Combining spatial modeling tools and biological data for improved multispecies assessment in restoration areas
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Novel ocellatin peptides mitigate LPS-induced ROS formation and NF-kB activation in microglia and hippocampal neurons.
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An aryl hydrocarbon receptor from the caecilian Gymnopis multiplicata suggests low dioxin affinity in the ancestor of al...
Published in General and comparative endocrinology
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) plays pleiotropic roles in the development and physiology of vertebrates in conjunction with xenobiotic and endogenous ligands. It is best known for mediating the toxic effects of dioxin-like pollutants such as 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD). While most vertebrates possess at least one AHR that binds ...
Perspectives on studying molecular adaptations of amphibians in the genomic era
Published in Zoological Research
Understanding the genetic mechanisms underlying particular adaptations/phenotypes of organisms is one of the core issues of evolutionary biology. The use of genomic data has greatly advanced our understandings on this issue, as well as other aspects of evolutionary biology, including molecular adaptation, speciation, and even conservation of endang...
Acute and Chronic Effects on Tadpoles (Lithobates catesbeianus) Exposed to Mining Tailings from the Dam Rupture in Maria...
Published in Water, Air, & Soil Pollution
The mining sector has great importance to the economic activity in Brazil. However, it is also responsible for several environmental impacts such as the rupture of the Fundão dam (Mariana, Brazil) that resulted in the spillage of 50 million m3 of mining tailings in the Doce River Basin. This study evaluated the acute and chronic effects of Fundão t...
Can linear transportation infrastructure verges constitute a habitat and/or a corridor for vertebrates in temperate ecos...
...Published in Environmental Evidence
BackgroundLinear transportation infrastructures (roads, railways, oil and gas pipelines, powerlines and waterways) generate well documented fragmenting effects on species habitats. However, the potential of verges of linear transportation infrastructures (road and railway embankments, strips of grass under power lines or above buried pipelines, or ...
Repetitive DNA profile of the amphibian mitogenome
Published in BMC Bioinformatics
BackgroundRepetitive DNA elements such as direct and inverted repeat sequences are present in every genome, playing numerous biological roles. In amphibians, the functions and effects of the repeat sequences have not been extensively explored. We consider that the data of mitochondrial genomes in the NCBI database are a valuable alternative to gene...
Characterization of microplastic pollution in tadpoles living in small water-bodies from Rize, the northeast of Turkey.
Published in Chemosphere
Microplastic pollution is a growing problem for Turkey and other countries, but most studies focus on the pollution in oceans and seas. To understand the relationship between microplastics, fresh water, and terrestrial environment, we examined Pelophylax ridibundus and Rana macrocnemis tadpoles that can inhabit a wide range of both terrestrial and ...
Triple dermocystid-chytrid fungus-ranavirus co-infection in a Lissotriton helveticus
Published in European Journal of Wildlife Research
Emerging infectious diseases represent a key problem for the survival of amphibian populations. Declines related to infections of the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Ranavirus have been described in several areas of Northern Spain, including protected areas. Co-infection—the simultaneous infection of a host by multiple pathogen sp...
How to recover from a bad start: size at metamorphosis affects growth and survival in a tropical amphibian
Background: In species with complex life cycles, size at metamorphosis is a key life-history trait which reflects the complex interactions between costs and benefits of life in the aquatic and terrestrial environments. Whereas the effects of a deteriorating larval habitat (e.g. pond desiccation) on triggering an early metamorphosis have been extens...
