Preying on predators: trophic cascade unharmed by dingo culling to protect livestock
Culling dingoes within conventional limits does not result in an increased presence of mesopredators, contradicting the mesopredator theory
Does night work affect the risk of breast cancer?
Researchers find significant associations between several polymorphisms in circadian genes, night work, and breast cancer
Cancer mapped: An atlas of histone modifications across cancer cell lines
An ‘atlas’ of histone post-translational modifications in cancer cell lines provides insight into chromatin modification in different cancers
Moulding metastasis: How the tumour microenvironment influences EMT and MET
The tumour microenvironment is one of the most important inducers of EMT and MET, with different components inducing different effects
Size matters: reproductive success in male mice is linked to baculum width
The baculum or penis bone comes in many shapes – this diversity may relate to the ‘evolutionary arms race’ of sexual selection
Malaria metabolomics and the missing mitochondrial enzyme
Malcolm McConville and colleagues provide a timely reassessment of carbon metabolism of the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum
TB in China: delving into why diagnosis is often delayed
Delays in seeking healthcare and in diagnosis increase the risk of developing multi-drug resistant TB, which is on the rise in China
Yeast factories: engineering bioethanol production through evolution
To create truly sustainable biofuels, researchers are investigating methods to produce bioethanol from waste plant dry matter, such as wood and straw
Popping perceptions on wine: climate effects on the grapevine transcriptome
The yearly climate in which grapevines grow affects grape berry gene expression and metabolism more than the specific vineyard environment
The joy of chocolate: genomics tackles cacao pod colour and flavor
David Kuhn and colleagues describe a genomics-based approach to solving the genetic basis of important cacao traits
