Covering: up to 2024. For many years, the value of complex polyketides lay in their medical
properties, including their antibiotic and antifungal activities, with little consideration paid to …

The inner ear, which mediates the senses of hearing and balance, derives from a simple
ectodermal vesicle in the vertebrate embryo. In the zebrafish, the otic placode and vesicle …

Animals synthesize simple lipids using a distinct fatty acid synthase (FAS) related to the type
I polyketide synthase (PKS) enzymes that produce complex specialized metabolites. The …

Otoliths are calcified structures found in the inner ears of teleost fish, pivotal in marine
biology for studies on metabolism, age, growth, and the identification of fish stocks …

Currently, billions of nucleotide and amino acid sequences accumulate in free-access
databases as a result of the omics revolution, the improvement in sequencing technologies …

Background on Idiopathic Scoliosis Idiopathic scoliosis (IS) affects an average of 2-3% of the
global pediatric population (National Scoliosis Foundation; scoliosis. org). Idiopathic …