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ChIP-seq analysis reveals BMP signaling targets in a cnidarian and identifies ZSWIM4-6 as a dampener of the pSMAD1/5 gradient and a potential conveyor of the BMP-mediated gene repression.

A functional genetics approach reveals a novel role for odorant binding proteins in post-mating processes, with complex mechanisms of evolutionary change across closely related insect species.

Reconstructing human mobility patterns using historical period genomes illustrates how the Roman Empire’s military and economic activities catalyzed an era of transient movement against the backdrop of generations-long prehistoric migrations.

A computational method for predicting evolutionary pathways to antimicrobial resistance, accounting for how epistatic interactions determine trajectories, is described.

Plant drugs used by ancient Graeco-Roman societies have tastes and flavours that predict how they were used therapeutically.

Single-cell and bulk sequencing data are combined through theoretical modeling to reveal the number of tissue-specific stem cells, mutation, and proliferation rates under sampling.

CRISPR knock-outs and functional genomic approaches probe the regulatory mechanism restricting the Hox gene Ubx to butterfly hindwings, explaining color pattern differentiation from forewings.

The gene regulatory network of Nodal signaling, underpinning body axes patterning, was evolved specifically in cephalochordate lineage.