Responsiveness to cold snaps by turtle embryos depends on exposure timing and duration.

Characterizing how organisms respond to transient temperatures may further our understanding of their susceptibility to climate change. Past studies in the freshwater turtle, , have demonstrated that the timing and duration of heat waves can have major implications for the response of genes involved in gonadal development and the production of female hatchlings. Yet, no study has considered how the response of these genes to transient cold snap exposure may affect gonadal development and the production of males.

Identification of leaf rust resistance loci in hard winter wheat using genome-wide association mapping.

Leaf rust, caused by Puccinia triticina (Pt), is a serious constraint to wheat production. Developing resistant varieties is the best approach to managing this disease. Wheat leaf rust resistance (Lr) genes have been classified into either all-stage resistance (ASR) or adult-plant resistance (APR).

A dataset examining technical factors on fixed white blood cell single-cell RNA-seq.

Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) is a powerful technology that enables the measurement of gene expression in individual cells. Such precision provides insights into cellular heterogeneity that bulk methods might overlook. Fragile cells, in particular neutrophils, have posed significant challenges for scRNA-Seq due to their fragility, high RNase content and consequent loss during cryopreservation.

Emergent collective behavior evolves more rapidly than individual behavior among acorn ant species.

Emergence is a fundamental concept in biology and other disciplines, but whether emergent phenotypes evolve similarly to nonemergent phenotypes is unclear. The hypothesized process of emergent evolution posits that evolutionary change in at least some collective behaviors will differ from evolutionary change in the corresponding intrinsic behaviors of isolated individuals. As a result, collective behavior might evolve more rapidly and diversify more between populations compared to individual behavior.