Exceptional Enlargement of the Mitochondrial Genome Results from Distinct Causes in Different Rain Frogs (Anura: Brevicipitidae: Breviceps) by Keitaro Hemmi, Ryosuke Kakehashi, Chiaki Kambayashi, Louis Du Preez, Leslie Minter, Nobuaki Furuno, Atsushi Kurabayashi

“…The mitochondrial (mt) genome of the bushveld rain frog (Breviceps adspersus, Brevicipitidae, Afrobatrachia) is the largest (28.8 kbp) among the vertebrates investigated to date. The major cause of genome size enlargement in this species is the duplication of multiple genomic regions. …”
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Un bout de chemin avec François by Montarras, Didier

“…An opportunity in more ways than one, first because of the nature of the subject, myogenesis, which lent itself particularly well to cellular and genetic approaches to development and differentiation in vertebrates. An opportunity also because the head of the laboratory, François Gros, who was responsible for the choice of this topic, had created an environment in which researchers could develop their projects with great confidence and freedom.…”
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Amphibian newts as experimental models for studying weight gain after castration by Mai Takehara, Mitsuki Kyakuno, Kazuko Okamoto, Ichiro Tazawa, Nobuaki Furuno, Megumi Furumitsu, Kazuyoshi Ukena, Takuya Imamura, Takashi Takeuchi, Toshinori Hayashi

“…Vertebrate animals often exhibit sexual dimorphism in body shape. …”
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Swimming through asymmetry: zebrafish as a model for brain and behavior lateralization by Alessandra Gobbo, Andrea Messina, Giorgio Vallortigara

“…However, nowadays lateralization is known to occur among all vertebrates, from primates to fish. Fish, especially zebrafish (Danio rerio), have emerged as a crucial model for exploring the evolution and mechanisms of brain asymmetry. …”
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Epidemiology and Ecology of Toscana Virus Infection and Its Global Risk Distribution by Xue-Geng Hong, Mei-Qi Zhang, Fang Tang, Si-Hui Song, Jia-Yi Wang, Zhen-Yu Hu, Li-Ming Liu, Xiao-Ai Zhang, Yi Sun, Li-Qun Fang, Wei Liu

“…TOSV infections were documented in 10 sandfly species and 14 species of vertebrates, as well as causing a total of 7571 human infections. …”
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A single-nucleus RNA sequencing atlas of the postnatal retina of the shark Scyliorhinus canicula by Nicolás Vidal-Vázquez, Ismael Hernández-Núñez, Pablo Carballo-Pacoret, Sarah Salisbury, Paula R. Villamayor, Francisca Hervas-Sotomayor, Xuefei Yuan, Francesco Lamanna, Céline Schneider, Julia Schmidt, Sylvie Mazan, Henrik Kaessmann, Fátima Adrio, Diego Robledo, Antón Barreiro-Iglesias, Eva Candal

“…Abstract The retina, whose basic cellular structure is highly conserved across vertebrates, constitutes an accessible system for studying the central nervous system. …”
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Revitalizing the heart: strategies and tools for cardiomyocyte regeneration post-myocardial infarction by Axelle Bois, Catarina Grandela, James Gallant, Christine Mummery, Philippe Menasché

“…New therapies focus on stimulating cardiomyocyte division in the adult heart, inspired by the regenerative capacities of lower vertebrates and neonatal mice. This review explores strategies for heart regeneration, offers insights into cardiomyocyte proliferation, evaluates in vivo models, and discusses integrating in vitro human cardiac models to advance cardiac regeneration research.…”
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Insights on the Dynamics and Toxicity of Nanoparticles in Environmental Matrices by T. Devasena, B. Iffath, R. Renjith Kumar, Natarajan Muninathan, Kuppusamy Baskaran, T. Srinivasan, Shani T. John

“…The effects of toxicity on vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants and the source of exposure, environmental and biological dynamics, and the adverse effects of some nanoparticles are discussed.…”
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A Bird’s-Eye Overview of Leptin and Female Reproduction —with Mammalian Comparisons by Sadequllah Ahmadi, Takeshi Ohkubo

“…Leptin, a key regulator of reproductive physiology, influences various processes in vertebrates, including oocyte proliferation, embryogenesis, the onset of puberty, ovarian function, and follicle development. …”
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Arboreal Burials in Nicrophorus spp. (Coleoptera: Silphidae) by Amanda J. Lowe, Randolph F. Lauff

“…Nicrophorus beetles are well known for interring small vertebrates below ground for the purpose of rearing their young. …”
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Habitat Selection and Mating Success in a Mustelid by Thierry Lodé

“…Nevertheless, such as in various vertebrates, habitat requirements seem to be based on simple broad features of habitat, suggesting that habitat avoidance rather than habitat preference can explain polecat habitat predilection.…”
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Growth Hormone and Reproduction: A Review of Endocrine and Autocrine/Paracrine Interactions by Kerry L. Hull, Steve Harvey

“…This review reconsiders reproductive actions of GH in vertebrates in respect to these new conceptual developments.…”
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Candidate Species for Marine Ornamental Aquaculture: Porkfish, Anisotremis virginicus by Eric Cassiano, Kevin Barden

“…Porkfish also have additional appeal to aquarists because they are “cleaner” fish during their juvenile phase, picking parasites from larger fish and other vertebrates. Scientists and aquarists have recently achieved a greater understanding of appropriate aquaculture protocols for grunts in general and porkfish in particular. …”
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Dynamics of a plant-herbivore model with toxin-induced functional response by Ya Li, Z. Feng

“…Traditional functional responses for plant-herbivore interactions donot take into account explicitly the effect of plant toxin.However, considerable evidence suggests that toxins set upper limitson food intake for many species of herbivorous vertebrates. In thispaper, a mathematical model for plant-herbivore interactionsmediated by toxin-determined functional response is studied. …”
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Melatonin Induces per1a Expression in Zebrafish Brain by Cher Ryn Lim, Zhen Xuen Brandon Low, Tomoko Sogo, Yatinesh Kumari

“… In vertebrates, the circadian mechanism regulates many physiological and behavioral activities. …”
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Harmful Effects of Nanoparticles on Animals by Jean-Marie Exbrayat, Elara N. Moudilou, Emmanuel Lapied

“…We will examine successively the effects of NPs on terrestrial and semiaquatic and aquatic vertebrate and invertebrate animals.…”
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Anxiety from a Phylogenetic Perspective: Is there a Qualitative Difference between Human and Animal Anxiety? by Catherine Belzung, Pierre Philippot

“…The expression of emotions diversifies in higher vertebrates, only primates displaying facial expressions. …”
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Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Kinases in the Hypothalamus, Pituitary, and Pineal Gland: An Overview by Vincenzo Cimini, Susan Van Noorden, Cristina Terlizzi, Giovanna Giuseppina Altobelli

“…In the pituitary gland, the signal pathways activated by the CaMK in lower vertebrates, such as fishes, differ from those of mammals. …”
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Developmental Principles: Fact or Fiction by A. J. Durston

“…We have considered the arguments for developmental principles, conclude that they do exist and have specifically identified features that may generate principles associated with Hox patterning of the main body axis in bilaterian metazoa in general and in the vertebrates in particular. We wonder whether this exercise serves any purpose. …”
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Toxicity of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Their Substitutes to Terrestrial and Aquatic Invertebrates—A Review by Jiaxin Zhang, Hassan Naveed, Keping Chen, Liang Chen

“…Toxicological studies on PFASs and their alternatives have mainly focused on vertebrates, while terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates have been studied to a lesser extent. …”
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