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    Wnt Signaling: Exploring the origins of a signaling pathway

    Balaji Santhanam
    The 19 Wnt proteins found in humans are part of a larger superfamily of proteins that are also found in Archaea and Bacteria.
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    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Fast evolutionary turnover and overlapping variances of sex-biased gene expression patterns defy a simple binary sex classification of somatic tissues

    Chen Xie, Sven Künzel, Diethard Tautz
    Sex-biased gene expression in the body organs evolves rapidly, supporting a mosaic model of maleness and femaleness across tissues and thus challenging binary views of sex characteristics in mammals.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Impact of maximal overexpression of a non-toxic protein on yeast cell physiology

    Yuri Fujita, Shotaro Namba ... Hisao Moriya
    A neutrality index identifies mox-YG as a minimally cytotoxic protein, enabling ultra-high expression and uncovering key physiological consequences of protein burden.
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Massively Parallel Polyribosome Profiling Reveals Translation Defects of Human Disease-Relevant UTR Mutations

    Wei-Ping Li, Jia-Ying Su ... Chien-Ling Lin
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    • Valuable
    • Incomplete
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Neuroscience

    Avoidance of hydrogen sulfide is modulated by external and internal states in C. elegans

    Longjun Pu, Lina Zhao ... Changchun Chen
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    • Valuable
    • Solid
    • Incomplete
    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Ancient trans-species polymorphism at the Major Histocompatibility Complex in primates

    Alyssa Lyn Fortier, Jonathan K Pritchard
    Trans-species polymorphism at primate Major Histocompatibility Complex genes is old, especially in the 'classical' genes, while rapidly-evolving regions of each gene correspond with proteins' functional domains.
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    G protein-coupled receptor diversity and evolution in the closest living relatives of Metazoa

    Alain Garcia De Las Bayonas, Nicole King
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    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Important
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    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Modeling metabolic disease susceptibility and resilience in genetically diverse mice

    Candice N Baker, Jeffrey M Harder ... Gary A Churchill
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
    • Compelling
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Genome reorganization and its functional impact during breast cancer progression

    Kathleen S Metz Reed, Andrew Fritz ... Tom Misteli
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Fundamental
    • Convincing
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    A genome-wide MAGIC kit for recombinase-independent mosaic analysis in Drosophila

    Yifan Shen, Ann T Yeung ... Chun Han
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
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