The advent of next generation sequencing technologies (NGS) has greatly accelerated our understanding of critical aspects of organismal biology from non-model organisms. Bats …
M Ivanković, JN Brand, L Pandolfini, T Brown… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The planarian Schmidtea mediterranea is being studied as a model species for regeneration, but the assembly of planarian genomes remains challenging. Here, we report …
DK Riskin, GG Carter - Canadian Journal of Zoology, 2023 - cdnsciencepub.com
Blood-feeding (sanguivory) has evolved more than two dozen times among birds, fishes, insects, arachnids, molluscs, crustaceans, and annelids; however, among mammals, it is …
Y Ishita, A Onodera, T Ekino, T Chihara… - Molecular Biology and …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Animals consume a wide variety of food sources to adapt to different environments. However, the genetic mechanisms underlying the acquisition of evolutionarily novel feeding …
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 resources are important for evaluating genetic diversity and supporting conservation efforts. The garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus) is a small rodent that has …
Bats carry viruses that can cause severe disease in other mammals. Asymptomatic infections in bats suggest limited tissue-damaging inflammation and immunopathology. To …
YV Bukhman, S Meyer, LF Chu, L Abueg… - Scientific Data, 2024 - nature.com
Suncus etruscus is one of the world's smallest mammals, with an average body mass of about 2 grams. The Etruscan shrew's small body is accompanied by a very high energy …
A Scheben, O Mendivil Ramos… - Genome biology and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Bats are exceptional among mammals for their powered flight, extended lifespans, and robust immune systems and therefore have been of particular interest in comparative …