Fine root and soil carbon stocks are positively related in grasslands but not in forests by Avni Malhotra, Jessica A. M. Moore, Samantha Weintraub-Leff, Katerina Georgiou, Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Sharon A. Billings, Marie-Anne de Graaff, Jennifer M. Fraterrigo, A. Stuart Grandy, Emily Kyker-Snowman, Mingzhen Lu, Courtney Meier, Derek Pierson, Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila, Kate Lajtha, William R. Wieder, Robert B. Jackson

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Structures of Saccharolobus solfataricus initiation complexes with leaderless mRNAs highlight archaeal features and eukaryotic proximity by Gabrielle Bourgeois, Pierre-Damien Coureux, Christine Lazennec-Schurdevin, Clément Madru, Thomas Gaillard, Magalie Duchateau, Julia Chamot-Rooke, Sophie Bourcier, Yves Mechulam, Emmanuelle Schmitt

“…Our results suggest a positive role of eS26 in leaderless mRNAs translation and possible evolutionary routes from archaeal to eukaryotic translation.…”
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Unraveling Lake Geneva's hypoxia crisis in the Anthropocene by Laura M. V. Soares, Olivia Desgué‐Itier, Cécilia Barouillet, Céline Casenave, Isabelle Domaizon, Victor Frossard, Nelson G. Hairston Jr., Andrea Lami, Bruno J. Lemaire, Georges‐Marie Saulnier, Frédéric Soulignac, Brigitte Vinçon‐Leite, Jean‐Philippe Jenny

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Programmed cell death and redox metabolism protect Chlamydomonas reinhardtii populations from the galactic cosmic environment on the Artemis-1 mission by Timothy G. Hammond, Sajanlal R. Panikkanvalappil, Patricia L. Allen, Hamid Kian Gaikani, Corey Nislow, Guri Giaever, Ye Zhang, Howard G. Levine, Ramona Gaza, Dinah Dimapilis, Howard W. Wells, James M. Russick, Pierre M. Durand, Holly H. Birdsall

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Whole-Genome Sequencing Reveals the Role of Cis-Regulatory Elements and eQTL/sQTL in the Adaptive Selection of Hubei Indigenous Cattle by Liangyu Shi, Pu Zhang, Bo Yu, Qing Liu, Chenhui Liu, Wei Lu, Lei Cheng, Hongbo Chen

“…Understanding their adaptive selection offers insight into their evolutionary history and genetic enhancements. In this study, we analyzed whole-genome sequencing (WGS) data from five Hubei indigenous cattle breeds to identify selection signals. …”
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Structural basis for molecular assembly of fucoxanthin chlorophyll a/c-binding proteins in a diatom photosystem I supercomplex by Koji Kato, Yoshiki Nakajima, Jian Xing, Minoru Kumazawa, Haruya Ogawa, Jian-Ren Shen, Kentaro Ifuku, Ryo Nagao

“…Comparative structural analyses of PSI-FCPI supercomplexes, combined with phylogenetic analysis of FCPs from T. pseudonana and the diatom Chaetoceros gracilis, underscore the evolutionary conservation of protein motifs crucial for the selective binding of individual FCPI subunits. …”
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A Mechanical Model of the Overlying Rock Masses in Undersea Coal Mining and a Stress-Seepage Coupling Numerical Simulation by Jie Fang, Lei Tian, Yanyan Cai, Zhiguo Cao, Jinhao Wen, Zhijie Wen

“…Fish language was used to couple the extension model into the FLAC3d software, in order to simulate the mining process of the underwater coal seam, as well as to analyze the initiation evolutionary characteristics and seepage laws of the fractured zones in the overlying strata during the advancing processes of the working face. …”
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Type Ia Supernova Progenitors and Surviving Companions within the Symbiotic Channel by Yu-Hui Wang, Hsin-Pei Chen, Kuo-Chuan Pan

“…However, if a small portion of the envelope (≳0.3%) remains on the core of the surviving companion, the overall postsupernova evolution may remain similar to its preexplosion state, albeit slightly fainter, making observation a challenging endeavor.…”
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Chromosome-Scale Genome of the Fern <i>Cibotium barometz</i> Unveils a Genetic Resource of Medicinal Value by Guole Qin, Denglang Pan, Ying Long, Huiying Lan, Delong Guan, Jing Song

“…Genomic analyses uncover the evolutionary dynamics of 513 key biosynthetic genes, particularly those involved in terpenoid and flavonoid production. …”
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Genomic Insights Into the Population and Antibiotic Resistance Changes of Salmonella Pullorum in China by Ke Wu, Jie Zhang, Jing Zuo, Qian Chen, Honglin Peng, Changwei Lei, Hongning Wang

“…Pullorum strains in China carry a higher number of ARGs than strains from other countries. Evolutionary dynamics reveals that the population size of S. …”
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Trans-kingdom conservation of mechanism between bacterial actifensin and eukaryotic defensins by Ivan Sugrue, Carolin Ade, Paula M. O’Connor, Jan-Martin Daniel, Paolo Innocenti, Nico Kirsch, Nathaniel I. Martin, Günther Weindl, Colin Hill, Tanja Schneider, R. Paul Ross

“…Membrane disruption was not observed with DiSC3(5) fluorescence, or synthetic unilamellar liposomes, indicating indirect cell death via cell wall weakening, visualised by phase contrast microscopy. …”
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Identifying Tartrate Salt Crystals in Wine Sediment by Nonna V. Gnilomedova, Nadezhda S. Anikina, Antonina V. Vesyutova, Veronika A. Oleinikova, Vladimir M. Gavrish, Tatyana V. Chayka

“…The expressiveness increased with the crystal growth (3–350 μm). Calcium tartrate demonstrated no evolutionary changes; it was morphologically uniform, colorless, and transparent. …”
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Unravelling Antimicrobial Resistance in <i>Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae</i>: Genetic Mechanisms and Future Directions by Raziallah Jafari Jozani, Mauida F. Hasoon Al Khallawi, Darren Trott, Kiro Petrovski, Wai Yee Low, Farhid Hemmatzadeh

“…Additionally, bioinformatic tools utilizing machine learning algorithms, such as CARD and PATRIC, can predict resistance traits, with PATRIC predicting 7 to 12 AMR genes and CARD predicting 0 to 3 AMR genes in 24 whole genome sequences available on NCBI. …”
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Genetic diversity of Trichomonads from Milu deer (Elaphurus davidianus) in China by Zhang Yilei, Li Zhouchun, Song Xinglong, Xiao Guodong, He Lingru, Bai Jiade, Zhong Zhenyu, Tian Lijie, Chang Yan, Li Zhuang, Guo Qingyun, Yang Congshan, Zhang Qingxun

“…The ITS-1/5.8S/ITS-2 sequences were amplified using PCR to investigate the colonization rate of trichomonads and to assess evolutionary relationships and genetic characteristics through phylogenetic analysis. …”
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Distinctive expansion of potential virulence genes in the genome of the oomycete fish pathogen Saprolegnia parasitica. by Rays H Y Jiang, Irene de Bruijn, Brian J Haas, Rodrigo Belmonte, Lars Löbach, James Christie, Guido van den Ackerveken, Arnaud Bottin, Vincent Bulone, Sara M Díaz-Moreno, Bernard Dumas, Lin Fan, Elodie Gaulin, Francine Govers, Laura J Grenville-Briggs, Neil R Horner, Joshua Z Levin, Marco Mammella, Harold J G Meijer, Paul Morris, Chad Nusbaum, Stan Oome, Andrew J Phillips, David van Rooyen, Elzbieta Rzeszutek, Marcia Saraiva, Chris J Secombes, Michael F Seidl, Berend Snel, Joost H M Stassen, Sean Sykes, Sucheta Tripathy, Herbert van den Berg, Julio C Vega-Arreguin, Stephan Wawra, Sarah K Young, Qiandong Zeng, Javier Dieguez-Uribeondo, Carsten Russ, Brett M Tyler, Pieter van West

“…We have sequenced the 63 Mb genome of the fresh water fish pathogen, Saprolegnia parasitica. Approximately 1/3 of the assembled genome exhibits loss of heterozygosity, indicating an efficient mechanism for revealing new variation. …”
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Occurrence State and Time-Shift Characteristics of Residual Oil in Low-Permeability Reservoirs After Long-Term Waterflooding in Changqing Oilfield by Yangnan Shangguan, Boying Li, Chunning Gao, Junhong Jia, Yongqiang Zhang, Jinghua Wang, Tao Xu

“…NMR was employed to determine fluid distribution within core pores, while CT scanning was utilized to construct a 3D digital core model, enabling the identification of microscopic residual oil displacement and occurrence states at different flooding stages. …”
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Identification of MhLHC gene family under iron (Fe) deficiency stress and functional characterization of MhLHCB15 gene in Malus halliana by Yongjuan Dong, Zhongxing Zhang, Jiao Cheng, Xiaoya Wang, Wenbin Zhao, Donghai Zhang, Yanxiu Wang

“…The physicochemical properties, gene structures, conserved motif compositions, evolutionary relationships, and chromosomal distributions were comprehensively analyzed. …”
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Enhancement of microalgal CO2 fixation in photobioreactors by means of spiral flow vortices by Santosh Kumar, Ameer Ali Kubar, Xinjuan Hu, Feifei Zhu, Shahid Mehmood, Michael Schagerl, Yajie Zhang, Muhammad Abdur Rehman Shah, Bin Zou, Obaid Ur Rehman, Shuhao Huo

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CY Aquarii: A Triple System with Twin Companions by Ming Lian, Jia-Shu Niu, Hui-Fang Xue

“…The O − C diagram reveals that (i) the primary star of CY Aqr exhibits a linear period variation rate of (1/ P _0 )( d P / dt ) = (2.132 ± 0.002) × 10 ^−8 yr ^−1 for its dominant pulsation mode; (ii) the primary star is disturbed by two companions and part of a triple system; (iii) Companion A has an orbital period of approximately 60.2 yr and Companion B has an orbital period of approximately 50.8 yr. …”
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Comparative Phylogeography of Two Specialist Rodents in Forest Fragments in Kenya by Alois Wambua Mweu, Kenneth Otieno Onditi, Laxman Khanal, Simon Musila, Esther Kioko, Xuelong Jiang

“…In this study, we used mitochondrial genes (cytochrome b and the displacement loop) and a nuclear marker (retinol-binding protein 3) to investigate genetic and morphological diversity, phylogenetic associations, historical divergence, population dynamics, and phylogeographic patterns in two rodent species—the soft-furred mouse (<i>Praomys jacksoni</i>) and the African wood mouse (<i>Hylomyscus endorobae</i>)—across Kenya’s forest landscapes. …”
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