Unearthing the secrets of Australia's most enigmatic and cryptic mammal, the marsupial mole

SR Frankenberg, S Lucas, CY Feigin, L Doronina… - Science …, 2025 - science.org
The marsupial moles are arguably Australia's most enigmatic marsupials. Almost
indistinguishable from placental (eutherian) moles, they provide a striking example of …

Convergent and lineage-specific genomic differences in limb regulatory elements in limbless reptile lineages

JG Roscito, K Sameith, BM Kirilenko, N Hecker… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Loss of limbs evolved many times in squamate reptiles. Here we investigated the genomic
basis of convergent limb loss in reptiles. We sequenced the genomes of a closely related …

Vision-related convergent gene losses reveal SERPINE3's unknown role in the eye

H Indrischek, J Hammer, A Machate, N Hecker… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Despite decades of research, knowledge about the genes that are important for
development and function of the mammalian eye and are involved in human eye disorders …

Genomic signatures associated with recurrent scale loss in cyprinid fish

Y Ding, M Zou, B Guo - Integrative Zoology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Scale morphology represents a fundamental feature of fish and a key evolutionary trait
underlying fish diversification. Despite frequent and recurrent scale loss throughout fish …

非编码DNA 调控元件在动物适应性性状演化中的研究进展

吴秀红, 汪亚军, 车利锋, 王晓萍 - 遗传, 2024 - chinagene.cn
在适应性演化的推动下, 动物发展出了多种适应性特征, 这些特征对它们的生存和繁衍至关重要.
揭示适应性演化的分子机制对理解物种多样化, 表型趋同等重要生物学现象具有关键意义 …

Target silencing of porcine SPAG6 and PPP1CC by shRNA attenuated sperm motility

H Ren, Y Zhang, Y Bi, H Wang, G Fang, P Zhao - Theriogenology, 2024 - Elsevier
The quality of sperm significantly influences the reproductive efficiency of pig herds. High-
quality sperm is necessary for efficient fertilization and to maximize the litter numbers in …