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  • Quantifying reproducible multivariate differential expression in genetic perturbation screens

    Quantifying reproducible multivariate differential expression in genetic perturbation screens

    Quantifying reproducible multivariate differential expression in genetic perturbation screens

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  • Longitudinal transitions in frailty and health-related quality of life investigated by a 5-year community study

    Longitudinal transitions in frailty and health-related quality of life investigated by a 5-year community study

  • Clegg, A., Young, J., Iliffe, S., Rikkert, M. O. & Rockwood, K. Frailty in elderly people. Lancet 381, 752–762 (2013).

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  • Transmission through a heavy-tailed sexual contact network explains the New York City mpox outbreak

    Transmission through a heavy-tailed sexual contact network explains the New York City mpox outbreak

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    This is a summary of: Pekar, J. E. et al. Transmission dynamics of the 2022 mpox epidemic in New York City….

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  • Chromosome-level genome assembly of the small yellow croaker, Larimichthys polyactis (Perciformes: Sciaenidae)

    Chromosome-level genome assembly of the small yellow croaker, Larimichthys polyactis (Perciformes: Sciaenidae)

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    The animal study was reviewed and approved by Committee of Laboratory Animal Experimentation at Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Approval Code: 2021ZAASLA26, Approval Data: 1 March 2021).

    Sample collection and genome…

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  • Short-range immunity | Nature Immunology

    The double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) sensor 2′,5′-oligoadenylate synthetase (OAS) produces the linear oligonucleotide 2-5A, which binds to and activates RNase L to cleave host and viral RNA and activate RIG-I-like receptors. In Immunity, Yan and…

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  • Giant croclike carnivore fossils found in the Caribbean

    Giant croclike carnivore fossils found in the Caribbean

    Imagine a crocodile built like a greyhound — that’s a sebecid. Standing tall, with some species reaching 20 feet in length, they dominated South American landscapes after the extinction of dinosaurs until about 11 million years ago. Or at least,…

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  • Young bats develop a ‘caller ID’ to avoid poisonous prey

    To avoid being poisoned by their own prey, some animals must rely on visual cues. However,  the frog-eating fringe-lipped bat (Trachops cirrhosus)…

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  • These crocodile-like beasts reached the Caribbean, outlasting mainland kin

    These crocodile-like beasts reached the Caribbean, outlasting mainland kin

    Athletic, crocodile-like reptiles with bladed teeth made their last stand in the Caribbean as recently as 4.5 million years ago.

    New fossils unearthed in the Dominican Republic suggest the reptile group went extinct millions of years…

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