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“The Boss”: a tribute to the life and scientific legacy of Bob Conger
This article is a tribute to the life and accomplishments of Dr. Bob V. Conger, who passed away on October 31, 2022. Bob was a longstanding member of...
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The original histological sections of myrmecophilous and termitophilous beetles of Erich Wasmann (1859–1931)
Through historical coincidence, we had the opportunity to study the original sections of myrmecophilous and termitophilous beetles that were made...
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Polyphenol Oxidase Activity in Healthy and Apple Scar Skin Viroid Infected Apple (Malus × domestica) Fruit
AbstractA comparative study of the properties of healthy and apple scar skin viroid (ASSVd) infected apple fruit polyphenol oxidase (PPO) from apple...
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Rapid and accurate taxonomic classification of cpn60 amplicon sequence variants
The “universal target” region of the gene encoding the 60 kDa chaperonin protein (cpn60, also known as groEL or hsp60) is a proven sequence barcode...
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Behave yourself: effects of exogenous-glucocorticoid exposure on larval amphibian anti-parasite behaviour and physiology
Parasites represent a ubiquitous threat for most organisms, requiring potential hosts to invest in a range of strategies to defend against...
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Choice behavior of the generalist pentatomid predator Podisus maculiventris when offered lepidopteran larvae infected with an entomopathogenic fungus
To understand the practical application of entomopathogenic fungi and predatory insects in an integrated pest management program, it is necessary to...
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Plant–bee interactions and resource utilisation in an urban landscape
Biodiversity is declining through human activities and urbanisation is often seen as a particular concern. Urban settings, however, provide diverse...
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Competition in the deep sea: phylogeny determines destructive impact of wood-boring xylophagaids (Mollusca: Bivalvia)
How biotic interactions contribute to structuring deep-sea communities remains poorly known. An example of exploitation competition, in which over...
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Dried aquatic macrophytes are floating egg banks and potential dispersal vectors of ostracods (Crustacea) from pleuston communities
In aquatic ecosystems, such as Neotropical floodplains, it is common to find dried aquatic macrophytes along the margins of various environments...
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A structure-based mechanism for displacement of the HEXIM adapter from 7SK small nuclear RNA
Productive transcriptional elongation of many cellular and viral mRNAs requires transcriptional factors to extract pTEFb from the 7SK snRNP by...
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Occurrence and molecular variability of apple-associated Luteovirus isolates from apple in China based on coat protein genes
Apple-associated Luteovirus (AaLV) was recently found in apple trees in China. How commonly AaLV occurs in apple and how much genetic diversity is...
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Evaluating cpn60 for high-resolution profiling of the mammalian skin microbiome and detection of phylosymbiosis
Despite being the most widely used phylogenetic marker for amplicon-based profiling of microbial communities, limited phylogenetic resolution of the...
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Genome-wide association study for apple flesh browning: detection, validation, and physiological roles of QTLs
Flesh browning after cutting or bruising reduces the commercial value of apple fruit. Here, we investigated the genetic factors that regulate flesh...
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Accessing the human trophoblast stem cell state from pluripotent and somatic cells
Trophoblasts are specialized epithelial cells that perform critical functions during blastocyst implantation and mediate maternal–fetal communication...
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Thank you to all of our reviewers in 2020
5314 individual reviewers contributed to the peer review process at Communications Biology in 2020. We acknowledge and thank each of them here.
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Detection of QTL for apple fruit acidity and sweetness using sensorial evaluation in multiple pedigreed full-sib families
Acidity and sweetness are important qualities for apple breeders and understanding their genetic regulation can improve the breeding process. In...
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Charles Darwin and the Darwinian Tradition
The chapter describes how historians have shifted from studying Darwin as an individual thinker to embrace a more panoramic cultural picture....
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Genomic virulence features of Beauveria bassiana as a biocontrol agent for the mountain pine beetle population
BackgroundThe mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae , is an irruptive bark beetle that causes extensive mortality to many pine species within...
