Insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) are key growth-promoting peptides that act as both
endocrine hormones and autocrine/paracrine growth factors. In the bloodstream and in local …

Ancient duplication events and a high rate of retention of extant pairs of duplicate genes
have contributed to an abundance of duplicate genes in plant genomes. These duplicates …

Green plants (Viridiplantae) include around 450,000–500,000 species, of great diversity and
have important roles in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Here, as part of the One …

Single-nucleotide variants (SNVs) in segmental duplications (SDs) have not been
systematically assessed because of the limitations of map** short-read sequencing data …

Background The sharp increase of plant genome and transcriptome data provide valuable
resources to investigate evolutionary consequences of gene duplication in a range of taxa …

To explore the origins and consequences of tetraploidy in the African clawed frog, we
sequenced the Xenopus laevis genome and compared it to the related diploid X. tropicalis …

Vertebrates transport hydrophobic triglycerides through the circulatory system by packaging
them within amphipathic particles called Triglyceride-Rich Lipoproteins. Yet, it remains …

The whole-genome duplication 80 million years ago of the common ancestor of salmonids
(salmonid-specific fourth vertebrate whole-genome duplication, Ss4R) provides unique …

The recent increase in genomic data is revealing an unexpected perspective of gene loss as
a pervasive source of genetic variation that can cause adaptive phenotypic diversity. This …

Sturgeons seem to be frozen in time. The archaic characteristics of this ancient fish lineage
place it in a key phylogenetic position at the base of the~ 30,000 modern teleost fish …