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The endangered Arctic fox in Norway—the failure and success of captive breeding and reintroduction (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)The Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus L.) is listed as extinct in Finland, endangered in Sweden and critically endangered in Norway. Around 2000 there were only 40–60 adult individuals left, prompting the implementation of ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)Dracocephalum ruyschiana is a rare species in Europe and its conservation is considered a priority by the Norwegian Environment Agency. Specialist species in fragmented and rare habitats such as dry, calcareous grasslands ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)Gap junctions are specialized regions of the plasma membrane containing clusters of channels that provide for the diffusion of ions and small molecules between adjacent cells. A fundamental role of gap junctions is to ...
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Endoplasmic reticulum stress downregulates c-MYC expression through proteasomal degradation in prostate cancer cellsRestricted Access (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most prevalent non-cutaneous cancer and second leading cause of cancer-related death among men in Western countries. Knowledge of its underlying molecular mechanism is necessary to characterise ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)Endopolyploidy – the existence of higher-ploidy cells within organisms that are otherwise of a lower ploidy level (generally diploid) – was discovered decades ago, but remains poorly studied relative to other genomic ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Activation of EGF-R and PDGF-R triggers autophosphorylation and the recruitment of Eps15 and Hrs. These two endosomal proteins are important for specific receptor sorting. Hrs is recruiting ubiquitinated receptors to early ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)Endosomal sorting and trafficking are facilitated by Rab GTPases and SNAREs. These groups of proteins are important for endosomal identity and progression in the endocytic pathway due to their fusogenic properties. Although ...
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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2019)
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)I løpet av de siste ti årene har det vært rapportert en omfattende nedgang av blåskjell i Oslofjorden. Dette har blitt meldt fra både kystbefolkning og hytteeiere, men også fra forskere. Nedgangen i blåskjell er en trend ...
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Enduring a risky social environment: A biological basis for the stress induced behavioral inhibition syndromeRestricted Access (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)An effect of hydropower and hydropeaking regulation in rivers is stranding of fish. Those fishes that survive stranding may experience stranding as a stressful situation. In four experimental stranding experiments (each ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)Arctic zooplankton develop large energy reserves, as an adaptation to strong seasonality, making them valuable prey items. We quantified the energy content (kJ g−1 dry weight) of abundant krill (arcto-boreal, Thysanoessa ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)In facultative partial migrants some individuals in a population are migratory and others are resident and individuals decide each year anew which strategy to choose. While the proportion of birds migrating is in part ...
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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2017)
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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2019)The aim of this thesis was to combine computational and experimental methods to engineer high affinity gluten pMHC specific antibodies, validate them, and use them to study peptide presentation in CeD patients and explore ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)We use natural language processing (NLP) to retrieve location data for cheilostome bryozoan species (text-mined occurrences (TMO)) in an automated procedure. We compare these results with data combined from two major public ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)Agricultural practices to improve yields in small‐scale farms in Africa usually focus on improving growing conditions for the crops by applying fertilizers, irrigation, and/or pesticides. This may, however, have limited ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background The class Diphyllatea belongs to a group of enigmatic unicellular eukaryotes that play a key role in reconstructing the morphological innovation and diversification of early eukaryotic evolution. ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Among primates, the suborder Haplorhini is considered to have evolved a consolidated monophasic sleep pattern, with diurnal species requiring a shorter sleep duration than nocturnal species. Only a few primate species have ...