Epigraph There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of
conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact. Mark Twain 1883 Life on the Mississippi …

Genotype by environment (G× E) interaction is a major factor limiting the success of
germplasm selection and identification of superior genotypes for use in plant breeding …

Comparison of image processing techniques is critically important in deciding which
algorithm, method, or metric to use for enhanced image assessment. Image fusion is a …

One of the most abundant natural polymers on earth, chitin is a fibrous and structural
polysaccharide, composed of N-acetyl-d-glucosamine. The biopolymer is the major …

Mycobacterial pathogens present a significant challenge to disease control efforts globally
due to their inherent resistance to multiple antibiotics. The rise of drug-resistant strains of …

The ability of bacteria to adapt to diverse environmental conditions is well‐known. The
process of bacterial adaptation to a niche has been linked to large changes in the genome …

Abstract Background The Codon Adaptation Index (CAI) was first developed to measure the
synonymous codon usage bias for a DNA or RNA sequence. The CAI quantifies the …

Global warming will likely force terrestrial plant and animal species to migrate toward cooler
areas or sustain range losses; whether this is also true for microorganisms remains …

Accumulating evidence has supported the fallopian tube rather than the ovary as the origin
for high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC). To understand the relationship between …

Recent studies underscore important roles of intestinal microbiota and the bacterial
lipopolysaccharides (LPS) production in the pathogenesis of liver disease. However, how …