Abstract Background Muscadine grape (Vitis rotundifolia) is resistant to many of the
pathogens that negatively impact the production of common grape (V. vinifera), including the …

Determining the origins of novel genes and the mechanisms driving the emergence of new
functions is challenging yet crucial for understanding evolutionary innovations. Recently …

The improvement and decreasing costs of third‐generation sequencing technologies has
widened the scope of biological questions researchers can address with de novo genome …

White-blooded Antarctic icefishes, a family within the adaptive radiation of Antarctic
notothenioid fishes, are an example of extreme biological specialization to both the chronic …

Mitochondrial genomes are known for their compact size and conserved gene order,
however, recent studies employing long-read sequencing technologies have revealed the …

Background Sequencing variable regions of the 16S rRNA gene (≃ 300 bp) with Illumina
technology is commonly used to study the composition of human microbiota. Unfortunately …

Citrus is a crucial crop with a significant economic impact globally. However, postharvest
decay caused by fungal pathogens poses a considerable threat, leading to substantial …

Balamuthia mandrillaris is a pathogenic protozoan that causes a rare but almost always fatal
infection of the central nervous system and, in some cases, cutaneous lesions. Currently, the …

The basal South American notothenioid Eleginops maclovinus (Patagonia blennie or
róbalo) occupies a uniquely important phylogenetic position in Notothenioidei as the …

Abstract The Antarctic bald notothen, Trematomus borchgrevinki (family Nototheniidae)
occupies a high latitude, ice-laden environment and represents an extreme example of cold …