An improved reference of the grapevine genome reasserts the origin of the PN40024 highly homozygous genotype

A Velt, B Frommer, S Blanc, D Holtgräwe… - G3: Genes …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The genome sequence of the diploid and highly homozygous Vitis vinifera genotype
PN40024 serves as the reference for many grapevine studies. Despite several …

[HTML][HTML] Maternal dominance contributes to subgenome differentiation in allopolyploid fishes

MRX Xu, ZY Liao, JR Brock, K Du, GY Li… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Teleost fishes, which are the largest and most diverse group of living vertebrates, have a rich
history of ancient and recent polyploidy. Previous studies of allotetraploid common carp and …

The genomes of chicory, endive, great burdock and yacon provide insights into Asteraceae palaeopolyploidization history and plant inulin production

W Fan, S Wang, H Wang, A Wang… - Molecular Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Inulin is an important reserve polysaccharide in Asteraceae plants, and is also widely used
as a sweetener, a source of dietary fibre and prebiotic. Nevertheless, a lack of genomic …

Tundra soil viruses mediate responses of microbial communities to climate warming

M Ji, X Fan, CR Cornell, Y Zhang, MM Yuan, Z Tian… - MBio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The rise of global temperature causes the degradation of the substantial reserves of carbon
(C) stored in tundra soils, in which microbial processes play critical roles. Viruses are known …

[HTML][HTML] Combining phages and antibiotic to enhance antibiofilm efficacy against an in vitro dual species wound biofilm

E Akturk, LDR Melo, H Oliveira, A Crabbé, T Coenye… - Biofilm, 2023 - Elsevier
Chronic wound management is extremely challenging because of the persistence of biofilm-
forming pathogens, such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus, which …

[HTML][HTML] Improved pearl millet genomes representing the global heterotic pool offer a framework for molecular breeding applications

P Ramu, RK Srivastava, A Sanyal, K Fengler… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
High-quality reference genome assemblies, representative of global heterotic patterns, offer
an ideal platform to accurately characterize and utilize genetic variation in the primary gene …

The genome of the colonial hydroid Hydractinia reveals that their stem cells use a toolkit of evolutionarily shared genes with all animals

CE Schnitzler, ES Chang, J Waletich… - Genome …, 2024 - genome.cshlp.org
Hydractinia is a colonial marine hydroid that shows remarkable biological properties,
including the capacity to regenerate its entire body throughout its lifetime, a process made …

[HTML][HTML] Microbe-driven elemental cycling enables microbial adaptation to deep-sea ferromanganese nodule sediment fields

D Zhang, X Li, Y Wu, X Xu, Y Liu, B Shi, Y Peng, D Dai… - Microbiome, 2023 - Springer
Background Ferromanganese nodule-bearing deep-sea sediments cover vast areas of the
ocean floor, representing a distinctive habitat in the abyss. These sediments harbor unique …

tsRFun: a comprehensive platform for decoding human tsRNA expression, functions and prognostic value by high-throughput small RNA-Seq and CLIP-Seq data

JH Wang, WX Chen, SQ Mei, YD Yang… - Nucleic acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract tRNA-derived small RNA (tsRNA), a novel type of regulatory small noncoding RNA,
plays an important role in physiological and pathological processes. However, the …

Improved microbial genomes and gene catalog of the chicken gut from metagenomic sequencing of high-fidelity long reads

Y Zhang, F Jiang, B Yang, S Wang, H Wang… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Due to the importance of chicken production and the remarkable influence of
the gut microbiota on host health and growth, tens of thousands of metagenome-assembled …