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Studying a diverse and peculiar genus of mice offers researchers a window into the genetic and neural underpinnings of behavior.

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Genome Spotlight: Nile Rat (Avicanthis niloticus)

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Worms Live Longer with Mitochondria Powered by Light: Preprint

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Rat Sperm Generated from Stem Cells

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My Daughter’s First Pet—the Next Big Model Organism?

a leopard gecko with an unusually yellow body

“Lemon Frost” Leopard Geckos’ Cancers Similar to Human Melanomas

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When Severed, This Solitary Tunicate Regrows as Three New Animals

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Mice Share Each Other’s Pain and Fear

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Developmental Biologist Kathryn Anderson Dies at 68

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Zebra Finches Recognize the Calls of Over 40 Fellow Finches

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Regulators of Gene Activity in Animals Are Deeply Conserved

The Many Model Systems of COVID-19

Those We Lost in 2019

Genetics Models Move Beyond Drosophila and the Humble Lab Mouse

Genetically Personalized Fruit Flies Screen for Cancer Drugs

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Image of the Day: Gut Feeling

Of Mice and Metastasis

Opinion: Address Taxonomic Skew

Enzyme Required for Mitochondrial Genome Destruction

Dethroning E. coli?

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Biomedical Informatician Atul Butte Dies at 55

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A Gut Pathogen’s Unexpected Weapon Against Amyloid Diseases

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Universe 25 Experiment

A group of newborn mice with their mother.

Maternal Iron Deficiency Can Trigger Sex Reversal in Mouse Embryos

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Taking Control of Cellular Contamination with PCR Testing

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Electronic Records in Cell Culture Management

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June 2025, Issue 1

Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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Unraveling Complex Biology with Advanced Multiomics Technology

Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

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Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

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