Li, Xiaoji Sun, Leiming Huang, Jiemei Zeng, Fanze
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Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
In underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC), a vortex beam carrying orbital angular momentum has a spatial spiral phase distribution, which provides spatial freedom for UWOC and, as a new information modulation dimension resource, it can greatly improve channel capacity and spectral efficiency. In a case of the disturbance of a vortex beam ...
Ono, Satomi F Cordeiro, Ingrid Rosenburg Kishida, Osamu Ochi, Haruki Tanaka, Mikiko
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Zoological letters
Amphibians shape their limbs by differential outgrowth of digits and interdigital regions. In contrast, amniotes employ cell death, an additional developmental system, to determine the final shape of limbs. Previous work has shown that high oxygen availability is correlated with the induction of cell death in developing limbs. Given the diversity o...
Lewerentz, Jacob Johansson, Anna-Mia Stenberg, Per
The genomes of immortalized cell lines (and cancer cells) are characterized by multiple types of aberrations, ranging from single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to structural rearrangements that have accumulated over time. Consequently, it is difficult to estimate the relative impact of different aberrations, the order of events, and which gene fu...
Bitencourt, Jamille A Affonso, Paulo R A M Ramos, Robson T C Schneider, Horacio Sampaio, Iracilda
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Molecular phylogenetics and evolution
Even though the monophyletic status of Achiridae has been supported by morphological and molecular data, the interrelationships within the representatives of this family are poorly resolved. In the present study, we carried out the most complete molecular phylogenetic analysis of this group, encompassing all genera and employing both nuclear (Rhodo...
Cao, Yunpeng Li, Ranting Du, Yongxin Jin, Na Fang, Tao Ma, Fei Jin, Ping
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Developmental and comparative immunology
Cephalochordate (Amphioxus), situated at a key phylogenetic position in the phylum Chordata, serves as a model organism for studying the origin and evolution of the vertebrate innate immune. In this study, five members of precursor miR-92 family (miR-92a-1, miR-92a-2, miR-92b, miR-92c and miR-92d) are identified in Branchiostoma belcheri, and their...
Stenlund, Jörgen
The immense time scales involved in Deep evolutionary time (DET) is a threshold concept in biology and interpreting temporal aspects of DET is demanding. DET is communicated through various visualizations that include static two-dimensional representations, low interactivity animations, as well as high interactivity interfaces. Given the importance...
Manna, Paul T Barlow, Lael D Ramirez-Macias, Inmaculada Herman, Emily K Dacks, Joel B
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Journal of cell science
Contractile vacuoles (CVs) share common characteristics, such as a requirement for RAB11 and high levels of V-ATPase. These commonalities suggest a conserved evolutionary origin for the CVs with implications for understanding of the last common ancestor of eukaryotes and eukaryotic diversification more broadly. A taxonomically broader sampling of C...
Patel, Matishalin West, Stuart
Cooperative symbionts enable their hosts to exploit a diversity of environments. A low genetic diversity (high relatedness) between the symbionts within a host is thought to favour cooperation by reducing conflict within the host. However, hosts will not be favoured to transmit their symbionts (or commensals) in costly ways that increase relatednes...
Wang, Yunzhu Chen, Yue Wei, Qingzhen Chen, Xiaoyang Wan, Hongjian Sun, Chongbo
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Gene
Tandem repeats are one of the most conserved features in the eukaryote genomes. Dendrobium is the third largest genus in family Orchidaceae compromising over 1,200 species. However, the organization of repetitive sequences in Dendrobium species remains unclear. In this study, we performed the identification and characterization of the tandem repeat...
Martin, John F Paolo D'Avino, Pier
Peer reviewed: True / Funder: University of Cambridge; Id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000735 / ABSTRACT
Platelets are found only in mammals. Uniquely, they have a log Gaussian volume distribution and are produced from megakaryocytes, large cells that have polyploid nuclei. In this Hypothesis, we propose that a possible explanation for the orig...
