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The complex genome and adaptive evolution of polyploid Chinese pepper (Zanthoxylum armatum and Zanthoxylum bungeanum) (2022)
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Hu, L., Xu, Z., Fan, R., Wang, G., Wang, F., Qin, X., Yan, L., Ji, X., Meng, M., Sim, S., Chen, W., Hao, C., Wang, Q., Zhu, H., Zhu, S., Xu, P., Zhao, H., Lindsey, K., Daniell, H., Wendel, J., & Jin, S. (2023). The complex genome and adaptive evolution of polyploid Chinese pepper (Zanthoxylum armatum and Zanthoxylum bungeanum). Plant Biotechnology Journal, 21(1), 78-96. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.13926

Entomological impact of mass administration of ivermectin and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in The Gambia: a cluster-randomized controlled trial (2022)
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Soumare, H. M., Dabira, E. D., Camara, M. M., Jadama, L., Gaye, P. M., Kanteh, S., Jawara, E. A., Njie, A. K., Sanneh, F., Ndiath, M. O., Lindsay, S. W., Conteh, B., Ceesay, S., Mohammed, N., Ooko, M., Bradley, J., Drakeley, C., Erhart, A., Bousema, T., & D’Alessandro, U. (2022). Entomological impact of mass administration of ivermectin and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in The Gambia: a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Parasites and Vectors, 15(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-022-05557-4

Background Vector control interventions in sub-Saharan Africa rely on insecticide-treated nets and indoor residual spraying. Insecticide resistance, poor coverage of interventions, poor quality nets and changes in vector behavior threaten the effecti... Read More about Entomological impact of mass administration of ivermectin and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in The Gambia: a cluster-randomized controlled trial.

Genome Sequencing of up to 6,000-Year-Old Citrullus Seeds Reveals Use of a Bitter-Fleshed Species Prior to Watermelon Domestication (2022)
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Pérez-Escobar, O., Tusso, S., Przelomska, N., Wu, S., Ryan, P., Nesbitt, M., Silber, M., Preick, M., Zhangjun, F., Chomicki, G., & Renner, S. (2022). Genome Sequencing of up to 6,000-Year-Old Citrullus Seeds Reveals Use of a Bitter-Fleshed Species Prior to Watermelon Domestication. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 39(8), https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac168

Specific suppression of long terminal repeat retrotransposon mobilization in plants (2022)
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Brestovitsky, A., Iwasaki, M., Cho, J., Adulyanukosol, N., Paszkowski, J., & Catoni, M. (2023). Specific suppression of long terminal repeat retrotransposon mobilization in plants. Plant Physiology, 191(4), 2245-2255. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiac605

The tissue culture passage necessary for the generation of transgenic plants induces genome instability. This instability predominantly involves the uncontrolled mobilization of LTR retrotransposons (LTR-TEs), which are the most abundant class of mob... Read More about Specific suppression of long terminal repeat retrotransposon mobilization in plants.

Anticarcinogenic impact of extracellular vesicles (exosomes) from cord blood stem cells in malignant melanoma: A potential biological treatment (2022)
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Naeem, P., Baumgartner, A., Ghaderi, N., Sefat, F., Alhawamdeh, M., Heidari, S., Shahzad, F., Swaminathan, K., Akhbari, P., Isreb, M., Anderson, D., Wright, A., & Najafzadeh, M. (2023). Anticarcinogenic impact of extracellular vesicles (exosomes) from cord blood stem cells in malignant melanoma: A potential biological treatment. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 27(2), https://doi.org/10.1111/jcmm.17639

Incidence of Malignant Melanoma has become the 5th in the UK. To date, the major anticancer therapeutics include cell therapy, immunotherapy, gene therapy and nanotechnology-based strategies. Recently, extracellular vesicles, especially exosomes, hav... Read More about Anticarcinogenic impact of extracellular vesicles (exosomes) from cord blood stem cells in malignant melanoma: A potential biological treatment.

Bullseye Analysis: A Fluorescence Microscopy Technique to Detect Local Changes in Intracellular Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Production (2022)
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Hughes, J. G., Chisholm, D. R., Whiting, A., Girkin, J. M., & Ambler, C. A. (2023). Bullseye Analysis: A Fluorescence Microscopy Technique to Detect Local Changes in Intracellular Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Production. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 29(2), 529-539. https://doi.org/10.1093/micmic/ozac040

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are naturally produced compounds that play important roles in cell signaling, gene regulation, and biological defense, including involvement in the oxidative burst that is central to the anti-microbial actions of macroph... Read More about Bullseye Analysis: A Fluorescence Microscopy Technique to Detect Local Changes in Intracellular Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Production.

Integrating city resilience and mosquito-borne diseases – a multi-site case study from the Resilient Cities Network (2022)
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Egid, B. R., Jaramillo, M. H., Lindsay, T. C., Lopez Villegas, C. I., Mohan, K., Ozano, K., Ospina, R. A. R., Ocampo, C. A. S., Taylor-Brewer, B., Villarreal Restrepo, C. A., Liakou, L., & Wilson, A. L. (2023). Integrating city resilience and mosquito-borne diseases – a multi-site case study from the Resilient Cities Network. Cities and Health, 7(3), 348-362. https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2022.2127626

Urbanisation is increasing the risk of mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue and malaria in cities, with resulting impacts on health and development. At the same time, cities worldwide are building and investing in urban resilience. It is not known... Read More about Integrating city resilience and mosquito-borne diseases – a multi-site case study from the Resilient Cities Network.

Identification and quantification of ionising radiation-induced oxysterol formation in membranes of lens fibre cells (2022)
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Uwineza, A., Cummins, I., Jarrin, M., Kalligeraki, A. K., Barnard, S., Mol, M., Degani, G., Altomare, A. A., Aldini, G., Schreurs, A., Balschun, D., Ainsbury, E. A., Dias, I. H., & Quinlan, R. A. (2023). Identification and quantification of ionising radiation-induced oxysterol formation in membranes of lens fibre cells. Advances in Redox Research, 7, Article 100057. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arres.2022.100057

Ionising radiation (IR) is a cause of lipid peroxidation, and epidemiological data have revealed a correlation between exposure to IR and the development of eye lens cataracts. Cataracts remain the leading cause of blindness around the world. The pla... Read More about Identification and quantification of ionising radiation-induced oxysterol formation in membranes of lens fibre cells.

Deciphering the Mechanical code of the genome and epigenome (2022)
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Basu, A., Bobrovnikov, D. G., Cieza, B., Arcon, J. P., Orozco, M., & Ha, T. (2022). Deciphering the Mechanical code of the genome and epigenome. Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, 29, 1178-1187. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.22.262352

Diverse DNA-deforming processes are impacted by the local mechanical and structural properties of DNA, which in turn depend on local sequence and epigenetic modifications. Deciphering this mechanical code (that is, this dependence) has been challengi... Read More about Deciphering the Mechanical code of the genome and epigenome.

FGF signalling is involved in cumulus migration in the common house spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum (2022)
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Wang, R., Leite, D. J., Karadas, L., Schiffer, P. H., & Pechmann, M. (2023). FGF signalling is involved in cumulus migration in the common house spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum. Developmental Biology, 494, 35-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2022.11.009

Cell migration is a fundamental component during the development of most multicellular organisms. In the early spider embryo, the collective migration of signalling cells, known as the cumulus, is required to set the dorsoventral body axis.

Here,... Read More about FGF signalling is involved in cumulus migration in the common house spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum.

High-resolution sequencing of nine elite upland cotton cultivars uncovers genic variations and breeding improvement targets. (2022)
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Wang, N., Li, Y., Shen, C., Yang, Y., Wang, H., Yao, T., Zhang, X., Lindsey, K., & Lin, Z. (2023). High-resolution sequencing of nine elite upland cotton cultivars uncovers genic variations and breeding improvement targets. The Plant Journal, 113(1), 145-159. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.16041

Structural variations (SVs) are critical factors affecting genome evolution and important traits. However, identification results and functional analyses of SVs in upland cotton are rare. Here, based on the genetic relationships, breeding history and... Read More about High-resolution sequencing of nine elite upland cotton cultivars uncovers genic variations and breeding improvement targets..

River fragmentation and barrier impacts on fishes have been greatly underestimated in the upper Mekong River (2022)
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Sun, J., Du, W., Lucas, M., Ding, C., Chen, J., Tao, J., & He, D. (2023). River fragmentation and barrier impacts on fishes have been greatly underestimated in the upper Mekong River. Journal of Environmental Management, 327, Article 116871. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116817

River barriers reduce river connectivity and lead to fragmentation of fish habitats, which can result in decline or even extinction of aquatic biota, including fish populations. In the Mekong basin, previous studies have mainly focused on the impacts... Read More about River fragmentation and barrier impacts on fishes have been greatly underestimated in the upper Mekong River.

TraB, a novel plant ER-mitochondrial contact site protein functions as a mitophagy receptor in plants (2022)
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Duckney, P., Li, C., Hussey, P. J., & Wang, P. (2023). TraB, a novel plant ER-mitochondrial contact site protein functions as a mitophagy receptor in plants. Autophagy, 19(7), 2148-2150. https://doi.org/10.1080/15548627.2022.2151190

Autophagic degradation of mitochondria (known as mitophagy) is known to occur in all eukaryotes, and is important for the turnover of damaged mitochondria and recycling of nutrients during starvation. Targeting of mitochondria for autophagic degradat... Read More about TraB, a novel plant ER-mitochondrial contact site protein functions as a mitophagy receptor in plants.

Horizon scanning for potential invasive non-native species across United Kingdom Overseas Territories (2022)
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Dawson, W., Peyton, J. M., Pescott, O. L., Adriaens, T., Cottier-Cook, E. J., Frohlich, D. S., Key, G., Malumphy, C., Martinou, A. F., Minchin, D., Moore, N., Rabitsch, W., Rorke, S. L., Tricarico, E., Turvey, K. M., Winfield, I. J., Barnes, D. K., Baum, D., Bensusan, K., Burton, F. J., …Roy, H. E. (2023). Horizon scanning for potential invasive non-native species across United Kingdom Overseas Territories. Conservation Letters, 16(1), Article e12928. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12928

Invasive non-native species are recognized as a major threat to island biodiversity, ecosystems, and economies globally. Preventing high-risk invasive non-native species from being introduced is the most cost-effective way to avoid their adverse impa... Read More about Horizon scanning for potential invasive non-native species across United Kingdom Overseas Territories.