The shell-boring polychaete worm Polydora websteri, also known as blister worm, is a pest species that infests the shells of several commercially important shellfish species, including those of the oysters Crassostrea virginica and C.gigas.Historical records indicate that infestations of Cod Liver Oil blister worm have impacted shellfish culture wo
Abstract Background Core landbirds undergo adaptive radiation with different ecological niches, but the genomic 336 bases that underlie their ecological diversification remain unclear.Results Here we used the genome-wide target enrichment sequencing of the genes related to vision, hearing, language, temperature sensation, beak shape, taste transduc
Abstract Background Although cis-regulatory changes play an important role in evolution, it remains difficult to establish the contribution of natural selection to regulatory differences between species.For protein coding regions, powerful tests of natural selection have been developed based on comparisons of synonymous and non-synonymous substitut
Shopper Bag After decades of belief in the principles that man has absolute dominion over nature, and thus, in the separation of natural and anthropic processes, humanity is at the beginning of a new era characterized by the search for a renewed pact between man and the environment.This search has yielded new terminology to indicate sustainable way
Doublecortin-like kinase 1 (DCLK1) is a serine/threonine-kinase with two doublecortin (DCX) domains.DCLK1 is associated with microtubules via DCX domains and regulates microtubule polymerization.DCLK1 is known to be expressed in cancer stem cells and provides cancer cells with tumor-initiating capacity.Accumulating clinical evidence supports that D