Latest research

1. 1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   H3K9me1/2 methylation limits the lifespan of daf-2 mutants in C. elegans

   Meng Huang, Minjie Hong ... Xuezhu Feng

   The depletion of a new class of putative histone methyltransferases, including MET-2, SET-6, SET-19, SET-20, SET-21, SET-32, and SET-33, induced synergistic lifespan extension in daf-2 animals to an average lifespan nearly three times that of wild-type animals.
2. 1. Neuroscience

   Quantitative MRI reveals differences in striatal myelin in children with DLD

   Saloni Krishnan, Gabriel J Cler ... Kate E Watkins

   A new quantitative MRI protocol reveals reduced myelin in the striatum in children with developmental language disorder, shedding light on the brain basis of this disorder.
3. 1. Ecology

   Bumblebees retrieve only the ordinal ranking of foraging options when comparing memories obtained in distinct settings

   Cwyn Solvi, Yonghe Zhou ... Fei Peng

   Unlike humans and starlings which use memories of both absolute and relative information to decide between options in novel contexts, bumblebees rely only on the remembered ordinal ranking of options.
4. 1. Medicine

   Loss of full-length dystrophin expression results in major cell-autonomous abnormalities in proliferating myoblasts

   Maxime RF Gosselin, Virginie Mournetas ... Dariusz C Gorecki

   Loss of full-length dystrophin expression causes significant molecular and functional defects in human and mouse myoblast, thus closing the vicious cycle of DMD pathology.
5. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health

   Trends in female-selective abortion among Asian diasporas in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia

   Catherine Meh, Prabhat Jha

   While selective abortion of female fetuses is documented within China and India, it is also significant among Asian diaspora in Canada, US, UK and Australia, particularly among Indian diaspora for second or third births following earlier girl birth(s).
6. 1. Ecology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   Species clustering, climate effects, and introduced species in 5 million city trees across 63 US cities

   Dakota E McCoy, Benjamin Goulet-Scott ... John Kartesz
7. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health

   The effect of calcium supplementation in people under 35 years old: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

   Yupeng Liu, Siyu Le ... Shuran Wang

   A systematic review and meta-analysis show that calcium supplementation significantly improves bone mass, implying that preventive calcium supplementation in young people (age ≤35 years) may be a shift in the window of intervention for osteoporosis.
8. 1. Cell Biology
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   Resurrecting essential amino acid biosynthesis in mammalian cells

   Julie Trolle, Ross M McBee ... Harris H Wang
9. 1. Neuroscience

   Uncertainty-based inference of a common cause for body ownership

   Marie Chancel, H Henrik Ehrsson, Wei Ji Ma
10. 1. Developmental Biology

    Integration of mouse ovary morphogenesis with developmental dynamics of the oviduct, ovarian ligaments, and rete ovarii

    Jennifer McKey, Dilara N Anbarci ... Blanche Capel