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Relative abundance data can misrepresent heritability of the microbiome

Microbiome, 2023
Background Host genetics can shape microbiome composition, but to what extent it does, remains unclear. Like any other complex trait, this important question can be addressed by estimating the heritability (h 2 ) of the microbiome—the proportion of ...
Marjolein Bruijning, Julien F. Ayroles, Lucas P. Henry, Britt Koskella, Kyle M. Meyer, C. Jessica E. Metcalf   +5 more
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Cis‐ and Trans‐Regulatory Factors Independently Shape Phenotypic Heterogeneity of Retinitis Pigmentosa

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A zebrafish model carrying an identical human RHO S334X allele reveals two independent genetic layers shaping retinitis pigmentosa (RP) severity: a protective 3‐bp cis‐regulatory insertion that attenuates transgene expression, and a dominant trans‐acting modifier that restores a severe phenotype.
Cong Cui, Kotone Nakagawa, Takumi Tateno, Ayaka Dan, Dexin Meng, Yoshihiro Omori, Soma Tomihara, Suzuri Okamoto, Shigeru Sato, Motokazu Tsujikawa   +9 more
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Heritability estimates of body size in fetal life and early childhood.

PLoS ONE, 2012
BackgroundThe objective was to estimate the heritability for height and weight during fetal life and early childhood in two independent studies, one including parent and singleton offsprings and one of mono- and dizygotic twins.MethodsThis study was ...
Dennis O Mook-Kanamori, Catharina E M van Beijsterveldt, Eric A P Steegers, Yurii S Aulchenko, Hein Raat, Albert Hofman, Paul H Eilers, Dorret I Boomsma, Vincent W V Jaddoe   +8 more
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A Circuit of Mechanically Regulated Transcription Factors Balances Regenerative and Fibrotic Memory of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Producing MSCs on rigid culture substrates induces a scar‐making phenotype, jeapordizing therapeutic success. ‘Tissue‐soft’ surfaces prevent MSC fibrogenesis and preserve regenerative traits. An epigenetic network, driven by HOXA11 and SALL1, maintains ‘soft memory’ by keeping chromatin open in relaxed MSCs, promoting anti‐fibrotic programs.
Fereshteh Sadat Younesi, Andrew E. Miller, Li Diao, Xinying Guo, Natalie Andonian, Elham Karimizadeh, Thomas H. Barker, Boris Hinz   +7 more
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Cross‐Modal Denoising and Integration of Spatial Multi‐Omics Data with CANDIES

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
In this paper, we introduce CANDIES, which leverages a conditional diffusion model and contrastive learning to effectively denoise and integrate spatial multi‐omics data. We conduct extensive evaluations on diverse synthetic and real datasets, CANDIES shows superior performance on various downstream tasks, including denoising, spatial domain ...
Ye Liu, Wanpeng Zou, Yuekai Li, Jiayi Wang, Mingxuan Cai, Hongmin Cai   +5 more
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Achieving High‐Density and Stress‐Resilient Maize Breeding Via Germplasm Innovation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Global population growth and climate change have exacerbated the global food crisis. This perspective presents a conceptual framework focusing on enhancing population advantages. Several novel breeding objectives are proposed to improve density tolerance and stress resistance for yield improvement.
Xinlong Li, Yongqiang Chen, Dong Ding, Xuehai Zhang, Xuxiang Jia, Zhanhui Zhang, Yafei Wang, Weihua Li, Hui Zhang, Jihua Tang   +9 more
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The Heritable Effects of Nanotoxicity

Nanomedicine, 2014
The widespread entry of nanomaterials into manifold life fields posed serious concerns on environmental health and safety issues. Potential adverse effects of nanoparticles (NPs) are continuously faced using in vitro cell systems and by mean of cell and molecular biology tools, several mechanisms have been found beyond their toxicity. The evaluation of
Tortiglione, Claudia
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Transposase‐Assisted Donor Tethering Boosts Large‐Fragment HDR in Plants

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A transposase‐assisted donor tethering strategy is developed to enhance homology‐directed repair in plants. By recruiting donor DNA to double‐strand breaks and synergizing with repair pathway reprogramming and transcription‐coupled donor design, this system markedly improves large‐fragment targeted insertion efficiency, providing a robust platform for ...
Sha Wei, Kai Zhang, Shuke Deng, Jinjie Chen, Xiaomei Huang, Jingfei Guo, Yuqing Wu, Yingjie Guo, Zhen Liang   +8 more
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Estimation of heritability and genetic advance for various metric traits in seven F2 populations of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) [PDF]

Journal of Agricultural Sciences (Belgrade), 2016
Heritability estimates provide information about the traits that are transmitted from parents to their offsprings and it has a crucial role in selection criteria to improve grain yield.
Saleem Babar, Khan Abdus Salam, Shahzad Muhammad Talha, Ijaz Fahid   +3 more
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The Spatiotemporal Genetic Architecture of Seed Vigor in Upland Cotton

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Leveraging the semi‐automated SeedRanger platform, we profiled the germination kinetics of 356 cotton accessions at a 30‐min interval. This high‐throughput phenomic approach delineated a temporal genetic network comprising 541 stage‐specific loci. Crucially, functional validation identified FLA2 as a pivotal, auxin‐modulated regulator that orchestrates
Luyao Wang, Jie Dai, Ting Zhao, Shengjun Zhao, Hongyu Wu, Jiaying Pan, Yupeng Hao, Ke Nie, Li Yu, Yumeng Zhu, Xiangyi Zhao, Kai Huang, Mengke Zhang, Yongyan Zhao, Yaping Jiang, Siyuan Wang, Yiling Pan, Yubing Chen, Yilai Lin, Wanghong Shi, Yayuan Deng, Jin Han, Jie Li, Xuan Long, Junbin Wang, Zhiyuan Zhang, Zegang Han, Zhanfeng Si, Lei Ju, Jun Li, Tianzhen Zhang, Ji Zhou, Xueying Guan   +32 more
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