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Recent articles
Mutations in the splicing regulator Prp31 lead to retinal degeneration in Drosophila
Sarita Hebbar, Malte Lehmann, Sarah Behrens, Catrin Hälsig, Weihua Leng, Michaela Yuan, Sylke Winkler, Elisabeth Knust
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP), which leads to blindness, affects 1 in 4000 people worldwide. Hebbar et al. induced mutations in Drosophila Prp31 and showed that flies heterozygous for Prp31 undergo light-dependent retinal degeneration.
Giraffes and hominins: reductionist model predictions of compressive loads at the spine base for erect exponents of the animal kingdom
Michael Günther, Falk Mörl
Using a simple biomechanical model, the authors predicted the compressive stress on vertebrates’ intervertebral discs loaded by all cranial masses being held anywhere between fully upright and horizontal bow.
Future Leader Reviews
Molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration in the entorhinal cortex that underlie its selective vulnerability during the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease
A new Future Leader Review from Olayemi Olajide, Marcus Suvanto and Clifton Andrew Chapman evaluates the molecular mechanisms that may explain the vulnerability and susceptibility of the entorhinal cortex to early neurodegeneration during the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease.
Find out more about our Future Leader Reviews – they are an exclusive opportunity for early-career researchers who want to establish themselves in their field.
Our other Future Leader Reviews
Recent developments of tools for genome and metabolome studies in basidiomycete fungi and their application to natural product research
Fabrizio Alberti, Saraa Kaleem, Jack A. Weaver
Uncharted routes: exploring the relevance of auxin movement via plasmodesmata
Andrea Paterlini
Gap junctions: historical discoveries and new findings in the Caenorhabditis elegans nervous system
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Highlighted articles
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Fangfang Qiao, Henry C.-H. Law, Kimiko L. Krieger, Emalie J. Clement, Yi Xiao, Shannon M. Buckley, Nicholas T. Woods
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Xianyu Zhang, Xin Zhao, Guoling Li, Mao Zhang, Pingping Xing, Zicong Li, Bin Chen, Huaqiang Yang, Zhenfang Wu
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Xiaona Huo, Lei Zhou, Jiang Feng, Hui Wu
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Marta M. Fay, Daniella Columbo, Cecelia Cotter, Chandler Friend, Shawna Henry, Megan Hoppe, Paulina Karabelas, Corbyn Lamy, Miranda Lawell, Sarah Monteith, Christina Noyes, Paige Salerno, Jingyi Wu, Hedan Mindy Zhang, Paul J. Anderson, Nancy Kedersha, Pavel Ivanov, Natalie G. Farny
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José Britto-Júnior, Felipe Fernandes Jacintho, Rafael Campos, David Halen Araújo Pinheiro, Guilherme M. Figueiredo Murari, Valéria B. de Souza, André A. Schenka, Fabíola Z. Mónica, Ronilson Agnaldo Moreno, Edson Antunes, Gilberto De Nucci
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Michael Günther, Falk Mörl
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Sarita Hebbar, Malte Lehmann, Sarah Behrens, Catrin Hälsig, Weihua Leng, Michaela Yuan, Sylke Winkler, Elisabeth Knust
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Nina Graffmann, Audrey Ncube, Soraia Martins, Aurelian Robert Fiszl, Philipp Reuther, Martina Bohndorf, Wasco Wruck, Mathias Beller, Constantin Czekelius, James Adjaye
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Wayne M. Jepsen, Matthew De Both, Ashley L. Siniard, Keri Ramsey, Ignazio S. Piras, Marcus Naymik, Adrienne Henderson, Matthew J. Huentelman
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Rose Besen-McNally, Kayla J. Gjelsvik, Vicki P. Losick
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Hantian Qiu, Sayaka Fujisawa, Shohei Nozaki, Yohei Katoh, Kazuhisa Nakayama
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Keegan M. Bush, Kara R. Barber, Jade A. Martinez, Shao-Jun Tang, Yogesh P. Wairkar
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Olayemi Joseph Olajide, Marcus E. Suvanto, Clifton Andrew Chapman