ANATOMY AND BEHAVIOR OF LATERNULA ELLIPTICA, A KEYSTONE SPECIES OF THE ANTARCTIC BENTHOS (BIVALVIA: ANOMALODESMATA: LATERNULIDAE)

Anatomy and behavior of Laternula elliptica, a keystone species of the Antarctic benthos (Bivalvia: Anomalodesmata: Laternulidae)

duospiritalis.com Laternula elliptica (P.P.King, 1832) is the sole representative of the anomalodesmatan family Laternulidae and the largest bivalve in the Antarctic and Subantarctic.A keystone species of the regional benthic communities, it has reached model status, having been studied in hundreds of scientific works across many biological discipl

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Idiopathic male infertility is strongly associated with aberrant DNA methylation of imprinted loci in sperm: a case-control study

Abstract Background Male infertility is a complex disease caused by a combination of genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors.Abnormal epigenetic programming has been proposed as a possible mechanism compromising male fertility.Recent studies suggest that aberrant imprinting in spermatozoa in a subset of infertile men is a risk factor for cong

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