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Study on the Sediment Transport Flux and Mechanism in the Bohai Strait at the Tidal and Monthly Scales in Summer
Based on the data of tidal currents and suspended sediment concentrations observed synchronously at 11 stations in the Bohai Strait lasting for 25 hours, the temporal and spatial variations of currents and sus...
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Open AccessTranscriptomic analysis of spleen B cell revealed the molecular basis of bursopentin on B cell differentiation
The bursa of Fabricius, the acknowledged humoral immune organ unique to birds, plays a vital role in B cell development. Bursopentin (BP5) derived from the bursa is reported to induce the development and forma...
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Coupled δ15NTN and δ13CTOC Insights into Methane Seepage Activities in Bulk Marine Sediments of the Qiongdongnan Basin, South China Sea
Recently, methane seepage related to the dissociation of natural gas hydrates has attracted much attention, which has a significant impact on the study of the global carbon and nitrogen cycles. Based on the de...
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Open AccessIdentification of TARDBP Gly298Ser as a founder mutation for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Southern China
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by predominant impairment of upper and lower motor neurons. Over 50 TARDBP mutations have been reported in both familia...
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Effect of Penetration Rates on the Piezocone Penetration Test in the Yellow River Delta Silt
Partial drainage often occurs during piezocone penetration testing on Yellow River Delta silt because of its intermediate physical and mechanical properties between those of sand and clay. Yet, there is no acc...
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Graph-Theoretic Method on Topology Identification of Stochastic Multi-weighted Complex Networks with Time-Varying Delayed Coupling Based on Adaptive Synchronization
This paper is concerned with topology identification of stochastic multi-weighted complex networks based on adaptive synchronization. Different from previous work, time-varying delayed coupling is taken into a...
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Response of Terrigenous Sediment Input to Sea Level Change and East Asian Monsoon Evolution Since 30kyr in the Southwestern Taiwan Basin
The compositions of grain size, clay minerals, and geochemical elements in core sediments (TS4) from the southwestern Taiwan Basin (South China Sea) were investigated to assess the response of terrigenous sedi...
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Origin and geochemistry of surface sediments in the mud deposit area offshore the Shandong Peninsula, China
The waters offshore the Shandong Peninsula separate the North Yellow Sea from the South Yellow Sea, and receive a large amount of terrestrial material from Chinese and Korean rivers, making it an ideal area fo...
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Study on the Geo-Environmental Evolution of the Laolonggou Lagoon Under the Impacts of the Caofeidian Reclamation Project in Hebei Province
The Caofeidian Reclamation Project has been the biggest reclamation project in China so far, in which 310km2 sea areas were reclaimed along the coast of Hebei Province, and it also bring about many problems and d...
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Open AccessEfficient chromatin profiling of H3K4me3 modification in cotton using CUT&Tag
In 2019, Kaya-Okur et al. reported on the cleavage under targets and tagmentation (CUT&Tag) technology for efficient profiling of epigenetically modified DNA fragments. It was used mainly for cultured cell lin...
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Sediment Provenance and Climate Changes Since the Middle Pleistocene in the Yingqiong Continental Slope of the South China Sea
The age, grain size compositions and major elemental compositions for sediments in core YQ1 from the Yingqiong continental slope in the South China Sea was determined in this paper. It is noted that the period...
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Open AccessReconstruction of the full-length transcriptome atlas using PacBio Iso-Seq provides insight into the alternative splicing in Gossypium australe
Gossypium australe F. Mueller (2n = 2x = 26, G2 genome) possesses valuable characteristics. For example, the delayed gland morphogenesis trait causes cottonseed protein and oil to be edible while retaining resist...
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Iron regulatory protein 2 is a suppressor of mutant p53 in tumorigenesis
p53 is known to play a role in iron homeostasis and is required for FDXR-mediated iron metabolism via iron regulatory protein 2 (IRP2). Interestingly, p53 is frequently mutated in tumors wherein iron is often ...
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Open AccessLncRNAs in polyploid cotton interspecific hybrids are derived from transposon neofunctionalization
Interspecific hybridization and whole genome duplication are driving forces of genomic and organism diversification. But the effect of interspecific hybridization and whole genome duplication on the non-coding...
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Ten alien chromosome additions of Gossypium hirsutum–Gossypium bickii developed by integrative uses of GISH and species-specific SSR markers
Gossypium bickii: (2n = 26, G1G1), a wild diploid cotton, carries many favourable traits. However, these favourable traits cannot be directly transferred into G. hirsutum (2n = 52, AADD) cultivars due to the diff...
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Change in Sediment Provenance Near the Current Estuary of Yellow River Since the Holocene Transgression
Sedimentary sequence and sediment provenance are important factors when it comes to the studies on marine sedimentation. This paper studies grain size distribution, lithological characteristics, major and rare...
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Inversion and Prediction of Consolidation Settlement Characteristics of the Fluvial Sediments Based on Void Ratio Variation in the Northern Modern Yellow River Subaqueous Delta, China
The modern Yellow River delta is formed near the estuary of the Yellow River with the characteristics of short formation time, efficient sedimentation rate and loose structure which make sediments prone to be ...
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Overcoming obstacles to interspecific hybridization between Gossypium hirsutum and G. turneri
Gossypium turneri, a wild cotton species (2n = 2X = 26, D10D10) originating from Mexico, possesses invaluable characteristics unavailable in the cultivated tetraploid cotton gene pool, such as caducous involucels...
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Open AccessInducement and identification of chromosome introgression and translocation of Gossypium australe on Gossypium hirsutum
We previously reported the development of a set of Gossypium hirsutum-G. australe alien chromosome addition lines. Naturally, however, G. hirsutum-G. australe chromosome exchanges were very limited, impeding the ...
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Sediment consolidation settlement of Chengbei Sea area in the northern Huanghe River subaqueous delta, China
One of the most important factors controlling the morphology of the modern Huanghe (Yellow) River delta is consolidation settlement, which is impacted by fast deposition, high water content, and low density of...
