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  1. Infectious Salmon Anaemia Virus (ISAV) is an Orthomixovirus that represents a large problem for salmonid aquaculture worldwide. Current prevention and treatment methods are only partially effective. Genetic se...

    Authors: Ophélie Gervais, Carolina Peñaloza, Remi Gratacap, Athina Papadopoulou, Mariana Beltrán, Neil C. Henderson, Ross D. Houston, Musa A. Hassan and Diego Robledo
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:161
  2. Metabolic detoxification is one of the major mechanisms contributing to the development of resistance in mosquitoes, including the southern house mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus. The three major detoxification s...

    Authors: Xinyue Huang, Phillip E. Kaufman, Giridhar N. Athrey, Chris Fredregill, Christina Alvarez, Vinaya Shetty and Michel A. Slotman
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:160
  3. Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is both an important agricultural product and an excellent model system for studying plant-pathogen interactions. It is susceptible to bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum

    Authors: Jianlei Shi, Deju Shui, Shiwen Su, Zili Xiong and Wenshan Zai
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:159
  4. Ammonium (NH4+) is a key nitrogen source supporting plant growth and development. Proteins in the ammonium transporter (AMT) family mediate the movement of NH4+ across the cell membrane. Although several studies ...

    Authors: Lei Fang, Miaomiao Wang, Xiao Chen, Jianrong Zhao, Jianfei Wang and Jianjian Liu
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:158
  5. Diet and parasitism can have powerful effects on host gene expression. However, how specific dietary components affect host gene expression that could feed back to affect parasitism is relatively unexplored in...

    Authors: Jonathan J. Giacomini, Lynn S. Adler, Benjamin J. Reading and Rebecca E. Irwin
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:157
  6. Understanding how heterogeneous β-cell function impacts diabetes is imperative for therapy development. Standard single-cell RNA sequencing analysis illuminates some factors driving heterogeneity, but new stra...

    Authors: Mario A Miranda, Juan F Macias-Velasco, Heather Schmidt and Heather A Lawson
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:156
  7. Sugarcane is an important energy crop grown worldwide,supplementing various renewable energy sources. Cultivated and wild sugarcane species respond differently to biotic and abiotic stresses. Generally, wild s...

    Authors: R. Manimekalai, A Selvi, Jini Narayanan, Ram Vannish, R. Shalini, S Gayathri and V.P Rabisha
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:155
  8. RNA modification plays important roles in many biological processes, such as gene expression control. The aim of this study was to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms related to RNA modification (RNAm-SNP...

    Authors: Mimi Wang, Jingyun Wu, Shufeng Lei and Xingbo Mo
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:153
  9. Most plant-pathogenic Xanthomonas bacteria harbor transcription activator-like effector (TALE) genes, which function as transcriptional activators of host plant genes and support infection. The entire repertoire ...

    Authors: Annett Erkes, René P. Grove, Milena Žarković, Sebastian Krautwurst, Ralf Koebnik, Richard D. Morgan, Geoffrey G. Wilson, Martin Hölzer, Manja Marz, Jens Boch and Jan Grau
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:151
  10. Given the economic relevance of fertility and reproductive traits for the beef cattle industry, investigating their genetic background and developing effective breeding strategies are paramount. Considering th...

    Authors: Felipe E. Carvalho, José Bento S. Ferraz, Victor B. Pedrosa, Elisangela C. Matos, Joanir P. Eler, Marcio R. Silva, José D. Guimarães, Fernando O. Bussiman, Barbara C. A. Silva, Fernando A. Cançado, Henrique A. Mulim, Rafael Espigolan and Luiz F. Brito
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:150
  11. Interspecific hybridization plays vital roles in enriching animal diversity, while male hybrid sterility (MHS) of the offspring commonly suffered from spermatogenic arrest constitutes the postzygotic reproduct...

    Authors: TserangDonko Mipam, Xuemei Chen, Wangsheng Zhao, Peng Zhang, Zhixin Chai, Binglin Yue, Hui Luo, Jikun Wang, Haibo Wang, Zhijuan Wu, Jiabo Wang, Mingxiu Wang, Hui Wang, Ming Zhang, Hongying Wang, Kemin Jing…
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:149
  12. Mosquitoes are important vectors for a range of diseases, contributing to high rates of morbidity and mortality in the human population. Culex pipiens pallens is dominant species of Culex mosquito in northern Chi...

    Authors: Chuanhui Zang, Xuejun Wang, Peng Cheng, Lijuan Liu, Xiuxia Guo, Haifang Wang, Ziwei Lou, Jingjing Lei, Wenqian Wang, Yiting Wang, Maoqing Gong and Hongmei Liu
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:145
  13. The growth and development of leaves and petioles have a significant effect on photosynthesis. Understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying leaf and petiole development is necessary for improving photosyn...

    Authors: Fengyan Shi, Zifan Zhao, Yang Jiang, Song Liu, Chong Tan, Chuanhong Liu, Xueling Ye and Zhiyong Liu
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:144
  14. Genomes of four Streptomyces isolates, two putative new species (Streptomyces sp. JH14 and Streptomyces sp. JH34) and two non thaxtomin-producing pathogens (Streptomyces sp. JH002 and Streptomyces sp. JH010) isol...

    Authors: Laura Henao, Ramin Shirali Hossein Zade, Silvia Restrepo, Johana Husserl and Thomas Abeel
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:143
  15. Genome assembly into chromosomes facilitates several analyses including cytogenetics, genomics and phylogenetics. Despite rapid development in bioinformatics, however, assembly beyond scaffolds remains challen...

    Authors: William Poisson, Julien Prunier, Alexandra Carrier, Isabelle Gilbert, Gabriela Mastromonaco, Vicky Albert, Joëlle Taillon, Vincent Bourret, Arnaud Droit, Steeve D. Côté and Claude Robert
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:142
  16. Illumina sequencing platform requires base diversity in the initial 11 cycles for efficient cluster identification and colour matrix estimation. This limitation yields low-quality data for amplicon libraries h...

    Authors: Tejali Naik, Mohak Sharda, Lakshminarayanan C P, Kumar Virbhadra and Awadhesh Pandit
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:141
  17. Downy mildew disease of sunflower, caused by the obligate biotrophic oomycete Plasmopara halstedii, can have significant economic impact on sunflower cultivation. Using high-throughput whole transcriptome sequenc...

    Authors: Sakshi Bharti, Sebastian Ploch and Marco Thines
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:140
  18. Non-human primates, such as Rhesus macaques, are a powerful model for studies of the cellular and physiological effects of radiation, development of radiation biodosimetry, and for understanding the impact of ...

    Authors: Shanaz A. Ghandhi, Shad R. Morton, Igor Shuryak, Younghyun Lee, Rajesh K. Soni, Jay R. Perrier, James Bakke, Janet Gahagan, Kim Bujold, Simon Authier, Sally A. Amundson, David J. Brenner, Denise Nishita, Polly Chang and Helen C. Turner
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:139
  19. Longan (Dimocarpus longan Lour.) is an economically important subtropical fruit tree. Its fruit quality and yield are affected by embryo development. As a plant seed germination marker gene, the germin-like prote...

    Authors: Zhuoyun Li, Zhuoran Fu, Shuting Zhang, Xueying Zhang, Xiaodong Xue, Yukun Chen, Zihao Zhang, Zhongxiong Lai and Yuling Lin
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:138
  20. Repetitive DNA sequences accounts for over 80% of maize genome. Although simple sequence repeats (SSRs) account for only 0.03% of the genome, they have been widely used in maize genetic research and breeding a...

    Authors: Meiqi Zhao, Guoping Shu, Yanhong Hu, Gangqiang Cao and Yibo Wang
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:136
  21. Background: Autozygosity, the proportion of the genome that is homozygous by descent, has been associated with variation in multiple health-related traits impacting evolutionary fitness. Autozygosity (FROH) is ty...

    Authors: Megan T. Lynch, Kristin A. Maloney, Huichun Xu, James A. Perry, Regeneron Genetics Center, Alan R. Shuldiner and Braxton D. Mitchell
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:134
  22. Green feed diet in ruminants exerts a beneficial effect on rumen metabolism and enhances the content of milk nutraceutical quality. At present, a comprehensive analysis focused on the identification of genes, ...

    Authors: Angela Salzano, Salvatore Fioriniello, Nunzia D’Onofrio, Maria Luisa Balestrieri, Riccardo Aiese Cigliano, Gianluca Neglia, Floriana Della Ragione and Giuseppe Campanile
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:133
  23. Vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA) is a major angiogenic factor that plays an important role in the formation of blood vessels during embryonic development. VEGFA has been implicated in the pathophys...

    Authors: Sheila Nabweyambo, Stephen Kanyerezi, John H.-O. Petterson, Fred Ashaba Katabazi, Alfred Ssekagiri, Savannah Mwesigwa, Gerald Mboowa, Faith Nakazzi, Annette Keesiga, Moses Adroma, Freddie Bwanga, Naomi McGovern, Obondo James Sande and Annettee Nakimuli
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:132
  24. Copy number variation (CNV) is a type of structural variation, which is a gain or loss event with abnormal changes in copy number. Methods to predict the pathogenicity of CNVs are required to realize the relat...

    Authors: Kangqi Lv, Dayang Chen, Dan Xiong, Huamei Tang, Tong Ou, Lijuan Kan and Xiuming Zhang
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:131
  25. Since 20 years of research, free fatty acids receptors (FFARs) have received considerable attention in mammals. To date, four FFARs (FFAR1, FFAR2, FFAR3 and FFAR4) are especially studied owing to their physiol...

    Authors: Jérôme Roy, Elodie Baranek and Lucie Marandel
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:130
  26. Teleost fishes comprise more than half of the vertebrate species. Within teleosts, most phylogenies consider the split between Osteoglossomorpha and Euteleosteomorpha/Otomorpha as basal, preceded only by the d...

    Authors: Feng Cheng, Alice B. Dennis, Josephine Ijeoma Osuoha, Julia Canitz, Frank Kirschbaum and Ralph Tiedemann
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:129
  27. Kidney stone also known as urolithiasis or nephrolithiasis, is one of the oldest diseases known to medicine, however, the gene expression changes and related kidney injury remains unclear.

    Authors: Wang Zhu, Deng Qiong, Gu Yanli, Li Min, Zhang Ying, Hu Qiyi, Zhang Shenping, Wang Xisheng and Liang Hui
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:127
  28. Late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins play an important role in dehydration process of seed maturation. The seeds of Panax notoginseng (Burkill) F. H. Chen are typically characterized with the recalcitrance ...

    Authors: Jin-Shan Jia, Na Ge, Qing-Yan Wang, Li-Ting Zhao, Cui Chen and Jun-Wen Chen
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:126
  29. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play a critical role in regulating skin pigmentation. As a key economic trait, skin color directly affects the market value of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), however, the regulatory mecha...

    Authors: Shenji Wu, Lu Zhao, Jinqiang Huang, Yongjuan Li, Zhe Liu and Dongqiang Zhang
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:124
  30. The termite-fungus symbiosis is an ancient stable mutualism of two partners that reproduce and disperse independently. With the founding of each termite colony the symbiotic association must be re-established ...

    Authors: Sabine M. E. Vreeburg, Ben Auxier, Bas Jacobs, Peter M. Bourke, Joost van den Heuvel, Bas J. Zwaan and Duur K. Aanen
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:123
  31. Regeneration studies help to understand the strategies that replace a lost or damaged organ and provide insights into approaches followed in regenerative medicine and engineering. Amphibians regenerate their l...

    Authors: Cuckoo Mahapatra, Pranati Naik, Sumanta Kumar Swain and Pratyush Paradarsita Mohapatra
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:122
  32. HR (hairy root) has emerged as a valuable tissue for the rapid characterization of plant gene function and enzyme activity in vivo. AhGLK1 (Arachis hypogaea L. golden2-like 1) is known to play a role in post-drou...

    Authors: Xing Liu, Liangchen Su, Limei Li, Zhi Zhang, Xiaoyun Li, Qingjian Liang and Ling Li
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:119
  33. More than 400 million sheep are raised on the African continent, the majority of which are indigenous and are primarily reared for sustenance. They have effectively adapted to various climatic and production e...

    Authors: Bashir Salim, Saeed Alasmari, Nouh Saad Mohamed, Mohamed-Khair A. Ahmed, Ryo Nakao and Olivier Hanotte
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:118
  34. Generating the most contiguous, accurate genome assemblies given available sequencing technologies is a long-standing challenge in genome science. With the rise of long-read sequencing, assembly challenges hav...

    Authors: Scott Hotaling, Edward R. Wilcox, Jacqueline Heckenhauer, Russell J. Stewart and Paul B. Frandsen
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:117
  35. Cross breeding is an important way to improve livestock performance. As an important livestock and poultry resource in Henan Province of China, Bohuai goat was formed by crossing Boer goat and Huai goat. After...

    Authors: Zhi Yao, Shunjin Zhang, Xianwei Wang, Yingwei Guo, Xiaoling Xin, Zijing Zhang, Zejun Xu, Eryao Wang, Yu Jiang and Yongzhen Huang
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:116
  36. Termites are among the most successful insects on Earth and can feed on a broad range of organic matter at various stages of decomposition. The termite gut system is often referred to as a micro-reactor and is...

    Authors: Martyna Marynowska, David Sillam-Dussès, Boris Untereiner, Dominika Klimek, Xavier Goux, Piotr Gawron, Yves Roisin, Philippe Delfosse and Magdalena Calusinska
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:115
  37. Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato has a complex developmental biology with a variety of factors relating to both intermediate and final hosts. To achieve maximum parasite adaptability, the development of the ces...

    Authors: Mohammad Ali Mohammadi, Mehdi Mansouri, Ali Derakhshani, Masoud Rezaie, Mehdi Borhani, Saeid Nasibi, Seyed Mohammad Mousavi, Ali Afgar, Natalia Macchiaroli, Mara C. Rosenzvit and Majid Fasihi Harandi
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:114
  38. The mass production of natural predators with prolonged shelf life is a prerequisite for their field application as pest control agents. The traditional methods used for the mass production of Serangium japonicum

    Authors: Shaukat Ali, Jing Peng, Jian-Feng Liang, Chuyang Huang, Yong-Hui Xie and Xingmin Wang
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:112

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