A novel Fas ligand plays an important role in cell apoptosis of Crassostrea hongkongensis: molecular cloning, expression profiles and functional identification of ChFasL

BackgroundApoptosis regulates normal development, homeostasis, immune tolerance and response to environmental stress by eliminating unwanted or diseased cells, and plays a key role in non-specific immunity of invertebrates.The exogenous pathway mediated by death receptors and death ligands is a very important pathway for cell apoptosis.Death ligand

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habCluster: identifying the geographical boundary among intraspecific units using community detection algorithms in R

Conservation management for a species generally rests on intraspecific units, while identification of their geographic boundaries is necessary for the implementation.Intraspecific units can be discriminated using population genetic methods, yet an Heat Patches analytical approach is still lacking for detecting their geographic boundaries.Here, base

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Anomalous origin of the left circumflex coronary artery from the pulmonary artery. A very rare congenital anomaly in an adult patient diagnosed by cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Abstract Here we report for Door Closing Cap the first time on the diagnostic potential of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) to delineate the proximal course of an anomalous left circumflex coronary artery (LCX) originating from the right pulmonary artery in an adult patient with no other form of congenital heart disease.The patient was refer

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Rice MDU 6: A high yielding long slender grain variety

A short duration, high yielding, long slender grain rice culture, ACM 01010 was developed from Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai and was released as Rice MDU 6 during 2015.ACM 01010 is a derivative of MDU5 / ACM 96136.It has semi dwarf stature (95-105

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