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    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    The potential of inversions to accumulate balanced sexual antagonism is supported by simulations and Drosophila experiments

    Christopher S McAllester, John E Pool
    Sexually antagonistic pleiotropy involving frequency-dependent traits like mating display maintains linkage blocks like inversions as balanced polymorphisms in simulation, and may explain common inversion polymorphisms maintained at intermediate frequencies.
    1. Neuroscience

    Non-allometric expansion and enhanced compartmentalization of Purkinje cell dendrites in the human cerebellum

    Silas E Busch, Christian Hansel
    A comparative study of Purkinje dendrite morphology, input arrangement, and regional subtype distribution shows human cells evade constraint by cortical thickness to be both quantitatively and qualitatively distinct from mouse.
    1. Neuroscience

    An anatomical and physiological basis for flexible coincidence detection in the auditory system

    Lauren J Kreeger, Suraj Honnuraiah ... Lisa Goodrich
    In the mammalian auditory brainstem, inhibitory inputs onto octopus cell dendrites enhance coincidence detection computations and support precise yet flexible temporal processing for rapid sound onsets and frequency modulations.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Serial ‘deep-sampling’ PCR of fragmented DNA reveals the wide range of Trypanosoma cruzi burden among chronically infected human, macaque, and canine hosts, and allows accurate monitoring of parasite load following treatment

    Brooke E White, Carolyn L Hodo ... Rick L Tarleton
    A vastly improved PCR-based approach provides a long-sought test of cure and parasite load monitoring tool for Chagas disease.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Distinct activation mechanisms of CXCR4 and ACKR3 revealed by single-molecule analysis of their conformational landscapes

    Christopher T Schafer, Raymond F Pauszek III ... David P Millar
    The conformational dynamics and landscapes of the related chemokine receptors CXCR4 and ACKR3, revealed by single-molecule analysis, provide mechanistic insights into differences in constitutive activity, ligand promiscuity, and effector coupling.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    The extra-islet pancreas supports autoimmunity in human type 1 diabetes

    Graham L Barlow, Christian M Schürch ... Paul L Bollyky
    A high-parameter, spatial analysis of the pancreata of individuals with type 1 diabetes reveals specific patterns of immune infiltration into islets of Langerhans, coordinated with changes in the surrounding tissue.
    1. Genetics and Genomics

    Dynamics of transcriptional programs and chromatin accessibility in mouse spermatogonial cells from early postnatal to adult life

    Irina Lazar-Contes, Rodrigo G Arzate-Mejia ... Isabelle M Mansuy
    Developmental transitions in mouse spermatogonial cells reveal extensive chromatin remodeling, stage-specific gene expression, and newly accessible transposable elements with regulatory potential.
    1. Neuroscience

    Neural mechanisms of credit assignment for delayed outcomes during contingent learning

    Phillip P Witkowski, Lindsay JH Rondot ... Erie Boorman
    Orbitofrontal cortex and hippocampus reinstate representations of causal choices to associate with delayed outcomes, and the frontal pole supports this credit assignment process by maintaining pending choices during interim decisions.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    Tissue inflammation induced by constitutively active STING is mediated by enhanced TNF signaling

    Hella Luksch, Felix Schulze ... Angela Rösen-Wolff
    TNF signaling contributes significantly to pathology of constitutively active STING in murine STING-associated vasculopathy with onset in infancy disease.
    1. Physics of Living Systems

    Cell cycle and age-related modulations of mouse chromosome stiffness

    Ning Liu, Wenan Qiang ... Huanyu Qiao
    Mammalian condensed chromosomes exhibit diverse structural properties, as reflected in their varying stiffness across different cell stages and with aging.