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Evaluation of a Chicken 600K SNP genotyping array in non-model species of grouse (open access)

Evaluation of a Chicken 600K SNP genotyping array in non-model species of grouse

This article tested the cross-species application of the Affymetrix 600K Chicken SNP array in five species of North American prairie grouse (Centrocercus and Tympanuchus genera). This study study provided evidence for successful cross-species application of the chicken SNP array in grouse which diverged ca. 37 mya from the chicken lineage. As far as the authors are concerned, this is the first reported application of a SNP array in non-passerine birds, and it demonstrates the feasibility of using commercial SNP arrays in research on non-model bird species.
Date: October 19, 2018
Creator: Minias, Piotr; Dunn, Peter O.; Whittingham, Linda A.; Johnson, Jeff A. & Oyler-McCance, Sara
System: The UNT Digital Library
Does the left aorta provide proton-rich blood to the gut when crocodilians digest a meal? (open access)

Does the left aorta provide proton-rich blood to the gut when crocodilians digest a meal?

Article measuring blood parameters in the left aortae and atria of crocodilians. The findings do not support the hypothesis that a R–L shunt serves to deliver CO2 for the gastrointestinal system after feeding in crocodilians.
Date: February 4, 2019
Creator: Conner, Justin L.; Crossley, Janna; Elsey, Ruth M.; Nelson, Derek; Wang, Tobias & Crossley, Dane A., II
System: The UNT Digital Library
4-Coumarate 3-hydroxylase in the lignin biosynthesis pathway is a cytosolic ascorbate peroxidase (open access)

4-Coumarate 3-hydroxylase in the lignin biosynthesis pathway is a cytosolic ascorbate peroxidase

Article describes an enzyme catalyzing the direct 3-hydroxylation of 4-coumarate to caffeate in lignin biosynthesis as a bifunctional peroxidase that oxidizes both ascorbate and 4-coumarate at comparable rates.
Date: April 30, 2019
Creator: Barros, Jaime; Escamilla-Treviño, Luis; Song, Luhua; Rao, Xiaolan; Serrani-Yarce, Juan Carlos; Docampo-Palacios, Maite et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library