Xenopus

This study uses scRNA-seq to identify transcriptional diversity in sea cucumber coelomocytes, revealing functional roles and potential progenitor and specialized cell types.

This paper introduces a hybrid modeling framework that combines mechanistic ODEs with neural networks to model bioprocesses using minimal prior knowledge and limited data.

This study reconstructs the evolution of multicellularity and reproductive strategies in Xanthophyceae using phylogenomic data, showing multiple transitions to multicellularity linked to changes in propagule types.

This study examines how shallow-dwelling Xenopus laevis embryos respond to high hydrostatic pressure and identifies heat shock pathway activation as a conserved protective mechanism across phyla.

The paper examines how bioclimatic variables affect purifying selection on mitochondrial DNA in Piciformes birds, finding a negative correlation between temperature range and substitution rates.

This study identifies two melanic pigmentation patterns in Xiphophorus nezahualcoyotl linked to the sex chromosome-linked oncogene xmrk through long-read sequencing and GWAS.

The paper identifies a conserved atomic interaction in inhibitory neurotransmitter receptors that stabilizes channel gating and explains disease-linked mutations.

This paper introduces Volumetric Scattering Microscopy (VSM), a computational framework for 3D fluorescence imaging in scattering biological media, achieving high-fidelity volumetric reconstruction across various samples.

The paper investigates how ciliary flows in Xenopus embryos protect against pathogens, showing robustness in pathogen clearance despite variations in MCC distribution.

The paper quantitatively assesses avian palate ontogeny across 70 species to determine the developmental mechanisms behind morphological disparity, finding no evidence of neoteny but highlighting the role of developmental mode.

This study compares reproductive strategies between two swordtail fish species, finding that X. malinche produces larger, more resilient offspring through extended post-fertilization nutrient provisioning.

This study identifies lipid mono-unsaturation as a mechanism for cold tolerance in frogs and shows its potential to improve tissue viability during hypothermic storage.

The paper identifies Jhc1, a ciliary protein essential for cilia structure and length in Xenopus, and shows its evolutionary origin and functional adaptation.

The paper shows Gβγ interacts with GIRK2 and GIRK1/2 channels with affinities in the microM range, with GIRK1/2 having higher apparent affinity due to a unique Gβγ docking site.

This study links irregular iris pigmentation in Northern Gannets to past exposure to HPAIV H5N1, showing it can serve as a non-invasive marker for disease surveillance.

The paper analyzes brain shape and size evolution in 300 avian species to show that shape variation is largely independent of allometry and reflects clade-specific neuroanatomical divergence.

The paper investigates how condensin I and linker histone H1.8 compete to reorganize DNA loops in a sparkler structure formed in Xenopus egg extracts.

This study shows that the nuclear-cytoplasmic ratio affects the cell cycle period in frog egg extracts, with nuclei increasing in size and extending the cycle time.

This study uses differential dynamic microscopy to analyze cytoplasmic dynamics in Xenopus laevis egg extracts and HeLa cells, revealing subdiffusive motion and cytoskeletal influences on fluidity.

The paper introduces Live Eco-AI, a cost-effective single-cell mass spectrometry proteomics method using CE and AI, achieving performance comparable to advanced instruments.

The paper characterizes self-organizing neural networks in Xenopus-derived biobots, showing they exhibit complex behaviors, active neurons, and distinct transcriptomic profiles compared to non-neuronal constructs.

This study investigates trade-offs in avian cranial evolution by analyzing correlations between hard and soft tissue traits using statistical models.

The paper evaluates how coffee farming affects bird communities in Jardin, Colombia, finding that it homogenizes communities by favoring non-forest birds and reducing diversity.

This study uses simulations and live cell imaging to distinguish active and passive mechanical drivers of convergent extension in developing tissues.

This study identifies a differential avian diversity gradient in tropical deserts, showing higher diversity near the Tropic of Cancer compared to the Tropic of Capricorn.

The paper examines avian elevational migration in the Western Ghats, finding that broader environmental tolerances, not climatic constraints, drive migration patterns across seasons.

This study estimates rates of chromosome number evolution in birds, finding higher fusion rates and a correlation between micro- and macrochromosome rearrangements, with population size and selection influencing these patterns.

This study shows that Xenopus laevis embryos develop faster in the absence of Earth's magnetic field, suggesting a measurable biological response to weak magnetic fields.

The paper identifies a genetic basis for a sexual mimicry polymorphism in swordtail fish and links it to behavioral interactions that may maintain the polymorphism.