SMALL nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles (snRNPs) and non-snRNP splicing factors containing
a serine/arginine-rich domain (SR proteins) concentrate in ‘speckles’ in the nucleus of …

Aquaculture has made an enormous contribution to the world food production, especially to
the sustainable supply of animal proteins. The utility of diverse reproduction strategies in fish…

Interferon (IFN) response is the first line of host defense against virus infection. The recent
years have witnessed tremendous progress in understanding of fish IFN antiviral response. …

The eponymous member of the interferon regulatory factor (IRF) family, IRF1, was originally
identified as a nuclear factor that binds and activates the promoters of type I interferon genes…

In mammals, cytosolic sensors retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I)-like receptors (RLRs)
activate multiple signaling cascades initiating IFN-α/β expression. IFN regulatory factor 3 (IRF3…

Members of the SR family of pre-mRNA splicing factors are phosphoproteins that share a
phosphoepitope specifically recognized by monoclonal antibody (mAb) 104. Recent studies …

Sex evolution has been a debating focus in evolutionary genetics. In lower vertebrates of
reptiles, amphibians, and fish, a species or a bioform reproduces either sexually or asexually …

In mammals, IFN regulatory factor (IRF) 3 is a critical player in modulating transcription of type
I IFN and IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs). In this study, we describe the roles of crucian carp (…

Triploids are rare in nature because of difficulties in meiotic and gametogenic processes,
especially in vertebrates. The Carassius complex of cyprinid teleosts contains sexual tetraploid …

Fish biology has been developed for more than 100 years, but some important breakthroughs
have been made in the last decade. Early studies commonly concentrated on morphology, …