Machine vision/image analysis is used in the sorting and handling of many aquatic species. Pictures of 474 New Zealand Greenshell™ (Perna canaliculus, Gmelin, 1791) whole unopened mussels (215 females and 259 males) from the top and from the side were analyzed to evaluate if visual attributes (size, shape, and color) can be used to differentiate gender. Size (length, width, height, and view area), color, and shape (by elliptic...

Known risk loci for endometrial cancer explain approximately one third of familial endometrial cancer. However, the association of germline copy number variants (CNVs) with endometrial cancer risk remains relatively unknown. We conducted a genome-wide analysis of rare CNVs overlapping gene regions in 4115 endometrial cancer cases and 17,818 controls to identify functionally relevant variants associated with disease. We identif...

Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio vulnificus can be found in oysters in coastal environments. Vibrio vulnificus can induce life‐threatening illness when ingested with oysters, while V. parahaemolyticus usually causes self‐limiting gastroenteritis. This study investigated correlations between concentrations of these Vibrio species in Pacific oysters from eight New Zealand coastal regions (2008–2017), and seawater surface tempe...