In a recent study, researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) showed that exogenous auxin and jasmonic acid synergistically activated abscisic acid responses to suppress seed germination.

In a study recently published in Science, a research team from the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed the working mechanism of Monkeypox virus (MPXV) DNA polymerase.

Researchers led by Dr. JIANG Danhua from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) found that the incorporation of a histone variant H3.3 into the chromatin is key to the formation of germination and post-embryonic developmental capacity in seed.

Researchers led by Prof. QIAN Wenfeng's group at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology have challenged the first-AUG rule and the strictly unidirectional scanning model. Their data revealed the small ribosomal subunits use small-amplitude (a few to a dozen bases) 5′–3′ and 3′–5′ oscillations with a net 5′–3′ movement to search the AUG codon, and therefore, competition exists between closely spaced AUGs for translation initiation.

Researchers from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology and their collaborators have proposed a new system called "EasySort AUTO" that allows single-cell analysis even of bacteria.

A research team led by Prof. WANG Guangce from the Institute of Oceanology has revealed that overexpression of a novel gene Pt2015 endows the P. tricornutum high lipid content and grazing resistance.

A research team led by Prof. ZHAO Wei from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology proposed that the polar organelle development scaffold protein PodJ in the new cell pole forms biomolecular condensates with physiological functions via phase separation, which help to establish and regulate the asymmetry of bacterial cells.

Researchers from the Wuhan Botanical Garden investigated the genome resequencing and high- density single nucleotide polymorphism markers of 88 'flower lotus' cultivars with 12 well-recorded horticultural traits obtained in a common-garden condition to address the question of the genetic variants underpinning multiple crucial horticultural traits of this complex flower through genome-wide association study.

A research team led by Prof. XU An from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science revealed the mutagenicity of α-endosulfan in germ cells of Caenorhabditis elegans.

In a recent study delivered by Prof. Dr. LI Chuanyou’s group at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Reveal the mechanistic function of MED25, a Mediator subunit, in regulating fruit ripening.

Scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing and the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago have revealed that birds retained key dinosaurian traits far into their evolution many millions of years after the split between dinosaurs and birds.

Researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden and the Wuhan Botanical Garden carried out a common garden litter decomposition experiment examining the combined effect of litter species diversity and soil fauna of different size classes on litter decomposition in the early phase of decomposition.