Comparative transcriptomics and host-specific parasite gene expression profiles inform on drivers of proliferative kidney disease

Authors: Marc Faber, Sophie Shaw, Sohye Yoon, Eduardo de Paiva Alves, Bei Wang, Zhitao Qi, Beth Okamura, Hanna Hartikainen, Christopher J. Secombes, Jason W. Holland

Source: Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-17 (2021)

Subject Terms: Medicine, Science

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322

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To remain or leave: Dispersal variation and its genetic consequences in benthic freshwater invertebrates

Authors: Paolo Ruggeri, Ellen Pasternak, Beth Okamura

Source: Ecology and Evolution, Vol 9, Iss 21, Pp 12069-12088 (2019)

Subject Terms: Cristatella mucedo, dispersal ability, Fredericella sultana, gene flow, hydrological connectivity, statoblasts, Ecology, QH540-549.5

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2045-7758

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Recruitment of toxin-like proteins with ancestral venom function supports endoparasitic lifestyles of Myxozoa

Authors: Ashlie Hartigan, Adrian Jaimes-Becerra, Beth Okamura, Liam B. Doonan, Malcolm Ward, Antonio C. Marques, Paul F. Long

Source: PeerJ, Vol 9, p e11208 (2021)

Subject Terms: Venom, Cnidaria, Buddenbrockia plumatellae, Polypodium hydriforme, Toxin divergence, Secretion, Medicine, Biology (General), QH301-705.5

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Relation: https://peerj.com/articles/11208.pdf; https://peerj.com/articles/11208/; https://doaj.org/toc/2167-8359

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Exploration of the 2016 Yellowstone River fish kill and proliferative kidney disease in wild fish populations

Authors: Patrick R. Hutchins, Adam J. Sepulveda, Hanna Hartikainen, Ken D. Staigmiller, Scott T. Opitz, Renee M. Yamamoto, Amberly Huttinger, Rick J. Cordes, Tammy Weiss, Lacey R. Hopper, Maureen K. Purcell, Beth Okamura

Source: Ecosphere, Vol 12, Iss 3, Pp n/a-n/a (2021)

Subject Terms: environmental DNA, malacosporean, myxozoan, PKX, proliferative kidney disease, quantitative polymerase chain reaction, Ecology, QH540-549.5

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2150-8925

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Persistence, impacts and environmental drivers of covert infections in invertebrate hosts

Authors: Inês Fontes, Hanna Hartikainen, Chris Williams, Beth Okamura

Source: Parasites & Vectors, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2017)

Subject Terms: Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae, Fredericella sultana, Proliferative kidney disease, Myxozoans, Bryozoans, Productivity, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-017-2495-8; https://doaj.org/toc/1756-3305

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Waterbird-Mediated Dispersal and Freshwater Biodiversity: General Insights From Bryozoans

Authors: Beth Okamura, Hanna Hartikainen, Jahcub Trew

Source: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Vol 7 (2019)

Subject Terms: waterbirds, migration, statoblasts, dispersal potential, evolutionary consequences, genetic flow, Evolution, QH359-425, Ecology, QH540-549.5

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2019.00029/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2296-701X

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Phylogenetically Widespread Polyembryony in Cyclostome Bryozoans and the Protracted Asynchronous Release of Clonal Brood-Mates.

Authors: Helen L Jenkins, Andrea Waeschenbach, Beth Okamura, Roger N Hughes, John D D Bishop

Source: PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 1, p e0170010 (2017)

Subject Terms: Medicine, Science

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Relation: http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5240946?pdf=render; https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203

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Hidden Infections and Changing Environments.

Authors: Beth Okamura¹ b.okamura@nhm.ac.uk

Source: Integrative & Comparative Biology. Oct2016, Vol. 56 Issue 4, p620-629. 10p.

Subject Terms: *HOST-parasite relationships, *INFECTION, *SPECIES diversity, *INVERTEBRATE ecology, *PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of climate change

Pliocene climate and seasonality in North Atlantic shelf seas.

Authors: Mark Williams, Alan M. Haywood, Elizabeth M. Harper, Andrew L.A. Johnson, Tanya Knowles, Melanie J. Leng, Daniel J. Lunt, Beth Okamura, Paul D. Taylor, Jan Zalasiewicz

Source: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical & Engineering Sciences; Jan2009, Vol. 367 Issue 1886, p85-108, 24p

Subject Terms: PLIOCENE paleoclimatology, CLIMATE change, MARINE ecology, CONTINENTAL shelf, ARCHAEOLOGICAL finds, STABLE isotopes, DATA analysis

Geographic Terms: NORTH Atlantic Region

The phylogeography of salmonid proliferative kidney disease in Europe and North America.

Authors: Matthew Henderson¹, Beth Okamura¹

Source: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. Aug2004, Vol. 271 Issue 1549, p1729-1736. 8p.

Subject Terms: *KIDNEY diseases, *GENETIC polymorphisms, *PATHOGENIC microorganisms

Geographic Terms: EUROPE