In terrestrial vertebrates, bone tissue constitutes the 'osteoimmune'system, which functions
as a locomotor organ and a mineral reservoir as well as a primary lymphoid organ where …

The Genome 10K Project was established in 2009 by a consortium of biologists and
genome scientists determined to facilitate the sequencing and analysis of the complete …

Background Microbial inhabitants of soils are important to ecosystem and planetary
functions, yet there are large gaps in our knowledge of their diversity and ecology. The …

High-throughput sequencing technologies have been extensively applied to genetics and
breeding in the aquaculture industry. To date, many aquaculture animal genomes have …

Transposable elements (TEs) are genomic sequences that can move, multiply, and often
form sizable fractions of vertebrate genomes. Fish belong to a unique group of vertebrates …

Abstract Comprising more than 1,400 species, bats possess adaptations unique among
mammals including powered flight, unexpected longevity, and extraordinary immunity. Some …

Background An emerging cavefish model, the cyprinid genus Sinocyclocheilus, is endemic
to the massive southwestern karst area adjacent to the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau of China. In …

We studied the evolution of opsin genes in 59 ray-finned fish genomes. We identified the
opsin genes and adjacent genes (syntenies) in each genome. Then we inferred the changes …

Amphibious fishes spend part of their life in terrestrial habitats. The ability to tolerate life on
land has evolved independently many times, with more than 200 extant species of …

An explosive volcanic eruption occurred in the Ogasawara Islands on 13–15 August 2021,
bringing unprecedented amounts of floating pumice to the coast of Okinawa Island in the …