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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Linas Balciauskas, Yukichika Kawata
Summary: This article reviews the history, current population status, and (un)sustainable management of red deer in Lithuania. After extinction in the 19th century, the species was reintroduced during the World Wars and through local translocations. In the past 20 years, the population has exponentially increased, requiring an increase in hunting bag size for sustainable management.
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Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Johan Mansson, Lovisa Nilsson, Annika M. Felton, Anders Jarnemo
Summary: The study in Sweden found that red deer exhibit transitional use between arable land and forests, with different crop selection patterns in the North and South areas. In the North, red deer selected arable land while in the South, forest and wetlands were preferred. This highlights the need for regionally-focused knowledge on red deer habitat selection to develop appropriate damage mitigation and wildlife management strategies.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Javier Perez-Gonzalez, Juan Carranza, Gabriel Anaya, Camilla Broggini, Giovanni Vedel, Eva de la Pena, Alberto Membrillo
Summary: The analysis of population genetic structure and individual multilocus heterozygosity is crucial for wildlife management and conservation. SNPs have shown to provide better insights and higher precision than microsatellites in inferring genetic status and population processes.
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Veterinary Sciences
Svenja Hartung, Kernt Koehler, Christiane Herden, Manfred Henrich
Summary: This case describes a large unilateral mandibular mass in a free-ranging female adult red deer, which upon pathological examination was diagnosed as odontoameloblastoma with secondary chronic purulent osteomyelitis. Odontogenic tumors are rare in domestic and wildlife species, and this case represents a unique differential diagnosis to be considered when inflammatory lesions mask the presence of a neoplasm in the mandible.
BMC VETERINARY RESEARCH
(2021)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Lily Cunningham, Huitong Zhou, Qian Fang, Mark Tapley, Jonathan G. H. Hickford
Summary: This study found no association between variation in the myostatin gene and muscle and growth traits in red deer. The results suggest that the myostatin gene in red deer is less variable compared to other livestock species, and its activity may be controlled to maintain a size-growth equilibrium.
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Jose Antonio Ortiz, Olga Garcia-alvarez, Mariano Amo-Salas, Alejandro Maroto-Morales, Maria Iniesta-Cuerda, Maria del Rocio Fernandez-Santos, Ana Josefa Soler, Jose Julian Garde
Summary: The study found that melatonin implants in yearling Iberian red deer hinds significantly improved their reproductive performance, increased calves' weight, advanced calving date, and had a positive impact on the reproductive outcomes of yearling hinds with low liveweight.
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Environmental Sciences
Eduardo Laguna, Antonio J. Carpio, Joaquin Vicente, Jose A. Barasona, Roxana Triguero-Ocana, Saul Jimenez-Ruiz, Angel Gomez-Manzaneque, Pelayo Acevedo
Summary: This study aimed to describe the spatial ecology of red deer in Mediterranean ecosystems of South-Central Spain, showing that red deer exhibited less activity, a shorter daily range, and a smaller home range during the food shortage period. In different land use types, individuals in fenced hunting estates showed the lowest activity and daily range.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
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Ecology
Friederike Riesch, Anya Wichelhaus, Bettina Tonn, Marcus Meissner, Gert Rosenthal, Johannes Isselstein
Summary: Eutrophication from atmospheric nutrient deposition poses a threat to the biodiversity of low nutrient habitats. Grazing by red deer may be a suitable alternative for conserving open habitats. The study found that red deer grazing led to a net nutrient removal, supporting the idea that red deer can mitigate the effects of atmospheric nutrient deposition and are suitable for open habitat conservation.
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Nina Moravcikova, Radovan Kasarda, Radoslav Zidek, John Colin McEwan, Rudiger Brauning, Tomas Landete-Castillejos, Louis Chonco, Juraj Ciberej, Jaroslav Pokoradi
Summary: Human activities have had a lasting impact on the gene pool of livestock and recently domesticated wild animal species, resulting in changes in genome structure and significant loss of biodiversity, particularly in small local populations. This study examines the effect of human-mediated selection on the diversity of farmed red deer populations compared to wild populations, analyzing genomic heterozygosity, inbreeding, admixture, and gene flow. The findings will contribute to improving breeding schemes and promoting sustainable use of animal genetic resources.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Antonio Jose Carpio Camargo, Jose Barasona, Pelayo Acevedo, Yolanda Fierro, Christian Gortazar, Carlos Vigal, Angel Moreno, Joaquin Vicente
Summary: The study showed that population growth is limited at high densities, regardless of whether artificial feeding is provided, highlighting the importance of understanding wildlife population dynamics for sustainable management.
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Parasitology
Alex Chambers, Paul Candy, Peter Green, Christian Sauermann, Dave Leathwick
Summary: Gastrointestinal nematode parasites and lungworm are significant animal health issues for farmed wapiti and red deer. Understanding the epidemiology of these parasites is essential for developing control programs. Results from this study show that different stock classes of farmed deer consistently shed low numbers of nematode eggs and lungworm larvae throughout the year, with little seasonality and variation between farms.
VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY
(2022)
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Microbiology
Magdalena Swislocka, Miroslaw Ratkiewicz, Anetta Borkowska
Summary: It is important to assess the distribution of parasite species across wildlife populations. In this project, the prevalence of Elaphostrongylus species in moose populations was quantified. Results showed that E. alces was more commonly found as a single parasite species in moose individuals, and males had higher prevalence of both E. alces and E. cervi. Red deer were identified as playing a dominant role in sharing these nematodes with other cervids.
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Biology
Fernanda Garcia, Antonio Alves da Silva, Kathreen Ruckstuhl, Peter Neuhaus, Catarina Coelho, Muyang Wang, Jose Paulo Sousa, Joana Alves
Summary: Male and female red deer exhibit sexual segregation, living separately except during mating season. Our study explores the diets of both sexes and suggests that diet may contribute to sexual segregation in a Mediterranean mountainous environment. The study highlights the importance of considering other factors that may impact sexual segregation in ungulate populations.
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Anthropology
Maciej Sykut, Slawomira Pawelczyk, Natalia Piotrowska, Krzysztof Stefaniak, Bogdan Ridush, Daniel Makowiecki, Pavel Kosintsev, Barbara Wilkens, Tomasz Borowik, Ralph Fyfe, Jessie Woodbridge, Magdalena Niedzialkowska
Summary: Through the analysis of carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios in 68 red deer bone samples from Europe and Asia, it was found that the feeding habits of red deer are related to environmental conditions such as forest cover, mean July temperature, annual precipitation, and altitude. Red deer shifted their feeding habitats in response to environmental oscillations over the last 50,000 years, with modern red deer populations inhabiting the most densely forested areas.
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
(2023)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Rui Miranda, Joao Serejo, Jesus M. Perez, Jose Aranha, Carlos Venancio, Madalena Vieira-Pinto
Summary: This study provides the first epidemiological data on nasopharyngeal myiasis in wild red deer in Portugal, showing a high prevalence and mean intensity of parasitism. Two larvae species, Pharyngomyia picta and Cephenemyia auribarbis, were identified and found to have different prevalence and infestation intensity. More scientific research is needed to accurately assess the prevalence and effects of this parasitosis on the deer population.
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Oncology
I. Spiteri, G. Caravagna, G. D. Cresswell, A. Vatsiou, D. Nichol, A. Acar, L. Ermini, K. Chkhaidze, B. Werner, R. Mair, E. Brognaro, R. G. W. Verhaak, G. Sanguinetti, S. G. M. Piccirillo, C. Watts, A. Sottoriva
ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY
(2019)
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Oncology
Nicola Potter, Farideh Miraki-Moud, Luca Ermini, Ian Titley, Gowri Vijayaraghavan, Elli Papaemmanuil, Peter Campbell, John Gribben, David Taussig, Mel Greaves
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Clinical Neurology
Michela Barichella, Marco Severgnini, Roberto Cilia, Erica Cassani, Carlotta Bolliri, Serena Caronni, Valentina Ferri, Raffaella Cancello, Camilla Ceccarani, Samanta Faierman, Giovanna Pinelli, Gianluca De Bellis, Luigi Zecca, Emanuele Cereda, Clarissa Consolandi, Gianni Pezzoli
MOVEMENT DISORDERS
(2019)
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Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Daniela Rossi, Lorenzo Gigli, Alessandra Gamberucci, Roberta Bordoni, Alessandro Pietrelli, Stefania Lorenzini, Enrico Pierantozzi, Giovanni Peretto, Gianluca De Bellis, Paolo Della Bella, Maurizio Ferrari, Vincenzo Sorrentino, Sara Benedetti, Simone Sala, Chiara Di Resta
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Genetics & Heredity
Cristina Battaglia, Marco Venturin, Aleksandra Sojic, Nithiya Jesuthasan, Alessandro Orro, Roberta Spinelli, Massimo Musicco, Gianluca De Bellis, Fulvio Adorni
FRONTIERS IN GENETICS
(2019)
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Genetics & Heredity
Yoshinori Fukasawa, Luca Ermini, Hai Wang, Karen Carty, Min-Sin Cheung
G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS
(2020)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Simone Puccio, Giorgio Grillo, Arianna Consiglio, Maria Felicia Soluri, Daniele Sblattero, Diego Cotella, Claudio Santoro, Sabino Liuni, Gianluca De Bellis, Enrico Lugli, Clelia Peano, Flavio Licciulli
NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
(2020)
Correction
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Santosh Anand, Eleonora Mangano, Nadia Barizzone, Roberta Bordoni, Melissa Sorosina, Ferdinando Clarelli, Lucia Corrado, Filippo Martinelli Boneschi, Sandra D'Alfonso, Gianluca De Bellis
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2020)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Alessandra Modi, Hovirag Lancioni, Irene Cardinali, Marco R. Capodiferro, Nicola Rambaldi Migliore, Abir Hussein, Christina Strobl, Martin Bodner, Lisa Schnaller, Catarina Xavier, Ermanno Rizzi, Laura Bonomi Ponzi, Stefania Vai, Alessandro Raveane, Bruno Cavadas, Ornella Semino, Antonio Torroni, Anna Olivieri, Martina Lari, Luisa Pereira, Walther Parson, David Caramelli, Alessandro Achilli
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2020)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Alisa O. Vershinina, Peter D. Heintzman, Duane G. Froese, Grant Zazula, Molly Cassatt-Johnstone, Love Dalen, Clio Der Sarkissian, Shelby G. Dunn, Luca Ermini, Cristina Gamba, Pamela Groves, Joshua D. Kapp, Daniel H. Mann, Andaine Seguin-Orlando, John Southon, Mathias Stiller, Matthew J. Wooller, Gennady Baryshnikov, Dmitry Gimranov, Eric Scott, Elizabeth Hall, Susan Hewitson, Irina Kirillova, Pavel Kosintsev, Fedor Shidlovsky, Hao-Wen Tong, Mikhail P. Tiunov, Sergey Vartanyan, Ludovic Orlando, Russell Corbett-Detig, Ross D. MacPhee, Beth Shapiro
Summary: The Bering Land Bridge connected Eurasia and North America during the Late Pleistocene, impacting genetic diversity and connectivity among caballine horse populations. Eurasian and North American horse populations diverged around 1.0-0.8 million years ago, with long-range dispersals across the BLB occurring around 875-625 and 200-50 thousand years ago. Low levels of gene flow between these populations were observed, while strong phylogeographical structuring was retained.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Miriam Zuccala, Nadia Barizzone, Elena Boggio, Luca Gigliotti, Melissa Sorosina, Chiara Basagni, Roberta Bordoni, Ferdinando Clarelli, Santosh Anand, Eleonora Mangano, Domizia Vecchio, Elena Corsetti, Serena Martire, Simona Perga, Daniela Ferrante, Alberto Gajofatto, Andrei Ivashynka, Claudio Solaro, Roberto Cantello, Vittorio Martinelli, Giancarlo Comi, Massimo Filippi, Federica Esposito, Maurizio Leone, Gianluca De Bellis, Umberto Dianzani, Filippo Martinelli-Boneschi, Sandra D'Alfonso
Summary: In a study conducted with a large Italian dataset, the intronic variant rs1077667 of the TNFSF14 gene was identified as the primarily MS-associated variant, with the MS risk allele being significantly associated with reduced TNFSF14 mRNA levels in blood cells. Furthermore, patients with MS were found to have lower expression of TNFSF14 compared to healthy controls, and individuals homozygous for the MS risk allele displayed increased percentage of LIGHT-positive peripheral blood myeloid DCs. These findings suggest that the intronic variant rs1077667 alters the expression of TNFSF14 in immune cells, potentially playing a role in MS pathogenesis.
JOURNAL OF GENETICS AND GENOMICS
(2021)
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Evolutionary Biology
Luca Ermini, Jeffrey C. Francis, Gabriel S. Rosa, Alexandra J. Rose, Jian Ning, Mel Greaves, Amanda Swain
Summary: Variants in the MLPH gene have undergone positive selection in Caucasian populations, potentially influencing prostate cancer risk. Depletion of MLPH function in prostate organoid cultures may impact cancer risk.
EVOLUTION MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
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Infectious Diseases
Eva Pinatel, Matteo Calcagnile, Adelfia Tala, Fabrizio Damiano, Luisa Siculella, Clelia Peano, Giuseppe Egidio De Benedetto, Antonio Pennetta, Gianluca De Bellis, Pietro Alifano
Summary: Recent research has revealed the presence of various ncRNAs in the transcriptome of Streptomyces ambofaciens, including sRNAs and asRNAs, which may play a role in regulating gene expression by targeting specific mRNAs encoding proteins involved in various cellular processes. Additionally, comparison of ncRNA expression in different strains showed correlation with the stringent/relaxed phenotype, suggesting novel effector mechanisms of the stringent response.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Francesca Minnai, Gianluca De Bellis, Tommaso A. Dragani, Francesca Colombo
Summary: This study analyzed data from the Italian national database and found that age, sex, and infection timing had an impact on COVID-19 mortality. Specifically, older age was the most significant risk factor, male sex had a higher risk of death than female sex, and being infected during the first wave was associated with higher mortality risk.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Patrick Driguez, Salim Bougouffa, Karen Carty, Alexander Putra, Kamel Jabbari, Muppala Reddy, Richard Soppe, Ming Sin Cheung, Yoshinori Fukasawa, Luca Ermini
Summary: LeafGo is a complete de novo plant genome workflow that can produce genomes within 7 days using a long-read sequencing technology and modest laboratory and bioinformatic resources. It has been optimized with ten different plant species, three of which can generate high-quality chromosome-level assemblies.