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The paper investigates TICRR/TRESLIN and MTBP chromatin binding in human cells, showing G1-specific dependency on TRESLIN and independence from licensed origins.

The paper presents the first high-quality genome assembly for the White-bellied Sholakili, using Nanopore and Illumina data, and reports its completeness and functional annotations.

The paper tests if genetic load proxies predict fitness better than inbreeding in a wild population and finds inbreeding metrics perform better.

This study identifies DNA methylation loci associated with heart failure in mice, showing their functional relevance and therapeutic potential through in vitro and in vivo experiments.

The paper presents the de novo genome assembly of the hibiscus mealybug, Nipaecoccus viridis, and reports gene count and repetitive element composition.

The paper builds a reference genome for Cylicocyclus nassatus, estimates its genetic diversity across regions, and identifies genetic candidates for pyrantel resistance.

The paper introduces scDEEP-mC, a single-cell DNA methylation profiling method, and shows it can identify cell types, X-inactivation states, and replication dynamics with high coverage.

This paper assembles the first complete genome of the Northern Dusky Salamander, revealing its miniaturized genome and TE composition.

This study sequenced the genome of Talaromyces trachyspermus to identify genes related to biocontrol mechanisms, revealing secondary metabolite biosynthesis clusters and enzymes involved in plant growth promotion.

This study identifies 136 genes involved in swarming motility of Pseudomonas protegens Pf-5 using TraDIS, revealing new pathways beyond flagella-related functions.

The paper characterizes recalcitrant enterococcal bacteremia through clinical and genomic analysis, finding species-specific genetic adaptations in persistent infections.

mRNABench evaluates self-supervised mRNA foundation models using 13 datasets and 81 tasks to assess their ability to predict mRNA properties.

This study identifies five major transcriptomic patterns during sexual reproduction in Podospora anserina and characterizes genes and regulators involved in key biological processes.

The paper introduces an annotation-independent machine learning framework to identify functional genes across species for shared phenotypes, demonstrating effectiveness in plant-mycorrhizal symbiosis, vertebrate skeletal development, and bacterial traits.

GViNC compares genome graphs to reveal ancestry-specific genetic diversity patterns and key variant regions in human populations.

EASYstrata is a workflow for genome annotation and divergence analysis that detects recombination suppression and its effects, validated on fungal, plant, and animal genomes.

The paper analyzes the human IGH locus across 15 genome assemblies to identify novel alleles, copy number variations, and polymorphisms, enhancing the IMGT(R) reference directory.

This paper develops a genomic framework to assess genetic profiles of captive saker falcons, identifying inbreeding, hybridization, and relatedness to improve ex-situ conservation strategies.

The paper identifies SNPs and structural polymorphisms associated with growth traits in silver birch and evaluates their predictive power for growth rates across different environments.

The paper introduces MSA, a new epigenotyping platform for analyzing ternary-code DNA methylation, and applies it to uncover aging dynamics and trait associations involving 5hmC and 5mC.