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Nitrogen effect on gas exchange characteristics, dry matter production and nitrate accumulation of Amaranthus cruentus L.
Cechin, Inês
; Valquilha, Érico Manoel (Revista Brasileira de Botanica, 2019) [Artigo]
Among the mineral nutrients, nitrogen stands out as an essential constituent of amino acids, nucleic acids and proteins, as well as being part of the photosynthetic apparatus. The present study aimed to evaluate the responses ... -
DNA Barcode reveals mislabelling in the identification of marine fish swimming bladders for commercialization
da Silva, Caio F.; Daneluz, Cahique M. ; Camacho-Oliveira, Raul B. ; do Prado, Fernanda D. ; Foresti, Fausto ; ; Porto-Foresti, Fábio (Forensic Science International, 2019) [Artigo]
Sequences of the mitochondrial gene COI (DNA Barcode) wereused to identify marine fish swimming bladders commercialized in Brazil. The comparisons of the obtained sequences of the samples registered as catfish for the ... -
Effects of dietary cholesterol on hepatopancreas associated with morphotypic differentiation in male Amazon River Prawns, Macrobrachium amazonicum (Heller, 1862)
Ruiz, Thalles Fernando Rocha; ; Vicentini, Carlos Alberto ; Vicentini, Irene Bastos Franceschini ; (Aquaculture Research, 2019) [Artigo]
Cholesterol is a necessary element in the diet of prawns and it is involved in the metabolic processes of sexual maturation and synthesis of the molting hormone. Freshwater prawns are not able to synthesise cholesterol ... -
Metformin as an add-on to insulin improves periodontal response during orthodontic tooth movement in type 1 diabetic rats
; ; Almeida, Rodrigo; ; ; ; (Journal of periodontology, 2019) [Artigo]
BACKGROUND: Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is associated with delayed tissue healing and bone loss. Periodontal tissues during tooth movement (OTM) in T1D and under diabetic treatment are poorly understood. We aimed to study the ... -
In vitro and in vivo assessment of CaP materials for bone regenerative therapy. The role of multinucleated giant cells/osteoclasts in bone regeneration
; ; ; ; ; ; Costa, Bruna Carolina; ; ; et al. (Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials, 2019) [Artigo]
In this work, bone formation/remodeling/maturation was correlated with the presence of multinucleated giant cells (MGCs)/osteoclasts (tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase [TRAP]-positive cells) on the surface of beta-tricalcium ... -
Distinct healing pattern of maxillary sinus augmentation using the vitroceramic Biosilicate®: Study in rabbits
; Matsumoto, Mariza Akemi; ; ; ; ; ; (Materials Science and Engineering C, 2019) [Artigo]
Objectives: To follow healing process of augmented maxillary sinus in rabbits analyzing the histological pattern of bone tissue formation, along with the osteogenic activity and vascularization using a bioactive vitroceramic ... -
The largest fish in the world’s biggest river: Genetic connectivity and conservation of Arapaima gigas in the Amazon and Araguaia-Tocantins drainages
; ; ; ; ; Foresti, Fausto; Porto-Foresti, Fabio ; ; (PLoS ONE, 2019) [Artigo]
Arapaima, pirarucu or paiche (Arapaima gigas) is one of the largest freshwater fish in the world, and has a long history of commercial exploitation in the Amazon region. To estimate levels of genetic variability and ... -
The crustacean bycatch of seabob shrimp Xiphopenaeus kroyeri (Heller, 1862) fisheries in the Cananéia region, southern coast of São Paulo, Brazil
Bochini, Gabriel Lucas; Stanski, Gilson ; Castilho, Antonio Leão ; Costa, Rogerio Caetano da (Regional Studies in Marine Science, 2019) [Artigo]
The bycatch of shrimp fisheries is highly diverse, but still understudied in the coast of Cananéia (São Paulo, Brazil), where shrimp fisheries are very intensive. Aiming to fill this gap, we analysed the diversity of ... -
Chromosomal and Genomic Dynamics of Satellite DNAs in Characidae (Characiformes, Teleostei) Species
Rodrigues, Pedro Henrique De Mira; Dos Santos, Rodrigo Zeni ; Silva, Duílio Mazzoni Zerbinato De Andrade ; Goes, Caio Augusto Gomes ; Oliveira, Claudio ; Foresti, Fausto ; Porto-Foresti, Fábio ; Utsunomia, Ricardo (Zebrafish, 2019) [Artigo]
Satellite DNAs (satDNAs) are tandemly repeated DNA sequences with great abundance in eukaryotic genomes. A single species may carry up to hundreds of satDNA families, which is collectively called as satellitome, each showing ... -
Relative growth and population dynamics of Macrobrachium iheringi (decapoda, palaemonidae)
Nogueira, Caio dos Santos; Perroca, Júlia Fernandes ; Piantkoski, Emerson Luiz ; da Costa, Rogerio Caetano ; ; Fransozo, Adilson (Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2019) [Artigo]
During the ontogenetic development of crustaceans, the relative growth of some structures may change, especially during the transition from juvenile to adult. This study describes the relative growth of body structures of ... -
Effect of hydroalcoholic extract of Myracrodruon urundeuva All. and Qualea grandiflora Mart. leaves on the viability and activity of microcosm biofilm and on enamel demineralization
; ; ; Saldanha, Luiz Leonardo; Dokkedal, Anne Lígia ; ; (Journal of applied oral science : revista FOB, 2019) [Artigo]
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to assess the effect of Myracrodruon urundeuva All. and Qualea grandiflora Mart. leaves hydroalcoholic extracts on viability and metabolism of a microcosm biofilm and on enamel ... -
Toxicological, genotoxic and antioxidant potential of pyrostegia venusta
Viel, Amanda Martins; ; Martins, Gustavo Rafagnin ; Urtremari, Betsaida ; ; Dokkedal, Anne Lígia ; de Souza, Edislane Barreiros ; Camargo, Isabel Cristina Cherici ; Silva, Regildo Márcio Gonçalves (Bioscience Journal, 2019) [Artigo]
Pyrostegia venusta is usually found in the secondary growth of the Atlantic forests, and in the Brazilian Savanna. Flowers and leaves of this plant are used in folk remedies for treating a wide variety of healthy conditions, ... -
ATLANTIC BIRD TRAITS: a data set of bird morphological traits from the Atlantic forests of South America
; ; Assis, Julia Camara; Pena, João Carlos Castro ; Muylaert, Renata L. ; Tonetti, Vinicius Rodrigues ; ; Regolin, André Luis ; ; et al. (Ecology, 2019) [Data paper]
Scientists have long been trying to understand why the Neotropical region holds the highest diversity of birds on Earth. Recently, there has been increased interest in morphological variation between and within species, ... -
Satellitome landscape analysis of Megaleporinus macrocephalus (Teleostei, Anostomidae) reveals intense accumulation of satellite sequences on the heteromorphic sex chromosome
Utsunomia, Ricardo; Silva, Duílio Mazzoni Zerbinato de Andrade ; ; Goes, Caio Augusto Gomes ; Melo, Silvana ; Ramos, Lucas Peres ; Oliveira, Claudio ; Porto-Foresti, Fábio ; Foresti, Fausto ; Hashimoto, Diogo Teruo (Scientific Reports, 2019) [Artigo]
The accumulation of repetitive DNA sequences on the sex-limited W or Y chromosomes is a well-known process that is likely triggered by the suppression of recombination between the sex chromosomes, which leads to major ... -
Farfantepenaeus subtilis (Pérez-Farfante, 1967) and F. brasiliensis (Latreille, 1817) (Decapoda, Penaeidae): Ontogenetic comparison using the combined analysis of secondary sexual characters and molecular markers
; ; Carvalho-Batista, Abner; ; ; ; (Fisheries Research, 2019) [Artigo]
Most identification keys of species of Farfantepenaeus use the shape of secondary sexual characters as a dichotomic character, but this approach focus only on adults. The lack of similar diagnostic tools for juveniles, ... -
The unknown followers: Discovery of a new species of SycobiaWalker (Hymenoptera: Epichrysomallinae) associated with Ficus benjamina L. (Moraceae) in the Neotropical region
; ; ; ; ; Felício, Daniel Tirapeli; ; ; ; (Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 2018) [Artigo]
Biotic invasion in mutualistic communities is of particular interest due to the possible establishment of new relationships with native species. Ficus species are widely cultivated as ornamental plants, and they host ... -
Orbiculoidea baini and orbiculoidea excentrica (brachiopoda, discinidae) from the middle devonian (alto garças sub-basin, paraná basin) of caiapônia, Goiás (Brazil)
Carbonaro, Fábio Augusto; ; Corral, Heloísa Stok ; Ghilardi, Renato Pirani (Geologia USP - Serie Cientifica, 2018) [Artigo]
The Devonian brachiopods from Goiás (Alto Garças Sub-basin, Paraná Basin) present records in the cities of Caiapônia, Amorinópolis, and Doverlândia. However, most of the papers only mention the presence of these fossils ... -
Inferring ancestral range reconstruction based on trilobite records: a study-case on Metacryphaeus (Phacopida, Calmoniidae)
Carbonaro, Fábio Augusto; ; ; ; Ghilardi, Renato Pirani (Scientific Reports, 2018) [Artigo]
Metacryphaeus is a calmoniid trilobite genus from the Devonian Malvinokaffric Realm, exclusive to the Gondwanan regions. It includes eleven species, which are for the first time included here in a single phylogenetic ... -
Storm-related taphofacies and paleoenvironments of Malvinokaffric assemblages from the Lower/Middle Devonian in southwestern Gondwana
; ; ; ; ; Ghilardi, Renato Pirani; (Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2019) [Artigo]
Taphofacies of Malvinokaffric macroinvertebrate-bearing rocks from the uppermost Pragian to lower Givetian in southwestern Gondwana are evaluated. During the Lower/Middle Devonian, the Paraná Basin (southern Brazil) was ... -
Applicability of papain solutions in immunohematology
De Santis, Lais Priscila; Garcia, Patricia Carvalho ; Dias Paes Secco, Valeria Nogueira ; Ferreira, Rosana Rossi ; Deffune, Elenice (Einstein-sao Paulo, 2019) [Artigo]
Objective: To compare the enzyme activity of different presentations of papain solution to validate in-house preparations. Methods: Two papain solutions were prepared, and the third presentation was a commercial solution. ...