Arabidopsis seed germination can be repressed by a Pseudomonas factor.

The organic insecticide spinosad severely impacts metabolism, the cell biology, and the visual system of the model insect Drosophila, suggesting that it poses a threat to other non-pest insect exposed to it in the field.

The model organism Tetrahymena thermopile carries two nuclei with distinct genomes: an unrearranged germline genome with five chromosomes, and a somatic genome reduced in size by a third and with 181 chromosomes.

Predisposition to obesity-associated diseases is dependent on the ancestors' diet.

Genetic variation in a biogenic amines receptor underlies a means of gain control for nonassociative learning and hence an important form of attention that is the basis for tradeoffs in foraging in a social collective.

The first genomic view of beetle luciferase evolution indicates evolutionary independence of luciferase between fireflies and click-beetles, and provide valuable datasets which will accelerate the discovery of new biotechnological tools.

The nutrient composition of food alters both the size of gut epithelial cells and the ability of the stem cell niche to control tissue turnover, resulting in changes in size at the organ level.