High-throughput methods in the discovery and study of biomaterials and materiobiology

L Yang, S Pijuan-Galito, HS Rho, AS Vasilevich… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The complex interaction of cells with biomaterials (ie, materiobiology) plays an increasingly
pivotal role in the development of novel implants, biomedical devices, and tissue …

What have we learned from the first 500 avian genomes?

GA Bravo, CJ Schmitt… - Annual Review of Ecology …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The increased capacity of DNA sequencing has significantly advanced our understanding of
the phylogeny of birds and the proximate and ultimate mechanisms molding their genomic …

Reference genomes for conservation

S Paez, RHS Kraus, B Shapiro, MTP Gilbert, ED Jarvis… - Science, 2022 - science.org
As of 2022, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List estimates
that more than 32% of fungal, plant, and animal species are threatened with extinction. This …

The hagfish genome and the evolution of vertebrates

F Marlétaz, N Timoshevskaya, VA Timoshevskiy… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
As the only surviving lineages of jawless fishes, hagfishes and lampreys provide a crucial
window into early vertebrate evolution,–. Here we investigate the complex history, timing …

A brief review of vertebrate sex evolution with a pledge for integrative research: towards 'sexomics'

M Stöck, L Kratochvíl, H Kuhl… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Triggers and biological processes controlling male or female gonadal differentiation vary in
vertebrates, with sex determination (SD) governed by environmental factors or simple to …

An improved germline genome assembly for the sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus illuminates the evolution of germline-specific chromosomes

N Timoshevskaya, Kİ Eşkut, VA Timoshevskiy… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Programmed DNA loss is a gene silencing mechanism that is employed by several
vertebrate and nonvertebrate lineages, including all living jawless vertebrates and …

Germline-restricted chromosome (GRC) is widespread among songbirds

AA Torgasheva, LP Malinovskaya… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
An unusual supernumerary chromosome has been reported for two related avian species,
the zebra and Bengalese finches. This large, germline-restricted chromosome (GRC) is …

[HTML][HTML] Songbird germline-restricted chromosome as a potential arena of genetic conflicts

N Vontzou, Y Pei, JC Mueller, R Reifová… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•The GRC's absence from the soma might mitigate germline-soma conflict.•Sex-
specific copy number differences highlight the GRC's distorted transmission.•A …

The avian W chromosome is a refugium for endogenous retroviruses with likely effects on female-biased mutational load and genetic incompatibilities

V Peona, OM Palacios-Gimenez… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
It is a broadly observed pattern that the non-recombining regions of sex-limited
chromosomes (Y and W) accumulate more repeats than the rest of the genome, even in …

Delete and survive: strategies of programmed genetic material elimination in eukaryotes

D Dedukh, A Krasikova - Biological Reviews, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Genome stability is a crucial feature of eukaryotic organisms because its alteration
drastically affects the normal development and survival of cells and the organism as a …