Ferric carboxymaltose (FCM) and ferric derisomaltose (FDI) are key for treating iron deficiency anemia. However, FCM has been shown to raise serum fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-23 levels, causing hypophosphatemia and alterations in bone turnover in some patients. To date, it is unknown if FCM and FDI also affect bone mineralization. This study examined FDI and FCM effects on bone mineralization and FGF-23 in healthy mice, avo...

Current climate change is disrupting biotic interactions and eroding biodiversity worldwide. However, species sensitive to aridity, high temperatures, and climate variability might find shelter in microclimatic refuges, such as leaf rolls built by arthropods. To explore how the importance of leaf shelters for terrestrial arthropods changes with latitude, elevation, and climate, we conducted a distributed experiment comparing a...

There is a worldwide effort to increase the efficiency of potato ( Solanum tuberosum L.) cultivar development by using inbred diploid breeding lines. This activity is impeded by the cost and effort required to produce dihaploids from cultivated tetraploid potatoes. We developed a high throughput dihaploid production method based on the 60-year-old method of Peloquin and Hougas. Red Norland inflorescences from commercial fields...

Aboveground herbivores have strong effects on grassland nitrogen (N) cycling. They can accelerate or slow down soil net N mineralization depending on ecosystem productivity and grazing intensity. Yet, most studies only consider either ungulates or invertebrate herbivores, but not the combined effect of several functionally different vertebrate and invertebrate herbivore species or guilds. We assessed how a diverse herbivore co...