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The Astonishing Behavior of Electric Eels
(Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 2019-07-16)
The remarkable physiology of the electric eel (Electrophorus electricus) made it one of the first model species in science. It was pivotal for understanding animal electricity in the 1700s, was investigated by Humboldt and ...
Nutritional Heterogeneity Among Aspergillus fumigatus Strains Has Consequences for Virulence in a Strain- and Host-Dependent Manner
(FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY, 2019-04-24)
Acquisition and subsequent metabolism of different carbon and nitrogen sources have been shown to play an important role in virulence attributes of the fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus, such as the secretion of host ...
Species-level Repertoire Size Predicts a Correlation Between Individual Song Elaboration and Reproductive Success
(ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 2019-07)
Birdsong has long been considered a sexually selected trait that relays honest information about male quality, and laboratory studies generally suggest that female songbirds prefer larger repertoires. However, analysis of ...
Large protein organelles form a new iron sequestration system with high storage capacity
(eLife, 2019-07-08)
Iron storage proteins are essential for cellular iron homeostasis and redox balance. Ferritin proteins are the major storage units for bioavailable forms of iron. Some organisms lack ferritins, and it is not known how they ...
The Wolbachia Mobilome in Culex Pipiens Includes a Putative Plasmid (vol 10, 1050, 2019)
(NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 2019-07-12)
Wolbachia is a genus of obligate intracellular bacteria found in nematodes and arthropods worldwide, including insect vectors that transmit dengue, West Nile, and Zika viruses. Wolbachia's unique ability to alter host ...
Immune repertoire fingerprinting by principal component analysis reveals shared features in subject groups with common exposures
(BMC Bioinformatics, 2019-12-04)
Background: Advances in next-generation sequencing (NGS) of antibody repertoires have led to an explosion in B cell receptor sequence data from donors with many different disease states. These data have the potential to ...