friedrich MND, Gavin I, Prasad Gautam O, Dreibelbis R.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Tipping the Scales Using Cryopreservation: Modelling the Genetic Value and Management Potential of Integrated Cryopreservation for Threatened Ex‐Situ Pupfish Populations

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
This graphical abstract depicts the number of additional fish that would be required to achieve 90% genetic diversity for endangered pupfish species housed in EAZA collections, with or without the use of cryopreserved material. ABSTRACT Zoos and aquaria must retain genetic diversity for the species they house if the populations are to remain viable ...
James Edward Brereton, Susan L. Walker, Andrew Mooney, Pedro Machado, Elmar Fienieg, Elena Hunter   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Successful open defecation-free intervention in low- and middle-income countries: a qualitative synthesis systematic review protocol. [PDF]

BMJ Open
Yulyani V, Iswanto I, Daniel D, Kusumaningrum FM, Tetra Dewi FS.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Brain reward function in young people with cannabis use disorder: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and Aims Cannabis use disorder (CUD) affects ~50 million people globally. Neuroscientific theories suggest that a blunted neural response to non‐drug rewards is a hallmark of substance use disorders; however, this remains untested in CUD. The current study tested whether brain reward system responses to the anticipation and feedback
Martine Skumlien, Lisa‐Marie Greenwood, Arush Honnedevasthana Arun, Isabella Goodwin, Anastasia Paloubis, Tribikram Thapa Rana, Marianna Quinones Valera, Eugene McTavish, Gabrielle Abbott, Suraya Dunsford, Antonio Verdejo‐Garcia, Jessica Ramamurthy, Mark M. Schira, Nadia Solowij, Chao Suo, Valentina Lorenzetti   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cultural dynamics and endogeneity in psychological drivers of adoption of community-based water purification technology in rural India. [PDF]

iScience
Raj M, Pande S, Ramesh MV.
europepmc   +1 more source

Land, Gendered Labor, and Empire‐Making in Central Sudan

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article offers an analysis of Gulf‐Arab and more specifically Emirati empire‐making in central Sudan, by focusing ethnographic attention on an Emirati‐owned farm in the Gezira region as a key site of capitalist extraction and imperial ambition.
Nisrin Elamin
wiley   +1 more source

When Humans Need Gods and Gods Need Humans: Prophetic Authority and Ritual Negotiation in Himachal Pradesh

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Himachal Pradesh, India, village deities act as political figures who play an active role in communal affairs, especially during periods of social change. Bakhan, an annual divination ritual in which these deities speak through human mediums, is a public event that offers forecasts and instructions. I argue that the bakhan is a social arena
Asaf Sharabi
wiley   +1 more source

Sox9 and Vasa Gene Expression During Gonadal Differentiation in Larvae of the Urodele Amphibian Ambystoma mexicanum

Acta Zoologica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The study of genes involved in sexual differentiation, as Vasa and Sox9, is of great importance, as they serve as specific markers for the germline and the male differentiation pathway, respectively. This study characterized using immunofluorescence the expression of the Vasa and Sox9 genes and laminin during gonadal differentiation in larvae ...
Eva Mendoza‐Cruz, Maricela Villagrán‐SantaCruz   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source