The relationship between genome size and the percentage of transposons in 161 animal
species evidenced that variations in genome size are linked to the amplification or the …

The changing pattern of granulosa cell expression of inhibin/activin subunits and follistatin
during follicle development and their differential regulation by extrinsic and intraovarian …

Living turtles are characterized by extraordinarily low species diversity given their age. The
clade's extensive fossil record indicates that climate and biogeography may have played …

Birds are the most species-rich class of tetrapod vertebrates and have wide relevance
across many research fields. We explored bird macroevolution using full genomes from 48 …

The DNA-binding protein PRDM9 has a critical role in specifying meiotic recombination
hotspots in mice and apes, but it appears to be absent from other vertebrate species …

The unique anatomical features of turtles have raised unanswered questions about the
origin of their unique body plan. We generated and analyzed draft genomes of the soft-shell …

Molecular analyses of turtle relationships have overturned prevailing morphological
hypotheses and prompted the development of a new taxonomy. Here we provide the first …

Background The morphological peculiarities of turtles have, for a long time, impeded their
accurate placement in the phylogeny of amniotes. Molecular data used to address this major …

After birds diverged from mammals, different ancestral autosomes evolved into sex
chromosomes in each lineage. In birds, females are ZW and males are ZZ, but in mammals …

Abstract Ocean Sampling Day was initiated by the EU-funded Micro B3 (Marine Microbial
Biodiversity, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology) project to obtain a snapshot of the marine …