Cryo-Electron Microscopy of BfpB Reveals a Type IVb Secretin Multimer Adapted to Accommodate the Exceptionally Wide Bundle-Forming Pilus by Janay I. Little, Pradip Kumar Singh, Montserrat Samsó, Michael S. Donnenberg

“…BfpB exhibits a unique 17-fold symmetry, correlating with the thicker BFP filaments, and diverging from the 12–15 subunits typical of T4P, type 2 secretion (T2S), and type 3 secretion (T3S) systems. Additionally, we identified an extended β-hairpin loop in the N3 domain, resembling features of distantly related T3SS secretins, and an N-terminal helix where a C-terminal S-domain is seen in some T2S and T3S secretins. …”
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Shedding the mitochondrial blinkers: A long-overdue challenge for species delimitation in herpetology by Wolfgang Wüster

“…I reiterate the importance of truly integrative species delimitation that critically tests species limits first hypothesised from mtDNA, and suggest ways of improving the robustness of species delimitations by optimising the allocation of resources to more appropriate markers and through analytical approaches that critically test the evolutionary independence of putative species.…”
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A Wideband Eight-Element Antenna Array With Metal: Frame for 5G New-Radio Applications by Wei Luo, Lefei He, Shanshan Xiao, Gui Liu

“…The MIMO antenna operates within a wide frequency band ranging from 3.23 to 6.45 GHz, covering the 5G New Radio (NR) band N78 (3.4–3.6 GHz), 5G China band N79 (4.8–5 GHz), and IEEE 802.11ac band (5.15–5.35 GHz and 5.725–5.85 GHz). …”
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Understanding of the characteristics of fibroblasts in ischemic cardiomyopathy using single-nucleus RNA sequencing by Qianyuan Zhang, Ziwen Cai, Yongqiao Zhang

“…We further identified five fibroblast subtypes, designated as FB1 through FB5, with FB3 exhibiting the highest frequency in ICM. Pseudotime trajectory analysis further revealed an evolutionary progression of fibroblasts from FB1/FB2 toward FB3. …”
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Impacts of host phylogeny, diet, and geography on the gut microbiome of rodents. by Sufia Akter Neha, John D Hanson, Jeremy E Wilkinson, Robert D Bradley, Caleb D Phillips

“…The gut microbiotas displayed patterns consistent with phylosymbiosis as host phylogeny explained more variation in gut microbiotas (34%) than host dietary guilds (10%), and geography (3%). Overall, results indicate that among this rodent assemblage, evolutionary relatedness is the major determinant of microbiome compositional variation, but diet and to a lesser extent geographic provenance are also influential.…”
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Expression Analysis and SNP Mining of the Parkin Co-Regulated Gene (PACRG) and parkin in Penaeus vannamei Against White Spot Syndrome Virus by Qian XUE, Xupeng LI, Yang LI, Sheng LUAN, Kun LUO, Jie KONG, Qun XING, Xianhong MENG

“…Thus, PACRG may exhibit high evolutionary conservation. The parkin homology between P. vannamei and P. chinensis was the highest, with a similarity of 93.45%. …”
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Integrated hybrid Nested-bottled photobioreactor for enhanced mixing, mass transfer, and CO₂ fixation in Arthrospira platensis raceway pond cultivation systems by Ameer Ali Kubar, Shahid Mehmood, Michael Schagerl, Santosh Kumar, Xinjuan Hu, Feifei Zhu, Xiangru Xu, Jiheng Ni, Shuhao Huo

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Religious Slaughter and Supranational Jurisprudence in the Context of Animal Welfare Science by Michela Maria Dimuccio, Virginia Conforti, Gaetano Vitale Celano, Francesco Emanuele Celentano, Federico Ceci, Giancarlo Bozzo

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Influences of Double Versus Snaffle Bridles on Equine Behaviour at Dressage Competitions and Factors That Interact with Their Effect by Rifka Faithfull, Kate Lewis, Emily Drury, Sebastian McBride

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Mitochondrial Genomes of Six Discogobio Species (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) and Their Phylogenetic Analysis by Huan Cheng, Renrong Huang, Hongmei Li, Zhenya Qiu, Shan Xiong, Renyi Zhang

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Genomic characterization of repetitive DNA and transposable elements in Dyckia (Pitcairnioideae) species by João Victor da Silva Rabelo-Araujo, Ana Flávia Francisconi, Zirlane Portugal da Costa, Caroline Bertocco Garcia, Otavio Batista de Castro Ribeiro, Ana Cristina Silva Amoroso Anastacio, Maria Imaculada Zucchi

“…Ty3/Gypsy and Ty1/Copia LTR retrotransposons dominate the repeatome, with lineage-specific expansions of Tekay and Ogre elements. …”
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Integrating machine learning with advanced processing and characterization for polycrystalline materials: a methodology review and application to iron-based superconductors by Akiyasu Yamamoto, Akinori Yamanaka, Kazumasa Iida, Yusuke Shimada, Satoshi Hata

“…In this review, we present a new set of machine learning-based materials research methodologies for polycrystalline materials developed through the Core Research for Evolutionary Science and Technology project of the Japan Science and Technology Agency. …”
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Digital input decision-making in fresh agricultural supply chains under government subsidies by Jing He, Sixin Chen, Chuanhong Zong

“…However, adoption barriers such as high costs and technical complexities highlight the crucial role of government subsidies in facilitating this transition.MethodsThis study develops an evolutionary game model to analyze interactions between suppliers and producers, incorporating: (1) government subsidies, (2) digital technology spillover effects, (3) input costs, (4) initial profit disparities, and (5) post-investment returns. …”
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Psoriasis patients are enriched for genetic variants that protect against HIV-1 disease. by Haoyan Chen, Genki Hayashi, Olivia Y Lai, Alexander Dilthey, Peter J Kuebler, Tami V Wong, Maureen P Martin, Marcelo A Fernandez Vina, Gil McVean, Matthias Wabl, Kieron S Leslie, Toby Maurer, Jeffrey N Martin, Steven G Deeks, Mary Carrington, Anne M Bowcock, Douglas F Nixon, Wilson Liao

“…An important paradigm in evolutionary genetics is that of a delicate balance between genetic variants that favorably boost host control of infection but which may unfavorably increase susceptibility to autoimmune disease. …”
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CheloniansTraits: a comprehensive trait database of global turtles and tortoises by Jiang Wang, Yunhao Xu, Huiwen Zhu, Chuanwu Chen, Yifan Zhao, Yanping Wang

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The Double-Edged Sword of Anthropomorphism in LLMs by Madeline G. Reinecke, Fransisca Ting, Julian Savulescu, Ilina Singh

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Sexual dimorphism and morphometric characterization of Centris tarsata Smith, 1874, Hymenoptera: Apidae in different environments by Adriane Vieira Souza, Lorena Andrade Nunes, Cerilene Santiago Machado, Geni da Silva Sodré, Carlos Alfredo Lopes de Carvalho

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Chromosome-level assemblies of the White bream Parabramis pekinensis by Hailong Gu, Xinhui Zhang, Wentao Xu, Zhijing Yang, Ye Xu, Xiaoping Miao, Yaming Feng

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The extent of the hip bone sexual dimorphism in two Italian coeval modern skeletal samples by Rita Sorrentino, Annalisa Pietrobelli, Davide Mameli, Teresa Nicolosi, Maria Giovanna Belcastro

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Farmer Ants Optimization Algorithm: A Novel Metaheuristic for Solving Discrete Optimization Problems by Ali Asghari, Mahdi Zeinalabedinmalekmian, Hossein Azgomi, Mahmoud Alimoradi, Shirin Ghaziantafrishi

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