The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster has served as a premier model organism for discovering fundamental and evolutionarily conserved biological mechanisms. Combining recent advances in single-cell sequencing with powerful fly genetic tools holds great promise for making further discoveries.In-depth analyses revealed rare cell types, cell-type-specific gene signatures, and sexual dimorphism.

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Energetic expenditure is an important factor in animal locomotion. Here we test the hypothesis that fishes control tail-beat kinematics to optimize energetic expenditure during undulatory swimming. We focus on two energetic indices used in swimming hydrodynamics, cost of transport and Froude efficiency. To rule out one index in favour of another, […]

The bizarre genome of the world’s most mysterious flowering plants shows how far parasites will go in stealing, deleting and duplicating DNA. New genomic work suggests that the parasites in this group of plants have lost an astonishing share of their genes.

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Undergraduate CRISPR Journal Club focuses on CRISPR genome-editing technology, some simple research uses, and its real-life applications. There are seminal papers that the club discusses to show essential concepts and experiments, with a variety of topics, from the foundations of CRISPR to how it’s utilized for genetic diseases and engineering agriculture. […]