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    Theana Johnson, Swati Midha ... Angus KT Wann
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    Selective suppression and biasing of chemokine receptors CCR9 and ACKR4 through targeting CCL25 with de novo miniproteins

    Bas de Boer, Thomas D Lamme ... Christopher T Schafer
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    Male chickadees with better spatial cognition sire more extra-pair young

    Carrie L Branch, Benjamin R Sonnenberg ... Vladimir V Pravosudov
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    Cis-regulation and natural selection in the evolution of human DNA methylation

    Zhenzhen Ma, Alexander L Starr ... Hunter B Fraser
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    Light-entrained chromatin priming poises rapid metamorphosis in a marine sponge

    Huifang Yuan, Oceane Blard ... Sandie M Degnan
    Planetary and habitat-specific environmental cues combine to induce rapid and extensive changes in chromatin state and gene expression necessary for larval settlement and metamorphosis in the marine sponge Amphimedon queenslandica.
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    Gcn5 and mTORC1 mediated regulation of autophagy controls Drosophila blood cell homeostasis

    Arjun Aji Reeja, Mincy Kunjumon ... Rohan Jayant Khadilkar
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    A Spatiotemporal Hierarchy for Social Interaction Perception in the Lateral Visual Stream

    Emalie McMahon, Elizabeth Jiwon Im ... Leyla Isik
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    ITK deficiency protects against autoimmune pulmonary hemorrhage by promoting Amphiregulin-producing regulatory T cells

    Mohammad Saddam Hossain, Ali Mobeen ... Mobin Karimi
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    Hierarchical Neural Circuit Theory of Normalization and Inter-areal Communication

    Asit Pal, Shivang Rawat ... Stefano Martiniani
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    Open source laser-scanning photostimulation for neuroscience with Zapit

    Michael Lohse, Oliver M Gauld ... Robert AA Campbell
    A validated, open design brings programmable non-invasive photostimulation of multiple cortical areas in behaving mice to labs without expertise in optics or software design.
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