Apical extracellular matrices (aECMs) coat the exposed surfaces of animal bodies to shape
tissues, influence social interactions, and protect against pathogens and other …

In the wild, C. elegans are emersed in environments teeming with a veritable menagerie of
microorganisms. The C. elegans cuticular surface serves as a barrier and first point of …

Animals and plants need to defend themselves from pathogen attack. Their defences drive
innovation in virulence mechanisms, leading to never-ending cycles of co-evolution in both …

Growth control establishes organism size, requiring mechanisms to sense and adjust growth
during development. Studies of single cells revealed that size homeostasis uses distinct …

Growth control is essential to establish organism size, so organisms must have mechanisms
to both sense and adjust growth. Studies of single cells have revealed that size homeostasis …

The fields of genetics and molecular biology have grown exponentially in the knowledge
and ability to edit DNA sequences. The discovery of DNA structure in the 1950s and …

Body size is one of the most discernible ways in which animal species vary. The blue whale
(Balaenoptera musculus), the largest animal on earth, can reach up to 30 m in length and …

Figure 1.(A) Wiring diagrams of the reproductive circuit (top) and defecation motor circuit
(bottom). HSN (green) and VC (blue) neurons synapse onto each other and the vm2 …

Figure 1:(A) Wiring diagrams of the reproductive circuit (top) and defecation motor circuit
(bottom). HSN (green) and VC (blue) neurons synapse onto each other and the vm2 …