DETECTING GROUPER (EPINEPHELINAE) DIET COMPOSITION AND PREY AVAILABILITY IN RAJA AMPAT CORAL REEFS THROUGH DNA AND eDNA METABARCODING

Gaining extensive knowledge of prey sources is an essential approach for understanding trophic structure and relationships, especially in highly diverse coral reef ecosystems.Groupers are a major Asian reef fish commodity, making it important to study grouper prey and the trophic relations involved.The wide distribution of groupers across different

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Supplementation of Torch Ginger (Etlingera elatior) Flowers Improves the Quality and Safety of Traditional Fermented Shrimp Paste

Terasi, a traditional fermented shrimp paste from Indonesia, is commonly made from salted planktonic shrimp (Acetes japonicus) undergoing spontaneous lactic acid fermentation.In spite of its Jackets broad use and appreciated distinctive flavor, consuming terasi could be injurious for human consumption due to the presence of toxic compounds that are

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Polymorphism in exon2 of BMP15 gene in Iranian sangsari sheep

Fertility rate is an economically important trait in sheep, which is influenced by genetic and environment.So far, three genes have been identified that affects this trait, one of them would be the BMP family, the most famous one is BMP15.Different mutations in the BMP15 gene, increases reproductive performance and growth rate in sheep.The aim of t

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