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A Weatherman for the Environment

To understand how environmental changes affect our ecosystems, we need to develop accurate prediction systems through long-term monitoring and research, argues David Lindenmayer in his Comment

Celebrating Earth Day at BMC Biology

Our special collection “Environment and Sustainability” brings together Research articles, Commentaries, Reviews, and Q&As addressing questions in ecology, sustainability and the environmental challenges of the Anthropocene

Making the Periphery See the Light

Kristin Tessmar-Raible and colleagues show that in a marine worm, peripherally expressed photoreceptor G_o-opsin allows detection of light, underpinning the defensive “shadow reflex” withdrawal behavior

The Evolutionary History of Tunicates

Frédéric Delsuc and colleagues delineate the evolutionary relationship among tunicates via a transcriptomic approach, building a phylogenomic dataset which includes all major tunicate groups

Madagascar Ground Gecko Genome Maps “Elusive” Genes

The whole genome sequences of the Madagascar ground gecko described by Shigehiro Kuraku and colleagues provides insights into the fate of genes retained by reptiles but absent from mammalian and avian genomes

Regulatory networks of plant environmental responses

In their Q&A, Ying Sun and José R. Dinneny discuss the transcriptional responses and their regulatory mechanisms which allow plants to adapt to environmental stresses

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Will human influences on evolutionary dynamics in the wild pervade the Anthropocene?

Fanie Pelletier and David W. Coltman

Published on: 15 January 2018

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| 18 April 2018

Genomics analysis of Aphanomyces spp. identifies a new class of oomycete effector associated with host adaptation

Authors: Elodie Gaulin, Michiel J. C. Pel, Laurent Camborde, Hélène San-Clemente, Sarah Courbier, Marie-Alexane Dupouy, Juliette Lengellé, Marine Veyssiere, Aurélie Le Ru, Frédéric Grandjean, Richard Cordaux, Bouziane Moumen, Clément Gilbert, Liliana M. Cano, Jean-Marc Aury, Julie Guy…
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| 18 April 2018

A G_o-type opsin mediates the shadow reflex in the annelid Platynereis dumerilii

Authors: Thomas Ayers, Hisao Tsukamoto, Martin Gühmann, Vinoth Babu Veedin Rajan and Kristin Tessmar-Raible
Content type: Comment
| 18 April 2018

Developing accurate prediction systems for the terrestrial environment

Authors: David B. Lindenmayer
Content type: Research article
| 16 April 2018

Madagascar ground gecko genome analysis characterizes asymmetric fates of duplicated genes

Authors: Yuichiro Hara, Miki Takeuchi, Yuka Kageyama, Kaori Tatsumi, Masahiko Hibi, Hiroshi Kiyonari and Shigehiro Kuraku
Content type: Research article
| 13 April 2018

A phylogenomic framework and timescale for comparative studies of tunicates

Authors: Frédéric Delsuc, Hervé Philippe, Georgia Tsagkogeorga, Paul Simion, Marie-Ka Tilak, Xavier Turon, Susanna López-Legentil, Jacques Piette, Patrick Lemaire and Emmanuel J. P. Douzery

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Formation of chimeric genes with essential functions at the origin of eukaryotes
Raphaël Méheust, Debashish Bhattacharya, Jananan S. Pathmanathan, James O. McInerney, Philippe Lopez and Eric Bapteste
Published on: 13 March 2018

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Cell fixation and preservation for droplet-based single-cell transcriptomics
Jonathan Alles, Nikos Karaiskos, Samantha D. Praktiknjo, Stefanie Grosswendt, Philipp Wahle, Pierre-Louis Ruffault, Salah Ayoub, Luisa Schreyer, Anastasiya Boltengagen, Carmen Birchmeier, Robert Zinzen, Christine Kocks and Nikolaus Rajewsky
Published on: 19 May 2017

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The landscape of sex-differential transcriptome and its consequent selection in human adults
Moran Gershoniand Shmuel Pietrokovski
Published on: 7 February 2017

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The integrated stress response regulates BMP signalling through effects on translation
Elke Malzer, Caia S. Dominicus, Joseph E. Chambers, Jennifer A. Dickens, Souradip Mookerjee and Stefan J. Marciniak
Published on: 3 April 2018

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Downregulation of the NLRP3 inflammasome by adiponectin rescues Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Raphaël Boursereau, Michel Abou-Samra, Sophie Lecompte, Laurence Noel and Sonia M. Brichard
Published on: 20 March 2018

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Structural insights into the inactivation of CRISPR-Cas systems by diverse anti-CRISPR proteins
Yuwei Zhu, Fan Zhang and Zhiwei Huang
Published on: 19 March 2018

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Nothing in cancer makes sense except…
Mel Greaves
Published on: 21 February 2018

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The human microbiome in evolution
Emily R. Davenport, Jon G. Sanders, Se Jin Song, Katherine R. Amato, Andrew G. Clark and Rob Knight
Published on: 27 December 2017

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Tissue macrophages: heterogeneity and functions
Siamon Gordon and Annette Plüddemann
Published on: 29 June 2017

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Hsp70 at the membrane: driving protein translocation
Elizabeth A. Craig
Published on: 17 January 2018

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Molecular dynamics simulations and drug discovery

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Mapping cortical hubs in tinnitus

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| 14 December 2012

What determines cell size?

Authors: Wallace F Marshall, Kevin D Young, Matthew Swaffer, Elizabeth Wood, Paul Nurse, Akatsuki Kimura, Joseph Frankel, John Wallingford, Virginia Walbot, Xian Qu and Adrienne HK Roeder

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