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Prioritizing parents from global genebanks to breed climate-resilient crops

The authors consider the future climate resilience and genomic adaptive capacity of the globally important crop sorghum using 1,937 global accessions. They identify the best potential parents and geographies for crop improvements, and underscore the need for better accessibility of plant resources.

Quinn Campbell
Nora Castañeda-Álvarez
Michael B. Kantar
Research29 May 2025
Nature Climate Change

Volume: 15, P: 673-681
Does similarity breed cooperation?

Rick L. Riolo
Michael D. Cohen
Robert Axelrod
Research01 Aug 2002
Nature

Volume: 418, P: 500
The genetic diversity of Indonesian cattle has been shaped by multiple introductions and adaptive introgression

Indonesian cattle are unique due to their history of admixture involving both zebu and banteng. Here, Wang et al. identify ~3.5 million novel introgressed SNP variants and provide a genomic map of banteng introgression within and across many cattle breeds, each with unique introgression histories.

Xi Wang
Casia Nursyifa
Rasmus Heller
ResearchOpen Access25 Sept 2025
Nature Communications

Volume: 16, P: 1-19
Complex disease and phenotype mapping in the domestic dog

The domestic dog is an important model organism for our understanding of cancer and other diseases. Here the authors conduct a genome-wide association study across multiple breeds and identify novel loci significantly associated with several complex diseases and morphological traits.

Jessica J. Hayward
Marta G. Castelhano
Adam R. Boyko
ResearchOpen Access22 Jan 2016
Nature Communications

Volume: 7, P: 1-11
Breed and ruminal fraction effects on bacterial and archaeal community composition in sheep

Steven McLoughlin
Charles Spillane
Sinéad M. Waters
ResearchOpen Access27 Feb 2023
Scientific Reports

Volume: 13, P: 1-20
The impact of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus infection on dairy cows

Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus has recently caused outbreaks in dairy cattle herds in the United States. Here, the authors describe the clinical features and associated economic impacts of an outbreak at a farm in Ohio between March and April 2024.

Felipe Peña-Mosca
Elisha A. Frye
Diego G. Diel
ResearchOpen Access15 Jul 2025
Nature Communications

Volume: 16, P: 1-12
Genome sequence, comparative analysis and haplotype structure of the domestic dog

Kerstin Lindblad-Toh
Claire M Wade
Eric S. Lander
Research08 Dec 2005
Nature

Volume: 438, P: 803-819
Pharmacogenomics of poor drug metabolism in Greyhounds: Cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2B11 genetic variation, breed distribution, and functional characterization

Stephanie E. Martinez
Marie C. Andresen
Michael H. Court
ResearchOpen Access09 Jan 2020
Scientific Reports

Volume: 10, P: 1-19
Showy dragonflies are being driven extinct by warming and wildfire

The authors use 1,603 estimates of local extinctions from 1980 to 2021 to show that dragonfly species with wing ornamentation have disproportionately gone extinct and lost habitat because of climate change and wildfire. This highlights the important role of mating traits in species survival under change.

Sarah E. Nalley
Michael P. Moore
Research10 Sept 2025
Nature Climate Change

Volume: 15, P: 1056-1059
Efficient mapping of mendelian traits in dogs through genome-wide association

Elinor K Karlsson
Izabella Baranowska
Kerstin Lindblad-Toh
Research30 Sept 2007
Nature Genetics

Volume: 39, P: 1321-1328
Scope for waterfowl to speed up migration to a warming Arctic

The authors combine tracking and body mass data from five migratory waterfowl species to understand their capacity to accelerate migration in response to earlier spring. They show considerable scope for faster migration by reducing the fuelling time before departure and subsequently on stopovers

Hans Linssen
Thomas K. Lameris
Bart A. Nolet
Research09 Sept 2025
Nature Climate Change

Volume: 15, P: 1107-1114
Minimally invasive implantation of scalable high-density cortical microelectrode arrays for multimodal neural decoding and stimulation

A 1,024-channel microelectrode array is delivered to the brain cortex via a minimally invasive incision in the skull and dura, and allows recording, stimulation and neural decoding across large portions of the brain in porcine models and human neurosurgical patients.

Mark Hettick
Elton Ho
Benjamin I. Rapoport
ResearchOpen Access02 Oct 2025
Nature Biomedical Engineering

P: 1-16
Global incidence of female birdsong is predicted by territoriality and biparental care in songbirds

Elaborate traits like birdsong are thought to be sexually selected in males but are poorly understood in females. This study shows that year-round territoriality and biparental care are selected for female birdsong, whereas migration, seasonal territoriality, and loss of male care led to losses of female song.

Karan J. Odom
Marcelo Araya-Salas
Katharina Riebel
ResearchOpen Access21 Jul 2025
Nature Communications

Volume: 16, P: 1-11
Identical mutations in the FGFR2 gene cause both Pfeiffer and Crouzon syndrome phenotypes

Paul Rutland
Louise J. Pulleyn
Andrew O.M. Wilkie
Research01 Feb 1995
Nature Genetics

Volume: 9, P: 173-176
Microsatellite mapping of a gene affecting horn development in Bos taurus

Michel Georges
Roger Drinkwater
Jay Hetzel
Research01 Jun 1993
Nature Genetics

Volume: 4, P: 206-210
Do simple rules apply in honey-bee nestmate discrimination?

Michael D. Breed
Glennis E. Julian
Research25 Jun 1992
Nature

Volume: 357, P: 685-686
Genome-wide fine-mapping identifies pleiotropic and functional variants that predict many traits across global cattle populations

Genomic prediction of phenotype may be improved by using DNA mutations with functional, evolutionary, and pleiotropic consequences. Here the authors describe a method for genome-wide fine-mapping of QTLs and develop a genotyping array for improved prediction of genetic values for cattle traits.

Ruidong Xiang
Iona M. MacLeod
Michael E. Goddard
ResearchOpen Access08 Feb 2021
Nature Communications

Volume: 12, P: 1-13
Michael F. Atiyah (1929–2019)

Mathematician who transformed the fields he brought together.

Michael J. Barany
Comments & Opinion01 Feb 2019
Nature

Volume: 566, P: 40
The Modified Pharaoh Approach: Stingless bees mummify beetle parasites alive

Mark Greco
Dorothee Hoffmann
Peter Neumann
ResearchOpen Access06 Apr 2009
Nature Precedings

P: 1
The genetic origin and history of speed in the Thoroughbred racehorse

A genetic variation in the horsemyostatingene is found at a very high frequency in the best Thoroughbred sprinters. This study shows, using molecular and pedigree data from modern and historic horses, that a single introduction of the variant occurred at the foundation stages of the Thoroughbred from a British native mare.

Mim A. Bower
Beatrice A. McGivney
Emmeline W. Hill
Research24 Jan 2012
Nature Communications

Volume: 3, P: 1-8
Adaptive sex allocation in anticipation of changes in offspring mating opportunities

For parents, sons are more evolutionarily lucrative than daughters if sons get more chances to breed (and vice versa). Kahn et al. find that mosquitofish take advantage of this: they anticipate the future mating prospects of their offspring and bias production towards the sex with greater opportunities.

Andrew T. Kahn
Hanna Kokko
Michael D. Jennions
Research19 Mar 2013
Nature Communications

Volume: 4, P: 1-7
Haplotype-resolved genomes provide insights into structural variation and gene content in Angus and Brahman cattle

Taurine and indicine cattle have different desirable traits making them better adapted to different climates across the world. Here, Low et al. describe a pipeline to produce haplotype-resolved, chromosome-level genomes of Angus and Brahman cattle breeds from a crossbred individual and report on comparisons of the two genomes.

Wai Yee Low
Rick Tearle
John L. Williams
ResearchOpen Access29 Apr 2020
Nature Communications

Volume: 11, P: 1-14
Concurrently mapping quantitative trait loci associations from multiple subspecies within hybrid populations

Christie L. Warburton
Roy Costilla
Ben J. Hayes
ResearchOpen Access06 Oct 2023
Heredity

Volume: 131, P: 350-360
Structural variant-based pangenome construction has low sensitivity to variability of haplotype-resolved bovine assemblies

Pangenomes have a number of advantages over linear reference assemblies. Here the authors use bovine haplotype-resolved assemblies to show that structural variant-based pangenomes are consistent regardless of sequence platform, assembler, or coverage, suggesting that rigid protocols may not be required.

Alexander S. Leonard
Danang Crysnanto
Hubert Pausch
ResearchOpen Access31 May 2022
Nature Communications

Volume: 13, P: 1-13
Applications and efficiencies of the first cat 63K DNA array

Barbara Gandolfi
Hasan Alhaddad
Leslie A. Lyons
ResearchOpen Access04 May 2018
Scientific Reports

Volume: 8, P: 1-15
Whole-genome resequencing of wild and domestic sheep identifies genes associated with morphological and agronomic traits

Genetic resources for livestock are valuable for understanding their demography and past selection, and may inform future breeding programs and agricultural improvement. Here, the authors present deep resequencing of 248 wild and domestic sheep, with associated data and analysis.

Xin Li
Ji Yang
Meng-Hua Li
ResearchOpen Access04 Jun 2020
Nature Communications

Volume: 11, P: 1-16
Odour detection in bees

Michael D. Breed
Research11 Mar 1993
Nature

Volume: 362, P: 120
Selective breeding enhances coral heat tolerance to marine heatwaves

Marine heatwaves can have severe impact on corals populations. This study demonstrates that selective breeding could quickly enhance coral tolerance to short-term heat stress by up to 1 °C. This has potential to mitigate some impacts of climate change, however urgent climate action is still needed.

Adriana Humanes
Liam Lachs
James R. Guest
ResearchOpen Access14 Oct 2024
Nature Communications

Volume: 15, P: 1-11
Disentangling clustering configuration intricacies for divergently selected chicken breeds

Anatoly B. Vakhrameev
Valeriy G. Narushin
Michael N. Romanov
ResearchOpen Access27 Feb 2023
Scientific Reports

Volume: 13, P: 1-13
The impact of advanced AI systems on democracy

This Perspective from Summerfield et al. considers the impacts of advanced artificial intelligence systems on the process and function of democracy. The authors explore a wide range of potential risks and opportunities.

Christopher Summerfield
Lisa P. Argyle
Matthew Botvinick
Reviews01 Oct 2025
Nature Human Behaviour

P: 1-11
Integrative genomics sheds light on the immunogenetics of tuberculosis in cattle

Integration of genome-wide SNP, peripheral blood transcriptome, and GWAS data highlights genes with expression patterns associated with bovine tuberculosis susceptibility in cattle.

John F. O’Grady
Gillian P. McHugo
David E. MacHugh
ResearchOpen Access24 Mar 2025
Communications Biology

Volume: 8, P: 1-18
Local photocrosslinking of native tissue matrix regulates lung epithelial cell mechanosensing and function

Using visible-light-induced crosslinking, a local stiffening approach is developed for ex vivo mouse and human lung tissue as an early lung injury model, directing epithelial cell mechanosensing, differentiation and nascent protein deposition.

Donia W. Ahmed
Matthew L. Tan
Claudia Loebel
Research05 Sept 2025
Nature Materials

P: 1-14
Targeting C1q prevents microglia-mediated synaptic removal in neuropathic pain

Nerve injury activates microglia to remove spinal synapses, disrupting spinal sensory processing and contributing to chronic pain. Blocking complement protein C1q preserves synapses, highlighting a potential therapeutic target for neuropathic pain.

Noosha Yousefpour
Shannon N. Tansley
Alfredo Ribeiro-da-Silva
ResearchOpen Access17 May 2025
Nature Communications

Volume: 16, P: 1-16
A novel erythroid-specific marker of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

Gino Miele
Jean Manson
Michael Clinton
Research01 Mar 2001
Nature Medicine

Volume: 7, P: 361-364
Bovine hepatic miRNAome profiling and differential miRNA expression analyses between beef steers with divergent feed efficiency phenotypes

Robert Mukiibi
Dayle Johnston
Changxi Li
ResearchOpen Access09 Nov 2020
Scientific Reports

Volume: 10, P: 1-17
The Farm Animal Genotype–Tissue Expression (FarmGTEx) Project

The FarmGTEx Project aims to understand genetic control of gene activity under diverse biological and environmental contexts in domestic animals, providing a foundation for improving animal precision breeding, adaptation and human health.

Lingzhao Fang
Jinyan Teng
Curtis P. Van Tassell
Reviews17 Mar 2025
Nature Genetics

Volume: 57, P: 786-796
Precambrian geological history and the origin of the Metazoa

Michael LaBarbera
Research04 May 1978
Nature

Volume: 273, P: 22-25
Grey wolf genomic history reveals a dual ancestry of dogs

DNA from ancient wolves spanning 100,000 years sheds light on wolves’ evolutionary history and the genomic origin of dogs.

Anders Bergström
David W. G. Stanton
Pontus Skoglund
ResearchOpen Access29 Jun 2022
Nature

Volume: 607, P: 313-320
Health anxiety by proxy differs in phenomenology between parents and dog owners

Johanna Lass-Hennemann
Moritz N. Braun
M. Roxanne Sopp
ResearchOpen Access24 Sept 2025
Scientific Reports

Volume: 15, P: 1-9
An athymic nude mutation in the rat

MICHAEL F. W. FESTING
D. LOVELL
T. A. CONNORS
Research27 Jul 1978
Nature

Volume: 274, P: 365-366
Mutations in the PAX3 gene causing Waardenburg syndrome type 1 and type 2

May Tassabehji
Andrew P. Read
Tom Strachan
Research01 Jan 1993
Nature Genetics

Volume: 3, P: 26-30
Transcriptome analyses reveal reduced hepatic lipid synthesis and accumulation in more feed efficient beef cattle

Robert Mukiibi
Michael Vinsky
Changxi Li
ResearchOpen Access08 May 2018
Scientific Reports

Volume: 8, P: 1-12
Appearance of Serine upon Alkaline Incubation of Iodinated Polytyrosine

MICHAEL SELA
SARAH SARID
Research08 Sept 1956
Nature

Volume: 178, P: 540-541
Drivers of antimicrobial resistance in pig production systems of Uganda

Pigs and farmers in Uganda’s semi-intensive systems carry more antimicrobial resistant bacteria and face higher transmission risks than those in free-range systems, suggesting intensified pig farming may elevate antimicrobial resistance, based on 877 fecal samples from 35 pig-farmer pairs.

Adrian Muwonge
Tadeo Kakooza
Tiziana Lembo
ResearchOpen Access02 Jul 2025
Communications Earth & Environment

Volume: 6, P: 1-11
Non-additive association analysis using proxy phenotypes identifies novel cattle syndromes

An association model that estimates dominance and additive effects applied to imputed whole-genome data from cattle allows for the mapping of recessive syndromes in the absence of disease classification by using proxy phenotypes such as body weight.

Edwardo G. M. Reynolds
Catherine Neeley
Mathew D. Littlejohn
Research27 May 2021
Nature Genetics

Volume: 53, P: 949-954
Mapping genes for complex traits in domestic animals and their use in breeding programmes

The availability of genome-wide panels of SNPs for many domestic animals has allowed the mapping and identification of many economically important traits in livestock. This Review discusses how genome-wide association studies can be used for the genetic improvement and selection of domestic animals.

Michael E. Goddard
Ben J. Hayes
Reviews01 Jun 2009
Nature Reviews Genetics

Volume: 10, P: 381-391
Evolution of temperature preference in flies of the genus Drosophila

A study using flies of the genus Drosophila adapted to life in diverse thermal environments shows how evolution has shaped temperature preference by acting on both molecular heat receptors and thermosensory circuits in the flies.

Matthew Capek
Oscar M. Arenas
Marco Gallio
Research05 Mar 2025
Nature

Volume: 641, P: 447-455
The genomic natural history of the aurochs

An analysis of 38 ancient genomes from the aurochs, the extinct ancestor of modern cattle, provides insight into the population ancestry and domestication of this species.

Conor Rossi
Mikkel-Holger S. Sinding
Daniel G. Bradley
Research30 Oct 2024
Nature

Volume: 635, P: 136-141
The Modified Pharaoh Approach: Stingless bees mummify beetle parasites alive

Mark Greco
Peter Neumann
Robert Spooner-Hart
ResearchOpen Access02 Dec 2008
Nature Precedings

P: 1
Response of Lymphocytes to Penicillin: Comparison with Skin Tests and Circulating Antibodies in Man

MICHAEL J. FELLNER
RUDOLF L. BAER
KURT HIRSCHHORN
Research25 Nov 1967
Nature

Volume: 216, P: 803-804

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