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Open AccessBody-size Scaling is Related to Gut Microbial Diversity, Metabolism and Dietary Niche of Arboreal Folivorous Flying Squirrels
Thermal homeostasis of mammals is constrained by body-size scaling. Consequently, small mammals require considerable energy to maintain a high mass-specific metabolic rate (MSMR) and sustain target body temper...
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Open AccessThe gene structure and hypervariability of the complete Penaeus monodon Dscam gene
Using two advanced sequencing approaches, Illumina and PacBio, we derive the entire Dscam gene from an M2 assembly of the complete Penaeus monodon genome. The P. monodon Dscam (PmDscam) gene is ~266 kbp, with a t...
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Variations in Gut Microbiota of Siberian Flying Squirrels Correspond to Seasonal Phenological Changes in Their Hokkaido Subarctic Forest Ecosystem
Gut microbial communities of animals are influenced by diet and seasonal weather changes. Since foraging strategies of wild animals are affected by phenological changes, gut microbial communities would differ ...
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Open AccessMetabolic characteristics of dominant microbes and key rare species from an acidic hot spring in Taiwan revealed by metagenomics
Microbial diversity and community structures in acidic hot springs have been characterized by 16S rRNA gene-based diversity surveys. However, our understanding regarding the interactions among microbes, or bet...
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Open AccessSpatial heterogeneity of gut microbiota reveals multiple bacterial communities with distinct characteristics
We analyzed bacterial communities of six distinct gut sites (the food bolus and mucus layer of the proximal small intestine, cecum and distal large intestine), using wild folivorous flying squirrels. We found ...
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Open AccessMetagenomic analysis reveals a functional signature for biomass degradation by cecal microbiota in the leaf-eating flying squirrel (Petaurista alborufus lena)
Animals co-evolve with their gut microbiota; the latter can perform complex metabolic reactions that cannot be done independently by the host. Although the importance of gut microbiota has been well demonstrat...
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Open AccessFosmid library end sequencing reveals a rarely known genome structure of marine shrimp Penaeus monodon
The black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) is one of the most important aquaculture species in the world, representing the crustacean lineage which possesses the greatest species diversity among marine invertebrate...
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Genetic Variation of Microsatellite Loci in the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) Region in the Southeast Asian House Mouse (Mus musculus castaneus)
Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes are the most polymorphic loci known for vertebrates. Here we employed five microsatellite loci closely linked to the MHC region in an attempt to study the amount of...
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Genetic Analysis of the Populations of Japanese Anchovy (Engraulidae: Engraulis japonicus) Using Microsatellite DNA
We analyzed the population structure of the Japanese anchovy (Engraulis japonicus), a small pelagic fish, using 6 microsatellite DNA loci. The anchovy is known to have 2 separate spawning populations, one near...
