Order Acipenseriformes contains 27 extant species distributed across the northern hemisphere, including so-called “living fossil” species of garfish and sturgeons. Previous studies have focused on their mitochondrial genetics and have rarely used nuc...
Age-related neurodegenerative diseases have drawn the interest of the scientific community due to the gradual increase in the average age in the world’s population. Recent studies have indicated an altered cell cycle in the triggering of neurod...
Background/Objectives: Tau protein, a central player in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology, is classically known for its role in microtubule stabilisation. However, accumulating evidence indicates that tau also localises to the neuronal nucleus...
Background: Human sperm chromatin condensation is a sum of epigenetic events that allows for the near-complete replacement of histones with protamines. Under high-magnification microscopy, nuclear vacuoles have been described as thumbprints with poor...
The heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein D (hnRNPD) serves as a prognostic marker for oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). We evaluated the diagnostic potential of hnRNPD to differentiate between OSCC and normal mucosa. Immunohistochemistry for hn...
Within the genus Populus, about 30 species are classified into six sections, of which some are cross-compatible. Besides naturally occurring hybrids, huge breeding programs have led to a high number of artificially produced hybrids, for which the det...
The development of molecular methods to detect Mytilus hybrids is important for food authentication, conservation, and the sustainable management of shellfish aquaculture as accurate food labeling is a legal requirement, and because introgression may...
Carob (Ceratonia siliqua L. Fabaceae) is a species of significant economic, ecological, and cultural importance in the Mediterranean region. It is valued for its adaptability to various environments and wide-ranging agricultural and industrial applic...
The nuclear ITS1–5.8S rDNA–ITS2 region is among the most widely used markers for phylogenetic studies in plants. We sequenced the ITS1–5.8S rDNA–ITS2 region in several species of Selenicereus, two species of Deamia and Epiphyl...
The dentate gyrus (DG) of the human hippocampus is a complex and dynamic structure harboring mature and immature granular neurons in diverse proliferative states. While most mammals show persistent neurogenesis through adulthood, human neurogenesis i...
Nuclear and cytoplasmic DNA barcoding regions are useful for plant identification, breeding, and phylogenesis. In this study, the genetic diversity of 17 Diplotaxis species, was investigated with 5 barcode markers. The allelic variation was based on...
The species belonging to the genus Medicago are considered a very important genetic resource at global level both for planet’s food security and for sustainable rangelands management. The checklist of the Italian flora (2021) includes a total n...
The sturgeons (order Acipenseriformes) are caviar producers and some of the most valuable fish species worldwide. Due to different reasons, wild populations are now at the brink of extinction. The high demand for caviar has led to the development of...
The Apiaceae taxon is one of the most important families of flowering plants and includes thousands of species used for food, flavoring, fragrance, medical and industrial purposes. This study had the specific intent of reviewing the main genomics and...
The evolutionary histories of ornamental plants have been receiving only limited attention. We examined the origin and divergence processes of an East Asian endemic ornamental plant, Conandron ramondioides. C. ramondioides is an understory herb occur...
Despite the fact that massive outbreaks of the coconut scale insect pest, Aspidiotus rigidus Reyne (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) are inflicting significant economic losses to the Philippines’ coconut industry, little is known about the population an...
Determining the aging state of low-voltage nuclear power plant cables using a nondestructive and reliable condition monitoring technique is highly desirable as the cables experience multiple aging stresses during the service period. This paper deals...
Digitalis purpurea L. is a therapeutically important plant that synthesizes important cardiotonics such as digitoxin and digoxin. The present work reports a detailed and efficient propagation protocol for D. purpurea by optimizing various PGR concent...
This study examined genetic diversity in the endangered medicinal plant Celastrus paniculatus using 62 individual samples from seven natural populations in northern and northeastern Thailand to inform conservation strategies. The analysis of the nucl...
Pre-harvest sprouting (PHS) is a complex abiotic stress caused by multiple exogenous and endogenous variables that results in random but significant quality and yield loss at the terminal crop stage in more than half of the wheat-producing areas of t...
DNA-aneuploidy may reflect the malignant nature of mesenchymal proliferations and herald gross genomic instability as a mechanistic factor in tumor genesis. DNA-ploidy and -index were determined by flow cytometry in canine inflammatory or neoplastic...
Juncus (Juncaceae) comprises over 300 species with high morphological plasticity, and its systematics remain incompletely resolved due to limited genomic resources. Here, we generated complete plastid genomes for two Korean Juncus species (J. decipie...
Passiflora species are recognized for their intense evolutionary dynamics within the chloroplast genome (cp), serving as a primary model for studying structural variations in natural populations. This study investigates the phylogenetic relationships...
Quercus robur and Q. petraea are, in addition to Fagus sylvatica, the main economically used deciduous tree species in Europe. Identification of these two species is crucial because they differ in their ecological demands. Because of a changing clima...
Infertility is a problem affecting an increasing number of couples worldwide. Currently, marker tests for male factor infertility are complex, highly technical and relatively subjective. Up to 40% of cases of male factor infertility are currently dia...
The oil palm-pollinating weevil (Elaeidobius kamerunicus Faust) was introduced from Cameroon, West Africa, to Malaysia in 1981, and subsequently, to other oil palm-growing countries as well. This study aims to develop a set of robust E. kamerunicus-s...
The red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier), is among the most destructive invasive pests of date palms worldwide. In this study, mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) and nuclear internal transcribed spacer (ITS) markers we...
The canid genus Lycalopex comprises six recently diversified South American species whose evolutionary relationships have been remarkably challenging to resolve. We analyzed 6000 bp of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from 55 Lycalopex individuals (L. sechu...
This study delves into the exploration of genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships within Camellia reticulata cultivars, providing a vital reference for horticultural research on this hetero-hexaploid species. Utilizing available transcriptom...
Invasive plant species are expected to display high dispersal capacity but low levels of genetic diversity due to the founder effect occurring at each invasion episode. Understanding the history of invasions and the levels of genetic diversity of suc...
Natural hybridization is rather widespread and common in animals and can have important evolutionary consequences. In terms of taxonomy, exploring hybridization and introgression is crucial in defining species boundaries and testing taxonomic hypothe...
As pressures from climate change and global trade increase, developing cost-effective tools for origin tracking becomes essential to ensure the traceability and adaptability of forest reproductive material (FRM). Our objectives were (a) to test the e...
Two alder species (Alnus glutinosa and A. incana) have overlapping distribution, naturally occur in Lithuania, and are considered ecologically and economically important forest tree species. The objective of our study was to estimate the likelihood o...
Chromosomes are organized in distinct nuclear areas designated as chromosome territories (CT). The structural formation of CT is a consequence of chromatin packaging and organization that ultimately affects cell function. Chromosome positioning can i...
Planarians are a group of free-living platyhelminths (triclads) best-known largely due to long-standing regeneration and pattern formation research. However, the group’s diversity and evolutionary history has been mostly overlooked. A few taxonomists...
Castanopsis chinensis (Spreng.) Hance is widespread in the subtropical forests of China. Castanopsis qiongbeiensis G.A. Fu and Castanopsis glabrifolia J. Q. Li & Li Chen are limited to the coastal beaches of Wenchang county in the northeast of Ha...
Stroke remains the second leading cause of mortality worldwide, and the third leading cause of death and morbidity combined, affecting more than 12 million people every year. Stroke pathophysiology results from complex interactions of several risk fa...
We studied the genetic differentiation, structure, and diversity of Scots pine populations in Lithuania based on nuclear, chloroplast microsatellite, and mitochondrial DNA markers. We focused on revealing evolutionary history, country-wide geneflow p...
Sugarcane being the major contributor of sugar and potential source of biofuel around the globe, occupies significant commercial importance. Red rot is the most devastating disease of sugarcane, severely affecting its quality as well as yield. Here w...
A new species, Cryptomonas tropica sp. nov., is described from Cat Tien National Park (Vietnam) based on morphological and molecular data. Strains of the new species were isolated from soil, which is an unusual environment for photosynthetic cryptomo...
(1) Background: Esophageal cancer (EC) is an important global health challenge. Due to the lack of necessary biomarkers and therapeutic targets, the survival of EC patients is poor. The EC proteomic data of 124 patients recently published by our grou...
In 1989, a skin of a small spotted cat, from the Galeras Volcano in southern Colombia (Nariño Department), was donated to the Instituto Alexander von Humboldt (identification, ID 5857) at Villa de Leyva (Boyacá Department, Colombia). Al...
Panax notoginseng (P. notoginseng) has excellent medicinal and food dual-use characteristics. However, P. notoginseng with a unique origin label has become the target of fraud because of people confusing or hiding its origin. In this study, an untarg...
Cancer development and progression are extremely complex due to the alteration of various genes and pathways. In most cases, multiple agents are required to control cancer progression. The purpose of this study is to investigate, using a mouse model,...
Nearly four decades have passed since fluorescence in situ hybridisation was first applied in plants to support molecular cytogenetic analyses across a wide range of species. Subsequent advances in DNA sequencing, bioinformatic analysis, and microsco...
The development of new, more productive varieties of agricultural crops is becoming an increasingly difficult task. Modern approaches for the identification of beneficial alleles and their use in elite cultivars, such as quantitative trait loci (QTL)...
A central goal of molecular studies on ancient lake faunas is to resolve the origin and phylogeny of their strikingly diverse endemic species flocks. Another equally intriguing goal is to understand the integrity of individual morphologically diagnos...
Roe deer meat is a prized game product in many European countries. However, concerns exist regarding the accuracy of the amount of declared roe deer in processed game meat foods. This study aimed to develop a reliable method for the detection and qua...
The genus Hedysarum L. (Fabaceae) includes about 200 species of annual and perennial herbs distributed in Asia, Europe, North Africa, and North America. Many species of this genus are valuable medicinal, melliferous, and forage resources. In this rev...
Karyotyping in Agaricus bisporus is crucial for both the isolation of homokaryotic strains and the confirmation of dikaryon establishment. For the verification of the karyotype, the A mating type loci of two homokaryotic strains, H39 and H97, were an...
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