An Intermediate in the evolution of superfast sonic muscles

Sound pulses produced by perch swimbladders are created by both slow and superfast sonic muscles, providing an example of convergent evolution of sonic muscles and an intermediate step in the evolution of superfast muscles.

Detection of copeptin in peripheral blood of patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage

Plasma copeptin level is substantially higher in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) compared to healthy controls, and is an independent predictor of functional outcome and death.

Follistatin-like protein 1: a serum biochemical marker reflecting the severity of joint damage in patients with osteoarthritis

Serum levels of follistatin-like protein 1 (FSTL1) may reflect the severity of joint damage and have potential for monitoring disease course and treatment efficacy in osteoarthritis patients.

Genome-wide patterns of genetic variation in sweet and grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)

Genomes from three strains of Sorghum bicolor (one grain and two sweet) have been sequenced and compared with the reference genome

A pair of orthologs of a leucine-rich repeat receptor kinase-like disease resistance gene family regulates rice response to raised temperature

Orthologs of the rice Xa3/Xa26 disease-resistance gene are transcriptionally induced at raised temperatures, leading to the formation of temperature-sensitive lesions, suggesting their involvement in rice temperature sensing rather than resistance to Xanthomonas sp. infection.