Black carp RNF115 restricts IRF3/7-mediated antiviral signaling in innate immunity
January 2025
The Really Interesting New Gene (RING) ubiquitin E3 ligase family comprises a large number of members and plays a crucial role in the antiviral process. RING finger protein 115 (RNF115), also known...
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Hot and cold exposure triggers distinct transcriptional and behavioral responses in laboratory-inbred pond snails
January 2025
Animals exhibit remarkable behavioral and molecular adaptations to cope with thermal stressors, which are crucial for survival in variable environments that are exacerbated by climate change. Aquatic...
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Microbial diversity and biogeography across gastrointestinal tracts of Takifugu pufferfish revealed by full-length 16S amplicon sequencing
January 2025
Fish, which are vital for both aquatic ecosystem functionality and global food supply, rely heavily on their gastrointestinal tract (GIT) microbiota for the digestion that underpins their growth and...
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Effects of sub-monthly and sub-daily water level variations on water level fluctuation requirements of Phragmites australis and Phalaris arundinacea
January 2025
Water level variations (WLVs) substantially affect the spatial distribution of riparian vegetation. Accurately quantifying the water level fluctuation requirements (WLFRs) of aquatic macrophytes is...
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Effects of dietary Bacillus pumilus on the growth, intestinal health, lipid metabolism, and mTOR signaling pathway of juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
January 2025
This study investigated the effects of dietary supplementation with the probiotic Bacillus pumilus on coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). A total of 360 juvenile fish, with an average initial weight...
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Seahorse nanos3 plays essential roles in germ cell development in the absence of nanos2
January 2025
Seahorses are specialized teleosts due to their unique male pregnancy and reproductive physiology. In particular, they have distinct gonad structures and different patterns of gametogenesis development...
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Combined intestinal transcriptome and microbiome profiling highlights microbiota involved in growth and immunity of the Reeves’ turtle (Mauremys reevesii)
Available online 24 January 2025
The intestine serves as the primary digestive and essential mucosal immune organ, harboring diverse microbiota that play crucial roles in digestion, absorption, and host immunity. However, the association...
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Sex-biased miR-456 targeting spire1/sox11 provides insights into the ceRNA-network of sexual regulation in fish
Available online 23 January 2025
Competing endogenous RNAs (ceRNAs) are a novel epigenetic regulatory mechanism implicated in sex determination and differentiation in teleosts, which exhibit a diversity of sex-determining mechanisms....
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Effects of water stratification on bacterial communities in scallop farming waters of the North Yellow Sea in China
Available online 20 January 2025
Water stratification is a prominent oceanographic phenomenon in the North Yellow Sea, a vital region for mollusk aquaculture in northern China. Understanding the influences of water stratification on...
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Glacial microbial-environmental interactions on the Tibetan Plateau: A review
Available online 19 January 2025
The glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau are important climate regulators and recharge sources for many rivers and lakes, which are of great ecological value. However, actions to protect glacier-associated...
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Long distance dispersal with kinship in the Yangtze River during early life stage of a freshwater fish
Available online 18 January 2025
Aggregation is suggested beneficial with foraging, defense, and other fitness for the group members. While long distance dispersal with kinship has been found in several marine fishes, similar cases...
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An updated range-wide assessment of Neophocaena: Threats and priorities for research and conservation
Available online 17 January 2025
The genus Neophocaena includes two species, the Indo-Pacific finless porpoise (N. phocaenoides) and the narrow-ridged finless porpoise (N. asiaeorientalis). The Indo-Pacific species is found in coastal...
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Prey adopt similar adaptive strategies with different molecular response mechanisms: How do ciliates respond to different predation risk cues?
Available online 17 January 2025
The adaptive strategies of prey against predation risk have been pivotal in non-consumptive effects. However, the adaptive strategies of prey and the response mechanisms to various predation risk cues...
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Neuroprotective Kunitz-like peptides identified from the octopus coral Galaxea fascicularis through transcriptomic analysis
Available online 3 January 2025
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease. Potassium voltage-gated channels are potential targets for the treatment of PD. The aim of this study is to identify novel...
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The dual nature of water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes): Environmental threats and sustainable solutions
Available online 3 January 2025
The invasive aquatic plant Pontederia crassipes (water hyacinth) presents significant ecological and economic challenges worldwide due to its rapid proliferation and dominance in freshwater ecosystems....
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A temperature-induced sex reversal mechanism in ricefield eels
Available online 2 January 2025
The ricefield eel (Monopterus albus), a protogynous hermaphrodite, is an important aquaculture freshwater fish in China. Intensive studies have focused on the sex reversal of this species, but the underlying...
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Comparative study and morphological plasticity of an Italian and a Chinese population of the protist ciliate Pseudokeronopsis erythrina (Hypotrichia, Kentrurostylida) with a mitochondrial genome analysis
Available online 1 January 2025
Two populations of the kentrurostylid ciliate Pseudokeronopsis erythrina Chen et al., 2011 were isolated from a brackish wastewater treatment plant, Pisa, Italy and from a nutrient-rich freshwater body,...
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The curious case of Hypotrichidium bichromum n. sp., a new polymorphic and cannibalistic spirofilid ciliate (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia)
Available online 26 December 2024
Members of the genus Hypotrichidium are adapted to a planktonic lifestyle and are characterized among hypotrichs by their unique pyriform body with pointed tail and spiral cirral rows around the whole...
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City bug, country bug: How do benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages respond to an urbanization gradient taxonomically and functionally?
Available online 24 December 2024
Lotic ecosystems are especially vulnerable to the adverse effects of urbanization because of their close connectivity with the surrounding terrestrial ecosystems. There is, however, a knowledge gap...
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Confronting the “knowledge-action gap” in invasive species prevention: A study of biosecurity behaviors among aquarium hobbyists in Illinois, USA
Available online 20 December 2024
Biological invasions threaten water resources worldwide owing to interrelated biological and anthropogenic drivers of change. Though the role of people in the (un)intentional spread of aquatic invasive...
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Ensuring water purity: Mitigating environmental risks and safeguarding human health
Available online 20 December 2024
Water is an indispensable resource for sustaining life, ecosystems, and economic productivity. However, increasing contamination and pollution pose severe threats to global water purity, with significant...
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Underwater noise in the Xinluo reserve: A potential stressor for the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise
Available online 20 December 2024
Nature reserves in the Yangtze River, China, are crucial for protecting the Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) and their habitats. Despite a 10-year fishing ban along...
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Genome size affects phytoplankton response to environmental factors: A preliminary exploration in 26 lakes in the region east of the Hu Huanyong Line
Available online 19 December 2024
Given their varied physiological and ecological attributes, phytoplankton frequently exhibit disparate responses to changes in environmental conditions. Therefore, when studying modifications in the...
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