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Genes as cues
Genes and inherited physiology provide cues, as does the state of the environment during development. Sasha Dall argues…
Targeted mutation of secretogranin-2 disrupts sexual behavior and reproduction in zebrafish
Vance L. Trudeau discusses in vivo evidence that secretogranin-2 plays critical roles in fertility regulation
Rapid community-driven development of a SARS-CoV-2 tissue simulator
Thomas Hillen discusses the prototype of a multiscale model of SARS-CoV-2 dynamics in lung tissue. Image courtesy of…
Wake-up Sleepy Gene
Merlin Crossley discusses recent discoveries in β-globin genes, focusing on the influence of genome editing technologies, including CRISPR-Cas9
Sequencing and Analyzing the Transcriptomes of a Thousand Species
Gane Ka-Shu Wong discusses the first large-scale effort to collect next-generation sequencing (NGS) data across a phylogenetically representative…
Sensing the future of bio-informational engineering
Sakkie Pretorius discusses practices of synthetic biology that are now being integrated into ‘multiscale’ designs
Redox Homeostasis and Signaling in a Higher-CO2 World
Rising CO2 concentrations and their effects on plant productivity present challenging issues. Christine Foyer discusses impacts on stress resistance.…
Combating ecosystem collapse
Lesley Hughes discusses the current state of ecosystems and provides a three step assessment and management framework (3As…
Detecting latent DNA in wildlife forensic science investigations
Adrian Linacre discusses the benefits of using visualised cellular material and DNA profiling through direct a PCR approach…
DNA technology and evolution of the Central Dogma
Technological advances in molecular biology have now developed to the point where it is possible to store large…
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