abstract：:Domestication is the process of organism evolution under selection by humans, and as such has been a model for studying adaptation since Charles Darwin. Here we review recent studies on the genomics of adaptation and domestication syndrome in two cheese-making fungal lineages, Penicillium roqueforti used for maturing ...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Ropars J,Caron T,Lo YC,Bennetot B,Giraud T

更新日期：2020-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on the cognitive abilities of manatees are limited despite their importance for the environmental enrichment and welfare of individuals in captivity and the understanding of manatee behaviour in the wild. Our study analyses how the presence of new stimuli and their association with food may have changed the be...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Hénaut Y,Lara-Sánchez LE,Morales-Vela B,Machkour-M'Rabet S

更新日期：2020-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:This article is the result of a symposium organized at the French Academy of Sciences on May 31, 2016, entitled: Do we need to know the causes to understand and intervene? Questions on causality in the biological and medical sciences, and published in French in a book entitled: Causality in the biological and medical ...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Bach JF

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilithic diatom communities are particularly suitable for the evaluation of freshwater quality. In Ecuador, however, no water quality index includes this biotic parameter. This work is the first attempt in the country to determine the composition of epilithic diatom communities associated with different degrees of eu...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Castillejo P,Chamorro S,Paz L,Heinrich C,Carrillo I,Salazar JG,Navarro JC,Lobo EA

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Euryhaline Cichlid fish of the species Coptodon guineensis are present in different water holes situated in a dried depression in the desert in the extreme South of Morocco, the Sebkha of Imlili. A genetic survey of this population, using complete sequences of the ND2 gene (mtDNA) and sixteen microsatellite loci, reve...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Agnèse JF,Louizi H,Gilles A,Berrada Rkhami O,Benhoussa A,Qninba A,Pariselle A

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Connectivity studies in the marine realm are of great importance to understand the evolutionary potential of populations in a context of growing pressures on the marine environment. Here, we investigated the effect of the local, regional, and depth spatial scale on the population genetic structure of the yellow gorgon...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Cánovas-Molina A,Montefalcone M,Bavestrello G,Masmoudi MB,Haguenauer A,Hammami P,Chaoui L,Kara MH,Aurelle D

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cnidarians (corals and sea anemones) harbouring photosynthetic microalgae derive several benefits from their association. To allow this association, numerous symbiotic-dependent adaptations in both partners, resulting from evolutionary pressures, have been selected. The dinoflagellate symbionts (zooxanthellae) are loc...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Allemand D,Furla P

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intestinal microbiota is essential for digestion, the production of physiological metabolites, and defense. More than 1013 bacteria are present in the intestine, inspiring awe as well as fear of potential infections. By definition, the immune system protects us from infection, and is given the task to recognize da...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Eberl G

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zearaja chilensis has been reported from Southern Brazil in the Southwest Atlantic (SWA) to northern Chile in the Southeast Pacific (SEP), and it was listed as vulnerable by the IUCN. Recent molecular studies have called into question the conspecificity between specimens from these opposite coasts of South America, wh...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Gabbanelli V,Díaz de Astarloa JM,Gonzalez-Castro M,Vazquez DM,Mabragaña E

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The green birdmouth wrasse Gomphosus caeruleus is present all year round on the coral reefs of Reunion Island (Indian Ocean). A group of individuals was followed on one of these reefs with the objective of studying the reproduction mode of the species, the influence of environmental factors, and social behaviors on th...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Desvignes T,Bourjon P,Chanet B

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhizomania is one of serious threat to sugar beet production in Morocco and in several parts of the world. This disease led to a statistically significant decrease in the quality and yield of sugar beet plantations. Therefore, this study aimed at comparing the efficacy of six commonly used RNA extraction methods for t...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Nouayti F,Tahiri A,Madani I,Blenzar A,Lahlali R

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant breeding is a way of selection of a particular individual for the production of the progeny by separating or combining desired characteristics. The objective of this study was to justify different characteristics of Dioscorea hispida (Ubi gadong) varieties using molecular techniques to select the best variety fo...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Nudin NFH,Ali AM,Ngah N,Mazlan NZ,Mat N,Ghani MNA,Alias N,Zakaria AJ,Jahan MS

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patterns of wear on the canine teeth were examined in 260 adult male babirusa skulls. Video recordings of 161 adult male babirusas at salt licks in North Sulawesi were viewed for behaviour related to erosion of the canine teeth. Corresponding observations were made of the behaviour of male babirusa in Antwerp and Sura...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Macdonald AA

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonessential metal cadmium is widely used and released in the environment, causing cell toxicity and posing a severe threat to wildlife. Zebrafish (Danio rerio) is one of the most commonly used animals in the investigation of environmental cadmium toxicity in vertebrates. In this study, we identified two cadmium-respo...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Scudiero R,Esposito MG,Simoniello P,Motta CM

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In atherosclerosis studies, there are few data, especially in men, on the biology of perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) compared to that of other adipose tissue (AT), on amendments in obesity, and its possible role in the development of atherosclerosis. We conducted an ex vivo human study on pericarotid adipose tissue...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Hamlat-Khennaf N,Neggazi S,Ayari H,Feugier P,Bricca G,Aouichat-Bouguerra S,Beylot M

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial blight (BB) is caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo), a most destructive disease of rice, mostly in Asia, including Bangladesh. Altogether 96 isolates of Xoo were collected from 19 rice-growing districts of Bangladesh in both the rain-fed and irrigated seasons of 2014 to assess their pathotypic and g...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Islam MR,Alam MS,Khan AI,Hossain I,Adam LR,Daayf F

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The teratogenic effects of thermal stress were studied in the oviparous Italian wall lizard Podarcis sicula. To this purpose, the eggs were exposed to continuous or temporary cold (15°C) or warm (30°C) stresses and the effects were analysed at the cytological and molecular levels. The results demonstrated the lethalit...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Simoniello P,Esposito MG,Trinchella F,Motta CM,Scudiero R

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we have screened 71, 713, 525, 119 and 241 mature miRNA variants from Hordeum vulgare, Oryza sativa, Brachypodium distachyon, Triticum aestivum, and Sorghum bicolor, respectively, and classified them with respect to their conservation status and expression levels. These Poaceae non-redundant miRN...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Habachi-Houimli Y,Khalfallah Y,Makni H,Makni M,Bouktila D

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A brief history of the development of genomics is provided. Complete sequencing of genomes of uni- and multicellular organisms is based on important progress in sequencing and bioinformatics. Evolution of these methods is ongoing and has triggered an explosion in data production and analysis. Initial analyses focused ...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Weissenbach J

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meiosis is a specialized cell division at the origin of the haploid cells that eventually develop into the gametes. It therefore lies at the heart of Mendelian heredity. Recombination and redistribution of the homologous chromosomes arising during meiosis constitute an important source of genetic diversity, conferring...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Grelon M

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolutionary history of modern humans means much more than their demographic past. It includes the way in which humans have had to genetically adapt to the different environments they have encountered-nutritional, climatic or pathogenic-as well as the different epigenetic responses elicited by such environmental c...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Quintana-Murci L

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new remarkable species belonging to the genus Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Buthidae) is described from the Mitaraka Massif in French Guiana, a site located near the borders of French Guiana, Brazil, and Suriname. The description of this new species brings further evidence about the biogeographic patterns of distribution...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Lourenço WR

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cleome is the largest genus in the family Cleomaceae and it is known for its various medicinal properties. Recently, some species from the Cleome genus (Cleome viscosa, Cleome chelidonii, Cleome felina and Cleome speciosa) are split into genera Corynandra (Corynandra viscosa, Corynandra chelidonii, Corynandra felina),...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Tamboli AS,Patil SM,Gholave AR,Kadam SK,Kotibhaskar SV,Yadav SR,Govindwar SP

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Austronesians colonized the islands of Rapa Nui, Hawaii, the Marquesas and Madagascar. All of these islands have been found to harbor Austronesian artifacts and also, all of them are known nesting sites for marine turtles. Turtles are well known for their transoceanic migrations, sometimes totalling thousands of miles...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Wilmé L,Waeber PO,Ganzhorn JU

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus Pseudouroplectes Lourenço, 1995 (Buthidae) remains among the less speciose Malagasy genera and all the known species are extremely rare. A new species is described from the dry forests in the Tsingy formations of the National Park Bemaraha, extending the distribution of the genus further north. Once again, t...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Lourenço WR,Wilmé L,Waeber PO

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the early 2000s, the genus Buthus Leach, 1815 (family Buthidae) has been the subject of an important number of studies. These concerned particularly the species belonging to the 'Buthus occitanus' complex. A number of populations previously considered as subspecies or varieties of B. occitanus Leach were raised ...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Sadine SE,Bissati S,Lourenço WR

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Only females were observed in Spasalus crenatus (Mac Leay 1819) in the Antilles, from Puerto Rico to Saint-Vincent, whereas both sexes are in Trinidad and on the continent. No difference in endo- and ectodermic female genitalia could be noticed between the two populations. Chromosomes of specimens from Guadeloupe reve...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Boucher S,Dutrillaux AM,Dutrillaux B

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study focuses on the potential of glucose oxidase (GOD) as a promising biocontrol agent for fungal plant pathogens. In fact, a new GOD producing fungus was isolated and identified as an Aspergillus tubingensis. GOD (125 AU) has been found to inhibit Fusarium solani growth and spore production. Indeed, GOD ...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Kriaa M,Hammami I,Sahnoun M,Azebou MC,Triki MA,Kammoun R

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used self-organizing maps (SOM, neural network) to bring out patterns of benthic macroinvertebrate diversity in relation to river pollution. Fourteen stations were sampled over various seasons in the Nestore drainage basin (Central Italy) and characterized for macroinvertebrate communities, nutrient and heavy metal...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Pallottini M,Goretti E,Gaino E,Selvaggi R,Cappelletti D,Céréghino R

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we have reported a simple, fast and efficient regeneration protocol using mature embryos as explants, and discovered its effective applicability to a range of Indica rice genotypes. We have considered the response of six varieties in the steps of the regeneration procedure. The results showed tha...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Azizi P,Rafii MY,Mahmood M,Hanafi MM,Abdullah SN,Abiri R,Sahebi M

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of molecular biology placed in the foreground a mechanistic and deterministic conception of the functioning of macromolecules. In this article, I show that this conception was neither obvious, nor necessary. Taking Jacques Monod as a case study, I detail the way he gradually came loose from a statistic...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Loison L

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exploiting the annotation of the western clawed frog Silurana tropicalis genome, we identified a new metallothionein (MT) gene, exhibiting all the features to be considered an active gene, but with an atypical coding region, showing only 17 cysteine residues instead of the canonical 20 cysteines of vertebrate metallot...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Scudiero R,Tussellino M,Carotenuto R

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants recognize certain microbial compounds as elicitors in their active defence mechanisms. It has been shown that a series of defence reactions are induced in potato plant cells after treatment with water-soluble hyphal wall components prepared from Phytophthora infestans. In this study, a methanol extract from myc...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Monjil MS,Nozawa T,Shibata Y,Takemoto D,Ojika M,Kawakita K

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Submerged fermentation in a stirred bioreactor of the white rot fungus Cerrena unicolor C-139 was done at a 120-L scale in the presence of wheat bran as a cheap lignocellulosic substrate for fungus growth and laccase production. Enzyme monitoring showed that laccase production started after 2 days of cultivation, atta...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Songulashvili G,Spindler D,Jimenéz-Tobón GA,Jaspers C,Kerns G,Penninckx MJ

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ancientness and maturity are two major qualities of forest ecosystems. They are components of naturalness and are affected by human impact. These qualities and the associated terms are often mixed up and incorrectly used. We have carried out a synthesis in order to propose an adapted French terminology based on intern...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Cateau E,Larrieu L,Vallauri D,Savoie JM,Touroult J,Brustel H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The wild plant known as Calotropis procera is important in medicine, industry and ornamental fields. Due to spread in areas that suffer from environmental stress, it has a large number of tolerance genes to environmental stress such as drought and salinity. Proline is one of the most compatible solutes that accumulate...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Ramadan AM,Hassanein SE

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptic species are numerous in the marine environment. The brittle star Ophioderma longicauda is composed of six mitochondrial lineages, encompassing brooders, which form a monophyletic group, and broadcasters, from which the brooders are derived. To clarify the species limits within O. longicauda, we compared the re...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Weber AA,Stöhr S,Chenuil A

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To add to our understanding of dendrocoelid spermatozoa and to describe additional phylogenetic characters, the ultrastructure of the testis was investigated in the subterranean freshwater planarian Dendrocoelum constrictum. This is the first study investigating spermatogenesis and spermatozoon ultrastructure in a sub...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Harrath AH,Gammoudi M,Mansour L,Ahmed M,Sirotkin AV,Al Omar SY,Ibrahim KE,Alwasel SH

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological effect of seasonality on cadmium, lead and metallothionein contents was assessed in mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis from natural banks located along the coastline of the Gulf of Naples (Campania, Italy). Heavy metals and metallothionein concentrations were measured in digestive and reproductive glands...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Scudiero R,Cretì P,Trinchella F,Grazia Esposito M

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new high-elevation scorpion species of the genus Scorpiops is described from the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Scorpiops spitiensis sp. nov. is the second highest-elevation scorpion species in Asia and the first one from India occurring at elevations above 4200 m. The new species closely resembles Scorpiops pete...

journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies

authors： Zambre A,Sanap RV,Mirza ZA

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00