Yue Feng

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: In this paper, a Genome-Wide Adaptive Complex to underground stresses in blind mole rats Spalax is described, where the adaptive complexes are based on adaptive complexes to underground stress.

TL;DR: An unexpected concentration of positively selected genes in the DNA damage checkpoint and nuclear factor κB pathways that may be related to the origin of flight, as well as expansion and contraction of important gene families are discovered.

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: The assembled genome of the social velvet spider and a draft assembly of the tarantula genome are presented that represent two major taxonomic groups of spiders and find that venom genes evolved by sequential duplication, and that the toxic effect of venom is most likely activated by proteases present in the venom.