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Leeches

Prevalence, etiology, and transmission of fibropapillomatosis in Olive Ridley turtles at a mass-nesting colony in the Mexican Pacific

Elizabeth Labastida-Estrada, Karina Marisol Lugo-Trejo, Valentina Islas-Villanueva, Francisco Benítez-Villalobos, Federico Alberto Abreu-Grobois, Alejandro Oceguera-Figueroa

published 07 Jan 2026

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Injury alters sensory, motor, and integrative elements underlying operant conditioning in the medicinal leech

Ella R. Dockendorf, Brian D. Burrell

published 12 Jun 2025

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Juvenile detachment, an early sign of departure from parental care, in the leech Orientobdelloides siamensis (Oka, 1917)

Poramad Trivalairat, Krittiya Trivalairat, Tashfia Raquib, Watchariya Purivirojkul

published 25 Nov 2024

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Starvation-induced changes in the proteome and transcriptome of the salivary glands of leech (Hirudo nipponia)

Meixiang Cai, Hongying Shen, Yueting Xing, Weimin Wang, Feng Guan, Yuanyuan Luo

published 26 Jun 2024

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Combined use of Panax notoginseng and leech provides new insights into renal fibrosis: Restoration of mitochondrial kinetic imbalance

Xin Chen, Jingwei Deng, Ling Zuo, Hongyu Luo, Munan Wang, Peng Deng, Kang Yang, Qian Yang, Xuekuan Huang

published 29 May 2024

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Exploring the relationship between environmental drivers and the manifestation of fibropapillomatosis in green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in eastern Brazil

Ralph E. T. Vanstreels, Alexis Durant, Allan P. Santos, Robson G. Santos, Angélica M. S. Sarmiento, Silmara Rossi, Fabiola E. Setim, Marco A. Gattamorta, Eliana R. Matushima, Luis F. S. P. Mayorga, Marcela M. Uhart

published 24 Aug 2023

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Social changes through the lens of language: A big data study of Chinese modal verbs

Shan Wang, Ruhan Liu, Chu-Ren Huang

published 04 Jan 2022

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The life cycle of the Siamese shield leech, Placobdelloides siamensis Oka, 1917

Krittiya Chiangkul, Poramad Trivalairat, Watchariya Purivirojkul

published 30 Dec 2020

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Restriction enzymes use a 24 dimensional coding space to recognize 6 base long DNA sequences

Thomas D. Schneider, Vishnu Jejjala

published 31 Oct 2019

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Ehrlichia species in pond-farmed leeches (Hirudinaria sp.) in Hubei Province, China

Shu-Han Zhou, Xiao Xiao, Yi-Na Sun, Xiao-Hui Xu, Xin Ding, Si-Yi Zhang, Min Zhang, Wen-Liang Lv, Qing-Hua Gao

published 08 Apr 2019

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Reproductive differences among species, and between individuals and cohorts, in the leech genus Helobdella (Lophotrochozoa; Annelida; Clitellata; Hirudinida; Glossiphoniidae), with implications for reproductive resource allocation in hermaphrodites

Roshni G. Iyer, D. Valle Rogers, Michelle Levine, Christopher J. Winchell, David A. Weisblat

published 01 Apr 2019

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Ideating iDNA: Lessons and limitations from leeches in legacy collections

Mark E. Siddall, Megan Barkdull, Michael Tessler, Mercer R. Brugler, Elizabeth Borda, Evon Hekkala

published 22 Feb 2019

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Transcriptomic analysis of the salivary gland of medicinal leech Hirudo nipponia

Zenghui Lu, Ping Shi, Huajian You, Yanqi Liu, Shijiang Chen

published 19 Oct 2018

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