Most research on mechanisms of aging is being conducted in a very limited number of
classical model species, ie, laboratory mouse (Mus musculus), rat (Rattus norvegicus …

Salamanders have been hailed as champions of regeneration, exhibiting a remarkable
ability to regrow tissues, organs and even whole body parts, eg their limbs. As such …

Third-generation sequencing technologies provided by Pacific Biosciences and Oxford
Nanopore Technologies generate read lengths in the scale of kilobasepairs. However, these …

The discovery and delimitation of species has changed dramatically over time. Species
delimitation practices became more thorough and formal in the 1900s with the introduction …

The planarian Schmidtea mediterranea is an important model for stem cell research and
regeneration, but adequate genome resources for this species have been lacking. Here we …

From ontogenesis to homeostasis, the phenotypes of complex organisms are shaped by the
bidirectional interactions between the host organisms and their associated microbiota …

Dispersal is a central process in ecology and evolution. It strongly influences the dynamics
of spatially structured populations and affects evolutionary processes by shaping patterns of …

Canonical Krüppel-associated box (KRAB)-containing zinc finger proteins (KZFPs) act as
major repressors of transposable elements (TEs) via the KRAB-mediated recruitment of the …

Caenorhabditis elegans was the first multicellular eukaryotic genome sequenced to
apparent completion. Although this assembly employed a standard C. elegans strain (N2), it …

The axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) provides critical models for studying regeneration,
evolution, and development. However, its large genome (∼ 32 Gb) presents a formidable …