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Mink are small, semiaquatic, carnivorous mammals belonging to the genus Mustela.
They are known for their rich, lustrous fur and are commonly used in the fur industry.
Mink are found in North America, Europe, and Asia, typically inhabiting wetland areas and near bodies of water.
They are skilled swimmers and adept at hunting fish, frogs, and other small prey.
Mink are solitary and territorial, and their populations can be impacted by habitat loss and hunting.
Researchers studying mink may use PubCompare.ai to quickly locate the most relevant protocols from literature, preprints, and patents, while gaining insightful comparisons to identify the best protocols and products for their reserach needs.

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Chinese Translation Validation of SDQ
Cited 52 times
The official Chinese translations of the parent, teacher and self report versions of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire [14 (link)] were used. These versions were translated and back-translated by academic staff at the Centre for Clinical Trials and Epidemiological Research at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and by Iris Tan Mink. Each of these questionnaires includes 25 items, each of which is scored on a three point scale (0 = not true, 1 = somewhat true, 2 = certainly true). Fifteen of the questions ask about difficulties and ten ask about strengths. The ten questions asking about strengths are positively worded. Five of these make up the prosocial behaviours subscale for which, unlike the other four subscales a higher score signifies less problems. The other five positively worded questions are reverse scored. Five subscale scores are generated each of which relates to 5 of the questions. These are; emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity/inattention, peer relationship problems and prosocial behaviour. A total difficulties score is calculated by summing four of the subscale scores (emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity/inattention and peer relationship problems). In addition, but not used in this study, an impact rating can be generated using separate questions from an impact supplement. In general a high score represents greater difficulties, except for the prosocial scale score where a lower score indicates greater difficulties. General information on the SDQ, the Chinese versions, and the SDQ scoring can be found online[37 ,38 ]. Parents and teachers were asked to rate the behavioural and emotional aspects of the child's behaviour over the past six months as per their general observations of the child, young people aged 11 – 17 were asked to rate themselves over the past six months. Parents were also asked to complete the Chinese version of the Conner's Parent Symptoms Questionnaire (PSQ) [39 ].
Du Y., Kou J, & Coghill D. (2008). The validity, reliability and normative scores of the parent, teacher and self report versions of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in China. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 2, 8.
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Publication 2008
Child Chinese Dietary Supplements Emotions Iris Plant Mink Parent Problem Behavior
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Mink Enteritis Virus Detection
Cited 20 times
The viruses (MEV, CDV and AMDV) and 10 experimentally infected samples used in this study have been described in previous reports [4 (link),35 (link)]. Animal experiments were approved by the Institute of Special Animal and Plant Sciences of CAAS, and animal experiments were performed in accordance with animal ethics guidelines and approved protocols. Fecal samples were obtained between 2007–2013 in Shandong, Hebei, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, and Jilin provinces, China, from 246 minks showing clinical and pathological signs of enteritis.
Wang J., Cheng Y., Zhang M., Zhao H., Lin P., Yi L., Tong M, & Cheng S. (2015). Development of a nanoparticle-assisted PCR (nanoPCR) assay for detection of mink enteritis virus (MEV) and genetic characterization of the NS1 gene in four Chinese MEV strains. BMC Veterinary Research, 11, 1.
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Publication 2015
Animals Enteritis Feces Mink Plants Virus
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de novo Assembly and Genome Binning
Cited 13 times
The 33 individual samples were each assembled de novo to obtain 33 separate assemblies. Assemblies were performed using IDBA-UD53 (link) with the following parameters: --mink 40, --maxk 100, --step 20, --min_contig 500. Sequencing coverage was determined for each assembled scaffold by mapping reads from the sample to the assembly using Bowtie2 (ref. 54 (link)). All resulting scaffolds were clustered into genome bins using multiple algorithms. First, scaffolds were binned on the basis of % GC content, differential coverage abundance patterns across all 33 samples using ABAWACA17 (link), and taxonomic affiliation. Scaffolds that did not associate with any cluster using this method were binned based on tetranucleotide frequency using Emergent Self-Organizing Maps (ESOM)24 (link). All tetramers containing start and stop codons were removed prior to ESOM analysis as described previously55 (link). The RBG13 sample (representing sediments from a depth of 3 m) could not be resolved by ABAWACA and was binned solely by tetranucleotide ESOM. All genomic bins were manually inspected within ggKbase (http://ggkbase.berkeley.edu/2500-curated-genomes/organisms). Twenty high-quality genomes chosen at random were clustered using ESOM on the basis of tetranucleotide composition for visual validation (Supplementary Fig. 3).
Anantharaman K., Brown C.T., Hug L.A., Sharon I., Castelle C.J., Probst A.J., Thomas B.C., Singh A., Wilkins M.J., Karaoz U., Brodie E.L., Williams K.H., Hubbard S.S, & Banfield J.F. (2016). Thousands of microbial genomes shed light on interconnected biogeochemical processes in an aquifer system. Nature Communications, 7, 13219.
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Publication 2016
Codon, Terminator Genome Microtubule-Associated Proteins Mink Tetrameres
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Genetic Analysis of Dwarfism in Barley
Cited 9 times
Plant height of Huaai 11 and other four agronomic traits were evaluated for seven years at two locations (Yaan, Sichuan Province, and Wuhan, Hubei Province). The results showed that dwarfism is constantly expressed with height of 40.8 ± 1.84 cm (Table 1). Its maturity is about 7 days earlier than the control Zaoshu 3 (early maturity variety).
For genetic analysis, Huaai 11 was crossed with tall varieties Monker, Mpyt, Zhenongda 3, Zaoshu 3, and Advance. The 5 F2 populations, their F1 and parents were planted in field in 1998. Additional 4 tall varieties, Huadamai 1, Huadamai 6, Hyproly and Ris01508 were crossed with Huaai 11 in year 2000. The 9 F2 populations, their F1 and parents were planted in 2002 (Table 2).
To test the allelic relationship of Huaai 11 with other dwarfing genes in barley, The F1 of Huaai 11 × Monker that is a popular commercial cultivar developed in USA was crossed with four dwarf varieties, Himalaya (br, 65.7 cm), Aiganqi (uzu,71.7 cm), India dwarf (sdw1, 61.3 cm) and Maris Mink (denso, 69.2 cm).
All abovementioned generations and their parents were grown on the Experimental Farm of Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan. A randomized complete block design with three replications was adopted. The materials were planted in five-row plots with a row length of 1.1 m.
To map the dwarfism gene in Huaai 11, a population consisting of 122 doubled-haploid (DH) lines was developed from a cross between a common feed barley cultivar Huadamai 6 and Huaai 11 using anther culture in this study. The DH population and parents were planted on the Experimental Farm of Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China. The field trials were conducted following a randomized complete block design with three replications in 2006, 2007 and 2008, respectively. Each of the DH and parental lines were grown in three rows in a plot of 0.6 × 1.5 m2.
Height of plants before ripening was measured in the field from soil surface to top of the main culm (with the spike). The height was calculated as the mean of the twelve plants (in three replicates, four plants from each replicate were measured).
Ren X., Sun D., Guan W., Sun G, & Li C. (2010). Inheritance and identification of molecular markers associated with a novel dwarfing gene in barley. BMC Genetics, 11, 89.
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Publication 2010
Alleles DNA Replication Dwarfism Embryophyta Genes Hordeum Mink Parent Plants Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma Reproduction Tracheophyta
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Cell Culture Protocols for TGF-β and BMP Signaling
Cited 8 times
C2C12, HepG2 (obtained from Dr. A. Kumar; New York University, NY), COS, 293, and 293T cells were grown in Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium (DMEM) and supplemented with 10% fetal calf serum and antibiotics. Mink lung epithelial cells (TMLC) stably transfected with a plasmid containing the luciferase cDNA downstream of a TGF-β-sensitive portion of the plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 promoter were used as described [23 (link)]. Lung fibroblast cultures from adult wt and Ltbp-4-/- mice were obtained from Dr. K. Koli (University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland) and used as described [25 (link)]. 293 cells stably transfected with a BMP-7 expression vector have been previously described [35 (link)].
Recombinant human BMP-2, -4, -6, -7 and mouse noggin were purchased from R&D Systems Inc. Recombinant FGF-2 and VEGF were a gift from Dr. P. Mignatti (New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA).
pcDNA3 vector was obtained from Invitrogen (Carlsbad, CA, USA). The pMT21 expression vector containing Myc-tagged chick Dorsalin [24 (link)] was a gift from Dr. T. Jessell (Columbia University, NY). BMP-4 expression vector was a gift from Dr. A.H. Brivanlou (The Rockefeller University, NY). pNeo-(BRE)2-Luc was generated by inserting a neomycin resistance gene into pGL3 (BRE)2-Luc vector [22 (link)].
Zilberberg L., ten Dijke P., Sakai L.Y, & Rifkin D.B. (2007). A rapid and sensitive bioassay to measure bone morphogenetic protein activity. BMC Cell Biology, 8, 41.
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Publication 2007
Adult Antibiotics BMP4 protein, human Bone Morphogenetic Protein 7 Cells Cloning Vectors DNA, Complementary Epithelial Cells Fetal Bovine Serum Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 Fibroblasts Genes, vif HEK293 Cells Homo sapiens Luciferases Lung Mink Mus Neomycin noggin protein Paragangliomas 3 Pharmaceutical Preparations Plasmids recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 SERPINE1 protein, human Transforming Growth Factor beta Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors

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Scalable Shotgun Metagenomics Bioinformatics Workflow
We used our scalable Shotgun-Metagenomics-Analysis (v1.0)52 to undertake bioinformatics processing. Workflow and scripts can be accessed here at https://github.com/Sydney-Informatics-Hub/Shotgun-Metagenomics-Analysis.
To remove host (human) contamination, reads were mapped against the hg38 human reference genome including ALT contigs (GRCh38) with BBtools ‘BBmap’ v 37.9853 . Reads mapping to the human genome were discarded using the default BBMap settings, and the reads failing to map to GRCh38 were recorded in fastq format and taken forward as the ‘target’ reads for assembly, annotation, and statistical analysis.
Target (human/host-removed) reads were assembled with MEGAHIT v1.2.854 (link). Coverage of reads on assembled contigs was calculated with SAMtools ‘coverage’ tool55 (link), excluding reads/bases with mapping/base quality less than 20. Contigs with a mean mapping depth of coverage less than 1 were excluded from the assembly using seqtk v1.3-r11356 .
To assess the impact of conservative quality trimming and filtering (using FastQC v0.11.757 and MultiQC v1.758 (link)) we assembled 10 randomly selected samples, which had host/human reads already removed. On these samples, we detected ARGs before and after performing quality filtering and trimming. We applied the following quality filtering and trimming parameters to the host-removed target reads using BBTools BBDuk: ktrim = r; k = 23; mink = 11; hdist = 1; tbo; qtrim = r; trimq = 8; ftm = 5; maq = 10. A greater number of ARGs were detected from assemblies produced from the unfiltered host-removed reads. Therefore, as adapter contamination was not detected and reads were of high quality, no further trimming or filtering was applied to the adapter and host removed reads (Fig. S9).
Sukumar S., Wang F., Simpson C.A., Willet C.E., Chew T., Hughes T.E., Bockmann M.R., Sadsad R., Martin F.E., Lydecker H.W., Browne G.V., Davis K.M., Bui M., Martinez E, & Adler C.J. (2023). Development of the oral resistome during the first decade of life. Nature Communications, 14, 1291.
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Publication 2023
Genome, Human Homo sapiens Mink
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Genome Assembly
Downloaded data were processed with bbduk v38,96 [29 ] in order to remove adapters and low-quality sequencing regions: ‘bbduk.sh ref=adapters.fa in=!{forward} in2=!{reverse} out=!{pair_id}_bbduk_1.fastq.gz out2=!{pair_id}_bbduk_2.fastq.gz ktrim=r k=23 mink=11 hdist=1 tbo tpe qtrim=r trimq=20 minlength=50’. Trimmed fastqs files were then analysed with tb-profiler [30 (link)] in order to identify the lineage of each readset. Trimmed fastqs files were also mapped against the H37Rv reference genome (NCBI accession NC000962.3) using bwa mem v0.7.17-r1198-dirty [31 ]. SNPs were called with GATK v3.8-1-0-gf15c1c3ef in unified genotyper mode [32 ]. Positions where the majority allele accounted for <90 % of reads mapped at that position, which had a genotype quality of <30, depth <5× or mapping quality <30 were recorded as Ns in further analyses. A consensus genome was generated for each genome. These steps were carried out using the PHEnix pipeline [33 ].
Ashton P.M., Cha J., Anscombe C., Thuong N.T., Thwaites G.E, & Walker T.M. (2023). Distribution and origins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis L4 in Southeast Asia. Microbial Genomics, 9(2), mgen000955.
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Publication 2023
Alleles Genome Genotype Mink Single Nucleotide Polymorphism
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Oxytocin Dosing in Rodent Models
Male and female Sprague‐Dawley rats (Charles River, Italy) were housed under a 12‐h light/dark cycle, in individual cages with ad libitum access to chow and water, unless otherwise stated. They were a minimum of 5 weeks of age at the start of testing (approximately 150 g). Adult male shrews (Suncus murinus) weighing approximately 40‐60 g (n = 10 total) and adult virgin female shrews weighing approximately 35‐45 g (n = 10 total), were bred and maintained at the University of Pennsylvania; they derive from a Taiwanese strain and initially were supplied by the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Shrews were single housed in plastic cages (37.3 × 23.4 × 14 cm; Innovive [San Diego, CA, USA]) under a 12‐h light/dark cycle in a temperature‐ and humidity‐controlled environment. Shrews were fed ad libitum with a mixture of feline (75%, Laboratory Feline Diet 5003; Lab Diet) and mink food (25%, High Density Ferret Diet 5LI4; Lab Diet) and had ad libitum access to tap water except where noted. All studies were carried out with ethical permissions from the Animal Welfare Committee of the University of Gothenburg, in accordance with legal requirements of the European Community (Decree 86/609/EEC) and Institutional Care and Use Committee of the at Penn State University and University of Pennsylvania. All efforts were made to minimize suffering. The following doses of peripherally (intraperitoneally [IP]) delivered OT were used in this study: 0.25 mg/kg (2.48 E‐07 mg/kg), 0.5 mg/kg (4.96 E‐07 mg/kg), 1.0 mg/kg (9.93 E‐07 mg/kg), 2.0 mg/kg (1.99 E‐06). OT‐B12, Roxy, and BRoxy doses were used at 4.964 E‐07 mol/kg, unless otherwise noted.
Asker M., Krieger J., Liles A., Tinsley I.C., Borner T., Maric I., Doebley S., Furst C.D., Börchers S., Longo F., Bhat Y.R., De Jonghe B.C., Hayes M.R., Doyle R.P, & Skibicka K.P. (2023). Peripherally restricted oxytocin is sufficient to reduce food intake and motivation, while CNS entry is required for locomotor and taste avoidance effects. Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism, 25(3), 856-877.
Publication 2023
Adult Chinese Diet Felidae Females Ferrets Food Humidity Males Mink Rats, Sprague-Dawley Rivers Shrews Strains Woman
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Simulating Phenotypic Switching Dynamics
The numerical calculations for the general model were done in Python. As detailed in SI Appendix, section 3, we randomly pick a number of environments m, a number of phenotypes n, an average environment duration τ, a growth rate for each phenotype in each environment μi(K), and parameters bIJ that determine the random sequence of environment types. Then, we randomly choose a switching rate ϕij for each pair of phenotypes i, j and implement GRDS of strength r as follows. We start by taking the range Rϕ(r)  =  [log(ϕij)−0.5log(r),log(ϕij)+0.5log(r)]. Then, we determine the range of growth rates that cells of phenotype j can achieve in the different environments: Rμ = [minK{μj(K)}, maxK{μj(K)}], and we let tr be the linear map from Rμ to Rϕ(r) that maps the minimal growth rate to the maximal switching rate and vice versa. Now, the switching rate from phenotype j to i in environment I with GRDS of strength r is determined by log(ϕij(K))=tr(μj(K)) . Based on the growth rate in the current environment, the switching rates between two phenotypes are thus linearly interpolated in log-scale between an upper bound and a lower bound, where the factor difference between the upper and lower bound is r. In addition, to allow an unbiased comparison between different strengths of GRDS, we rescale these switching rates such that the average switching rate between two phenotypes ( 1m∑K=1mϕij(K) ) is equal to the initially drawn switching rate ϕij for all strengths of GRDS. For the results presented in Fig. 3, we did these simulations for 10 different values of r, where r = 1 corresponds to the case with no GRDS.
Given this complete set of parameters, we compute the average population growth rate by simulating a sequence of environments with a total duration that exceeded n2τ to ensure that we sufficiently sampled the possible switches between different environments.
de Groot D.H., Tjalma A.J., Bruggeman F.J, & van Nimwegen E. (2023). Effective bet-hedging through growth rate dependent stability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120(8), e2211091120.
Publication 2023
Cells Microtubule-Associated Proteins Mink Phenotype Python
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Viral Susceptibility of Cell Lines
Thirty cell lines (Table 1) derived from different host species, including human (A549, HeLa, Hep2, Huh7, RD, Calu-3, Caco-2), monkey (Vero, LLC-MK2, VeroE6), bat (RsKT, RsLu, MdKi, RlKT, PaKi), swine (ST, SIEC, IBRS, LLC-PK1), dog (MDCK), mink (Mv.1.lu), hamster (BHK21, V79, CHO), rat (BRL, H9c2), and mouse (L929, MS1, SYF, FL83B), were tested for susceptibility and viral replication efficiency. All bat cells were developed in-house. RsKT and RlKT cells derived from R. sinicus and Rousettus, respectively, and PaKi cells derived from Pteropus were kindly provided by Linfa Wang (Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore). These are continuous cell lines that stably express the large T antigen of simian virus 40. ST cells were kindly provided by Shaobo Xiao (College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University). Other cell lines were obtained from the National Virus Resource Center of the Wuhan Institute of Virology (Wuhan, China). Depending on the cell type, cells were maintained in minimum Roswell Park Memorial Institute 1640, Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium (DMEM), or DMEM–F-12 (all from Gibco), according to the supplier’s instructions. The cell lines were routinely tested for mycoplasma and were maintained mycoplasma free. The cells were maintained at 37°C in the presence of 5% CO2. MpCoV-GX (GenBank accession no. MT040334.1) was isolated in 2019 (14 (link)). A rabbit polyclonal antibody against SARSr-CoV Rp3 Np, which shares >90% amino acid identity with SARS-CoV-2, was developed in-house.
Liu M.Q., Lin H.F., Li J., Chen Y., Luo Y., Zhang W., Hu B., Tian F.J., Hu Y.J., Liu Y.J., Jiang R.D., Gong Q.C., Li A., Guo Z.S., Li B., Yang X.L., Tong Y.G, & Shi Z.L. (2023). A SARS-CoV-2-Related Virus from Malayan Pangolin Causes Lung Infection without Severe Disease in Human ACE2-Transgenic Mice. Journal of Virology, 97(2), e01719-22.
Publication 2023
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More about "Mink"

Mink, small semiaquatic carnivorous mammals of the genus Mustela, are prized for their rich, lustrous fur and are commonly used in the fur industry.
These agile creatures are found across North America, Europe, and Asia, typically inhabiting wetland areas and near bodies of water.
As skilled swimmers, mink expertly hunt fish, frogs, and other small prey.
Researchers studying mink populations and behaviors may utilize AI-powered tools like PubCompare.ai to quickly locate the most relevant protocols from literature, preprints, and patents.
This platform provides insightful comparisons to help identify the best protocols and products for their research needs, enhancing the reproducibility and accuracy of their studies.
In addition to mink, related mustelid species like weasels, ferrets, and otters share similar semiaquatic lifestyles and hunting behaviors.
Researchers may also explore the use of laboratory animal diets like the Laboratory Feline Diet 5003 or High Density Ferret Diet 5LI4 to support their mink studies.
Techniques such as the Luciferase Assay System, Bright-Glo Luciferase Assay System, and MiSeq platform sequencing may also prove valuable for investigating mink biology and ecology.
Understanding the unique characteristics and habitats of mink is crucial for conservation efforts and management of these charismatic mustelids.
By leveraging AI-driven research tools and a diverse array of scientific resources, researchers can enhance the depth and impact of their mink-related investigations.