Genome assemblies of 11 bamboo species highlight diversification induced by dynamic subgenome dominance

PF Ma, YL Liu, C Guo, G Jin, ZH Guo, L Mao… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Polyploidy (genome duplication) is a pivotal force in evolution. However, the interactions
between parental genomes in a polyploid nucleus, frequently involving subgenome …

A compendium of genetic regulatory effects across pig tissues

J Teng, Y Gao, H Yin, Z Bai, S Liu, H Zeng… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Farm Animal Genotype-Tissue Expression (FarmGTEx) project has been
established to develop a public resource of genetic regulatory variants in livestock, which is …

Young glial progenitor cells competitively replace aged and diseased human glia in the adult chimeric mouse brain

R Vieira, JN Mariani, NPT Huynh… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Competition among adult brain cells has not been extensively researched. To investigate
whether healthy glia can outcompete diseased human glia in the adult forebrain, we …

The hagfish genome and the evolution of vertebrates

F Marlétaz, N Timoshevskaya, VA Timoshevskiy… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
As the only surviving lineages of jawless fishes, hagfishes and lampreys provide a critical
window into early vertebrate evolution1–3. Here, we investigate the complex history, timing …

Predicting the unpredictable: The regulatory nature and promiscuity of herbicide cross resistance

LK Bobadilla, PJ Tranel - Pest Management Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of herbicide‐resistant weeds is a significant threat to modern agriculture.
Cross resistance, a phenomenon where resistance to one herbicide confers resistance to …

Comparative analysis of cell–cell communication at single-cell resolution

AJ Wilk, AK Shalek, S Holmes, CA Blish - Nature Biotechnology, 2024 - nature.com
Inference of cell–cell communication from single-cell RNA sequencing data is a powerful
technique to uncover intercellular communication pathways, yet existing methods perform …

A new genomic framework to categorize pediatric acute myeloid leukemia

M Umeda, J Ma, T Westover, Y Ni, G Song… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Recent studies on pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (pAML) have revealed pediatric-specific
driver alterations, many of which are underrepresented in the current classification schemas …

Pan-transcriptome reveals a large accessory genome contribution to gene expression variation in yeast

É Caudal, V Loegler, F Dutreux, N Vakirlis… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Gene expression is an essential step in the translation of genotypes into phenotypes.
However, little is known about the transcriptome architecture and the underlying genetic …

A prognostic neural epigenetic signature in high-grade glioma

R Drexler, R Khatri, T Sauvigny, M Mohme, CL Maire… - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Neural–tumor interactions drive glioma growth as evidenced in preclinical models, but
clinical validation is limited. We present an epigenetically defined neural signature of …

Amelioration of Tau and ApoE4-linked glial lipid accumulation and neurodegeneration with an LXR agonist

A Litvinchuk, JH Suh, JL Guo, K Lin, SS Davis… - Neuron, 2024 - cell.com
Apolipoprotein E (APOE) is a strong genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease
(LOAD). APOE4 increases and APOE2 decreases risk relative to APOE3. In the P301S …