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Couglan M, Krivanek M, Ragunathan A, Arbuckle S, Graf N. Constitutional mismatch repair deficiency is a childhood cancer predisposition syndrome associated with an increased risk of high grade paediatric brain tumours: report of 3 cases and review of the literature. Pathology 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pathol.2021.05.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Kukreja A, Ponnampalavanar S, Hamzah HC, Saaibon S, Hashim A, Yap M, Yip H, Ragunathan A, Ruslan S, Sitaram P, Hasan M. Multimodal strategy to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections in the ICU of a tertiary teaching hospital. Int J Infect Dis 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Singh A, Pinto L, Martin C, Rutherford N, Ragunathan A, Upadhyay U, Kapoor P, McRae M, Siddiqui A, Cantelmi D, Heyland A, Wray G, Stone J. Rudiment resorption as a response to starvation during larval development in the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis. CAN J ZOOL 2018. [DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2017-0261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Phenotypic flexibility (reversible phenotypic change) enables organisms to couple internal, ontogenetic responses with external, environmental cues. Phenotypic flexibility also provides organisms with the capacity to buffer stereotypical internal, developmental processes from unpredictable external, ecological events. Echinoids exhibit dramatic phenotypic flexibility in response to variation in exogenous nutrient supplies. The extent to which echinoids display this flexibility has been explored incompletely and research hitherto has been conducted predominantly on larval structures and morphologies. We investigated experimentally the extent to which the primordial juvenile, the developing rudiment, can exhibit the first phase in phenotypic flexibility among individuals. We report for the first time on rudiment regression and complete resorption as a response to starvation during larval development in the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (O.F. Müller, 1776) and identify a developmental “window of opportunity” within which this can occur. Based on our observations and previous suggestions, we speculate that sea urchin rudiments might provide means of buffering development during unfavorable conditions.
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Affiliation(s)
- A. Singh
- Department of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada
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- Department of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada
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- Department of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada
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- Department of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada
| | - A. Ragunathan
- Department of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada
| | - U. Upadhyay
- Department of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada
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- Department of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada
| | - M. McRae
- Department of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada
| | - A. Siddiqui
- Department of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada
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- Department of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
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- State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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- Department of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada
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