Using single-cell RNA sequencing and reporter lineage tracking, researchers delved into the cellular and molecular processes of axolotl limb regeneration.
The researchers say that methods that include gene expression as well as other genomic data in one assay could help unravel cell function and gene regulation.
The SCN3A gene, which encodes a voltage-gate sodium channel in the brain, also controls oral motor development, including swallowing, tongue movement, and speech.
Retraction Watch's Ivan Oransky and Adam Marcus report that Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital have recommended that more than 30 papers from a former researcher be retracted.
In PLOS this week: mechanisms for genes implicated in coronary artery disease, rumen microbes and host genetics influence cow methane production, and more.
