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Pepper Study Links Ultra-Long Centromere Haplotypes to Evolution and
3+ hour, 8+ min ago (54+ words) Pepper plants may be hiding some of their most consequential genetic variation in regions long treated as difficult, repetitive stretches of DNA. A study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution reports that ultra-long haplotypes surrounding pepper centromeres can extend across tens…...
Scientists characterize genetic variants across the human intrinsically
3+ hour, 31+ min ago (656+ words) Variant effect prediction has entered a new phase, but one of biology’s largest blind spots remains stubbornly difficult to resolve. Computational tools have become increasingly effective at estimating the consequences of missense variants in folded protein domains, where amino-acid positions…...
Moving turtle nests to save the eggs can have hidden consequences
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Neuromorphic bionic eye with dense waveguide pixels enables tunable-depth
3+ hour, 55+ min ago (462+ words) 3D vision Bioengineer.org...
New Tool for Imaging Cristae Structure & Electrical Flickers
12+ hour, 58+ min ago (144+ words) Labroots New Tool for Imaging Cristae Structure & Electrical Flickers Visualizing the ultrastructure and dynamics of the inner mitochondrial membrane is a major challenge in mitochondrial research. Recently, researchers developed a new mitochondrial probe, HBmito Crimson, to capture the architecture, movement,…...
Hypercontractile embryos from older female mice experience implantation
8+ hour, 6+ min ago (550+ words) A hidden mechanical failure inside the earliest stages of life may help explain why fertility declines so sharply as females enter their mid-30s. A study published in Nature Cell Biology reports that embryos from reproductively aged female mice are not simply…...
What Is: Paleovirology and Permafrost Pathogens
19+ hour, 25+ min ago (327+ words) The Core Concept: Paleovirology within the context of the cryosphere involves the physical extraction, isolation, and resurrection of viable, ancient microorganisms—often referred to as "zombie viruses"—that have been preserved in a state of cryptobiosis within thawing permafrost for…...
Single-cell RNA sequencing maps gonadal changes during sex reversal in
9+ hour, 59+ min ago (606+ words) A single-cell transcriptomic study of the orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus coioides, is offering an unprecedented view of how a fish gonad reorganizes itself during hormone-induced sex reversal. The research focuses on a remarkable biological system: this species is a protogynous hermaphrodite,…...
Scientists Create Polycaprolactone-Based 2D Platelets Through Living
13+ hour, 16+ min ago (593+ words) A new polymer-assembly protocol is turning a familiar biodegradable polyester into precisely shaped two-dimensional nanomaterials. In a study published in Nature Protocols, Xia, Xiao, Yadav and colleagues describe how to prepare ultrathin poly(ε-caprolactone), or PCL, platelets whose lateral dimensions…...
Non-native plants’ mycorrhizal strategies shift across biomes and
13+ hour, 41+ min ago (529+ words) A global study has challenged one of ecology’s most persistent assumptions about invasive plants: that their success is consistently powered by a special relationship with soil fungi. The research, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, finds that the mycorrhizal strategy of…...