Juvenile polyposis (JP) is a rare familial syndrome characterized by the development of numerous hamartomatous polyps of the gastrointestinal tract and by an increased risk of developing gastrointestinal cancers. It follows a pattern of autosomal dominant inheritance and is associated with germline variants of SMAD4 or BMPR1A genes. Differential diagnosis may be difficult based on histology alone, due to morphological similari...

Recurring brown tide algal blooms of the pelagophyte Aureoumbra lagunensis in the northern Indian River, Mosquito, and Banana River lagoons on the Atlantic coast of central Florida, USA, have resulted in marked ecological impacts. Recent studies have investigated whether suspension feeding invertebrates could contribute to top-down control of these and other bloom-forming phytoplankton. While most studies focused on the effect...

Taste dysfunction (TD) has been recognised, together with olfactory dysfunction, as a key presenting symptom of COVID-19. The capability to recognise flavours, flavour intensities and aroma characteristics can be highly variable within the same population, as well as potentially diverse between culturally different populations. The aims of this study are to evaluate whether a difference in the types of TD presentation amongst...

We used the cytochrome oxidase subunit I ( coI ) gene DNA to barcode 117 endemic Gulf and cosmopolitan Indo–West Pacific fish species belonging to 54 families and 13 orders. Novel DNA barcodes were provided for 18 fish species ( Trachinocephalus sp., Nematalosa sp., Herklotsichthys lossei , Upeneus doriae , Trachurus indicus , Apogonichthyoides taeniatus , Verulux cypselurus , Favonigobius sp., Suezichthus gracilis , Sillago s...