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Silver nanoparticles affect the neural development of zebrafish embryos: AgNPs affect the embryonic neural development (2015)
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Xin, Q., Rotchell, J. M., Cheng, J., Yi, J., & Zhang, Q. (2015). Silver nanoparticles affect the neural development of zebrafish embryos: AgNPs affect the embryonic neural development. Journal of Applied Toxicology, 35(12), 1481-1492. https://doi.org/10.1002/jat.3164

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have been widely used in commercial products. This study aims to understand the impact of AgNPs on the early developmental stages in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos. Embryos were exposed to two sizes of AgNPs at three dos... Read More about Silver nanoparticles affect the neural development of zebrafish embryos: AgNPs affect the embryonic neural development.

The 10-tenets of adaptive management and sustainability: an holistic framework for understanding and managing the socio-ecological system (2015)
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Barnard, S., & Elliott, M. (2015). The 10-tenets of adaptive management and sustainability: an holistic framework for understanding and managing the socio-ecological system. Environmental science & policy, 51, 181-191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2015.04.008

The three basic principles of sustainable development, relating to ecology, economy and society, have long been embedded within national and international strategies. In recent years we have augmented these principles by a further seven consideration... Read More about The 10-tenets of adaptive management and sustainability: an holistic framework for understanding and managing the socio-ecological system.

The evolution of parental care in insects: a test of current hypotheses (2015)
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Gilbert, J. D. J., & Manica, A. (2015). The evolution of parental care in insects: a test of current hypotheses. Evolution, 69(5), 1255-1270. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.12656

Which sex should care for offspring is a fundamental question in evolution. Invertebrates, and insects in particular, show some of the most diverse kinds of parental care of all animals, but to date there has been no broad comparative study of the ev... Read More about The evolution of parental care in insects: a test of current hypotheses.

Effects of low seawater pH on the marine polychaete Platynereis dumerilii (2015)
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Wäge, J., Hardege, J. D., Larsson, T. A., Simakov, O., Chapman, E. C., Arendt, D., & Rotchell, J. M. (2015). Effects of low seawater pH on the marine polychaete Platynereis dumerilii. Marine pollution bulletin, 95(1), 166-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.04.027

An important priority for any organism is to maintain internal cellular homeostasis including acidbase balance. Yet, the molecular level impacts of changing environmental conditions, such as low pH, remain uncharacterised. Herein, we isolate partial... Read More about Effects of low seawater pH on the marine polychaete Platynereis dumerilii.

Molecular characterization of an estrogen receptor and estrogen-related receptor and their autoregulatory capabilities in two Mytilus species (2015)
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Nagasawa, K., Treen, N., Kondo, R., Otoki, Y., Itoh, N., Rotchell, J. M., & Osada, M. (2015). Molecular characterization of an estrogen receptor and estrogen-related receptor and their autoregulatory capabilities in two Mytilus species. Gene, 564(2), 153-159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2015.03.073

Vertebrate-like sex steroid hormones have been widely detected in mollusks, and numerous experiments have shown the importance of steroids in gonad development. Nevertheless, their signaling pathways in invertebrates have not been uncovered yet. Ster... Read More about Molecular characterization of an estrogen receptor and estrogen-related receptor and their autoregulatory capabilities in two Mytilus species.

Turbidity influences individual and group level responses to predation in guppies, Poecilia reticulata (2015)
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Kimbell, H. S., & Morrell, L. (2015). Turbidity influences individual and group level responses to predation in guppies, Poecilia reticulata. Animal behaviour, 103(May), 179-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.02.027

© 2015 The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour. Increasing turbidity (either sedimentary or organic) from anthropogenic sources has significant negative impacts on aquatic fauna, both directly and indirectly by disrupting behaviour. In part... Read More about Turbidity influences individual and group level responses to predation in guppies, Poecilia reticulata.

Phylogenetic signal in amphibian sensitivity to copper sulfate relative to experimental temperature (2015)
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Chiari, Y., Glaberman, S., Serén, N., Carretero, M. A., & Capellini, I. (2015). Phylogenetic signal in amphibian sensitivity to copper sulfate relative to experimental temperature. Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America, 25(3), 596-602. https://doi.org/10.1890/14-0439.1

The release of large quantities of chemicals into the environment represents a major source of environmental disturbance. In recent years, the focus of ecotoxicology has shifted from describing the effects of chemical contaminants on individual speci... Read More about Phylogenetic signal in amphibian sensitivity to copper sulfate relative to experimental temperature.

How will the 'molecular revolution' contribute to biological recording? (2015)
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Lawson Handley, L. (2015). How will the 'molecular revolution' contribute to biological recording?. Biological journal of the Linnean Society, 115(3), 750-766. https://doi.org/10.1111/bij.12516

© 2015 The Linnean Society of London. Soaring throughput, plummeting costs, and increased sensitivity for assaying degraded or low-concentration DNA are driving a revolution in the way that we monitor biodiversity. Arguably the biggest 'game-changer'... Read More about How will the 'molecular revolution' contribute to biological recording?.

Interactive lectures: Clickers or personal devices? [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] (2015)
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Morrell, L. J., & Joyce, D. A. (2015). Interactive lectures: Clickers or personal devices? [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]. F1000Research, 4, Article 64. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.6207.1

Audience response systems (‘clickers’) are frequently used to promote participation in large lecture classes, and evidence suggests that they convey a number of benefits to students, including improved academic performance and student satisfaction. T... Read More about Interactive lectures: Clickers or personal devices? [version 1; peer review: 2 approved].

Intersex related gene expression profiles in clams Scrobicularia plana : molecular markers and environmental application (2015)
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Langston, W. J., Ciocan, C. M., Hill, E. M., Lerebours, A., Rotchell, J. M., Rotchell, J., …Pope, N. (2015). Intersex related gene expression profiles in clams Scrobicularia plana : molecular markers and environmental application. Marine pollution bulletin, 95(2), 610-617. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.02.019

Intersex, the appearance of female characteristics in male gonads, has been identified in several aquatic species. It is a widespread phenomenon in populations of the bivalve, Scrobicularia plana, from the southwest coast of the U.K. Genes previously... Read More about Intersex related gene expression profiles in clams Scrobicularia plana : molecular markers and environmental application.

Determining Plant – Leaf Miner – Parasitoid Interactions: A DNA Barcoding Approach (2015)
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Derocles, S. A., Evans, D. M., Nichols, P. C., Evans, S. A., & Lunt, D. H. (2015). Determining Plant – Leaf Miner – Parasitoid Interactions: A DNA Barcoding Approach. PLoS ONE, 10(2), Article e0117872. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0117872

A major challenge in network ecology is to describe the full-range of species interactions in a community to create highly-resolved food-webs. We developed a molecular approach based on DNA full barcoding and mini-barcoding to describe difficult to o... Read More about Determining Plant – Leaf Miner – Parasitoid Interactions: A DNA Barcoding Approach.

Transition in sexual system and sex chromosome evolution in the tadpole shrimp Triops cancriformis (2015)
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Mathers, T. C., Hammond, R. L., Jenner, R., Hänfling, B., Atkins, J., & Gómez, A. (2015). Transition in sexual system and sex chromosome evolution in the tadpole shrimp Triops cancriformis. Heredity, 115(1), 37-46. https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.2015.10

© 2015 Macmillan Publishers Limited All rights reserved. Transitions in sexual system and reproductive mode may affect the course of sex chromosome evolution, for instance by altering the strength of sexually antagonistic selection. However, there ha... Read More about Transition in sexual system and sex chromosome evolution in the tadpole shrimp Triops cancriformis.

A mid-Oligocene (Whitneyan) rhinocerotid from northeastern California (2015)
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Bright, J. A., Tiffney, B. H., & Wyss, A. R. (2015). A mid-Oligocene (Whitneyan) rhinocerotid from northeastern California. Journal of Paleontology, 89(1), 135-139. https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2014.11

© 2015, The Paleontological Society. Rhinoceroses were important in North American mammal faunas from the late middle Eocene to the Miocene, but the group's poor sampling outside the High Plains and eastern Rocky Mountain regions during their early e... Read More about A mid-Oligocene (Whitneyan) rhinocerotid from northeastern California.

Challenges in fisheries management in the Zambezi, one of the great rivers of Africa (2015)
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Tweddle, D., Cowx, I. G., Peel, R. A., & Weyl, O. L. F. (2015). Challenges in fisheries management in the Zambezi, one of the great rivers of Africa. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 22(1), 99-111. https://doi.org/10.1111/fme.12107

© 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Almost all fisheries in the Zambezi River system have experienced severe declines in catch rates, loss of larger, most valuable fish species, and increased use of environmentally damaging active fishing gears. The fish... Read More about Challenges in fisheries management in the Zambezi, one of the great rivers of Africa.

Secondary contact seeds phenotypic novelty in cichlid fishes (2015)
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Nichols, P., Genner, M. J., van Oosterhout, C., Smith, A., Parsons, P., Sungani, H., …Joyce, D. A. (2015). Secondary contact seeds phenotypic novelty in cichlid fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282(1798), Article ARTN 20142272. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.2272

Theory proposes that genomic admixture between formerly reproductively isolated populations can generate phenotypic novelty for selection to act upon. Secondary contact may therefore be a significant promoter of phenotypic novelty that allows species... Read More about Secondary contact seeds phenotypic novelty in cichlid fishes.

Capturing the cloud of diversity reveals complexity and heterogeneity of MRSA carriage, infection and transmission (2015)
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Paterson, G. K., Harrison, E. M., Murray, G. G. R., Welch, J. J., Warland, J. H., Holden, M. T. G., …Holmes, M. A. (2015). Capturing the cloud of diversity reveals complexity and heterogeneity of MRSA carriage, infection and transmission. Nature communications, 6(1), https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7560

Genome sequencing is revolutionizing clinical microbiology and our understanding of infectious diseases. Previous studies have largely relied on the sequencing of a single isolate from each individual. However, it is not clear what degree of bacteria... Read More about Capturing the cloud of diversity reveals complexity and heterogeneity of MRSA carriage, infection and transmission.