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Genetics & Heredity
Mamdouh M. A. Awad-Allah, Wafaa W. M. Shafie, Moodi Saham Alsubeie, Aishah Alatawi, Fatmah Ahmed Safhi, Salha Mesfer ALshamrani, Doha A. Albalawi, Hadba Al-Amrah, Dikhnah Alshehri, Rana M. Alshegaihi, Mohammed A. Basahi, Abdurrahman S. Masrahi
Summary: Exploration and understanding of diversity and variability in genotypes of germplasm are crucial for the success of rice improvement programs. High heritability estimates and significant genetic variability were observed in the study, indicating the potential for accelerating the improvement of rice traits. Utilization of genetic resources from ancient varieties led to the identification of new restoration lines with various improvement purposes in rice breeding programs.
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Agronomy
Shiva Shahsavari, Zahra Noormohammadi, Masoud Sheidai, Farah Farahani, Mohammad Rreza Vazifeshenas
Summary: The study revealed genetic fingerprinting and diversity in Iranian commercial pomegranate cultivars, identifying different genetic groups and clonal genotypes, as well as two potentially adaptive SSR alleles. The findings of significant genetic differentiation and lack of correlation between genetic distance and geographical distances may be used for future pomegranate breeding and selection.
GENETIC RESOURCES AND CROP EVOLUTION
(2021)
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Physics, Fluids & Plasmas
Pablo M. Cincotta, Claudia M. Giordano
Summary: The present study revisits and improves the Shannon entropy approach for estimating the instability timescale in chaotic diffusion. The technique is applied to the motion along the homoclinic tangle of the guiding resonance in the Arnold model. The results show a good agreement with numerical integration determinations of the diffusion time.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dragos Postolache, Sylvie Oddou-Muratorio, Elia Vajana, Francesca Bagnoli, Erwan Guichoux, Arndt Hampe, Gregoire Le Provost, Isabelle Lesur, Flaviu Popescu, Ivan Scotti, Andrea Piotti, Giovanni G. Vendramin
Summary: The study reveals that the adaptive genetic structure of European beech is highly integrated, with both phenology and stress-related genes contributing balanced to local adaptation, and temperature and precipitation regimes also playing a key role in genetic clines.
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Microbiology
Zhiyu Zhang, Mengfei Cui, Panting Chen, Juxing Li, Zhitao Mao, Yufeng Mao, Zhenjing Li, Qingbin Guo, Changlu Wang, Xiaoping Liao, Huanhuan Liu
Summary: This study provides a comprehensive analysis of the genomic similarity and phylogenetic relationship of Monascus species. The results reveal two evolutionary clades within Monascus, namely the M. purpureus clade and the M. pilosus-M. ruber clade. The study also identifies gene loss in carbohydrate active enzymes and potential allergenic and fungal virulence factor proteins in Monascus species.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2023)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dongying Xie, Pohao Ye, Yiming Ma, Yongbin Li, Xiao Liu, Peter Sarkies, Zhongying Zhao
Summary: Different modes of reproduction have significant impact on genome composition. This study investigates the gene regulation in hybrid embryos resulting from crosses between Caenorhabditis briggsae and its outcrossing sister species Caenorhabditis nigoni. The results show that gene regulation plays a crucial role during hybridization, and the regulation of C. nigoni genome is more stable compared to C. briggsae. These findings provide insights into how selfing species maintain genomic identity despite genetic exchanges with closely related outcrossing species.
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Computer Science, Theory & Methods
Chengyu Liang, Fu-Gui Shi, Jinyan Wang
Summary: This paper introduces the concepts of (L, M)-fuzzy bornological space and (L, M)-fuzzy bornological vector space, and discusses some properties. It shows that the category of (L, M)-fuzzy bornological (vector) spaces is a topological category, which embeds the category of M-fuzzifying bornological (vector) spaces as a reflective subcategory. Furthermore, it is proven that the category of M-fuzzifying bornological spaces can be embedded in the category of stratified (L, M)-fuzzy bornological spaces as a coreflective subcategory.
FUZZY SETS AND SYSTEMS
(2023)
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Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Fatiha Brahmi, Nassima Lounis, Siham Mebarakou, Naima Guendouze, Drifa Yalaoui-Guellal, Khodir Madani, Lila Boulekbache-Makhlouf, Pierre Duez
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the effect of environmental factors on the accumulation of phenolic compounds in Mentha species. The results showed that habitat types, soil composition, climatic factors, and altitude all have an impact on the phenolic content and antioxidant activity of Mentha plants. Different harvesting localities of Mentha samples exhibited variations in phenolic content and antioxidant activity, but can be categorized into four groups.
FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yibo Hu, Huizhong Fan, Youhua Chen, Jiang Chang, Xiangjiang Zhan, Hua Wu, Baowei Zhang, Meng Wang, Wenyan Zhang, Lin Yang, Xian Hou, Xing Shen, Tao Pan, Wei Wu, Jun Li, Haihua Hu, Fuwen Wei
Summary: This study investigated the genetic and phylogenetic diversity of Chinese terrestrial vertebrates, revealing higher diversity in South China and Southwest China. Climatic factors had a positive effect on genetic diversity levels, while altitude and human population density had a negative impact. The findings will inform national-level genetic diversity conservation plans and post-2020 biodiversity conservation framework.
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Junqiang Ge, Shude Mao, Youjun Lu, Michele Cappellari, Richard J. Long, Renbin Yan
Summary: The study reveals that the gradient of stellar mass-to-light ratio varies with galaxy mass and is heavily influenced by stellar age. Galaxies with higher specific star formation rates show steeper negative del(M-*/L-r) gradients.
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
(2021)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Polly Arnold
Summary: Polly Arnold is a chemistry professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Director of the Chemical Sciences Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Her research focuses on exploratory synthetic chemistry, which plays a crucial role in catalyst discovery and understanding the behavior of nuclear waste.
COMMUNICATIONS CHEMISTRY
(2023)
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Food Science & Technology
Nadia Zekri, Hanane Elazzouzi, Atika Ailli, Aman Allah Gouruch, Fatima Zahrae Radi, Mohammed Alaoui El Belghiti, Touriya Zair, Gema Nieto, Juan A. Centeno, Jose M. Lorenzo
Summary: This study aimed to determine the antioxidant properties of three essential oils (EOs) of M. pulegium, M. suaveolens, and M. spicata from the Azrou and Ifrane regions. The EOs were characterized by GC-MS and their antioxidant activities were evaluated using DPPH free radical scavenging activity. The results showed that these EOs have good quality and significant antioxidant capacity, making them potential natural antioxidants in the food industry.
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Mathematics, Applied
Hu Zhao, Xia Hu, O. R. Sayed, E. El-Sanousy, Y. H. Ragheb Sayed
Summary: This paper introduces the concepts of (concave) (L, M)-fuzzy interior operators and explores the isomorphism between the category of (L, M)-fuzzy concave spaces and the category of concave (L, M)-fuzzy interior spaces, as well as the Galois correspondence between these two categories. Additionally, it further examines the (L, M)-fuzzy hull operators proposed by Sayed et al. (Filomat 33(13):4151-4163, 2019) and corrects some results from their previous work.
COMPUTATIONAL & APPLIED MATHEMATICS
(2021)
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Mathematics, Applied
Raul Matsushita, Pedro Brom, Mateus Nagata, Sergio Da Silva
Summary: The article proposes a method of using truncated Levy flights to model data and discusses its application in retrodiction. By connecting the power law between truncation length and standard deviation, it is possible to model the bounded past.
COMMUNICATIONS IN NONLINEAR SCIENCE AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION
(2023)
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Raihan Ahammed, Abir De Sarkar
Summary: Two-dimensional h-MN (M = Nb, Ta) monolayers with strong spin-orbit coupling and merging Rashba effect with valley physics are discovered. Tunable valley spin splitting and Rashba spin splitting are achieved through in-plane biaxial strain and out-of-plane electric field. These monolayers exhibit higher Berry curvature and spin splitting compared to other materials.