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A barley PHD finger transcription factor that confers male sterility by affecting tapetal development (2014)
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Fernandez Gomez, J. F., & Wilson, Z. A. (2014). A barley PHD finger transcription factor that confers male sterility by affecting tapetal development. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 12(6), https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.12181

Controlling pollen development is of major commercial importance in generating hybrid crops and selective breeding, but characterized genes for male sterility in crops are rare, with no current examples in barley. However, translation of knowledge fr... Read More about A barley PHD finger transcription factor that confers male sterility by affecting tapetal development.

Activation of 2? 5?-oligoadenylate synthetase by stem loops at the 5?-end of the West Nile virus genome (2014)
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Deo, S., Patel, T. R., Dzananovic, E., Booy, E. P., Zeid, K., McEleney, K., …McKenna, S. A. (2014). Activation of 2′ 5′-oligoadenylate synthetase by stem loops at the 5′-end of the West Nile virus genome. PLoS ONE, 9(3), Article e92545. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0092545

West Nile virus (WNV) has a positive sense RNA genome with conserved structural elements in the 5? and 3? -untranslated regions required for polyprotein production. Antiviral immunity to WNV is partially mediated through the production of a cluster o... Read More about Activation of 2? 5?-oligoadenylate synthetase by stem loops at the 5?-end of the West Nile virus genome.

Systems Analysis of Auxin Transport in the Arabidopsis Root Apex (2014)
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Band, L. R., Wells, D. M., Fozard, J. A., Ghetiu, T., French, A. P., Pound, M. P., …Bennett, M. J. (2014). Systems Analysis of Auxin Transport in the Arabidopsis Root Apex. Plant Cell, 26(3), 862-875. https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.113.119495

Auxin is a key regulator of plant growth and development. Within the root tip, auxin distribution plays a crucial role specifying developmental zones and coordinating tropic responses. Determining how the organ-scale auxin pattern is regulated at the... Read More about Systems Analysis of Auxin Transport in the Arabidopsis Root Apex.

Effects of assisted reproductive technologies on human sex ratio at birth (2014)
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Maalouf, W. E., Mincheva, M. N., Campbell, B. K., & Hardy, I. C. (2014). Effects of assisted reproductive technologies on human sex ratio at birth. Fertility and Sterility, 101(5), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.01.041

Objective To investigate the effect of assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatments on the sex ratio of babies born. Design Assessment of direct effects of assisted conception through retrospective data analysis on the progeny sex ratio o... Read More about Effects of assisted reproductive technologies on human sex ratio at birth.

One hundred years of parasitoids (2014)
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Kapranas, A., & Hardy, I. C. (2014). One hundred years of parasitoids. Biocontrol News and Information, 35(1), Article 1N-4N

Development of microsatellite markers and detection of genetic variation between Goniozus wasp populations (2014)
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Khidr, S. K., Hardy, I. C., Zaviezo, T., & Mayes, S. (2014). Development of microsatellite markers and detection of genetic variation between Goniozus wasp populations. Journal of Insect Science, 14(43), https://doi.org/10.1673/031.014.43

Molecular genetic markers reveal differences between genotypes according to the presence of alleles (the same or different) at target loci. Microsatellite markers are especially useful codominant markers that have been used in a wide range of studies... Read More about Development of microsatellite markers and detection of genetic variation between Goniozus wasp populations.

Comparison of ambient solvent extraction methods for the analysis of fatty acids in non-starch lipids of ?our and starch (2014)
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Bahrami, N., Yonekura, L., Linforth, R. S., Carvalho da Silva, M., Hill, S., Penson, S., …Fisk, I. D. (2014). Comparison of ambient solvent extraction methods for the analysis of fatty acids in non-starch lipids of flour and starch. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 94(3), https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.6449

BACKGROUND: Lipids are minor components of flours, but are major determinants of baking properties and end-product quality. To the best of our knowledge, there is no single solvent system currently known that efficiently extracts all non-starch lipids... Read More about Comparison of ambient solvent extraction methods for the analysis of fatty acids in non-starch lipids of ?our and starch.

From cheek swabs to consensus sequences: an A to Z protocol for high-throughput DNA sequencing of complete human mitochondrial genomes (2014)
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Clarke, A. C., Prost, S., Stanton, J. L., White, W. T. J., Kaplan, M. E., Matisoo-Smith, E. A., & The Genographic Consortium. (2014). From cheek swabs to consensus sequences: an A to Z protocol for high-throughput DNA sequencing of complete human mitochondrial genomes. BMC Genomics, 15(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-15-68

Background: Next-generation DNA sequencing (NGS) technologies have made huge impacts in many fields of biological research, but especially in evolutionary biology. One area where NGS has shown potential is for high-throughput sequencing of complete m... Read More about From cheek swabs to consensus sequences: an A to Z protocol for high-throughput DNA sequencing of complete human mitochondrial genomes.

A scanner system for high-resolution quantification of variation in root growth dynamics of Brassica (2014)
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Adu, M. O., Chatot, A., Wiesel, L., Bennett, M. J., Broadley, M. R., White, P. J., & Dupuy, L. X. (2014). A scanner system for high-resolution quantification of variation in root growth dynamics of Brassica. Journal of Experimental Botany, 65(8), 2039-2048. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eru048

The potential exists to breed for root system architectures that optimize resource acquisition. However, this requires the ability to screen root system development quantitatively, with high resolution, in as natural an environment as possible, with... Read More about A scanner system for high-resolution quantification of variation in root growth dynamics of Brassica.

Mechanical modelling quantifies the functional importance of outer tissue layers during root elongation and bending (2014)
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Dyson, R. J., Vizcay-Barrena, G., Band, L. R., Fernandes, A. N., French, A. P., Fozard, J. A., …Jensen, O. E. (2014). Mechanical modelling quantifies the functional importance of outer tissue layers during root elongation and bending. New Phytologist, 202(4), 1212-1222. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.12764

Root elongation and bending require the coordinated expansion of multiple cells of different types. These processes are regulated by the action of hormones that can target distinct cell layers. We use a mathematical model to characterise the influenc... Read More about Mechanical modelling quantifies the functional importance of outer tissue layers during root elongation and bending.

Pigeons: a novel GUI software for analysing and parsing high density heterologous oligonucleotide microarray probe level data (2014)
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Lai, H., May, S., & Mayes, S. (2014). Pigeons: a novel GUI software for analysing and parsing high density heterologous oligonucleotide microarray probe level data. Microarrays, 3(1), https://doi.org/10.3390/microarrays3010001

Genomic DNA-based probe selection by using high density oligonucleotide arrays has recently been applied to heterologous species (Xspecies). With the advent of this new approach, researchers are able to study the genome and transcriptome of a non-mod... Read More about Pigeons: a novel GUI software for analysing and parsing high density heterologous oligonucleotide microarray probe level data.

The impact of cafeteria feeding during lactation in the rat on novel object discrimination in the offspring (2014)
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Wright, T., King, M., Davey, W., Langley-Evans, S. . C., & Voigt, J. (2014). The impact of cafeteria feeding during lactation in the rat on novel object discrimination in the offspring. British Journal of Nutrition, 112, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114514003134

There is increasing evidence that hyperenergetic diets impact on memory in rodents. However, it is largely unknown how diets, such as a cafeteria diet (CD), that mimic a Western diet act on learning and memory, in particular when fed during early sta... Read More about The impact of cafeteria feeding during lactation in the rat on novel object discrimination in the offspring.

Genome-wide methylation and gene expression changes in newborn rats following maternal protein restriction and reversal by folic acid (2013)
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Altobelli, G., Bogdarina, I., Stupka, E., Clark, A. J., & Langley-Evans, S. C. (2013). Genome-wide methylation and gene expression changes in newborn rats following maternal protein restriction and reversal by folic acid. PLoS ONE, 8, Article e82989. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082989

A large body of evidence from human and animal studies demonstrates that the maternal diet during pregnancy can programme physiological and metabolic functions in the developing fetus, effectively determining susceptibility to later disease. The mech... Read More about Genome-wide methylation and gene expression changes in newborn rats following maternal protein restriction and reversal by folic acid.

Exposure of neonatal rats to maternal cafeteria feeding during suckling alters hepatic gene expression and DNA methylation in the insulin signalling pathway (2013)
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Daniel, Z., Akyol, A., McMullen, S., & Langley-Evans, S. C. (2013). Exposure of neonatal rats to maternal cafeteria feeding during suckling alters hepatic gene expression and DNA methylation in the insulin signalling pathway. Genes and Nutrition, 9(1), Article 365. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12263-013-0365-3

Nutrition in early life is a determinant of lifelong physiological and metabolic function. Diseases that are associated with ageing may, therefore, have their antecedents in maternal nutrition during pregnancy and lactation. Rat mothers were fed eith... Read More about Exposure of neonatal rats to maternal cafeteria feeding during suckling alters hepatic gene expression and DNA methylation in the insulin signalling pathway.

Neuromuscular electrical stimulation of the quadriceps in patients with non-small cell lung cancer receiving palliative chemotherapy: a randomized Phase II study (2013)
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Lucia, A., Maddocks, M., Halliday, V., Chauhan, A., Taylor, V., Nelson, A., …Wilcock, A. (2013). Neuromuscular electrical stimulation of the quadriceps in patients with non-small cell lung cancer receiving palliative chemotherapy: a randomized Phase II study. PLoS ONE, 8(12), Article e86059. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086059

Background A reduced exercise capacity is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Therapeutic exercise can be beneficial and neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) of the... Read More about Neuromuscular electrical stimulation of the quadriceps in patients with non-small cell lung cancer receiving palliative chemotherapy: a randomized Phase II study.

Mathematical analysis of a model for the growth of the bovine corpus luteum (2013)
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Prokopiou, S. A., Byrne, H. M., Jeffrey, M. R., Robinson, R. S., Mann, G. E., & Owen, M. R. (2014). Mathematical analysis of a model for the growth of the bovine corpus luteum. Journal of Mathematical Biology, 69, 1515-1546. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00285-013-0722-2

© 2013, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. The corpus luteum (CL) is an ovarian tissue that grows in the wound space created by follicular rupture. It produces the progesterone needed in the uterus to maintain pregnancy. Rapid growth of the CL and pr... Read More about Mathematical analysis of a model for the growth of the bovine corpus luteum.

Viscosity development during aqueous dispersion and dissolution: a comparison of PGX® with other dietary supplements and individual polysaccharides (2013)
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Smith, I. H., Lawson, C. J., Harding, S. E., Gahler, R. J., Lyon, M. R., & Wood, S. (2014). Viscosity development during aqueous dispersion and dissolution: a comparison of PGX® with other dietary supplements and individual polysaccharides. Food Hydrocolloids, 38, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2013.12.004

Viscosity development with time was studied during the aqueous dissolution of the novel polysaccharide complex PGX®, a finer particle size version used in meal replacement PGXf, and a blend of the three polysaccharides 3PB used in their manufacture.... Read More about Viscosity development during aqueous dispersion and dissolution: a comparison of PGX® with other dietary supplements and individual polysaccharides.

Quantification of changes in zero valent iron morphology using X-ray computed tomography (2013)
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Luo, P., Bailey, E. H., & Mooney, S. J. (2013). Quantification of changes in zero valent iron morphology using X-ray computed tomography. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 25(11), 2344-2351. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1001-0742%2812%2960237-X

Morphological changes within the porous architecture of laboratory scale zero valent iron (ZVI) permeable reactive barriers (PRBs), after exposure to different groundwater conditions, have been quantified experimentally for different ZVI/sand ratios... Read More about Quantification of changes in zero valent iron morphology using X-ray computed tomography.

Complete genome sequence of universal bacteriophage host strain Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni PT14 (2013)
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Brathwaite, K. J., Siringan, P., Moreton, J., Wilson, R., & Connerton, I. F. (2013). Complete genome sequence of universal bacteriophage host strain Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni PT14. Genome Announcements, 1(6), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1128/genomea.00969-13

Campylobacter jejuni strain PT14 is a clinical isolate previously used to propagate bacteriophages in the United Kingdom phage typing scheme. The strain has proven useful in the isolation of Campylobacter bacteriophages from several sources, and it f... Read More about Complete genome sequence of universal bacteriophage host strain Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni PT14.