Viral beginnings: Virophages allude to a network-like evolution of viruses
Phylogenomic analysis of known virophages provides insight into the evolution of virophages as well as viruses as a whole.
Viral mixing: Kenneth Stedman discusses the discovery of a novel class of viruses
Current dogma states that viruses fall into three major groups; however metagenomics now tells a different story
Kenneth Stedman and Geoffrey Diemer win BioMed Central’s 7th Annual Research Award
Kenneth Stedman and Geoffrey Diemer of Portland State University, USA are winners of BioMed Central’s 7th Annual Research Award
Sabine Rohrmann discusses the link between eating processed meat and early death risk
A European study suggests people who eat a lot of processed meat are at greater risk of an early death
A bug’s life: Seirian Sumner discusses the genetics behind the evolution of sociality in wasps
Wasps are social insects and represent an attractive system for studying the genetic basis for the evolution of social behaviours
Paving the way to large-scale biodiversity research: Xin Zhou discusses PCR-free metabarcoding
‘Metabarcoding’ facilitates high-throughput taxon identification and has great potential to increase the acquisition of biodiversity data.
Ubiquitous clinical sequencing: Matthew Bainbridge talks about finding rare disease mutations
Connecting genomic sequences with clinical phenotypes can help identify mutations associated with rare conditions.
Unearthing a mitochondrial ‘fossil’
The oldest living organism in New York City is said to be a tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) and it now has a new claim for extraordinary agedness
Clues to kidney cancer growth revealed by metabolomics of the urea cycle
A recent study in Cancer & Metabolism revealed unexpected metabolic changes caused by loss of fumarate hydratase activity in kidney cancer.
Squished bug genomics: insect goo aids biodiversity research
A new approach to studying biodiversity from a team at BGI Shenzhen gives first insights into how poorly characterized local insect communities are.
