This article tested the cross-species application of the Affymetrix 600K Chicken SNP array in five species of North American prairie grouse (Centrocercus and Tympanuchus genera). This study study provided evidence for successful cross-species application of the chicken SNP array in grouse which diverged ca. 37 mya from the chicken lineage. As far as the authors are concerned, this is the first reported application of a SNP array in non-passerine birds, and it demonstrates the feasibility of using commercial SNP arrays in research on non-model bird species.

Article describes the results of the One Thousand Plant Transcriptomes Initiative's efforts to sequence the vegetative transcriptomes of 1,124 species that span the diversity of plants in a broad sense (Archaeplastida), including green plants (Viridiplantae), glaucophytes (Glaucophyta) and red algae (Rhodophyta).

Article proving the existence of infinitely many radial solutions of ∆𝓊+𝐾(𝓇) ƒ (𝓊) = 0 on the exterior of the ball of radius R > 0, BR, centered at the origin in ℝᴺ with u = 0 on ∂BR and lim/r→∞ 𝓊(𝓇) = 0 where N > 2, f is odd with f < 0 on (0, β), f > 0 on (β, ∞), f is superlinear for large u, ƒ(𝓊) ∼ −1/(|𝓊|𝘲⁻¹𝓊) with 0 < q < 1 for small u, and 0 < 𝐾(𝓇) ≤ 𝐾₁/r∝ with 𝑁 + q(𝑁 − 2) < ∝ < 2(𝑁− 1) for large r.

Article describes study in which mRNA expression of iGluR was quantified in two sensory neuron clusters of two cohorts of Aplysia californica (Aplysia) at both sexual maturity (~8 months) and advanced age (~12 months) in order to examine if changes in ionotropic L-Glu receptor (iGluR) transcription underlie reduced physiology8

Article uses first principles methods to compare the mechanical properties of lizardite Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4, a polymorph of serpentine family, with the new compounds derived by substituting Mg ions with isovalent elements from different chemical groups.

This article presents a new type of bimodal contrast agent that is based on the self-quenching of indocyanine green (ICG) encapsulated in a biocompatible and biodegradable polymer shell.