Short Reports

A Short Report allows authors to publish the results of a small number of experiments, provided the conclusion is clear and justified, and the findings are novel and judged to be of high importance.

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    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Removal of developmentally regulated microexons has a minimal impact on larval zebrafish brain morphology and function

    Caleb CS Calhoun, Mary ES Capps ... Summer B Thyme
    Sensitive brain activity mapping and behavioral profiling reveal most microexons are dispensable for early brain development but highlight a small subset with intriguing neural phenotypes for future study.
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Cohesin reconstitution and homologous recombination repair of DNA double-strand breaks in late mitosis

    Jessel Ayra Plasencia, Sara Medina-Suárez ... Félix Machín
    The cohesin subunit Scc1 returns and reconstitutes the complex with Smc1–Smc3 in late mitosis upon DNA double-strand breaks, although it does not participate in homologous recombination-driven MAT switching.
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    1. Ecology

    Birds migrate longitudinally in response to the resultant Asian monsoons of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau uplift

    Wenyuan Zhang, Zhongru Gu ... Xiangjiang Zhan
    The uplift of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau redirected avian migrations from latitudinal to longitudinal paths through induced monsoon systems, fundamentally reshaping continental biogeographic patterns.
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    1. Neuroscience
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Cryo-electron tomography reveals the microtubule-bound form of inactive LRRK2

    Siyu Chen, Tamar Basiashvili ... Elizabeth Villa
    Full-length, autoinhibited LRRK2 assembles into distinct, shorter microtubule-bound filaments via a previously unobserved N-terminal repeat interface, revealing new structural states with potential therapeutic implications.
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    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    scRNA+TCR-seq reveals the proportion and characteristics of dual TCR Treg cells in mouse lymphoid and non-lymphoid tissues

    Yuanyuan Xu, Qi Peng ... Xinsheng Yao
    scRNA+TCR-seq technology identifies a high proportion of dual TCR Treg cells in both lymphoid and non-lymphoid tissues of mice, revealing their tissue specificity, TCR repertoire characteristics, and functional phenotypes.
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    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Meaning-making behavior in a small-brained hominin, Homo naledi, from the late Pleistocene: contexts and evolutionary implications

    Agustín Fuentes, Marc Kissel ... Lee R Berger
    Evidence for H. naledi and increasing recognition of meaning-making behavior across the later Pleistocene suggests that the hominin emotional, socio-cognitive niche is broader and more significant than previously thought.
    1. Neuroscience

    Acquisition phase-specific contribution of climbing fiber transmission to cerebellum-dependent motor memory in mice

    Jewoo Seo, Seung Ha Kim ... Sang Jeong Kim
    Climbing fiber activity gates the acquisition phase of motor learning but becomes nonessential for memory consolidation or performance once proficiency is achieved.
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    1. Neuroscience

    A tight relationship between BOLD fMRI activation/deactivation and increase/decrease in single neuron responses in human association cortex

    Marie-Alphée Laurent, Corentin Jacques ... Bruno Rossion
    There is a striking correspondence between face-selective neural increases vs decreases of fMRI BOLD signal and spikes in neighboring human fusiform gyrus regions.
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    1. Neuroscience

    A stochastic explanation for observed local-to-global foraging states in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Andrew Margolis, Andrew Gordus
    Changes in internal state for stochastic behaviors can be more easily explained by a stochastic model with no state change.
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    1. Neuroscience

    Cell type-specific contributions to a persistent aggressive internal state in female Drosophila

    Hui Chiu, Alice A Robie ... Catherine E Schretter
    While persistent aggressive states in females are promoted by select cell types with recurrent connections (aIPg, pC1d+e), additional data and models are needed to explain the maintenance of these states.
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