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  1. Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta, RMs) are widely used in sexual maturation studies due to their high genetic and physiological similarity to humans. However, judging sexual maturity in captive RMs based on blood ...

    Authors: Xu Liu, Xuyuan Liu, Xinqi Wang, Ke Shang, Jiawei Li, Yue Lan, Jiao Wang, Jing Li, Bisong Yue, Miao He and Zhenxin Fan
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:308
  2. Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is a malignant tumor with heterogeneous morphology and poor prognosis. This study aimed to establish a DNA methylation (DNAm)-driven gene-based prognostic model for ccRCC.

    Authors: Qiong Deng, Ye Du, Zhu Wang, Yeda Chen, Jieyan Wang, Hui Liang and Du Zhang
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:307
  3. To overcome the ethical and technical limitations of in vivo human disease models, the broader scientific community frequently employs model organism-derived cell lines to investigate disease mechanisms, pathw...

    Authors: Rachel J. Boyd, Sarah A. McClymont, Nelson B. Barrientos, Paul W. Hook, William D. Law, Rebecca J. Rose, Eric L. Waite, Jay Rathinavelu, Dimitrios Avramopoulos and Andrew S. McCallion
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:306
  4. Our incomplete knowledge of the human transcriptome impairs the detection of disease-causing variants, in particular if they affect transcripts only expressed under certain conditions. These transcripts are of...

    Authors: Renee Salz, Nuno Saraiva-Agostinho, Emil Vorsteveld, Caspar I. van der Made, Simone Kersten, Merel Stemerdink, Jamie Allen, Pieter-Jan Volders, Sarah E. Hunt, Alexander Hoischen and Peter A.C. ’t Hoen
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:305
  5. Hereditary spherocytosis (HS) is a common inherited hemolytic anemia, caused by mutations in five genes that encode erythrocyte membrane skeleton proteins. The red blood cell (RBC) lifespan could directly refl...

    Authors: Yimeng Shi, Yuan Li, Xiawan Yang, Xiaoxia Li, Guangxin Peng, Xin Zhao, Xu Liu, Yufei Zhao, Jing Hu, Xiangrong Hu, Baohang Zhang, Kang Zhou, Yang Yang, Youzhen Xiong, Jianping Li, Huihui Fan…
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:304
  6. In light of previous studies that profiled breed-specific traits or used genome-wide association studies to refine loci associated with characteristic morphological features in dogs, the field has gained treme...

    Authors: Zicheng Li, Zuoheng Wang, Zhiyuan Chen, Heidi Voegeli, Judith H. Lichtman, Peter Smith, Ju Liu, Andrew T. DeWan and Josephine Hoh
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:302
  7. The behaviors and ontogeny of Aedes aegypti are closely related to the spread of diseases caused by dengue (DENV), chikungunya (CHIKV), Zika (ZIKV), and yellow fever (YFV) viruses. During the life cycle, Ae. aegy...

    Authors: Zhinan Lin, Yuqi Huang, Sihan Liu, Qiwen Huang, Biliang Zhang, Tianpeng Wang, Ziding Zhang, Xiaowei Zhu, Chenghong Liao and Qian Han
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:301
  8. There is a mutual hemodynamic and pathophysiological basis between the heart and brain. Glutamate (GLU) signaling plays an important role in the process of myocardial ischemia (MI) and ischemic stroke (IS). To...

    Authors: Wei Liao, Chunming He, Shaochun Yang, Man Zhou, Chuan Zeng, Muyun Luo, Junjian Yu, Shuo Hu, Yanyu Duan and Ziyou Liu
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:300
  9. Pueraria montana var. lobata (kudzu) is an important food and medicinal crop in Asia. However, the phylogenetic relationships between Pueraria montana var. lobata and the other two varieties (P. montana var. thom...

    Authors: Yun Zhou, Xiao-Hong Shang, Liang Xiao, Zheng-Dan Wu, Sheng Cao and Hua-Bing Yan
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:299
  10. Rabbits are well-domesticated animals. As a crucial economic animal, rabbit has been successfully bred into wool-use, meat-use and fur-use breeds. Hair length is one of the most economically important traits a...

    Authors: Nazira Fatima, Linying Jia, Baoning Liu, Lu Li, Liang Bai, Weirong Wang, Sihai Zhao, Rong Wang and Enqi Liu
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:298
  11. Saussurea involucrata (Sik.) is alpine plant that have developed special adaptive mechanisms to resist adverse environmental conditions such as low temperature chilling during long-term adaptation and evolution. ...

    Authors: Qi Sun, Lihua Ma and Xinxia Zhu
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:297
  12. Plant-parasitic nematodes (PPNs) that cause most damage include root-knot nematodes (RKNs) which are a major impediment to crop production. Root-knot nematodes, like other parasites, secrete proteins which are...

    Authors: Teresia Nyambura Macharia, Tuan A. Duong and Lucy Novungayo Moleleki
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:296
  13. Asthma is a common chronic respiratory disease worldwide. Recent studies have revealed the critical effects of the ceRNA network and ferroptosis on patients with asthma. Thus, this study aimed to explore the p...

    Authors: Shao-Tian Chen and Nan Yang
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:294
  14. As one of the important traits in pig production, meat quality has important research significance and value. Intramuscular fat (IMF) content is one of the most important factors affecting pork quality. Many e...

    Authors: Yingke Liu, Yilin Wei, Yaqing Dou, Chenlei Li, Chenglei Song, Zhe Zhang, Kunlong Qi, Xinjian Li, Ruimin Qiao, Kejun Wang, Xiuling Li, Feng Yang and Xuelei Han
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:293
  15. Feed restriction occurs frequently during pig growth, either due to economic reasons or stressful environmental conditions. Local breeds are suggested to have better tolerance to periods of feed restriction. H...

    Authors: Nausicaa Poullet, Orianne Devarieux, David Beramice, Laurent Dantec, Yoann Félicité, Dalila Feuillet, Jean-Luc Gourdine and Jean-Christophe Bambou
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:292
  16. Hong Kong catfish (Clarias fuscus) is an ecologically and economically important species that is widely distributed in freshwater regions of southern China. Hong Kong catfish has significant sexual growth dimorph...

    Authors: Chang-Xu Tian, Xing-Hua Lin, Da-Yan Zhou, Yu Chen, Yi-Jun Shen, Ming-Hui Ye, Cun-Yu Duan, Yu-Lei Zhang, Bin-Lan Yang, Si-Ping Deng, Chun-Hua Zhu and Guang-Li Li
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:291
  17. In the evolutionary study of gene families, exploring the duplication mechanisms of gene families helps researchers understand their evolutionary history. The tubby-like protein (TLP) family is essential for g...

    Authors: Huilong Chen, Yingchao Zhang and Shuyan Feng
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:290
  18. Recent advances in CRISPR technology have enabled us to perform gene knock-in in various species and cell lines. CRISPR-mediated knock-in requires donor DNA which serves as a template for homology-directed rep...

    Authors: Akira Mabuchi, Shoji Hata, Mariya Genova, Chiharu Tei, Kei K. Ito, Masayasu Hirota, Takuma Komori, Masamitsu Fukuyama, Takumi Chinen, Atsushi Toyoda and Daiju Kitagawa
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:289
  19. Chlamydia (C.) psittaci, the causative agent of avian chlamydiosis and human psittacosis, is a genetically heterogeneous species. Its broad host range includes parrots and many other birds, but occasionally also...

    Authors: Konrad Sachse, Martin Hölzer, Fabien Vorimore, Lisa-Marie Barf, Carsten Sachse, Karine Laroucau, Manja Marz and Kevin Lamkiewicz
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:288
  20. DNA methylation is one of the most abundant epigenetic modifications, which plays important roles in flower development, sex differentiation, and regulation of flowering time. Its pattern is affected by cytosi...

    Authors: Qian Wang, Yinquan Qu, Yanhao Yu, Xia Mao and Xiangxiang Fu
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:287
  21. The genetic locus responsible for duck body size has been fully explained before, but the growth trait-related genetic basis is still waiting to be explored. For example, the genetic site related to growth rat...

    Authors: Yang Xi, Qifan Wu, Yutian Zeng, Jingjing Qi, Junpeng Li, Hua He, Hengyong Xu, Jiwei Hu, Xiping Yan, Lili Bai, Chunchun Han, Shenqiang Hu, Jiwen Wang, Hehe Liu and Liang Li
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:285
  22. Authors: Mishal Cohen‑Rengifo, Morgane Danion, Anne‑Alicia Gonzalez, Marie‑Laure Begout, Alexandre Cormier, Cyril Noel, Joelle Cabon, Thomas Vitre, Felix C. Mark and David Mazurais
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:284

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  23. Testis is the only organ supporting sperm production and with the largest number of proteins and tissue-specific proteins in animals. In our previous studies, we have found that knockdown of ocnus (ocn), a testis...

    Authors: Ya Zheng, Bin Mao, Qian Wang, Xin Duan, Meng-Yan Chen, Wei Shen, Chao Li and Yu-Feng Wang
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:283
  24. The genus Acidithiobacillus has been widely concerned due to its superior survival and oxidation ability in acid mine drainage (AMD). However, the contribution of insertion sequence (IS) to their biological evolu...

    Authors: Shanshan Huang, Huiying Li, Liyuan Ma, Rui Liu, Yiran Li, Hongmei Wang, Xiaolu Lu, Xinping Huang, Xinhong Wu and Xueduan Liu
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:282
  25. Cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channels (CNGCs) are nonselective cation channels that are ubiquitous in eukaryotic organisms. As Ca2+ channels, some CNGCs have also proven to be K+-permeable and involved in plant de...

    Authors: Nannan Zhang, Huanzhang Lin, Qiaoying Zeng, Danwen Fu, Xiaoning Gao, Jiayun Wu, Xiaomin Feng, Qinnan Wang, Qiuping Ling and Zilin Wu
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:281
  26. Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) have been proven to be closely associated with human diseases. The identification of the potential associations between piRNA and disease is of great significance for complex dis...

    Authors: Xianghan Meng, Junliang Shang, Daohui Ge, Yi Yang, Tongdui Zhang and Jin-Xing Liu
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:279
  27. Apicomplexa are ancient and diverse organisms which have been poorly characterized by modern genomics. To better understand the evolution and diversity of these single-celled eukaryotes, we sequenced the genom...

    Authors: Andrew J. Mongue, Simon H. Martin, Rachel E. V. Manweiler, Helena Scullion, Jordyn L. Koehn, Jacobus C. de Roode and James R. Walters
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:278
  28. Despite being in the 21st century, the world has still not been able to vanquish the global AIDS epidemic, and the only foreseeable solution seems to be a safe and effective vaccine. Unfortunately, vaccine trials...

    Authors: Hamza Sher, Hafsa Sharif, Tahreem Zaheer, Sarmad Ahmad Khan, Amjad Ali, Hasnain Javed and Aneela Javed
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:276
  29. Armillaria species are plant pathogens, but a few Armillaria species can establish a symbiotic relationship with Gastrodia elata, a rootless and leafless orchid, that is used as a Chinese herbal medicine. Armill...

    Authors: Jinlong Cai, Ikram Muhammad, Bilian Chen, Peng Xu, Yiguo Li, Huini Xu and Kunzhi Li
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:275
  30. The risk of exposure of the general public or military personnel to high levels of ionizing radiation from nuclear weapons or radiological accidents is a dire national security matter. The development of advan...

    Authors: Neetha Nanoth Vellichirammal, Sahil Sethi, Nagavardhini Avuthu, Stephen Y. Wise, Alana D. Carpenter, Oluseyi O. Fatanmi, Chittibabu Guda and Vijay K. Singh
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:274
  31. Previous studies have shown that secondary metabolites of Bacillus subtilis strain Z15 (BS-Z15) are effective in treating fungal infections in mice. To evaluate whether it also modulates immune function in mice t...

    Authors: Xi-Yuan Cao, Reyihanguli Aimaier, Jun Yang, Jing Yang, Zhong-Yi Chen, Jing-Jing Zhao, Li Yin, Qi Zhang, Jia You, Hui Zhang, Hao-Ran Li, Jia-Yi Chen, Qing-Chen Mao, Li-Ping Yang, Fei Yu, He-Ping Zhao…
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:273
  32. Macrophages are important effector cells in tumor progression and immune regulation. Previously, we demonstrated that the transcription suppressor homeobox containing 1(HMBOX1) exhibits immunosuppressive activ...

    Authors: Wen Jiang, Yu Jiang, Xinghai Zhang, Hongli Mu, Yuanming Song and Hengli Zhao
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:272
  33. To reduce the cost of genomic selection, a low-density (LD) single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) chip can be used in combination with imputation for genotyping selection candidates instead of using a high-dens...

    Authors: Florian Herry, Frédéric Hérault, Frédéric Lecerf, Laëtitia Lagoutte, Mathilde Doublet, David Picard-Druet, Philippe Bardou, Amandine Varenne, Thierry Burlot, Pascale Le Roy and Sophie Allais
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:271
  34. Ilex pubescens is an important traditional Chinese medicinal plant with many naturally occurring compounds and multiple pharmacological effects. However, the lack of reference genomic information has led to tardi...

    Authors: Peng Zhou, Qiang Zhang, Jiao Li, Fei Li, Jing Huang and Min Zhang
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:270
  35. Seagull as a migratory wild bird has become most popular species in southwest China since 1980s. Previously, we analyzed the gut microbiota and intestinal pathogenic bacteria configuration for this species by ...

    Authors: Feng Liao, Jing Qian, Ruian Yang, Wenpeng Gu, Rufang Li, Tingting Yang, Xiaoqing Fu, Bing Yuan and Yunhui Zhang
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:269
  36. The molecular mechanisms underlying the onset and progression of irreversible pulpitis have been studied for decades. Many studies have indicated a potential correlation between autophagy and this disease. Aga...

    Authors: Ye Wang, Qiuyan Xie, Hongwen Yu, Bangyi Zhou, Xiaolan Guo, Buling Wu and Jiao Hu
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:268
  37. Oriental river prawn Macrobrachium nipponense is an economically important aquaculture species in China, Japan, and Vietnam. In commercial prawn farming, feed cost constitutes about 50 to 65% of the actual variab...

    Authors: Feiyue Ling, Yaoran Fan, Zefei Wang, Nan Xie, Jiale Li, Guiling Wang and Jianbin Feng
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:267
  38. The prevalence of the COVID-19 disease in recent years and its widespread impact on mortality, as well as various aspects of life around the world, has made it important to study this disease and its viral cau...

    Authors: Saeedeh Akbari Rokn Abadi, Amirhossein Mohammadi and Somayyeh Koohi
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:266
  39. Cattle (Bos taurus) are a major large livestock, however, compared with other species, the transcriptional specificity of bovine oocyte development has not been emphasised.

    Authors: Fa-Li Zhang, Wei-Dong Li, Geng Zhang, Min Zhang, Zhao-Jun Liu, Ke-Xin Zhu, Qing-Chun Liu, Shu-Er Zhang, Wei Shen and Xi-Feng Zhang
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:265
  40. Huntiella resides in the Ceratocystidaceae, a family of fungi that accommodates important plant pathogens and insect-associated saprotrophs. Species in the genus have either heterothallic or unisexual (a form of ...

    Authors: Andi M. Wilson, Michael J. Wingfield and Brenda D. Wingfield
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:261
  41. Human primary hepatocytes (PHCs) are considered to be the best cell source for cell-based therapies for the treatment of end-stage liver disease and acute liver failure. To obtain sufficient and high-quality f...

    Authors: Min Ding, Weijian Huang, Guifen Liu, Bo Zhai, Hexin Yan and Yong Zhang
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:260

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