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Victoria A. Sleight
Researcher at University of Aberdeen
Publications - 24
Citations - 1892
Victoria A. Sleight is an academic researcher from University of Aberdeen. The author has contributed to research in topics: Gene & Biology. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 19 publications receiving 1241 citations. Previous affiliations of Victoria A. Sleight include British Antarctic Survey & Natural Environment Research Council.
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The deep sea is a major sink for microplastic debris
Lucy C. Woodall,Anna Sanchez-Vidal,Miquel Canals,Gordon L.J. Paterson,Rachel L. Coppock,Victoria A. Sleight,A. Calafat,Alex Rogers,Bhavani Narayanaswamy,Richard C. Thompson +9 more
TL;DR: It is shown that deep-sea sediments are a likely sink for microplastics, and the dominance of microfibres points to a previously underreported and unsampled plastic fraction.
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Assessment of microplastic-sorbed contaminant bioavailability through analysis of biomarker gene expression in larval zebrafish
TL;DR: In this article, the authors demonstrate sorption of two co-contaminants with different physicochemistries [phenanthrene (Phe), log10Kow =4.57; and 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2), log 10Kow=3.67] to microplastics in marine ecosystems.
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Insights from the Shell Proteome: Biomineralization to Adaptation.
Jaison Arivalagan,Tejaswi Yarra,Benjamin Marie,Victoria A. Sleight,Evelyne Duvernois-Berthet,Melody S. Clark,Arul Marie,Sophie Berland +7 more
TL;DR: In this study, the shell matrix proteins of four highly divergent bivalves were analyzed and a significant number of the identified SMPs contained domains related to immune functions, implying their involvement not only in immunity, but also environmental adaptation.
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Deciphering mollusc shell production: the roles of genetic mechanisms through to ecology, aquaculture and biomimetics.
Melody S. Clark,Lloyd S. Peck,Jaison Arivalagan,Jaison Arivalagan,Thierry Backeljau,Thierry Backeljau,Sophie Berland,João C.R. Cardoso,Carlos Caurcel,Gauthier Chapelle,Michele De Noia,Sam Dupont,Karim Gharbi,Joseph I. Hoffman,Arul Marie,Frank Melzner,Kati Michalek,James P. Morris,Deborah M. Power,Kirti Ramesh,Trystan Sanders,Kirsikka Sillanpää,Victoria A. Sleight,Phoebe J. Stewart-Sinclair,Kristina Sundell,Luca Telesca,David L. J. Vendrami,Alexander Ventura,Thomas A. Wilding,Tejaswi Yarra,Tejaswi Yarra,Elizabeth M. Harper +31 more
TL;DR: The role that molecular analyses have played in demonstrating multiple evolutionary origins of biomineralization genes is emphasized and the use of sequence data sets are highlighted in providing candidate genes for in situ localization and protein function studies, and results on the costs of shell construction are synthesized.
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Shell matrix proteins of the clam, Mya truncata: Roles beyond shell formation through proteomic study.
Jaison Arivalagan,Benjamin Marie,Victoria A. Sleight,Melody S. Clark,Sophie Berland,Arul Marie +5 more
TL;DR: Findings suggest that shells may not only act as protective armour from predatory action, but could also actively be related to other functions such as immunity.