Active Displacement of a Unique Diatom–Ciliate Symbiotic Association by Yonara Garcia, Felipe M. Neves, Flavio R. Rusch, Leandro T. De La Cruz, Marina E. Wosniack, J. Rudi Strickler, Marcos G. E. da Luz, Rubens M. Lopes

“…Adaptive movement in response to individual interactions represents a fundamental evolutionary solution found by both unicellular organisms and metazoans to avoid predators, search for resources or conspecifics for mating, and engage in other collaborative endeavors. …”
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Brain development in a facultatively social allodapine bee aligns with caste, but not group living by Simon M. Tierney, Sarah Jaumann, Oliver Hightower, Adam R. Smith

“…Using volume as a proxy for neural investment, we measured mushroom body calyces, optic lobes, antennal lobes and whole brains of queens, workers, and single-females to test three theories associating brain development with behavior: social brain hypothesis; distributed cognition hypothesis; sensory environment hypothesis.ResultsMushroom bodies were reduced in subordinate workers, but did not differ between queens and single-females. …”
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Genome-wide analysis of the BoBZR1 family genes and transcriptome analysis in Brassica oleracea by Muhammad Asad Ullah, Muhammad Hamza, Rozia Gull, Muhammad Shafiq, Abdul Wahid, Shahab Ahmad, Tayebeh Ahmadi, Mehdi Rahimi

“…A complete genome-wide analysis identified 12 BZR1 genes in B. oleracea, categorized into three groups based on their gene motif and structural features. …”
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Comparison of Bar Formation Mechanisms. I. Does a Tidally Induced Bar Rotate Slower than an Internally Induced Bar? by Yirui Zheng, Juntai Shen

“…We systematically compare the properties of the bars formed through the two mechanisms with a series of controlled N -body simulations that form bars through internal or external mechanisms. We create three disk galaxy models with different dynamical “hotness” and evolve them in isolation and under flyby interactions. …”
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Genetic and Morphological Evidence From a Group of Rare African Free‐Tailed Bats Reveals a New Subgenus Within Mops by Laura Torrent, Inazio Garin, Joxerra Aihartza, Aline Méndez‐Rodríguez, Esther Abeme Nguema Alene, Javier Juste

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Integrated analysis of single cell and spatial transcriptomics revealed a metastasis mechanism mediated by fatty acid metabolism in lymph nodes of head and neck cancer by Jinru Weng, Jinru Weng, Jiajie Mao, Yixing Li, Jun Zhao, Jun Zhao, Xiaolin Nong, Xiaolin Nong

“…In vivo and in vitro experiments were conducted to study the expression of LGALS1 and its role in HNSCC cells.ResultsThree specific subclusters in the tumor metastasis process were identified, including primary tumors, transitional tumors, and metastatic tumors. …”
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Globally Distributed Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Associated With Invasive Cinchona pubescens on Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos by Paulo Herrera, Ingeborg Haug, Juan Pablo Suárez, Heinke Jäger

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First Evidence of the Possible Influence of Avoiding Daily Liquid Intake from Plastic and Glass Beverage Bottles on Blood Pressure in Healthy Volunteers by Liesa Geppner, Sophie Grammatidis, Harald Wilfing, Maja Henjakovic

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Recovery of the cortical chloroplast layer in the green alga Chara after local irradiation by Marion C. Hoepflinger, Margit Höftberger, Aniela Sommer, Florian Hohenberger, Michael Schagerl, Ilse Foissner

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Network pattern and risk characteristics of global cobalt material trade from the perspective of industry chain by LI Haoran, XU Wenjie, JI Qiang, SUN Xiaolei

“…Based on the network topology from 2012 to 2022, trade risk indices for the global cobalt material trade network are developed from three dimensions: import concentration, resource acquisition difficulty, and trade intermediation. …”
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Prevalence of Aphid-Transmitted Potyviruses in Pumpkin and Winter Squash in Georgia, USA by Nirmala Acharya, Manish Kumar, Sudeep Bag, David G. Riley, Juan C. Diaz-Perez, Alvin M. Simmons, Timothy Coolong, Theodore McAvoy

“…HTS analysis revealed the presence of two aphid-transmitted viruses (ATVs), zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) and papaya ringspot virus (PRSV), along with three whitefly-transmitted viruses, cucurbit chlorotic yellows virus, cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus, and cucurbit leaf crumple virus. …”
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Timing and directionality of Triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) lineage dispersals in the Neotropics by Marina de la Barrera Cardozo, Jorge E. Rabinovich, Anderson Lepeco, Peter Löwenberg-Neto

“…Their widespread distribution across the Americas is a result of complex evolutionary and biogeographical processes. The objective of this research was to quantify the timing and directionality of Triatominae lineage dispersals throughout the New World. …”
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The Redshift Evolution of the Luminosity Function of Type II Gamma-Ray Bursts by Yan-Kun Qu, Zhong-Xiao Man, Yu-Peng Yang, Shuang-Xi Yi, Mei Du, Fa-yin Wang

“…We consider three evolutionary scenarios: no evolution, luminosity evolution, and density evolution. …”
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Cathepsin D mediates tachykinin-induced secondary follicle growth independent of the hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis in mice by Tsuyoshi Kawada, Masato Aoyama, Keiko Yasuda, Honoo Satake

“…Mouse follicle growth was evaluated using three-dimensional follicle culture system.ResultsImmunohistochemical analysis revealed that cathepsin D is co-localized with TK receptors in granulosa cells of secondary follicles in the ovaries of two-week-old mice, which are sexually immature and in which the hypothalamus–pituitary–gonadal (HPG) axis is not yet functional. …”
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A decade of vertebrate palaeontology research: global taxa distribution, gender dynamics and evolving methodologies by Haohan Wang, Juliana Sterli, Vincent Dupret, Henning Blom, Annalisa Berta, Susan Turner, Daoming Han, Luyan Xu, Zhaohui Pan

“…Using 12 104 publications from 2014 to 2023 in the DeepBone database, this study employs bibliometric methods, including full-text latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) modelling, co-occurrence network analysis and geographic mapping with ArcGIS, to examine three key aspects of vertebrate palaeontology development: geographic distribution of newly established taxa, gender demographics among researchers and research trends. …”
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The evolution of comorbidities in chronic diseases among Chinese middle-aged and elderly people: Evidence from the CHARLS (2015-2020). by Zihui Zhang, Chuhui Hu, Yufeng Cai, Fei Liu, Yongheng Duan, Xusheng Wu, Dehua Hu

“…It is crucial to explore the evolutionary pattern of chronic disease comorbidity in Chinese middle-aged and elderly people and to reveal the developmental trajectory of chronic diseases in this population.…”
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Characterization of Evolutionarily Conserved Trypanosoma cruzi NatC and NatA-N-Terminal Acetyltransferase Complexes by Stephen Ochaya, Oscar Franzén, Doreen Asiimwe Buhwa, Håvard Foyn, Claire E. Butler, Svein Isungset Stove, Kevin M. Tyler, Thomas Arnesen, Enock Matovu, Lena Åslund, Björn Andersson

“…The proteins were found to be expressed in the three main life cycle stages of the parasite, formed stable complexes in vivo, and partially cosedimented with the ribosome in agreement with a cotranslational function. …”
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Investigation of an outbreak of carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in an intensive care unit during the COVID-19 epidemic by Yi Kong, Ting Liu, Yanru Zhang, Hui Wang, Hongyi Lin

“…Whole genome sequencing (WGS) analysis was performed on clinical and environmental isolates. An evolutionary tree was constructed based on the WGS data. …”
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Lineage analysis of human papillomavirus types 33 and 35 based on E6 gene in cervical samples from Tehran, Iran by Mohammad Shabanpour, Sima Taherkhani, Zabihollah Shoja, Mahtab Eftekhari, Somayeh Jalilvand

“…Seven nucleotide changes were observed at positions of C127G/T, A130C, A131C, C136T, G249T, A326G, and C341T. Three of these mutations including A130C, G249T, and C341T resulted in amino acid changes at positions of E7D, C47F, and R78W in 4.4%, 3.3%, and 9.8% of samples, respectively. …”
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Toxigenic effects of sponges and benthic diatoms on marine invertebrates and their possible biotechnological applications by Serena Federico, Antonietta Siciliano, Roberta Esposito, Marisa Spampinato, Nadia Ruocco, Genoveffa Nuzzo, Adele Cutignano, Marco Giovine, Marina Pozzolini, Marco Bertolino, Marco Guida, Maria Costantini, Valerio Zupo

“…We aimed at detecting the ecotoxicological effects of crude extracts and fractions obtained from three marine sponges, Geodia cydonium, Haliclona (Halichoclona) vansoesti and Agelas oroides and two benthic diatoms, Nanofrustulum shiloi and Cylindrotheca closterium on model marine organisms. …”
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