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Standardized microhaplotype databases and frameworks for assessing and mining crop genetic diversityNARA Subscribed
Keymessage Standardized microhaplotype databases for eight diverse crops enable multiallelic analyses, comparative genetics, and breeding decisions. Abstract Microhaplotypes are short genomic segments that contain multiple tightly linked variants, providing multi-allelic data that can enhance genetic resolution compared to traditional biallelic single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers. Here, we present the creation and uti...
Animals regularly experience periods of food uncertainty due to seasonal changes and environmental variability. Further, the changing climate is leading to more variable weather patterns, which alter environmental conditions, and can result in resource distributions being less predictable in space and time. How animals respond to uncertain conditions, and in particular a changing distribution of food resources, remains largely...
The Asia region harbors exceptional chondrichthyan (shark, ray, and chimaera) diversity but faces intense fishing pressure. The Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) process provides a collaborative, evidence-based framework to identify critical habitats and inform spatial management. We assessed ISRAs across the Bay of Bengal, Southeast Asia, and the Northwest Pacific to characterize their extent, ecological significance, and...
Molecular Tuning and Morphology of the Olfactory System Underlie Nestmate Recognition in a Polymorphic AntNARA Subscribed
Ants, the largest hymenopteran family of social insects, have evolved complex societies characterised by a reproductive division of labour between morphologically distinct reproductive (queen) and worker castes. Many ant species have monomorphic workers, with all individuals sharing similar size and shape. Other ant species comprise polymorphic workers that differ in size and shape, traits associated with specialised roles wit...
Understanding how demographic dynamics interact with environmental heterogeneity is central to explaining patterns of genomic variation in the marine realm. Indo‐Pacific bottlenose dolphins ( Tursiops aduncus ) occur along most of the Australian coastline, from tropical to temperate waters, encompassing pronounced differences in temperature, salinity, chlorophyll‐a concentration and ocean currents. Using whole‐genome sequencin...
Rethinking microbial biopesticide development and uptakeNARA Subscribed
Biopesticides, pesticides based on living organisms and/or their bioactive compounds, are increasingly being used as alternatives and replacements to chemical and synthetic pesticides. This is largely due to human and environmental safety concerns, the emergence of pest resistance (collectively insect pests, weeds and diseases), and the move towards holistic pest and disease control approaches. While the number and diversity o...
The United Kingdom is an important wintering ground for millions of waterbirds. Most U.K. wintering waterbird populations increased between 1970 and the mid‐1990s, but declined thereafter. We examined U.K. population indices in 46 wintering waterbird species in two 25‐year periods, 1970–1994 and 1995–2019, to identify which waterbird groups were vulnerable to declines. We modeled abundance to examine whether spatial patterns i...
Microplastic transport through estuaries represents a critical and poorly understood pathway from catchments and wastewater sources to coastal zones. Microplastics can host microbial communities including pathogenic microorganisms that pose serious public health risks for coastal activities. This study investigated the role of estuarine hydrodynamics on microplastic dispersal in the Conwy estuary, UK, characterised by density-...
Peripheral microRNA signature in genetic frontotemporal dementia—findings from the GENFI initiativeNARA Subscribed
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by significant clinical and genetic heterogeneity, with approximately 40% of cases linked to hereditary genetic mutations, including MAPT , GRN , and C9ORF72 . Recently, microRNAs (miRNAs) have emerged as key regulators of cellular processes related to neurodegeneration and as potential biomarkers for FTD. However, their relevance in presymptomatic stag...