Background Birds are key indicator species in extant ecosystems, and thus we would expect extinct birds to provide insights into the nature of ancient......
Background Human babesiosis, caused by parasites of the genus Babesia, is an emerging and re-emerging tick-borne disease that is mainly transmitted by......
Background Heat stress is a major abiotic stress affecting the growth and development of plants, including crop species. Plants have evolved various a......
Background Tissue-clearing techniques have recently been developed to make tissues transparent for three-dimensional (3D) imaging at different scales,......
Background Enhancers are cis-regulatory elements present in eukaryote genomes, which constitute indispensable determinants of gene regulation by gover......
Background The mitochondrion is an important cellular component in plants and that functions in producing vital energy for the cell. However, the evol......
Background Peach (Prunus persica) is an economically important stone fruit crop in Rosaceae and widely cultivated in temperate and subtropical regions......
Background: Yunnan is located in Southwest China and consists of great cultural, linguistic, and genetic diversity. However, the genomic diversity of ......
Background: In insects, an interplay between the activities of distinct hormones, such as juvenile hormone (JH) and 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E), regulate......
Background Despite recent progress in understanding the molecular mechanisms regulating aging and lifespan, and the pathways involved being conserved ......
Background Schema, a concept from cognitive psychology used to explain how new information is integrated with previous experience, is a framework of a......
Background The centrosome is one of the most important non-membranous organelles regulating microtubule organization and progression of cell mitosis. ......
Background The deep-sea may be regarded as a hostile living environment, due to low temperature, high hydrostatic pressure, and limited food and light......
Background: Degrons are short linear motifs, bound by E3 ubiquitin ligase to target protein substrates to be degraded by the ubiquitin-proteasome syst......