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Eukaryotes have linear DNA and their telomeres are hotspots for transposons, which in some cases took over telomere maintenance. Here we identify several families of independently evolved telomeric tr...

On February 15, 2025, The Morton Arboretum hosted a lecture in honor of the release of Dr. Andrew Hipp's book Oak Origins: From Acorns to Species and the…

The concept of ‘Differentially Expressed Genes’ (DEGs) is central to RNA-Seq studies, yet their identification suffers from reproducibility issues. This is largely a consequence of the inherent biological and technical variation that cannot be captured with small numbers of replicates. When thresholds for p-values and log2 fold changes are introduced, this variability can propagate an incomplete description of the data, leading to differing interpretations. Here, we compare traditional binary DEG classification with a rank-based method, grounded in Bayesian statistics, using a published yeast dataset comprising over 40 replicates. This analysis reveals how the choice of thresholds and number of replicates results in discrepancies between studies and potentially interesting genes being overlooked. Furthermore, by comparing wild-type with wild-type samples, we show how variability in gene expression can be mistaken for differential expression. Evaluating current practices for navigating

Octopuses, squids, and cuttlefishes—the coleoid cephalopods—are a remarkable branch in the tree of life whose members exhibit a repertoire of sophisti…

The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

Abstract. Selection often favors different trait values in males and females, leading to genetic conflicts between the sexes when traits have a shared gene

A discussion of color blind friendly palettes for labeling unique catergories in data visualization.