Reduced Representation and Whole‐Genome Sequencing Approaches Highlight Beluga Whale Populations Associated to Eastern Canada Summer Aggregations by Luca Montana, Trevor T. Bringloe, Audrey Bourret, Caroline Sauvé, Arnaud Mosnier, Steven H. Ferguson, Lianne Postma, Véronique Lesage, Cortney A. Watt, Mike O. Hammill, Geneviève J. Parent

“…Previous genetic studies using mitochondrial and microsatellite loci have delineated distinct populations associated to summer aggregations but the extent of dispersal and interbreeding among these populations remains largely unknown. …”
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The influence of the forest corridors to the north of the Andes on the diversification of the bright‐rumped Attila, Attila spadiceus (Passeriformes, Tyrannidae), during the climati... by Patrícia Mendonça, Lincoln Silva Carneiro, Victor Leandro‐Silva, Alexandre Aleixo, Juliana Araripe, Péricles S. Rêgo

“…We used Ecological Niche Modeling (ENM) with six different algorithms to predict the potential distribution of A. spadiceus in both present‐day and past scenarios, examining the overlap climatic niche between Cis‐ and Trans‐Andean lineages. …”
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Absence of MCJ/DnaJC15 promotes brown adipose tissue thermogenesis by Beatriz Cicuéndez, Alfonso Mora, Juan Antonio López, Andrea Curtabbi, Javier Pérez-García, Begoña Porteiro, Daniel Jimenez-Blasco, Pedro Latorre-Muro, Paula Vo, Madison Jerome, Beatriz Gómez-Santos, Rafael Romero-Becerra, Magdalena Leiva, Elena Rodríguez, Marta León, Luis Leiva-Vega, Noemi Gómez-Lado, Jorge L. Torres, Lourdes Hernández-Cosido, Pablo Aguiar, Miguel Marcos, Martin Jastroch, Andreas Daiber, Patricia Aspichueta, Juan Pedro Bolaños, Jessica B. Spinelli, Pere Puigserver, José Antonio Enriquez, Jesús Vázquez, Cintia Folgueira, Guadalupe Sabio

“…Here we show how MCJ expression decreases during obesity, as evident in human and mouse adipose tissue samples. …”
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The genome sequence of the white-throated dipper, Cinclus cinclus (Linnaeus, 1758) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Stuart P. Sharp

“…We present a genome assembly from a juvenile male Cinclus cinclus (the white-throated dipper; Chordata; Aves; Passeriformes; Cinclidae). …”
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Integrated multi-omics analysis reveals the underlying molecular mechanism for the neurotoxicity of triclosan in zebrafish by Shasha Zhao, Yuhang Ling, Baohua Zhang, Danting Wang, Limei Sun

“…Transcriptomics indicated that immune- and metabolism-related gene expression patterns were severely disturbed by TCS. …”
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Preamplification Procedure for the Analysis of Ancient DNA Samples by Stefania Del Gaudio, Alessandra Cirillo, Giovanni Di Bernardo, Umberto Galderisi, Theodoros Thanassoulas, Theodoros Pitsios, Marilena Cipollaro

“…As mitochondrial DNA was detected in all samples, amplification of nuclear targets, as amelogenin and the polymorphism M470V of the transmembrane conductance regulator gene, yielded positive results in one case only. …”
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The survival of B cells is compromised in kidney disease by Doureradjou Peroumal, Chetan V. Jawale, Wonseok Choi, Hossein Rahimi, Danielle Antos, De-dong Li, Shuxia Wang, Godhev K. Manakkat Vijay, Isha Mehta, Raymond West, Muthusamy Thangaraju, Thomas D. Nolin, Jishnu Das, John F. Alcorn, Partha S. Biswas

“…However, the recent SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has shown that pre-existing comorbid conditions including kidney disease account for compromised humoral immunity to infections. …”
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Analysis of Visual Field Defects Obtained with Semiautomated Kinetic Perimetry in Patients with Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy by Katarzyna Nowomiejska, Agnieszka Kiszka, Edyta Koman-Wierdak, Katarzyna Tonska, Ryszard Maciejewski, Anselm G. Jünemann, Robert Rejdak

“…Methods. Twenty-two eyes of eleven consecutive LHON male patients with confirmed mitochondrial 11778G>A DNA mutation were prospectively examined with the V4e stimulus of SKP in both eyes. …”
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A Drosophila melanogaster mitotype may have an adaptive meaning by D. V. Petrovskii, L. P. Zakharenko

“…It has been reported that clade III dominates over clades V and VI in seven populations of D. melanogaster. …”
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Integrative use of DNA barcode and morphology reveal high level of diversity in the ornamental fish on the lower Amazon basin. by Elciane Araújo de Freitas, Dayana Batista Dos Santos, Charles Samuel Moraes Ferreira, Cárlison Silva-Oliveira, Grazielle Fernanda Evangelista-Gomes, Ivana Barbosa Veneza

“…A majority of the species were found at only one of the sampling points, which indicates that the distribution of the species is influenced by ecological factors. …”
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Efficiency of the Stool-PCR Test Targeting NADH Dehydrogenase (Nad) Subunits for Detection of Opisthorchis viverrini Eggs by Wansika Phadungsil, Supaporn Pumpa, Kridsada Sirisabhabhorn, Amornrat Geadkaew-Krenc, Rudi Grams, Mathirut Mungthin, Toon Ruang-Areerate, Poom Adisakwattana, Nipawan Labbunruang, Pongsakorn Martviset

“…The detection limits of OvNad subunits were evaluated in artificially spiked samples containing 0, 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 Ov-eggs. …”
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GENOME POLITICS: STRATEGY AND TACTICS by Jonas Rubikas

“…The accuracy of these three-step processes is under the end-product selection control. For better realization of information in some cases the genome changes the usual way of expression, that is, the genome uses some tactical approaches: at the DNA level - restructuring of the genome (mating type in yeasts, sex determination in some flies and worms, V(D)J recombination in immunoglobulin genes in human B lymphocytes); at the RNA level - gene splicing, alternative and self splicing, RNA editing; at the protein level - protein splicing. …”
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Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibition re-sensitizes multidrug-resistant DLBCL tumors driven by BCL10 gain-of-function mutants to venetoclax by Caroline A. Coughlin, Dhanvantri Chahar, Marianna Lekakis, Abdessamad A. Youssfi, Lingxiao Li, Evan Roberts, Natalia Campos Gallego, Claude-Henry Volmar, Ola Landgren, Shaun Brothers, Anthony J. Griswold, Catalina Amador, Daniel Bilbao, Francesco Maura, Jonathan H. Schatz

“…Up-regulation of anti-apoptotic genes increases mitochondrial membrane potential, underlying multidrug resistance. …”
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Pathological roles of ubiquitination and deubiquitination systems in sepsis-induced myocardial dysfunction by Zhiping Wang, Simiao Sun, Lili Huang, Xinlong Chen, Huifen Xu, Hongwei Ma, Mingbing Xiao, Linhua Wang

“…Strategies aimed at modulating E3 ligase activity or restoring DUB balance have shown promise in preclinical studies. …”
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Assessment of Cellular Responses after Short- and Long-Term Exposure to Silver Nanoparticles in Human Neuroblastoma (SH-SY5Y) and Astrocytoma (D384) Cells by Teresa Coccini, Luigi Manzo, Vittorio Bellotti, Uliana De Simone

“…Short-term data: (i) AgNP produced dose- and time-dependent mitochondrial metabolism changes and cell membrane damage (effects starting at 25 μg/ml after 4 h: EC50s were 40.7 ± 2.0 and 49.5 ± 2.1 μg/ml for SH-SY5Y and D384, respectively). …”
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Molecular Identification and Traceability of Illegal Trading in Lignobrycon myersi (Teleostei: Characiformes), a Threatened Brazilian Fish Species, Using DNA Barcode by Alexandre dos Santos Rodrigues, José Henrique Souza Galdino Brandão, Jamille de Araújo Bitencourt, Ricardo Jucá-Chagas, Iracilda Sampaio, Horácio Schneider, Paulo Roberto Antunes de Mello Affonso

“…Lignobrycon myersi is a threatened freshwater fish species and endemic of a few coastal rivers in northeastern Brazil. Even though the Brazilian laws prohibit the fisheries of threatened species, L. myersi is occasionally found in street markets, being highly appreciated by local population. …”
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Catfishes from the North-Western Part of Lake Tanganyika: Contribution to a Reference Library of DNA Barcodes by Archimède Mushagalusa Mulega, Arthur F. Boom, Imane Rahmouni, Hocein Bazairi, Abdelaziz Benhoussa, Maarten P. M. Vanhove, Maarten Van Steenberge

“…Additionally, we sequenced 20 specimens for the mitochondrial Cyt-b gene to make the link to previously published datasets. …”
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A machine learning model accurately identifies glycogen storage disease Ia patients based on plasma acylcarnitine profiles by Joost Groen, Bas M. de Haan, Ruben J. Overduin, Andrea B. Haijer-Schreuder, Terry GJ Derks, M. Rebecca Heiner-Fokkema

“…We built several machine learning models based on gradient-boosted trees. …”
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Effet de l'illumination proche infra-rouge intracérébrale chez des primates MPTP by Fannie Darlot, Cécile Moro, Napoléon Torres‑Martinez, Claude Chabrol, Florian Reinhart, Diane Agay, Thomas Costecalde, John Mitrofanis, Alim‑Louis Benabid

“…La maladie de Parkinson (MP) est une maladie neurodégénérative chronique affectant le système dopaminergique et se traduisant par une perte des neurones dopaminergiques (DA) de la substance noire compacta (SNc) et des faisceaux nigro-striés. …”
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The genome sequence of Cory’s shearwater, Calonectris borealis (Cory, 1881) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Joan Ferrer Obiol, Guillem Izquierdo Arànega, Marta Riutort León, Raül Ramos Garcia, Jacob González-Solís Bou, Julio Rozas Liras

“…We present a genome assembly from an individual female Calonectris borealis (Cory’s shearwater; Chordata; Aves; Procellariiformes; Procellariidae). …”
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