Background The functional understanding of genetic interaction networks and cellular mechanisms governing health and disease requires the dissection, ......
Background Floxed (flanked by loxP) alleles are a crucial portion of conditional knockout mouse models. However, an efficient and reliable strategy to......
Background Echolocating bats use echo information to perceive space, control their behavior, and adjust flight navigation strategies in various enviro......
Background Seahorses, seadragons, pygmy pipehorses, and pipefishes (Syngnathidae, Syngnathiformes) are among the most recognizable groups of fishes be......
Background Birds are key indicator species in extant ecosystems, and thus we would expect extinct birds to provide insights into the nature of ancient......
Background Age-related hearing loss is a common, heterogeneous disease with a strong genetic component. More than 100 loci have been reported to be in......
Background Human babesiosis, caused by parasites of the genus Babesia, is an emerging and re-emerging tick-borne disease that is mainly transmitted by......
Background Non-crossover (NCO) refers to a mechanism of homologous recombination in which short tracks of DNA are copied between homologue chromatids.......
Background Cell size asymmetries are often linked to cell fate decisions, due to cell volumes and cell fate determinants being unequally partitioned d......
Background Heat stress is a major abiotic stress affecting the growth and development of plants, including crop species. Plants have evolved various a......
Background Combinatorial gene regulation by multiple microRNAs (miRNAs) is widespread and closely spaced target sites often act cooperatively to achie......
Background Infectious diseases of farmed and wild animals pose a recurrent threat to food security and human health. The macrophage, a key component o......
Background Cytosine DNA methylation is a heritable epigenetic mark present in most eukaryotic groups. While the patterns and functions of DNA methylat......
Background Tissue-clearing techniques have recently been developed to make tissues transparent for three-dimensional (3D) imaging at different scales,......