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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Felipe de Jesus Eslava-Silva, Maria Eugenia Muniz-Diaz de Leon, Manuel Jimenez-Estrada
Summary: This study aimed to test the sensitivity, accumulation, and removal of hexavalent chromium (Cr VI) in the fern species Pteridium aquilinum, which has the potential to be used in phytoremediation. The results showed that both gametophytes and sporophytes of Pteridium aquilinum were not sensitive to Cr VI and were able to accumulate and remove this pollutant effectively.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Agustina Yanez, Pedro B. Schwartsburd, Gonzalo J. Marquez
Summary: This study provides new evidence for the hybrid status of Hypolepis xpaulistana, identifying H. stolonifera as the maternal parent based on palynological and chloroplast sequence data.
ANAIS DA ACADEMIA BRASILEIRA DE CIENCIAS
(2022)
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Kehu Li, Tongze Zhang, Huanhuan Ren, Wei Zhao, Siqi Hong, Yongyi Ge, Xiaoqiong Li, Harold Corke
Summary: This study systematically investigated the structural and physicochemical properties of two bracken starches. It found that bracken starches have high branching degree and molecular weight, and form softer and stickier gels during gelatinization. These findings provide useful information for the utilization of bracken starch in both food and non-food industries.
FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Thayane Ferreira Carvalho, Aline Cristina Carvalho, Jose Cola Zanuncio, Marcio Leles Romarco de Oliveira, Evandro Luiz Mendonca Machado, Anderson Cleiton Jose, Jose Barbosa Santos, Israel Marinho Pereira
Summary: The invasion of Pteridium aquilinum negatively impacts the ecological and restoration processes of plants, leading to a reduction in plant community diversity and basal area. The aggressiveness of P. aquilinum affects forest succession in areas after a fire.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Maria Belen Arias, Katherine Hartle-Mougiou, Sergi Taboada, Alfried Vogler, Ana Riesgo, Samia Elfekih
Summary: Invasive species, such as the Mediterranean medfly, pose significant threats to food security and agriculture. Using DNA sequencing and microbiome analysis, this study identified distinct genetic clusters in the introduced range of the medfly, with unique microbiome composition in Brazilian specimens. These findings improve our understanding of medfly invasions and their adaptation to new environments.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Armand Cave-Radet, Armel Salmon, Loup Tran Van Canh, Richard L. Moyle, Lara-Simone Pretorius, Oscar Lima, Malika L. Ainouche, Abdelhak El Amrani
Summary: Environmental contamination by xenobiotics poses a significant threat to natural ecosystems and public health. The molecular mechanisms underlying xenobiotic detoxification remain poorly understood in plants, particularly in response to allopolyploidy. This study identified phenanthrene-responsive microRNAs in Spartina in the context of allopolyploid speciation, and demonstrated the relative impacts of hybridization and genome doubling in miRNA-guided regulation mechanisms in response to xenobiotics.
PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
(2023)
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Genetics & Heredity
Chrystian C. Sosa, Catalina Arenas, Victor Hugo Garcia-Merchan
Summary: On a planet experiencing constant human population growth, this study explores the anthropogenic effects on the genetic diversity of species, specifically focusing on the commensal and anthropogenic species Rattus rattus and Rattus norvegicus. By analyzing metadata from selected studies, the study found that population density is the best predictor of genetic diversity in the analyzed species, highlighting the unique response of species to urban environments influenced by human factors such as migration and colonization. The study emphasizes the need for more data, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions, to improve management and control strategies for these rodents and their associated diseases.
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Entomology
Kerui Huang, Hui Shang, Qiong Zhou, Yun Wang, Hui Shen, Yuehong Yan
Summary: The study demonstrates that the fern Hypolepis punctata can attract predatory insects such as Sclomina erinacea by releasing herbivore-induced volatile organic compounds, indicating the presence of an indirect defense mechanism in ferns for the first time.
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Plant Sciences
Francesco Blasio, Pilar Prieto, Monica Pradillo, Tomas Naranjo
Summary: Hybridization and polyploidy are important forces in plant adaptation and speciation. Interspecific gene flow generates adaptive genetic variants and increases yield in crops. The frequency of interspecific hybridization varies among taxa, with an estimated 9% occurrence. Allopolyploidy is more common than homoploid hybrid speciation. Chromosome doubling after hybridization is caused by cellular defects during meiosis. Unreduced gametes, formed at a frequency of 2.52% on average, result from altered spindle organization, disrupted kinetochore functioning, abnormal cytokinesis, or loss of meiotic division. Meiotic changes leading to cytological diploidization in allopolyploids are being understood, particularly in wheat. However, the understanding of homoeologous recombination suppressor genes in other allopolyploids is limited. The merger of two genomes leads to architectural, gene expression, and molecular interaction changes, resulting in phenotypic differences. This article provides an overview of genomic and transcriptomic changes during the early stages of allopolyploid formation.
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Genetics & Heredity
Delphine Giraud, Oscar Lima, Mathieu Rousseau-Gueutin, Armel Salmon, Malika Ainouche
Summary: Gene expression dynamics play a critical role in polyploid evolution, especially in allopolyploids with differentiated parental species and different repeat contents. This study investigated transcriptome evolution in tetraploid, hexaploid, and neododecaploid Spartina species, revealing significant gene and TE expression changes across different evolutionary time scales. Furthermore, recent hybridizations and whole genome duplication events leading to the invasive neo-allopolyploid species Spartina anglica demonstrated a dramatic expression repatterning and deviation from parental additivity, highlighting the regulatory potential of allopolyploidy in colonizing challenging environments.
FRONTIERS IN GENETICS
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Richard G. J. Hodel, Elizabeth Zimmer, Jun Wen
Summary: Research conducted phylogenomic analysis to resolve relationships within different subgenera of Prunus, revealing key species relationships in nuclear and chloroplast phylogenies but observing cytonuclear discord within subgenera. The study uncovered the evolutionary history of the genus, detecting instances of hybridization and allopolyploidy, showing a complex reticulated evolutionary history within the group.
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Terezie Mandakova, Martin A. Lysak
Summary: This study presents the progress in understanding the genome of camelina, revealing the molecular evolutionary history of the polyploid complex. By studying the tetraploid camelina genome in detail, researchers have identified a high collinearity with two maternally inherited subgenomes of the hexaploid camelina.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Trylee Nyasha Matongera, Onisimo Mutanga, Mbulisi Sibanda
Summary: Bracken fern is an invasive plant causing disturbances in ecosystems, and knowledge of its phenological cycle is crucial for management plans. This study characterized the phenological cycle of bracken fern using satellite data, showing that EVI2 performed better in estimating phenological metrics compared to NDVI. Extracted phenological metrics are critical for precision control and protection strategies against the spread of bracken fern.
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Geology
Xiaoxuan Long, Yuan Peng, Hongrui Zhang, Yong Fan, Chao Shi, Shuo Wang
Summary: Researchers have discovered a fossilized fern with fertile pinnae preserved in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar, which has been assigned to the genus Microlepia and named Microlepia burmasia. This finding adds to the diversity of polypod ferns in the Cretaceous and dates the origin of Microlepia to at least 60 million years earlier, coinciding with the rise of angiosperms.
CRETACEOUS RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Carolina Osuna-Mascaro, Rafael Rubio de Casas, Jose M. Gomez, Joao Loureiro, Silvia Castro, Jacob B. Landis, Robin Hopkins, Francisco Perfectti
Summary: This study analyzed the evolution of Erysimum species from the South of the Iberian Peninsula and found that hybridization played a significant role in their evolution, especially in species with purple and yellow flowers. These results demonstrate the importance of hybridization for plant diversification, which should be considered in studies of plant evolution.
Editorial Material
Plant Sciences
Tanner A. Robison, Paul G. Wolf
APPLICATIONS IN PLANT SCIENCES
(2019)
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Plant Sciences
Erin M. Sigel, Joshua P. Der, Michael D. Windham, Kathleen M. Pryer
AMERICAN FERN JOURNAL
(2019)
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Plant Sciences
Paul G. Wolf, Carol A. Rowe, Sylvia P. Kinosian, Joshua P. Der, Peter J. Lockhart, Lara D. Shepherd, Patricia A. McLenachan, John A. Thomson
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
(2019)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Satoko Yoshida, Seungill Kim, Eric K. Wafula, Jaakko Tanskanen, Yong-Min Kim, Loren Honaas, Zhenzhen Yang, Thomas Spallek, Caitlin E. Conn, Yasunori Ichihashi, Kyeongchae Cheong, Songkui Cui, Joshua P. Der, Heidrun Gundlach, Yuannian Jiao, Chiaki Hori, Juliane K. Ishida, Hiroyuki Kasahara, Takatoshi Kiba, Myung-Shin Kim, Namjin Koo, Anuphon Laohavisit, Yong-Hwan Lee, Shelley Lumba, Peter McCourt, Jenny C. Mortimer, J. Musembi Mutuku, Takahito Nomura, Yuko Sasaki-Sekimoto, Yoshiya Seto, Yu Wang, Takanori Wakatake, Hitoshi Sakakibara, Taku Demura, Shinjiro Yamaguchi, Koichi Yoneyama, Ri-ichiroh Manabe, David C. Nelson, Alan H. Schulman, Michael P. Timko, Claude W. DePamphilis, Doil Choi, Ken Shirasu
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
James H. Leebens-Mack, Michael S. Barker, Eric J. Carpenter, Michael K. Deyholos, Matthew A. Gitzendanner, Sean W. Graham, Ivo Grosse, Zheng Li, Michael Melkonian, Siavash Mirarab, Martin Porsch, Marcel Quint, Stefan A. Rensing, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Dennis W. Stevenson, Kristian K. Ullrich, Norman J. Wickett, Lisa DeGironimo, Patrick P. Edger, Ingrid E. Jordon-Thaden, Steve Joya, Tao Liu, Barbara Melkonian, Nicholas W. Miles, Lisa Pokorny, Charlotte Quigley, Philip Thomas, Juan Carlos Villarreal, Megan M. Augustin, Matthew D. Barrett, Regina S. Baucom, David J. Beerling, Ruben Maximilian Benstein, Ed Biffin, Samuel F. Brockington, Dylan O. Burge, Jason N. Burris, Kellie P. Burris, Valerie Burtet-Sarramegna, Ana L. Caicedo, Steven B. Cannon, Zehra Cebi, Ying Chang, Caspar Chater, John M. Cheeseman, Tao Chen, Neil D. Clarke, Harmony Clayton, Sarah Covshoff, Barbara J. Crandall-Stotler, Hugh Cross, Claude W. dePamphilis, Joshua P. Der, Ron Determann, Rowan C. Dickson, Veronica S. Di Stilio, Shona Ellis, Eva Fast, Nicole Feja, Katie J. Field, Dmitry A. Filatov, Patrick M. Finnegan, Sandra K. Floyd, Bruno Fogliani, Nicolas Garcia, Gildas Gateble, Grant T. Godden, Falicia (Qi Yun) Goh, Stephan Greiner, Alex Harkess, James Mike Heaney, Katherine E. Helliwell, Karolina Heyduk, Julian M. Hibberd, Richard G. J. Hodel, Peter M. Hollingsworth, Marc T. J. Johnson, Ricarda Jost, Blake Joyce, Maxim V. Kapralov, Elena Kazamia, Elizabeth A. Kellogg, Marcus A. Koch, Matt Von Konrat, Kalman Konyves, Toni M. Kutchan, Vivienne Lam, Anders Larsson, Andrew R. Leitch, Roswitha Lentz, Fay-Wei Li, Andrew J. Lowe, Martha Ludwig, Paul S. Manos, Evgeny Mavrodiev, Melissa K. McCormick, Michael McKain, Tracy McLellan, Joel R. McNeal, Richard E. Miller, Matthew N. Nelson, Yanhui Peng, Paula Ralph, Daniel Real, Chance W. Riggins, Markus Ruhsam, Rowan F. Sage, Ann K. Sakai, Moira Scascitella, Edward E. Schilling, Eva-Marie Schlosser, Heike Sederoff, Stein Servick, Emily B. Sessa, A. Jonathan Shaw, Shane W. Shaw, Erin M. Sigel, Cynthia Skema, Alison G. Smith, Ann Smithson, C. Neal Stewart, John R. Stinchcombe, Peter Szovenyi, Jennifer A. Tate, Helga Tiebel, Dorset Trapnell, Matthieu Villegente, Chun-Neng Wang, Stephen G. Weller, Michael Wenzel, Stina Weststrand, James H. Westwood, Dennis F. Whigham, Shuangxiu Wu, Adrien S. Wulff, Yu Yang, Dan Zhu, Cuili Zhuang, Jennifer Zuidof, Mark W. Chase, J. Chris Pires, Carl J. Rothfels, Jun Yu, Cui Chen, Li Chen, Shifeng Cheng, Juanjuan Li, Ran Li, Xia Li, Haorong Lu, Yanxiang Ou, Xiao Sun, Xuemei Tan, Jingbo Tang, Zhijian Tian, Feng Wang, Jun Wang, Xiaofeng Wei, Xun Xu, Zhixiang Yan, Fan Yang, Xiaoni Zhong, Feiyu Zhou, Ying Zhu, Yong Zhang, Saravanaraj Ayyampalayam, Todd J. Barkman, Nam-Phuong Nguyen, Naim Matasci, David R. Nelson, Erfan Sayyari, Eric K. Wafula, Ramona L. Walls, Tandy Warnow, Hong An, Nils Arrigo, Anthony E. Baniaga, Sally Galuska, Stacy A. Jorgensen, Thomas I. Kidder, Hanghui Kong, Patricia Lu-Irving, Hannah E. Marx, Xinshuai Qi, Chris R. Reardon, Brittany L. Sutherland, George P. Tiley, Shana R. Welles, Rongpei Yu, Shing Zhan, Lydia Gramzow, Gunter Theissen, Gane Ka-Shu Wong
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Biochemical Research Methods
David Soong, Jeran Stratford, Herve Avet-Loiseau, Nizar Bahlis, Faith Davies, Angela Dispenzieri, A. Kate Sasser, Jordan M. Schecter, Ming Qi, Chad Brown, Wendell Jones, Jonathan J. Keats, Daniel Auclair, Christopher Chiu, Jason Powers, Michael Schaffer
BMC BIOINFORMATICS
(2020)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Claudineia P. Costa, Michelle A. Duennes, Kaleigh Fisher, Joshua P. Der, Kristal M. Watrous, Naoki Okamoto, Naoki Yamanaka, S. Hollis Woodard
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Sylvia P. Kinosian, William D. Pearse, Paul G. Wolf
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
(2020)
Article
Plant Sciences
Carol A. Rowe, Robert W. Lichvar, Paul G. Wolf
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2020)
Review
Plant Sciences
Sylvia P. Kinosian, Carol A. Rowe, Paul G. Wolf
Summary: The mechanisms controlling chromosome number and its relationship to genome size in plants are not fully understood. There is a stark difference in chromosome number between homosporous and heterosporous lineages, and understanding the reasons behind this difference is of great importance for evolutionary biology.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Biology
Sylvia P. Kinosian, Paul G. Wolf
Summary: The fern Ceratopteris richardii has been extensively studied as a model organism for plant evolution due to its easy cultivation and short life cycle. However, there is limited knowledge about its natural history. This article summarizes the existing information and discusses the potential of further understanding the evolution of land plants through studying the natural history of C. richardii.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Huaqin Pan, Cataia Ives, Meisha Mandal, Ying Qin, Tabitha Hendershot, Jen Popovic, Donald Brambilla, Jeran Stratford, Marsha Treadwell, Xin Wu, Barbara Kroner
Summary: This study aims to enhance data sharing in Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) research by adopting the FAIR principles and developing the Cure Sickle Cell Initiative (CureSCi) MetaData Catalog (MDC). The MDC allows users to browse and search for studies, Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) Measures, and data elements, facilitating the discovery and reuse of existing SCD data.
Review
Immunology
Hector Bonilla, Michael J. Peluso, Kathleen Rodgers, Judith A. Aberg, Thomas F. Patterson, Robert Tamburro, Lawrence Baizer, Jason D. Goldman, Nadine Rouphael, Amelia Deitchman, Jeffrey Fine, Paul Fontelo, Arthur Y. Kim, Gwendolyn Shaw, Jeran Stratford, Patricia Ceger, Maged M. Costantine, Liza Fisher, Lisa O'Brien, Christine Maughan, John G. Quigley, Vilma Gabbay, Sindhu Mohandas, David Williams, Grace A. McComsey
Summary: Although most individuals recover from acute SARS-CoV-2 infection, a significant number continue to suffer from long-term symptoms known as long COVID. Ongoing pathobiology studies have provided clues to potential mechanisms contributing to this condition, including persistent viral material, immune dysregulation, and gut dysbiosis. Therapeutic trials targeting these biological pathways are needed, but off-label experimentation in uncontrolled settings should be discouraged.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Alexandra Weissman, Alex Cheng, Alex Mainor, Elizabeth Gimbel, Kayla Nowak, Huaqin (Helen) Pan, Jeran Stratford, Alyssa Merkel, Caroline Taylor, Heather Meier, Jeanette Auman, Tracy L. Nolen, Christopher J. Lindsell, David T. Huang
Summary: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has created a concise set of COVID-19 Common Data Elements (CDEs) to facilitate data standardization and pooling for research. These CDEs are publicly available and used in current clinical trials, and they could also be generalized for other acute respiratory illnesses.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE
(2022)
