Cancer suppression is an important feature in the evolution of large and long-lived animals.
While some tumor suppression pathways are conserved among all multicellular organisms, …

Transposable elements (TEs) are ubiquitous components of eukaryotic genomes. They have
considerably affected their size, structure and function. The sequencing of a multitude of …

The tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)—the only living member of the reptilian order
Rhynchocephalia (Sphenodontia), once widespread across Gondwana 1 , 2 —is an iconic species …

We have studied the ability of rabies virus ribonucleoprotein (RNP) to induce a protective
immune response in animals against lethal challenge with rabies and rabies-related lyssa …

Here we use a chromosome-level genome assembly of a prairie rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis),
together with Hi-C, RNA-seq, and whole-genome resequencing data, to study key features …

Influenza A viruses have been isolated from humans, from several other mammalian species
and a wide variety of avian species, among which, wild aquatic birds represent the natural …

Cetaceans are a clade of highly specialized aquatic mammals that include the largest animals
that have ever lived. The largest whales can have ∼1,000× more cells than a human, with …

The risk of developing cancer should theoretically increase with both the number of cells
and the lifespan of an organism. However, gigantic animals do not get more cancer than …

Disease susceptibility and resistance are important factors for the conservation of endangered
species, including elephants. We analyzed pathology data from 26 zoos and report that …

Determination of the G and P serotypes of group A bovine rotaviruses from 149 samples of
feces or intestinal contents collected from calves showing clinical signs of neonatal diarrhea …