Effect of increased embryonic temperature during developmental windows on survival, morphology and oxygen consumption of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) (open access)

Effect of increased embryonic temperature during developmental windows on survival, morphology and oxygen consumption of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

This article applies a developmental 3-dimensional critical window experimental design for a vertebrate, using time, temperature, and phenotypic response (i.e., variables measured). To assess thermal effects on fish development, the authors examined trout hatchling phenotypes following rearing in constant temperatures (5, 10, 15 and 17.5 °C) and following exposure to increased temperature above 5 °C during specific developmental windows.
Date: November 2, 2020
Creator: Melendez, Christopher L. & Mueller, Casey A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
CaMV35S promoter – A plant biology and biotechnology workhorse in the era of synthetic biology (open access)

CaMV35S promoter – A plant biology and biotechnology workhorse in the era of synthetic biology

This review article calls for establishing the CaMV 35S promoter as a quantitative reference standard for transcription activity in plants.
Date: November 18, 2020
Creator: Amack, Stephanie C. & Antunes, Mauricio S.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Editorial: Biofuels and Bioenergy (open access)

Editorial: Biofuels and Bioenergy

Editorial on the research topic of biofuels and bioenergy.
Date: November 30, 2020
Creator: Barros-Rios, Jaime; Zhang, Jin & Lu, Mengzhu
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Were domestic camelids present on the prehispanic South American agricultural frontier? An ancient DNA study (open access)

Were domestic camelids present on the prehispanic South American agricultural frontier? An ancient DNA study

Article testing the hypothesis that domesticated camelids occurred in prehispanic, southern Mendoza through analysis of ancient DNA.
Date: November 5, 2020
Creator: Johnson, Jeff A.; Kim, Tracy; Wolverton, Steven J.; Gil, Adolfo Fabian; Abbona, Cinthia Carolina & Adolfo, Gustavo Neme
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
RNaseH-mediated simultaneous piggyback knockdown of multiple genes in adult zebrafish (open access)

RNaseH-mediated simultaneous piggyback knockdown of multiple genes in adult zebrafish

This article tests if it is possible to piggyback more than one antisense deoxyoligonucleotide (dO) with one vivo morpholino (VMO). The authors previously developed a piggyback knockdown method that was used to knockdown genes in adult zebrafish. In this article, the authors develop a method to knockdown three genes at one time, and by increasing the concentration of VMO by twofold, could knockdown six genes simultaneously. These multiple gene knockdowns will not only increase the efficiency of the method in whole genome-wide knockdowns but will also be useful to study multifactorial disorders.
Date: November 19, 2020
Creator: Raman, Revathi; Ryon, Mia & Jagadeeswaran, Pudur
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
How Tiny Zebrafish and Their Surprisingly Human-Like Genome Can Benefit Medical Research captions transcript

How Tiny Zebrafish and Their Surprisingly Human-Like Genome Can Benefit Medical Research

Presentation highlighting the use of zebrafish to identify genes relating to predisposition to thromboembolism and cardiovascular disease in people with African ancestry. It was presented at the UNT Transdisciplinary Conference on Ancestral Genomics Research which was held virtually on November 20-21, 2020.
Date: November 21, 2020
Creator: Jagadeeswaran, Pudur
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library