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- GenomicsGenome Biology and EvolutionPeer-reviewed
Molecular drivers of mutualistic association between anemone and anemonefish
Sneha Suresh, Daniele Romeo, Celia Schunter
This study identifies molecular mechanisms underlying the mutualistic relationship between anemone and anemonefish by analyzing transcriptional changes after association.
DOI 10.1093/gbe/evag197 - GenomicsGenome Biology and EvolutionPeer-reviewed
De novo genome sequence assembly of the model algal endosymbiont Micractinium conductrix derived from its host Paramecium bursaria 186b
Guy Leonard, Irma Vitonytė, Fiona R. Savory…·Thomas A. Richards
The paper reports a near telomere-to-telomere genome assembly of Micractinium conductrix, enabling genomic studies of endosymbiosis and biotechnological applications.
DOI 10.1093/gbe/evag194 - GenomicsBioinformaticsPeer-reviewed
Taming the reference genome jungle: the refget sequence collection standard
Donald R. Campbell, Timothée Cezard, Sveinung Gundersen…·Nathan C. Sheffield
The paper introduces a standard for unambiguously representing, retrieving, and comparing reference genomes and transcriptomes, revealing inconsistencies across 60 human and 36 mouse references.
- GenomicsNucleic Acids ResearchPeer-reviewed
Sequential-GAM constructs the single-cell geometric 3D genome structure
Yongge Li, Kaili Wang, Minglei Shi…·Juntao Tony Gao
Sequential-GAM constructs the single-cell geometric 3D genome structure by estimating radial positions and hierarchical organization of chromosomes and genes.
- GenomicsBioinformaticsPeer-reviewed
Accelerating Inference in Genomic Foundation Models via Speculative Decoding
Kimonas Provatas, Aris Karatzikos, Charalampos Koilakos…·Ilias Georgakopoulos‐Soares
This paper introduces speculative decoding to accelerate genomic and proteomic sequence generation using foundation models without compromising prediction quality.
DOI 10.1093/bioinformatics/btag579 - GenomicsMicrobiologyOpenPeer-reviewed
Mitochondrial genome reduction and accelerated evolution in planktonic foraminiferans
Hsin‐Tung Lai, Ming-Wei Lai, Tzu‐Haw Wang…·Chuan Ku
The paper reports a small mitochondrial genome from a planktonic foraminiferan, showing gene loss and accelerated evolution compared to other rhizarian mitogenomes.
DOI 10.1002/mbo3.70368 - GenomicsWellcome Open ResearchPeer-reviewed
Enhancer-gene regulatory interactions in colorectal cancer revealed through genome-wide CRISPRi perturbations
Philip Law, Jayaram Vijayakrishnan, James Smith…·Richard S. Houlston
The paper uses CRISPRi Perturb-seq to identify 238 enhancer-gene regulatory associations in colorectal cancer and integrates chromatin data to understand their spatial organization.
- GenomicsNucleic Acids ResearchPeer-reviewed
Chromatin accessibility classification of TAD boundaries discloses new architectural proteins
Karina Jácome-López, Leonardo Ledesma, Ayerim Esquivel-López…·Mayra Furlan-Magaril
The paper classifies TAD boundaries by chromatin accessibility in K562 cells and identifies ZNF316 as a novel architectural protein that contributes to boundary strength.
- GenomicsAmerican Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular BiologyPeer-reviewed
AP-1 mediated chromatin changes govern alveolar type 2 cell transition in lung injury-repair
Anthony Simon Lynch, Tala Noun, Sujuan Yang…·Jichao Chen
The paper identifies AP-1 transcription factors as regulators of a transitional state in lung alveolar type 2 cells during injury-repair, linking chromatin changes to both regeneration and tumorigenesis.
- GenomicsScience AdvancesPeer-reviewed
A comprehensive map of missense trafficking variants in rhodopsin and their response to pharmacologic correction
Kannan Vrindavan Manian, Connor Ludwig, Yan Zhao…·Jason Comander
The paper presents a high-resolution map of RHO missense variants' trafficking and evaluates pharmacologic correction with YC-001, identifying pathogenic variants and therapeutic potential.
3 citations - GenomicsNaturePeer-reviewed
A global view of human centromere variation and evolution
Shenghan Gao, Keisuke K. Oshima, Shu-Cheng Chuang…·Pi-Chuan Chang
The paper assembles and characterizes 2,110 human centromeres, revealing novel haplotypes, mobile element insertions, and mutation rate variation across chromosomes.
16 citationstop 1% - GenomicsCell Death DiscoveryPeer-reviewed
Physiological re-replication during human stem cell differentiation
Marie Minet, Amila Beganovic, Shusruto Rishik…·Ulrike Fischer
The paper shows re-replication is a physiological mechanism in human stem cell differentiation, increasing gene copy numbers to meet protein demands during differentiation.
DOI 10.1038/s41420-026-03267-9 - GenomicsGeneticsPeer-reviewed
Global genomic diversity of the selfing nematode Caenorhabditis tropicalis correlates with geography
Bowen Wang, Nicolas D. Moya, Robyn E. Tanny…·Erik C. Andersen
The paper analyzes the genomic diversity of C. tropicalis, finding geographic correlation and hyper-divergent regions linked to environmental adaptation.
2 citationstop 2% - GenomicsProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewed
Hypermutability of integrated sequences of viral origin in a Chlorarachniophyte
Lisa Mettrop, Anna Lipzen, Gilles Mirambeau…·Marc Krasovec
The paper identifies hypermutable regions in the nuclear genome of Bigelowiella natans, showing extreme mutation rate variation and a distinctive mutational signature in virus-derived sequences.
DOI 10.1073/pnas.2612999123 - GenomicseLifePeer-reviewed
CellCover Defines Marker Gene Panels Capturing Developmental Progression in Neocortical Neural Stem Cell Identity
Lanlan Ji, An Wang, Shreyash Sonthalia…·Donald Geman
CellCover identifies marker gene panels for cell types by solving a set-covering problem, outperforming differential expression methods in capturing cell-specific signals and developmental progression.
- GenomicsNucleic Acids ResearchPeer-reviewed
A comprehensive AMR genotype-phenotype database (CABBAGE)
Emily Dickens, Romain Derelle, Robert Beardmore…·Leonid Chindelevitch
The paper introduces CABBAGE, a large-scale AMR genotype-phenotype database linking bacterial genomes to antibiotic susceptibility data and metadata, enabling analysis of resistance trends and predictive method benchmarks.
5 citationstop 2% - GenomicsNAR CancerPeer-reviewed
Motif-Centered Analyses Reveal Universal and Tissue-Specific Mutagenic Mechanisms Operating in the Human Body
Safia Mahabub Sauty, Yun-Chung Hsiao, Leszek J. Klimczak, Dmitry A. Gordenin
The paper analyzes somatic mutation profiles in normal human tissues to identify mutagenic mechanisms and their association with age, disease, and environmental exposures.
3 citationstop 3% - GenomicsG3 Genes Genomes GeneticsPeer-reviewed
Genetic variation in a plant-parasitic nematode is associated with gene expression changes conserved across evolutionarily distant host plants
The paper identifies plant genes whose expression changes are associated with genetic variation in the nematode Meloidogyne hapla and shows these patterns are conserved across different host plants.
DOI 10.1093/g3journal/jkag204 - GenomicsNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewed
High Resolution Ancestry Deconvolution for Next Generation Genomic Data
Helgi Hilmarsson, Arvind Kumar, Míriam Barrabés…·Alexander G. Ioannidis
This paper introduces Gnomix, a high-resolution ancestry deconvolution method for next-generation genomic data, achieving higher accuracy and faster performance than existing methods.
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