Pengcheng Yang

TL;DR: The sequencing and assembly of the oyster genome using short reads and a fosmid-pooling strategy and transcriptomes of development and stress response and the proteome of the shell are reported, showing that shell formation in molluscs is more complex than currently understood and involves extensive participation of cells and their exosomes.

TL;DR: The sequencing and analysis of the naked mole rat genome is reported, which reveals unique genome features and molecular adaptations consistent with cancer resistance, poikilothermy, hairlessness and insensitivity to low oxygen, and altered visual function, circadian rythms and taste sensing.

TL;DR: The genomes of two socially divergent ant species exhibiting differences in caste development are sequenced and used to compare gene expression and identify differences in epigenetic gene regulation that lead to the phenotypic differences.

TL;DR: A draft 6.5 Gb genome sequence of Locusta migratoria is presented, which is the largest animal genome sequenced so far, and complex regulatory mechanisms involved in microtubule dynamic-mediated synapse plasticity during phase change are revealed.

TL;DR: High-quality draft genome sequences from two macaque species, the cynomolgus/crab-eating macaque and the Chinese rhesus macaque, are presented and several putatively dysfunctional genetic differences are identified, which may explain functional differences between them previously observed in clinical studies.