1. RWSF-BLP: a novel lncRNA-disease association prediction model using random walk-based multi-similarity fusion and bidirectional label propagation

   • Guobo Xie
   • Bin Huang
   • Yuqiong Han

   Review 15 February 2021 Pages: 473 - 483

   

2. Can genetic engineering-based methods for gene function identification be eclipsed by genome editing in plants? A comparison of methodologies

   • P. P. Amritha
   • Jasmine M. Shah

   Review 09 March 2021 Pages: 485 - 500

   

3. Host-dependent molecular factors mediating SARS-CoV-2 infection to gain clinical insights for developing effective targeted therapy

   • Gowhar Shafi
   • Shruti Desai
   • Mohan Uttarwar

   Review 20 March 2021 Pages: 501 - 511

   

4. Universal fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) protocol for mapping repetitive DNAs in insects and other arthropods

   • Diogo Cavalcanti Cabral-de-Mello
   • František Marec

   Methods Paper 24 February 2021 Pages: 513 - 526

   

5. Amplicon genome fishing (AGF): a rapid and efficient method for sequencing target cis-regulatory regions in nonmodel organisms

   • HanMei Gu
   • Peng Zhang
   • Dan Liang

   Methods Paper 02 April 2021 Pages: 527 - 539

   

6. A female carrier of a novel DMD mutation with slightly skewed X-chromosome inactivation shows a suspected case of Becker muscular dystrophy in a Chinese family

   • Jianfan Chen
   • Hui Zheng
   • Fu Xiong

   Original Article 10 February 2021 Pages: 541 - 549

   

7. In vitro characterization of the site-specific recombination system based on genus Habenivirus ϕRSM small serine integrase

   • Ahmed Askora
   • Takeru Kawasaki
   • Takashi Yamada

   Original Article 11 February 2021 Pages: 551 - 559

   

8. Genome-wide transcriptome and translatome analyses reveal the role of protein extension and domestication in liver cancer oncogenesis

   • Nima Wang
   • Dalei Wang

   Original Article 11 February 2021 Pages: 561 - 569

   

9. Total flavonoids of Radix Tetrastigma suppress inflammation-related hepatocellular carcinoma cell metastasis

   • Zhendong Liu
   • Fangmi Ding
   • Xingyong Shen

   Original Article Open access 12 February 2021 Pages: 571 - 579

   

10. Ancestral genetic legacy of the extant population of Argentina as predicted by autosomal and X-chromosomal DIPs

    • M. Caputo
    • M. A. Amador
    • D. Corach

    Original Article 13 February 2021 Pages: 581 - 590

    

11. The pungent-variable sweet chili pepper ‘Shishito’ (Capsicum annuum) provides insights regarding the relationship between pungency, the number of seeds, and gene expression involving capsaicinoid biosynthesis

    • Fumiya Kondo
    • Kanami Hatakeyama
    • Kenichi Matsushima

    Original Article 18 February 2021 Pages: 591 - 603

    

12. Causal associations of waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio with type II diabetes mellitus: new evidence from Mendelian randomization

    • Kexin Li
    • Tianyu Feng
    • Yan Yao

    Original Article 25 February 2021 Pages: 605 - 613

    

13. New insights into the response of maize to fluctuations in the light environment

    • Qu Jianzhou
    • Xiaonan Gou
    • Shutu Xu

    Original Article 25 February 2021 Pages: 615 - 629

    

14. New insights into the fine-scale history of western–eastern admixture of the northwestern Chinese population in the Hexi Corridor via genome-wide genetic legacy

    • Hongbin Yao
    • Mengge Wang
    • Guanglin He

    Original Article 01 March 2021 Pages: 631 - 651

    

15. Performance comparison: exome sequencing as a single test replacing Sanger sequencing

    • Hila Fridman
    • Concetta Bormans
    • Doron M. Behar

    Original Article 11 March 2021 Pages: 653 - 663

    

16. Tracing and exploring the evolutionary origin and systematic function of fish complement C9

    • Lisen Li
    • Yubang Shen
    • Jiale Li

    Original Article 14 March 2021 Pages: 665 - 676

    

17. Tracing foreign sequences in plant transcriptomes and genomes using OCT4, a POU domain protein

    • Adeleh Saffar
    • Maryam M. Matin

    Original Article 18 March 2021 Pages: 677 - 688

    

18. Integrated analysis of miRNA and mRNA transcriptomic reveals antler growth regulatory network

    • Boyin Jia
    • Linlin Zhang
    • Hengxing Ba

    Original Article 26 March 2021 Pages: 689 - 703

    

19. A single nucleotide substitution in the coding region of Ogura male sterile gene, orf138, determines effectiveness of a fertility restorer gene, Rfo, in radish

    • Hiroshi Yamagishi
    • Megumi Jikuya
    • Toru Terachi

    Original Article Open access 26 March 2021 Pages: 705 - 717

    

20. Evaluation and genome-wide association study of resistance to bacterial blight race 18 in U.S. Upland cotton germplasm

    • Hanan Elassbli
    • Abdelraheem Abdelraheem
    • Jinfa Zhang

    Original Article 29 March 2021 Pages: 719 - 729

    

21. Sequence and functional analysis of MIR319 promoter homologs from Brassica juncea reveals regulatory diversification and altered expression under stress

    • Gauri Arora nee Joshi
    • Chetan Chauhan
    • Sandip Das

    Original Article 02 April 2021 Pages: 731 - 749

    

22. Codon usage bias and environmental adaptation in microbial organisms

    • Davide Arella
    • Maddalena Dilucca
    • Andrea Giansanti

    Original Article Open access 05 April 2021 Pages: 751 - 762

    

23. Correction to: Profiling transcriptomic changes and signaling pathways in atopic dermatitis 2 by integrative analyses on multiple databases

    • Yubin Xu
    • Saizhen Chen
    • Jinguang Chen

    Correction 24 February 2021 Pages: 763 - 763