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Vitamin A Affects Flatfish Development in a Thyroid Hormone Signaling and Metamorphic Stage Dependent Manner
(Frontiers in Physiology, 2017-06-30)Vitamin A (VA) and retinoid derivatives are known morphogens controlling vertebrate development. Despite the research effort conducted during the last decade, the precise mechanism of how VA induces ... -
Genome-enabled predictions for fruit weight and quality from repeated records in European peach progenies
(BMC Genomics, 2017-06-06)Background: Highly polygenic traits such as fruit weight, sugar content and acidity strongly influence the agroeconomic value of peach varieties. Genomic Selection (GS) can accelerate peach yield and ... -
A Metal-Free and Biotically Degradable Battery for Portable Single-Use Applications
(Advanced Energy Materials, 2017-05-16)This article presents a new approach for environmentally benign, low-cost batteries intended for single-use applications. The proposed battery is designed and fabricated using exclusively organic materials ... -
Identification of ciguatoxins in a shark involved in a fatal food poisoning in the Indian Ocean
(Scientific Reports, 2017-08-15)Severe food poisoning events after the consumption of sharks have been reported since the 1940s; however, there has been no clear understanding of their cause. Herein, we report for the frst time ... -
Interaction of direct and social genetic effects with feeding regime in growing rabbits
(Genetics Selection Evolution, 2017-07-20)Background: Most rabbit production farms apply feed restriction at fattening because of its protective efect against digestive diseases that afect growing rabbits. However, it leads to competitive ... -
Processing, Valorization and Application of Bio-Waste Derived Compounds from Potato, Tomato, Olive and Cereals: A Review
(Sustainability, 2017-08-22)The vast and ever-growing amount of agricultural and food wastes has become a major concern throughout the whole world. Therefore, strategies for their processing and value-added reuse are needed to ... -
Nutrient supply affects the mRNA expression profile of the porcine skeletal muscle
(BMC Genomics, 2017-08-10)Background: The genetic basis of muscle fat deposition in pigs is not well known. So far, we have only identified a limited number of genes involved in the absorption, transport, storage and catabolism ... -
Dissecting the old Mediterranean durum wheat genetic architecture for phenology, biomass and yield formation by association mapping and QTL meta-analysis
(PLoS ONE, 2017-05-25)Association mapping was used to identify genome regions affecting yield formation, crop phenology and crop biomass in a collection of 172 durum wheat landraces representative of the genetic diversity ... -
Selection for environmental variance of litter size in rabbits
(Genetics Selection Evolution, 2017-05-22)Background In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in the genetic determination of environmental variance. In the case of litter size, environmental variance can be related to the capacity ... -
Growth of total fat and lean and of primal cuts is affected by the sex type
(Animal, 2017-02-10)Knowledge of tissue and cuts growth depending on the sex could be used to improve performance and efficiency. Computed tomography (CT) is a non-invasive technology that enables the study of the body ... -
A Production Calendar Based on Water Temperature, Spat Size, and Husbandry Practices Reduce OsHV-1 μvar Impact on Cultured Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas in the Ebro Delta (Catalonia), Mediterranean Coast of Spain
(Frontiers in Physiology, 2017-03-03)Since 2006, the production of Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas in the Ebro Delta area has dramatically declined from around 800 metric tons (MT) per year to 138 MT in 2011. This decline in production ... -
Effects of enhanced hydrological connectivity on Mediterranean salt marsh fish assemblages with emphasis on the endangered Spanish toothcarp (Aphanius iberus)
(PeerJ – the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences, 2017-02-28)The hydrological connectivity between the salt marsh and the sea was partially restored in a Mediterranean wetland containing isolated ponds resulting from former salt extraction and aquaculture activities. ... -
Malignant infarction of the middle cerebral artery in a porcine model. A pilot study
(PLoS ONE, 2017-02-24)Background and purpose. Interspecies variability and poor clinical translation from rodent studies indicate that large gyrencephalic animal stroke models are urgently needed. We present a proof-of-principle ... -
Results of an international phosphorus digestibility ring test with broiler chickens
(Poultry Science, 2017-06-01)The objective of this ring test was to investigate the prececal phosphorus (P) digestibility of soybean meal (SBM) in broiler chickens using the trial protocol proposed by the World's Poultry Science ... -
Cytoplasmic male sterility as a biological confinement tool for maize coexistence: optimization of pollinator spatial arrangement
(Plant, Soil and Environment, 2017-04-25)Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) allows efficient biological confinement of transgenes if pollen-mediated gene flow has to be reduced or eliminated. For introduction of CMS maize in agricultural practice, ... -
Wide-Geographic and Long-Term Analysis of the Role of Pathogens in the Decline of Pinna nobilis to Critically Endangered Species
(Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022-03-17)A mass mortality event (MME) affecting the fan mussel Pinna nobilis was first detected in Spain in autumn 2016 and spread north- and eastward through the Mediterranean Sea. Various pathogens have been ... -
Toward developing recombinant gonadotropin-based hormone therapies for increasing fertility in the flatfish Senegalese sole
(PLoS ONE, 2017-03-22)Captive flatfishes, such as the Senegalese sole, typically produce very low volumes of sperm. This situation is particularly prevalent in the first generation (F1) of reared sole males, which limits the ... -
Population genetics of the Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum) introduced in North America and Europe
(Scientific Reports, 2017-01-03)Globally, the Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum) stands as the second most important bivalve species in fisheries and aquaculture. Native to the Pacific coast of Asia, it is now well-established ... -
RNA-seq based detection of differentially expressed genes in the skeletal muscle of Duroc pigs with distinct lipid profiles
(Scientific Reports, 2017-02-14)We have used a RNA-seq approach to investigate differential expression in the skeletal muscle of swine (N=52) with divergent lipid profiles i.e. HIGH (increased intramuscular fat and muscle saturated ... -
Joint QTL mapping and gene expression analysis identify positional candidate genes influencing pork quality traits
(Scientific Reports, 2017-01-05)Meat quality traits have an increasing importance in the pig industry because of their strong impact on consumer acceptance. Herewith, we have combined phenotypic and microarray expression data to ...