Rebecca D Tarvin, Jeffrey L Coleman ... Richard W Fitch
The detection of low quantities of alkaloids in putatively nontoxic species of poison frogs sheds light on early evolutionary stages of chemical defense in animals.
Aphid and mildew read counts leftover from the sequencing of greenhouse plants correlated with the environment of origin of the plants, and allowed the mapping of pathogen resistance genes.
Quan-Son Eric Le, Daniel Hereford ... Jonathan P Fadok
Associative and non-associative learning mechanisms summate to produce robust and complex conditioned behavior profiles, opening new avenues to in-depth investigations of defensive responses and threat evaluation.
Santiago Otero-Coronel, Thomas Preuss, Violeta Medan
Multisensory enhancement of Mauthner cell activity reveals how stimulus modality, intensity, and temporal dynamics shape integration at the single-cell level in a neuron essential for fast escape responses.
Knockout of Terc impedes effective immune defense against bacterial lung infections in mice, exacerbating disease course and revealing the critical function of Terc in pulmonary immunity.
