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The Role of Transposable Elements in Emergence of Metazoa
Systems initially emerged for protecting genomes against insertions of transposable elements and represented by mechanisms of splicing regulation,...
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Distribution Patterns of Microeukaryotic Community Between Sediment and Water of the Yellow River Estuary
Water and sediment have always been closely tied in aquatic systems. However, little information regarding the full extent of microeukaryotic...
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Uncovering gene-family founder events during major evolutionary transitions in animals, plants and fungi using GenEra
We present GenEra ( https://github.com/josuebarrera/GenEra ), a DIAMOND-fueled gene-family founder inference framework that addresses previously...
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Structural and functional comparison of magnesium transporters throughout evolution
Magnesium (Mg 2+ ) is the most prevalent divalent intracellular cation. As co-factor in many enzymatic reactions, Mg 2+ is essential for protein...
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Tracing the evolution of the heterotrimeric G protein α subunit in Metazoa
BackgroundHeterotrimeric G proteins are fundamental signaling proteins composed of three subunits, Gα and a Gβγ dimer. The role of Gα as a molecular...
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Gap Junctions in Ctenophora
Gap junction proteins form specialized intercellular communication channels, including electrical synapses, that regulate cellular metabolism and...
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Telomeres in health and longevity: special issue in memory of Alexey Olovnikov
In this special issue we commemorate theoretical biologist Alexey Olovnikov (1936–2022), whose theory of marginotomy has laid the foundation for the...
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Contrasting diversity patterns of prokaryotes and protists over time and depth at the San-Pedro Ocean Time series
Community dynamics are central in microbial ecology, yet we lack studies comparing diversity patterns among marine protists and prokaryotes over...
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Microbial Degradation of Industrial Pollutants from Different Environments
Industries are one of the most important sources and contributors to the pollution of the environment. Nowadays, the world is facing the problem of...
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NADPH Oxidases in Arthropods
Arthropods, especially insects, have been used as physiological models for over a century. Once the microbicidal action of reactive oxygen species...
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Evolution und Systematik der Pilze
Pilze vereinen sowohl Merkmale von Tieren, wie die heterotrophe Ernährungsweise oder das Vorhandensein von Chitin, als auch von Pflanzen, wie die...
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Meta-transcriptomic comparison of two sponge holobionts feeding on coral- and macroalgal-dissolved organic matter
BackgroundSponge holobionts (i.e., the host and its associated microbiota) play a key role in the cycling of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in marine...
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Neuromuscular organization of the benthic ctenophore, Vallicula multiformis
Ctenophora is the earliest metazoan taxon with neurons and muscles. Recent studies have described genetic, physiological, and cellular...
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Crustaceans of the Aral Sea
Abstract —Based on the literature and studies carried out by the authors over more than 30 years, an analysis of the fauna of crustaceans of the Aral...
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Structure of the transcribing RNA polymerase II–Elongin complex
Elongin is a heterotrimeric elongation factor for RNA polymerase (Pol) II transcription that is conserved among metazoa. Here, we report three...
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Next-generation fungal identification using target enrichment and Nanopore sequencing
BackgroundRapid and accurate pathogen identification is required for disease management. Compared to sequencing entire genomes, targeted sequencing...
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Archil K. Dondua (1929–2021)
AbstractProfessor of St. Petersburg State University Archil K. Dondua (1929–2021) is known for his pioneering work in the developmental biology of...
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What if… Sponges Originated 890 Million Years Ago? On the Emergence of Some Precursors of Animal Sentience
The recently described 890-million-year-old sponge fossil illuminates the early evolutionary path to the emergence of animal sentience. A sentient...
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Genomics and transcriptomics of epizoic Seisonidea (Rotifera, syn. Syndermata) reveal strain formation and gradual gene loss with growing ties to the host
BackgroundSeisonidea (also Seisonacea or Seisonidae) is a group of small animals living on marine crustaceans ( Nebalia spec.) with only four species...
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Comparative single-cell transcriptomic analysis of primate brains highlights human-specific regulatory evolution
Enhanced cognitive function in humans is hypothesized to result from cortical expansion and increased cellular diversity. However, the mechanisms...
