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A selection of covers from Professor Steven Kelly’s time as Editor-in-Chief of Biology Open. Image licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
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EDITORIALS
REVIEWS
No-cost meals might not exist for insects feeding on toxic plants
Summary: Detection of physiological and ecological costs of chemical defence in insects under an ecophysiological framework for the better understanding of the ecology and evolution of plant-insect-antagonist interaction.
Maintenance of neuronal fate and transcriptional identity
Summary: This Review explores recent progress in understanding the mechanisms that maintain neuronal cell fate and gene expression, discussing the activating and repressive factors involved, relevance to disease, and outstanding questions.
RESEARCH ARTICLES
Loss of flrt2 gene leads to microphthalmia in zebrafish
Summary: flrt2 is necessary for the normal development of the zebrafish eyes since it is strongly expressed in the retina and deletion of flrt2 causes microphthalmia in zebrafish
An ethogram identifies behavioural markers of attention to humans in European herring gulls (Larus argentatus)
Summary: Urbanised herring gulls successfully benefit from anthropogenic food sources. We show that human food-centred behaviours directly modulate the attentional states of such gulls.
Transcriptome analysis reveals an Atoh1b-dependent gene set downstream of Dlx3b/4b during early inner ear development in zebrafish
Summary: Identification of various new gene sets regulated by the transcription factors Dlx3b/4b during early inner development in zebrafish.
Tbx5 overexpression in embryoid bodies increases TAK1 expression but does not enhance the differentiation of sinoatrial node cardiomyocytes
Summary: The sinoatrial node transcriptional program is activated by blocking phosphorylation of TAK1 during cardiac differentiation of pluripotent cells, providing a simplified protocol for the in vitro differentiation of cardiac pacemakers.
The insulin receptor regulates the persistence of mechanical nociceptive sensitization in flies and mice
Summary: This paper demonstrates a conserved role for the insulin receptor in regulating the persistence of injury-induced mechanical nociception in flies and mice.
METHODS & TECHNIQUES
Ac/Ds transposition for CRISPR/dCas9-SID4x epigenome modulation in zebrafish
Summary: The Ac/Ds transposition system, which enables the continuous expression of guide RNAs for CRISPR/Cas perturbation, is adapted to examine the epigenome in zebrafish.
A monoclonal antibody raised against human EZH2 cross-reacts with the RNA-binding protein SAFB
Summary: We report that a broadly used rabbit monoclonal antibody raised against human EZH2 cross-reacts with Scaffold Attachment Factor B in mouse embryonic stem cells under buffer conditions that are commonly used for chromatin immunoprecipitation.
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A new Editor-in-Chief and new future for Biology Open

Find out more about the changes at the helm of Biology Open from departing Editor-in-Chief Steve Kelly and Director of The Company of Biologists Laura Machesky. The first Editorial from our new Editor-in-Chief Daniel Gorelick can be read here.
A Year at the Forefront Review

This A Year at the Forefront of Gliding Locomotion Review by Pranav C. Khandelwal, Mohamed A. Zakaria and John J. Socha looks closely at the complex interplay of anatomy, environment and adaptation in animals like flying snakes, dolphins and more.
Basement membrane dynamics and mechanics in tissue morphogenesis

Read one of our most recent Future Leader Reviews by Uwe Töpfer which provides an overview of the mechanisms by which Basement membranes can be remodeled to regulate the shape of tissues and organs.
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Read & Publish Open Access publishing: what authors say

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