The Class III Peroxidase gene TaPRX-2A controls grain number per spike in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by Dongtian Zang, Wenjia You, Yangyang Wu, Pengyue Wang, Zhiyu Wang, Qingyun Yang, Shatong Chi, Peisen Su, Peisen Su

“…The results showed that TaPRX-2A overexpression displayed lower GNS and shorter SL, compared with the wild-type plants. RNA-seq analysis indicated alterations in various pathways including flavonoid biosynthesis, lignin biosynthesis, phytohormone signaling, as well as sucrose and starch biosynthesis. …”
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An Enhanced Drone Technology for Detecting the Human Object in the Dense Areas Using a Deep Learning Model by Mohamad Reda A. Refaai, Dhruva R. Rinku, I. Thamarai, null S. Meera, Naresh Kumar Sripada, Simon Yishak

“…Wildfires are one of the most significant environmental threats to wild areas and forest management. Traditional firefighting methods, which rely on ground operation inspections, have major limits and may threaten firefighters’ lives. …”
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Maternal obesity increases hypothalamic miR-505-5p expression in mouse offspring leading to altered fatty acid sensing and increased intake of high-fat food. by Laura Dearden, Isadora C Furigo, Lucas C Pantaleão, L W P Wong, Denise S Fernandez-Twinn, Juliana de Almeida-Faria, Katherine A Kentistou, Maria V Carreira, Guillaume Bidault, Antonio Vidal-Puig, Ken K Ong, John R B Perry, Jose Donato, Susan E Ozanne

“…Intra-cerebroventricular injection of miR-505-5p in wild-type mice increased HFD intake, mimicking the phenotype observed in offspring exposed to maternal obesity. …”
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Interaction of toll-like receptors and ACE-2 with different variants of SARS-CoV-2: A computational analysis by Azadeh Zahmatkesh, Elham Salmasi, Reza Gholizadeh

“…Results: The number of motifs recognized by TLR7/8/9 in the Alpha, Delta and Iranian variants was lower than in the wild type (WT). Docking analysis revealed that the Alpha, Delta and some Iranian spike variants had a higher affinity for ACE2 and TLR4 than the WT, which may account for their higher transmission rate. …”
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Ecolinguistic dynamics of English loanwords in Chinese: a case study on terms for cement by Ruifeng Mo, Hao-Zhang Xiao

“…As these loanwords undergo continuous evolution, a lexical ecocontinuum emerges: (i) extinct in the wild—ShiMinTu; (ii) critically endangered—HongMaoNi; (iii) endangered—ShuiMenTing; (iv) vulnerable—YangHui; (v) least concerned—ShuiNi.…”
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Experimental adaptation to singular pathogen challenge reduces susceptibility to novel pathogens in Drosophila melanogaster by Aparajita Singh, Aabeer Basu, Biswajit Shit, Tejashwini Hegde, Nitin Bansal, Nagaraj Guru Prasad

“…Hosts often encounter and must respond to novel pathogens in the wild, that is pathogens that they have not encountered in recent evolutionary history, and therefore are not adapted to. …”
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Chromosome-level genome assembly, annotation, and population genomic resource of argali (Ovis ammon) by Mu-Yang Wang, Bao-Lin Zhang, Qi-Qi Liang, Xin-Ming Lian, Ke Zhang, Qi-En Yang, Wei-Kang Yang

“…Abstract Argali stands as the largest species among wild sheep in Central and East Asia, with a concerning rate of decline estimated at 30%. …”
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Inference of a three-gene network underpinning epidermal stem cell development in Caenorhabditis elegans by Alicja Brożek, Arianna Ceccarelli, Andreas Christ Sølvsten Jørgensen, Mark Hintze, Vahid Shahrezaei, Michalis Barkoulas

“…We use single-molecule FISH to quantify TF mRNA levels in single seam cells of wild-type and mutant backgrounds across four early larval stages. …”
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Effect of Enhanced Antimicrobial Fish Gelatin and Lactic Acid Coating on the Shelf Life of Fresh and Previously Frozen Shrimp by Hunter Songy, Katheryn Parraga, Wenqing Xu, Evelyn Watts

“…The purpose of this study was to observe the effects of gelatin and lactic acid treatment combinations on fresh and previously frozen (thawed) wild-caught shrimp. The samples were separated into four treatment groups: control (C), gelatin coating (G), lactic acid followed by gelatin coating (L), and gelatin infused with lactic acid coating (LG). …”
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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Contributes to the Population Decline of the Peregrine Falcon (<i>Falco peregrinus</i>) in The Netherlands by Valentina Caliendo, Beatriz Bellido Martin, Ron A. M. Fouchier, Hans Verdaat, Marc Engelsma, Nancy Beerens, Roy Slaterus

“…Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) epizootics have caused repeated mass mortality events among wild birds. The effect of the infection is potentially detrimental for a variety of bird species, including the Peregrine Falcon (<i>Falco peregrinus</i>). …”
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Antibacterial action of penicillin against Mycobacterium avium complex by D. Deshpande, G. Magombedze, S. Srivastava, T. Gumbo

“…Data were analyzed using the inhibitory sigmoid maximal effect (E max) model for each sampling day, while two ordinary differential equations (ODEs) were used for the wild-type and penicillin-resistant mutants. RESULTS: Benzylpenicillin killed >2.1 log 10 colony-forming unit (CFU)/mL below Day 0, better than azithromycin, ethambutol, and rifabutin. …”
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Conservation of plant biodiversity by biotechnology methods by N. V. Romadanova, S. V. Kushnarenko

“…The largest collection of fruit and berry plants is located in the Pomological Garden and includes about 4 thousand varieties, more than 40 thousand hybrids and wild forms of various crops.The Republic of Kazakhstan has about 42,000 accessions in the seed collection. …”
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Anatomical variations in Eurasian wolf (Canis lupus lupus) (Carnivora: Canidae) of the salivary glands: A histological and histochemical investigation. by Joanna Klećkowska-Nawrot, Karolina Goździewska-Harłajczuk, Krzysztof Stegmann, Arkadiusz Dziech, Dariusz Łupicki, Gabriela Jędrszczyk, Igor Jucenco, Karolina Barszcz

“…The study involved a gross anatomical description of the parotid gland, mandibular gland, monostomatic sublingual gland, polystomatic sublingual gland, and zygomatic gland in 12 adult Eurasian wolves (Canis lupus lupus) (wild free-ranging individuals and their zoo counterparts), including their morphometry and microscopic evaluation using hematoxylin & eosin, mucicarmine, azan trichrome, PAS, AB pH 1.0, AB pH 2.5; AB pH 2.5/PAS, and HDI stainings. …”
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Comparative Analyses of Antiviral Potencies of Second-Generation Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitors (INSTIs) and the Developmental Compound 4d Against a Panel of Integrase Quadru... by Steven J. Smith, Xue Zhi Zhao, Stephen H. Hughes, Terrence R. Burke

“…All of the tested INSTIs lose potency against these IN quadruple mutants compared with the wild-type IN. In single-round infection assays, compound 4d retained higher antiviral potencies (EC₅₀ values) than second-generation INSTIs against a subset of quadruple mutants. …”
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Effect of Global ATGL Knockout on Murine Fasting Glucose Kinetics by Margarida Coelho, Patricia Nunes, Vera M. Mendes, Bruno Manadas, Arend Heerschap, John G. Jones

“…These parameters were determined in 7 wild-type (ATGL+/−) and 6 ATGL−/− mice by a primed-infusion of [U-13C6]glucose followed by LC-MS/MS targeted mass-isotopomer analysis of blood glucose. …”
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Early neutrophil activation and NETs release in the pristane-induced lupus mice model. by Solange Carrasco, Bernadete L Liphaus, Tatiana Vasconcelos Peixoto, Thais Martins Lima, Sueli Kunimi Kubo Ariga, Zelita Aparecida Jesus Queiroz, Thays de Matos Lobo, Sergio Catanozi, Letícia Gomes Rodrigues, Antônio Santos Filho, Walcy Rosolia Teodoro, Ana Paula Pereira Velosa, Débora Levy, Francisco Garcia Soriano, Cláudia Goldenstein-Schainberg

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Twelve female wild-type Balb/c mice were intraperitoneally injected with pristane (n = 6; pristane group) or saline (n = 6; control group). …”
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Mast Cell Deficiency Protects Mice from Surgery-Induced Neuroinflammation by Xiang Zhang, Hongquan Dong, Fei Wang, Jun Zhang

“…This study is aimed at ascertaining the exactly role of mast cells on neuroinflammation with the mast cell-deficient mice. Adult male C57BL6/J wild-type (WT) and mast cell-deficient (C57BL6/J KitWsh/Wsh (Wsh)) mice underwent tibial fracture surgery. …”
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Regulation of stress granule maturation and dynamics by poly(ADP-ribose) interaction with PARP13 by Shang-Jung Cheng, Temitope Gafaar, Jijin R. A. Kuttiyatveetil, Aleksandr Sverzhinsky, Carla Chen, Minghui Xu, Allison Lilley, John M. Pascal, Anthony K. L. Leung

“…Single amino acid mutations in PARP13, which reduce its PAR-binding activity, lead to the formation of smaller yet more numerous stress granules than observed in the wild-type. This fragmented stress granule phenotype is also apparent in PARP13 variants with cancer-associated single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that disrupt PAR binding. …”
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Essential and recurrent roles for hairpin RNAs in silencing de novo sex chromosome conflict in Drosophila simulans. by Jeffrey Vedanayagam, Marion Herbette, Holly Mudgett, Ching-Jung Lin, Chun-Ming Lai, Caitlin McDonough-Goldstein, Stephen Dorus, Benjamin Loppin, Colin Meiklejohn, Raphaëlle Dubruille, Eric C Lai

“…We show the Dox loci are functionally polymorphic within D. simulans, such that both nmy-associated sex ratio bias and tmy-associated sterility can be rescued by wild-type X chromosomes bearing natural deletions in different Dox family genes. …”
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Evaluation of the Acute Flaccid Paralysis Virological Surveillance System in Polio-Free Morocco, 2010–2018 by Sanae Lemrabet, Maria El Qazoui, Lalla Meryem Idrissi Azzouzi, Ahmed Rguig, Malika Elhamdaoui, Abdelkarim Filali-Maltouf, Leila Medraoui, Hicham Oumzil

“…Morocco was certified polio-free by WHO in 2015, and since then no cases of wild poliovirus have been reported. Overall, although the nonpolio AFP rate has risen to the WHO standard, stool adequacy and the proportion of nonpolio enteroviruses need to be improved. …”
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