Key message Identification of Rk candidate gene and diagnostic markers enabled precise introduction of the slow‑darkening (SD) allele into pink beans, producing stable SD phenotypes and expanding breeding utility across market classes. Abstract Common bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is a globally important and nutritious crop with diverse market classes. Multiple genes control the seed coat color and patterns that characterize t...

L-DOPA (LD) is the gold-standard treatment of motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease (PD), conventionally used to prove the predictive value of PD animal models. This study aimed to investigate the predictive validity of an adaptation of the conventional reserpine model of PD: the repeated low-dose reserpine administration in rodents, which promotes progressive motor impairment in catalepsy, vacuous chewing behavior tests, and...

Whole genome resequencing can be a powerful tool for uncovering biological insights and quantifying population genomic metrics relevant to conservation. These insights have the potential to be most profound in secretive or elusive species that are understudied but whose populations may be waning. The western chicken turtle ( Deirochelys reticularia miaria ) is one such example where conservationists are concerned about reporte...

Aglauropsis kawari Moreira & Yamashita, 1972 (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Limnomedusae: Olindiidae) was originally described solely on the basis of formalin-preserved material, leading to morphological inconsistencies and not providing crucial details on juvenile individuals and the cnidome. Subsequent records similarly lacked comprehensive data. The present study addresses these gaps by providing a detailed redescription of A. kawari...

Cognitive reserve (CR) and brain maintenance (BM) reflect better than expected cognition despite brain pathology and minimal age-related brain changes that explain stable cognition, respectively. Despite being commonly used, joint quantification of these concepts has been limited; our aim is to derive longitudinal CR and BM measures and investigate CR’s relationship with education and functional connectivity. We analyzed longi...

We introduce a new deep neural network architecture as a surrogate for producing seismic images through Reverse Time Migration under uncertainty. The novelty here lies in employing an adversarial architecture, where the generator’s core is an encoder-decoder neural network that produces seismic images conditioned on the velocity fields. Such an adversarial training approach aims to extend the applicability of the encoder-decod...

Background and aims Peat replacement with biochar (BC) offers a sustainable strategy in horticultural substrates but its effects on plant nitrogen (N) metabolism and N use efficiency (NUE) remain unclear. This study tested whether vineyard-pruning-derived BC can boost NUE and metabolic activity in lettuce, providing a pathway toward more productive and sustainable horticulture. Methods Plant substrates (BC, peat and vermiculit...

Structural connectivity affects wildlife movement between habitat patches, contributing to the persistence of wildlife populations and their resilience to human‐induced and environmental changes. However, its importance to wildlife population persistence remains unclear, particularly in fragmented landscapes, where there are additional co‐occurring threats and varying protected area coverage (PAC). Using South American carnivo...

Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has emerged as a valuable surveillance tool for SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogens globally, providing insights into community-level infections, including asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic cases. While most WBE programmes focus on quantitative pathogen assessment, next-generation sequencing (NGS) approaches have enabled more detailed analyses, including variant and recombinant genotype identifica...

Tree allometric models, essential for monitoring and predicting terrestrial carbon stocks, are traditionally built on global databases with forest inventory measurements of stem diameter (D) and tree height (H). However, these databases often combine H measurements obtained through various measurement methods, each with distinct error patterns, affecting the resulting H:D allometries. In recent decades, terrestrial laser scann...