Molecular biology has been led by various measurement technologies, and increased
throughput has developed omics analysis. The development of massively parallel …

The marine green macroalga Ulva (Chlorophyta, Ulvales), also known as sea lettuce,
coexists with a diverse microbiome. Many Ulva species proliferate in nature and form green …

With the emergence of CRISPR technology, targeted editing of a wide variety of genomes is
no longer an abstract hypothetical, but occurs regularly. As application areas of CRISPR are …

This Element presents a philosophical exploration of the concept of the'model organism'in
contemporary biology. Thinking about model organisms enables us to examine how living …

Stony corals build the framework of coral reefs, ecosystems of immense ecological and
economic importance. The existence of these ecosystems is threatened by climate change …

Efforts to identify the genetic underpinnings of rare undiagnosed diseases increasingly
involve the use of next-generation sequencing and comparative genomic hybridization …

Developmental plasticity refers to the property by which the same genotype produces
distinct phenotypes depending on the environmental conditions under which development …

Major differences in facial morphology distinguish vertebrate species. Variation of facial
traits underlies the uniqueness of human individuals, and abnormal craniofacial …

Decreased sequencing costs have led to an explosion of genetic and genomic data. These
data have revealed thousands of candidate human disease variants. Establishing which …

The African turquoise killifish has recently gained significant traction as a new research
organism in the aging field. Our understanding of aging has strongly benefited from …