Estuarine intertidal sediments are important sinks for riverine mercury (Hg), yet the effects of organic matter sources and BC fractions on Hg partitioning are still poorly understood. We analyzed sediments from reed-covered and unvegetated flats in the Yangtze Estuary for total Hg (THg), operationally defined Hg fractions, total organic carbon (TOC), total nitrogen (TN), n-alkanes, and BC fractions (char and soot). THg ranged...

High myopia (HM), which is characterized by oxidative stress, is one of the leading causes of visual impairment and blindness across the world. Family and population genetic studies have uncovered nuclear-genome variants in proteins functioned in the mitochondria. However, whether mitochondrial DNA mutations are involved in HM remains unexplored. Here, we performed the first large-scale whole-mitochondrial genome study in 9613...