Stomata respond to darkness by closing to prevent excessive water loss during the night.
Although the reorganisation of actin filaments during stomatal closure is documented, the …

Vertebrate evolution was accompanied by two rounds of whole-genome duplication followed
by functional divergence in terms of regulatory circuits and gene expression patterns. As a …

Microchromosomes are prevalent in nonmammalian vertebrates [PD Waters et al., Proc. Natl.
Acad. Sci. USA 118 (2021)], but a few of them are missing in bird genome assemblies. Here…

The slow-evolving invertebrate amphioxus has an irreplaceable role in advancing our
understanding of the vertebrate origin and innovations. Here we resolve the nearly complete …

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Conservation genomics often relies on non-invasive methods to obtain DNA fragments
which limit the power of multi-omic analyses for threatened species. Here, we report multi-omic …

The skin harbours transcriptionally and functionally heterogeneous mesenchymal cells that
participate in various physiological activities by secreting biochemical cues. In this study, we …

The human retina, located in the innermost layer of the eye, plays a decisive role in visual
perception. Dissecting the heterogeneity of retinal cells is essential for understanding the …

Olfaction, the sense of smell, is a fundamental trait crucial to many species. The olfactory
bulb (OB) plays pivotal roles in processing and transmitting odor information from the …

High‐fat diet (HFD)‐fed mice have been widely used in the clinical investigation of obesity.
However, the long‐term effect of HFD on gut microbiota and metabolites, plasma and liver …