Assessing the role of Piscine orthoreovirus in disease and the associated risk for wild Pacific salmon
This paper is a response to Polinski, M. P. et al. Innate antiviral defense demonstrates high energetic efficiency in a bony fish. BMC Biology 19, 138 (2021). (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - May 19, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Gideon Mordecai, Arthur L. Bass, Rick Routledge, Emiliano Di Cicco, Amy Teffer, Christoph Deeg, Andrew W. Bateman and Kristina M. Miller Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
Response to “Assessing the role of Piscine orthoreovirus in disease and the associated risk for wild Pacific salmon”
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Source: BMC Biology - May 19, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Mark P. Polinski, Yangfan Zhang, Phillip R. Morrison, Gary D. Marty, Colin J. Brauner, Anthony P. Farrell and Kyle A. Garver Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
A small protein coded within the mitochondrial canonical gene nd4 regulates mitochondrial bioenergetics
Mitochondria have a central role in cellular functions, aging, and in certain diseases. They possess their own genome, a vestige of their bacterial ancestor. Over the course of evolution, most of the genes of ... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - May 18, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Laura Kienzle, Stefano Bettinazzi, Thierry Choquette, Marie Brunet, Hajar Hosseini Khorami, Jean-Fran çois Jacques, Mathilde Moreau, Xavier Roucou, Christian R. Landry, Annie Angers and Sophie Breton Tags: Research article Source Type: research
MUS81 cleaves TOP1-derived lesions and other DNA –protein cross-links
DNA-protein cross-links (DPCs) are one of the most deleterious DNA lesions, originating from various sources, including enzymatic activity. For instance, topoisomerases, which play a fundamental role in DNA me... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - May 16, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Victoria Marini, Fedor Nikulenkov, Pounami Samadder, Sissel Juul, Birgitta R. Knudsen and Lumir Krejci Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Author Correction: Synchronization of inspiratory burst onset along the ventral respiratory column in the neonate mouse is mediated by electrotonic coupling
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Source: BMC Biology - May 15, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Boris Gour évitch, Teresa Pitts, Kimberly Iceman, Mitchell Reed, Jun Cai, Tianci Chu, Wenxin Zeng, Consuelo Morgado-Valle and Nicholas Mellen Tags: Correction Source Type: research
Massive expansion of sex-specific SNPs, transposon-related elements, and neocentromere formation shape the young W-chromosome from the mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
The Western mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis, is a model for sex chromosome organization and evolution of female heterogamety. We previously identified a G. affinis female-specific marker, orthologous to the aminom... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - May 15, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Stefan M üller, Kang Du, Yann Guiguen, Maria Pichler, Shinichi Nakagawa, Matthias Stöck, Manfred Schartl and Dunja K. Lamatsch Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Natural variation in Beauty Mark is associated with UV-based geographical adaptation in Gossypium species
Anthocyanins, a class of specialized metabolites that are ubiquitous among plant species, have attracted a great deal of attention from plant biologists due to their chemical diversity. They confer purple, pin... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - May 12, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Muhammad Ali Abid, Qi Zhou, Mubashir Abbas, Haiyan He, Zhigang Meng, Yuan Wang, Yunxiao Wei, Sandui Guo, Rui Zhang and Chengzhen Liang Tags: Research article Source Type: research
The influence of immune challenges on the mean and variance in reproductive investment: a meta-analysis of the terminal investment hypothesis
Finding the optimal balance between survival and reproduction is a central puzzle in life-history theory. The terminal investment hypothesis predicts that when individuals encounter a survival threat that comp... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - May 12, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Yong Zhi Foo, Malgorzata Lagisz, Rose E. O ’Dea and Shinichi Nakagawa Tags: Registered Report Source Type: research
Divergent expression of aristaless1 and aristaless2 during embryonic appendage and pupal wing development in butterflies
Gene duplication events are critical for the evolution of new gene functions. Aristaless is a major regulator of distinct developmental processes. It is most known for its role during appendage development acr... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - May 11, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Erick X. Bayala, Isabella Cisneros, Darli Massardo, Nicholas W. VanKuren and Marcus R. Kronforst Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Evolution of loss of heterozygosity patterns in hybrid genomes of Candida yeast pathogens
Hybrids are chimeric organisms with highly plastic heterozygous genomes that may confer unique traits enabling the adaptation to new environments. However, most evolutionary theory frameworks predict that the ... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - May 11, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Ver ónica Mixão, Juan Carlos Nunez-Rodriguez, Valentina del Olmo, Ewa Ksiezopolska, Ester Saus, Teun Boekhout, Attila Gacser and Toni Gabaldón Tags: Research article Source Type: research
A novel aminotransferase gene and its regulator acquired in Saccharomyces by a horizontal gene transfer event
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is an evolutionary mechanism of adaptive importance, which has been deeply studied in wine S. cerevisiae strains, where those acquired genes conferred improved traits related to bot... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - May 8, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Sebasti án M. Tapia, Laura G. Macías, Roberto Pérez-Torrado, Noemi Daroqui, Paloma Manzanares, Amparo Querol and Eladio Barrio Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Secondary structure of the human mitochondrial genome affects formation of deletions
Aging in postmitotic tissues is associated with clonal expansion of somatic mitochondrial deletions, the origin of which is not well understood. Such deletions are often flanked by direct nucleotide repeats, b... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - May 8, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Victor Shamanskiy, Alina A. Mikhailova, Evgenii O. Tretiakov, Kristina Ushakova, Alina G. Mikhailova, Sergei Oreshkov, Dmitry A. Knorre, Natalia Ree, Jonathan B. Overdevest, Samuel W. Lukowski, Irina Gostimskaya, Valerian Yurov, Chia-Wei Liou, Tsu-Kung Li Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Recent expansion of metabolic versatility in Diplonema papillatum, the model species of a highly speciose group of marine eukaryotes
Diplonemid flagellates are among the most abundant and species-rich of known marine microeukaryotes, colonizing all habitats, depths, and geographic regions of the world ocean. However, little is known about t... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - May 4, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Matus Valach, Sandrine Moreira, Celine Petitjean, Corinna Benz, Anzhelika Butenko, Olga Flegontova, Anna Nenarokova, Galina Prokopchuk, Tom Batstone, Pascal Lap ébie, Lionnel Lemogo, Matt Sarrasin, Paul Stretenowich, Pragya Tripathi, Euki Yazaki, Takeshi Tags: Research article Source Type: research
aristaless1 has a dual role in appendage formation and wing color specification during butterfly development
Highly diverse butterfly wing patterns have emerged as a powerful system for understanding the genetic basis of phenotypic variation. While the genetic basis of this pattern variation is being clarified, the p... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - May 4, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Erick X. Bayala, Nicholas VanKuren, Darli Massardo and Marcus R. Kronforst Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Insights into the formation and diversification of a novel chiropteran wing membrane from embryonic development
Through the evolution of novel wing structures, bats (Order Chiroptera) became the only mammalian group to achieve powered flight. This achievement preceded the massive adaptive radiation of bats into diverse ... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - May 4, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Neal Anthwal, Daniel J. Urban, Alexa Sadier, Risa Takenaka, Simon Spiro, Nancy Simmons, Richard R. Behringer, Chris J. Cretekos, John J. Rasweiler IV and Karen E. Sears Tags: Research article Source Type: research
