Magali Soumillon

TL;DR: It is shown that the rate of gene expression evolution varies among organs, lineages and chromosomes, owing to differences in selective pressures: transcriptome change was slow in nervous tissues and rapid in testes, slower in rodents than in apes and monotremes, and rapid for the X chromosome right after its formation.

TL;DR: It is found that lncRNAs, in particular ancient ones, are in general actively regulated and may function predominantly in embryonic development, and an evolutionarily conserved co-expression network is reconstructed.

TL;DR: This study proposes a mechanism by which cervicovaginal microbiota impact genital inflammation and thereby might affect a woman's reproductive health, including her risk of acquiring HIV.

TL;DR: It is shown that transcription of the genome is substantially more widespread in the testis than in other organs across representative mammals, and it is revealed that meiotic spermatocytes and especially postmeiotic round sperMatids have remarkably diverse transcriptomes, which explains the high transcriptome complexity of the testes as a whole.

TL;DR: The study provides detailed insights into the birth and evolution of mammalian miRNA genes and the associated selective forces, and suggests a high rate of miRNA family turnover in mammals with many newly emerged miRNA families being lost soon after their formation.