Sturgeons are ancient fish, with 27 species distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. This
review first touches upon the significance of sturgeons in the context of their biological …

The genome sizes of angiosperms decreased significantly more than the genome sizes of
their ancestors (pteridophytes and gymnosperms). Decreases in genome size involve a …

Vanilla planifolia, the species cultivated to produce one of the world's most popular flavors,
is highly prone to partial genome endoreplication, which leads to highly unbalanced DNA …

Russian sturgeon, Acipenser gueldenstaedtii, an ancient fish, has great economic and
nutritional value as a source of caviar. Although significant differences exist in the female …

Demographic data including characterizations of population sex and age composition are of
fundamental importance for effective management, especially for numerically depressed …

In 1996, kiss was reported to regulate feeding in mammals, but studies are limited in fish.
Our study aimed to explore the possible role of kiss in the regulation of feeding in Siberian …

The living fishes span a unique and interesting set of animals because of their vast diversity,
morphology, ecology, genetics and genomics, and higher importance to biology, economy …

Fish biology has been developed for more than 100 years, but some important
breakthroughs have been made in the last decade. Early studies commonly concentrated on …

The development of a complex organism from the fusion of two cells (oocyte and sperm) has
been a fascinating aspect of developmental biology. It is now known that certain spatially …

Vanilla planifolia, the species cultivated to produce one of the world's most popular flavors,
is highly prone to partial genome endoreplication, which leads to highly unbalanced DNA …