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Game of drones: Assessing Fine-Scale population structure of Apis mellifera mellifera using medium-density SNP data

By analyzing medium-density SNP data from 357 European dark honey bees, this study demonstrates that integrating admixture, inbreeding, and individual genetic contribution estimates into high-resolution network visualizations provides a robust framework for monitoring fine-scale population structure and guiding the conservation of *Apis mellifera mellifera*.

Markus Neuditschko, Dylan Elen2026-09-15
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Phylogenomic reconstruction indicates human-to-animal movement in pandemic Klebsiella pneumoniae lineages, with evidence of return in ST11

Phylogenomic analysis of four pandemic *Klebsiella pneumoniae* lineages reveals that while human-to-animal transmission is the predominant direction, specific ST11 strains have successfully moved from animals back into human populations, highlighting the need for integrated genomic surveillance to detect such cross-species spillover events.

Stephen Mark Edward Fordham, Daniel Franklin, Elizabeth Sheridan2026-09-15
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Disrupted brain network connectivity associated with the endogenous risk trait of impulsivity in depressive disorder: A network-based statistic study

This study identifies a distinct pattern of reduced functional connectivity across multiple brain networks, particularly involving the default mode network, in drug-naïve depressed patients with high trait impulsivity, suggesting that impulsivity-based subtyping can help parse depression heterogeneity and guide personalized interventions.

Peiqian Hu, Shanshan Yang, Junyan Wen, Xuecong Lin, Chenya Feng, Ge Wen2026-09-15
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OTUD6B governs cardiomyocyte cell-cycle progression and ventricular chamber development

This study establishes OTUD6B as an essential deubiquitinase for mammalian cardiac development, demonstrating that its deficiency causes congenital heart defects and perinatal lethality by impairing cardiomyocyte cell-cycle progression and ventricular chamber formation.

Huabo Su, Yilang Li, Wenjuan Wang, Josue Zambrano-Carrasco, Jianqiu Zou, Yang Cui, Juan Ayala, Ning Hou, Jinbao Liu, Jie (…)2026-09-15
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RAD SEN REGEN A Translational Framework for Regenerative Resilience in Human Spaceflight

RAD-SEN-REGEN proposes a translational framework for human spaceflight that addresses the continuum of biological stress by investigating regenerative resilience through DNA damage, cellular senescence, and mitochondrial dysfunction, while utilizing mesenchymal stromal cells, MUSE cells, and extracellular vesicles as research platforms to distinguish scientific rigor from premature therapeutic claims.

Adriana Paulina Gudiño Reyes2026-09-15
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The Scope and Signatures of History-Driven Attention: Perceptual Structures Shape Attentional Priorities

This paper demonstrates that history-driven attention is a distinct mechanism shaped by learned perceptual regularities rather than semantic ones, operating implicitly and persistently in contrast to the transient dynamics of stimulus-driven selection and the qualitative differences of goal-driven selection.

Ying Wang, Shuo Li, Shaoshuai Zhang, Yuxin Lu, Yuhao Tian, Yi Jiang2026-09-15
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Construct validity and evidence boundaries of a 17-gene transcriptomic proxy for mitoxyperilysis in colorectal aging and cancer Analysis

This study concludes that a 17-gene transcriptomic proxy for mitoxyperilysis lacks construct validity as a measure of senescence, prognosis, or drug sensitivity in colorectal cancer and aging, as it failed to meet predefined validation criteria across multiple independent datasets and analyses.

Pan Sun, Jinglin Wang, Yao Wang, Yan Zhang, Yao Tang, Juan Yang, Zejun Wang2026-09-15
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Anaerobic oxidation of propane by thermophilic archaea from marine hydrothermal sediments

This study identifies *Candidatus* Syntrophoarchaeum caldarium as the first archaeon capable of anaerobically oxidizing propane in syntrophy with a sulfate-reducing bacterium, elucidating the specific enzymatic mechanisms and metabolic pathways involved in this process.

Florin Musat, Niculina Musat, songcan chen, Oliver Lechtenfeld, Jing-Ling Yan, Xiyan Zhang, Jiaheng Ji, Denny Popp, Lore (…)2026-09-15