Lu Ji

TL;DR: The genome and stage-specific transcriptomes of the dampwood termite Zootermopsis nevadensis (Blattodea) are sequence and similarities in the number and expression of genes related to caste determination mechanisms support a hypothesized epigenetic regulation of caste differentiation.

TL;DR: These first analyses of the A. echinatior genome indicate that considerable genetic changes are likely to have accompanied the transition from hunter-gathering to agricultural food production 50 million years ago, and the Transition from single to multiple queen mating 10 million years years ago.

TL;DR: This work applied large-scale microfluidic single-cell transcriptomic technology to comprehensively characterize cellular heterogeneity of the human placenta and identified multiple placental cell-type–specific gene signatures and noninvasively uncovered the cellular dysfunction of extravillous trophoblasts in early preeclamptic placentas.

TL;DR: This approach, named capture of the newly transcribed RNA interactome using click chemistry (RICK), systematically captures proteins bound to a wide range of RNAs, including nascent RNAs and traditionally neglected nonpolyadenylated RNAs.

TL;DR: Using cytology and RAD-seq, it is shown that C. biroi reproduces via automixis with central fusion and that heterozygosity is lost extremely slowly, and genes associated with division of labor in other social insects are conserved in C.Biroi.