Abstract Schizophrenia's (SZ's) heritability and familial transmission have been known for
several decades; however, despite the clear evidence for a genetic component, it has been …

Various insect species serve as valuable model systems for investigating the cellular and
molecular mechanisms by which a brain controls sophisticated behaviors. In particular, the …

Proteins containing Ly6/uPAR (LU) domains exhibit very diverse biological functions and
have broad taxonomic distributions in eukaryotes. In general, they adopt a characteristic …

Nutrient availability is a major selective force in the evolution of metazoa, and thus plasticity
in tissue function and morphology is shaped by adaptive responses to nutrient changes …

Abstract Background: The lined seahorse, Hippocampus erectus, is an Atlantic species and
mainly inhabits shallow sea beds or coral reefs. It has become very popular in China for its …

Gene duplication is an important evolutionary process thought to facilitate the evolution of
phenotypic diversity. We investigated if gene duplication was associated with the evolution …

Enhancers regulate precise spatial and temporal patterns of gene expression in eukaryotes
and, moreover, evolutionary changes in these modular cis-regulatory elements may …

Comparative studies across multiple species provide valuable insights into the evolutionary
diversification of developmental strategies. While the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster has …

Venosomes are extracellular vesicles found in the venom of Leptopilina endoparasitoids
wasps, which transport and target virulence factors to impair the parasitoid egg …

Pairs of duplicated genes generally display a combination of conserved expression patterns
inherited from their unduplicated ancestor and newly acquired domains. However, how the …