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Mitonuclear incompatibility and extra-pair offspring: An explanation for biased sex ratios in birds
Many bird species are monogamous. However, genetic studies have shown that the social partner is often not the genetic father of all offspring. Some studies found biased sex ratios: more males than females among extra-pair ...
Plants & Animals
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Forward genetics approach reveals the factor responsible for carbon trade-off in leaves
Plants store carbon in two primary forms: starch and triacylglycerols (TAGs). Starch is mainly stored in chloroplasts in leaves, where it serves as a readily available energy source, while TAGs are stored in seeds for long-term ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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Scientists uncover novel function of autophagy protein ATG-9 in regulating lysosome integrity
Lysosomes are membrane-bound organelles in cells that act as recycling centers—breaking down waste materials, damaged organelles, and unwanted molecules using powerful digestive enzymes. Lysosomes play a vital role in maintaining ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Cytoskeletal filament formation: Scientists discover new details about vimentin filaments critical for wound healing
Scientists have uncovered new details about cellular filaments that play a critical role in wound healing, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Cell & Microbiology
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European potato genome decoded: Researchers find small gene pool with large differences
Potatoes are a staple food for over 1.3 billion people. But despite their importance for global food security, breeding successes have been modest. Some of the most popular potato cultivars were bred many decades ago. The ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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Giant virus discovered in Finland
For the first time in Finland, researchers at the Nanoscience Center in University of Jyväskylä, Finland, have isolated a giant virus, which was named Jyvaskylavirus. The discovery shows that giant viruses are more common ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Researchers discover new mode of mitochondrial regulation in stem cell fate
Mitochondria play a crucial role in acquiring pluripotency and determining cell fate. The mitochondrial unfolded protein response (UPRmt) serves as an important retrograde regulatory pathway that communicates from mitochondria ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Microbes in Brooklyn superfund site teach lessons on fighting industrial pollution
Using advanced DNA sequence analysis, a research team led by NYU Tandon School of Engineering's Assistant Professor Elizabeth Hénaff has discovered that tiny organisms in Brooklyn's highly contaminated Gowanus Canal have ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Simulating protein structures involved in memory formation
Complex protein interactions at synapses are essential for memory formation in our brains, but the mechanisms behind these processes remain poorly understood. Now, researchers from Japan have developed a computational model ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Cell movement without myosin: New mobility mechanism challenges dogma
Physicists from the Universities of Bayreuth and Grenoble have discovered a new mechanism of cell mobility. Their findings challenge the classical dogma that the molecular motor myosin is essential for the movement of mammalian ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Innovative computational tool uses long-read sequencing to track antibiotic resistance genes
A research team led by Professor Tong Zhang from the Department of Civil Engineering of Faculty of Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has developed a computational tool, Argo, designed to accurately track antibiotic ...
Cell & Microbiology
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How glycolysis drives early embryonic cell decisions
Glycolysis is an ancient metabolic activity. It consists of a set of reactions that convert glucose into energy. This central process allows cells to grow, divide, and stay alive. It has accompanied life since its origin, ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Deep dive into plant signaling data reveals a noisy 'elephant in the room'
A far-reaching study has cast doubt on statistical methods used to identify long-distance signaling networks in plants. The surprising findings by a John Innes Center–led collaboration, now published in Nature Plants, ...
Plants & Animals
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The disease-fighting promise of mRNA
In recent years, mRNA technology enabled the rapid development of vaccines to fight COVID-19, saving millions of lives.
Molecular & Computational biology
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New insights into protein-DNA interactions reveal cellular machinery secrets
New research pioneered by The University of Western Australia is shedding light on the intricate dance between proteins, DNA and RNA—the fundamental building blocks that carry out cellular processes and underpin all life, ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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Your cells can 'hear': Uncovering the relationship between life and sound
There's a sensation that you experience—near a plane taking off or a speaker bank at a concert—from a sound so total that you feel it in your very being. When this happens, not only do your brain and ears perceive it, ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Chlorotonils: Naturals antibiotics' dual-action mechanism against multidrug-resistant pathogens uncovered
The development and spread of antibiotic resistance represents one of the greatest threats to global health. To overcome these resistances, drugs with novel modes of action are urgently needed.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 15, 2025
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How circadian clocks maintain robustness in changing environments
New research has uncovered how a simple circadian clock network demonstrates advanced noise-filtering capabilities, enhancing our understanding of how biological circuits maintain accuracy in dynamic natural environments.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 15, 2025
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Adjusting trees' internal clocks can help them cope with climate change
A new study from Umeå University has revealed that trees' circadian clocks guide their growth and the timing of seasonal events like the appearance of leaves in spring. The researchers investigated the growth of genetically ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 15, 2025
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Imaging techniques show phages in unprecedented detail
Researchers at Pitt have produced the most detailed image to date of a bacteriophage–phage for short–that has allowed them to see for the first time the structural makeup of the part of the phage that directly attaches ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 15, 2025
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