The chicken continues to hold its position as a leading model organism within many areas of
research, as well as being a major source of protein for human consumption. The First …

Birds (Aves) are the most speciose of terrestrial vertebrates, displaying Class-specific
characteristics yet incredible external phenotypic diversity. Critical to agriculture and as …

The karyotype of most birds has remained considerably stable during more than 100 million
years' evolution, except for some groups, such as parrots. The evolutionary processes and …

How the avian sex chromosomes first evolved from autosomes remains elusive as 100
million years (My) of divergence and degeneration obscure their evolutionary history. The …

Interchromosomal rearrangements involving microchromosomes are rare events in birds. To
date, they have been found mostly in Psittaciformes, Falconiformes, and Cuculiformes …

Charadriiformes, which comprises shorebirds and their relatives, is one of the most diverse
avian orders, with over 390 species showing a wide range of karyotypes. Here, we isolated …

The effects of calcium phosphate (CaP) materials on macrophage polarization state vary
with their physicochemical properties. The study aims to elucidate the impact of phosphate …

The widely distributed ray-finned fish genus Carassius is very well known due to its unique
biological characteristics such as polyploidy, clonality, and/or interspecies hybridization …

Since the sequencing of the zebra finch genome it has become clear that avian genomes,
while largely stable in terms of chromosome number and gene synteny, are more dynamic at …

Pelecaniformes is an order of waterbirds that exhibit diverse and distinct morphologies. Ibis,
heron, pelican, hammerkop, and shoebill are included within the order. Despite their …