BMC Biology

Papers
(The median citation count of BMC Biology is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
ArticleCitations
Changing turn-over rates regulate abundance of tryptophan, GS biosynthesis, IAA transport and photosynthesis proteins in Arabidopsis growth defense transitions85
Functional characterization of the second feedback loop in the circadian clock of the Antarctic krill Euphausia superba84
CTCF-mediated insulation and chromatin environment modulate Car5b escape from X inactivation71
Circannual breeding and methylation are impacted by the equinox in Peromyscus66
Machine learning combined with omics-based approaches reveals T-lymphocyte cellular fate imbalance in abdominal aortic aneurysm65
DualNetM: an adaptive dual network framework for inferring functional-oriented markers64
Assessing the role of Piscine orthoreovirus in disease and the associated risk for wild Pacific salmon63
A whole-body atlas of BMP signaling activity in an adult sea anemone63
Back to the roots, desiccation and radiation resistances are ancestral characters in bdelloid rotifers62
Regulatory and evolutionary impact of DNA methylation in two songbird species and their naturally occurring F1 hybrids59
Personalised modelling of clinical heterogeneity between medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase patients59
Polycomb contraction differentially regulates terminal human hematopoietic differentiation programs58
GhAOS integrates circadian rhythm and jasmonic acid signaling to regulate high temperature stress responses in cotton and Arabidopsis57
Cdk5-mediated JIP1 phosphorylation regulates axonal outgrowth through Notch1 inhibition55
A muscle exercise research revolution powered by -omics at single cell and nucleus resolution53
Reconstructing the ancestral gene pool to uncover the origins and genetic links of Hmong–Mien speakers52
Wolbachia incompatible insect technique program optimization over large spatial scales using a process-based model of mosquito metapopulation dynamics51
Integration of large and diverse angiosperm DNA fragments into Asian Gnetum mitogenomes51
Evolutionary dynamics of mitochondrial genomes and intracellular transfers among diploid and allopolyploid cotton species51
Experimental demonstration of tethered gene drive systems for confined population modification or suppression50
Multidimensional associations between nutrient intake and healthy ageing in humans49
Fossil-calibrated molecular clock data enable reconstruction of steps leading to differentiated multicellularity and anisogamy in the Volvocine algae48
The Sapria himalayana genome provides new insights into the lifestyle of endoparasitic plants47
Histone modifications and DNA methylation act cooperatively in regulating symbiosis genes in the sea anemone Aiptasia47
Author Correction: Satellitome comparison of two oedipodine grasshoppers highlights the contingent nature of satellite DNA evolution46
Three-dimensional genome architecture connects chromatin structure and function in a major wheat pathogen45
Single-cell transcriptomics and time-series metabolite profiling reveal the spatiotemporal regulation of flavonoid biosynthesis genes and phytohormone homeostasis by PAP1 in Arabidopsis45
Increased interaction between endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria following sleep deprivation44
Cuticular competing endogenous RNAs regulate insecticide penetration and resistance in a major agricultural pest43
Investigating the characteristics of genes and variants associated with self-reported hearing difficulty in older adults in the UK Biobank43
The gut symbiont Sphingomonas mediates imidacloprid resistance in the important agricultural insect pest Aphis gossypii Glover43
Incomplete lineage sorting and introgression among genera and species of Liliaceae tribe Tulipeae: insights from phylogenomics42
Hibernation reduces GABA signaling in the brainstem to enhance motor activity of breathing at cool temperatures42
Astrocytes in CA1 modulate schema establishment in the hippocampal-cortical neuron network41
The genome and sex-dependent responses to temperature in the common yellow butterfly, Eurema hecabe41
Next steps after airing disagreement on a scientific issue with policy implications: a meta-analysis, multi-lab replication and adversarial collaboration41
Dopamine modulates the retinal clock through melanopsin-dependent regulation of cholinergic waves during development39
Single-cell transcriptomic dynamics of scallop heart reveals the heterogeneous response to heat stress39
Decidual stromal cells-derived exosomes incured insufficient migration and invasion of trophoblast because of abnormal ubiquitination and degradation of Snail mediated by miR-92b-3p/USP2839
Temperature-dependent dynamics of energy stores in Drosophila37
Activation function 1 of progesterone receptor is required for progesterone antagonism of oestrogen action in the uterus37
Camelot: a computer-automated micro-extensometer with low-cost optical tracking37
Maternal genetic origin of Chao Lay coastal maritime populations from Thailand36
Differentially expressed chaperone genes reveal a stress response required for unidirectional regeneration in the basal chordate Ciona36
Selection on the promoter regions plays an important role in complex traits during duck domestication36
Genomic insights into biased allele loss and increased gene numbers after genome duplication in autotetraploid Cyclocarya paliurus35
The temporal association of CapZ with early endosomes regulates endosomal trafficking and viral entry into host cells35
Imprinted Grb10, encoding growth factor receptor bound protein 10, regulates fetal growth independently of the insulin-like growth factor type 1 receptor (Igf1r) and insulin receptor (Insr) genes35
The mrp-3 gene is involved in haem efflux and detoxification in a blood-feeding nematode35
A single-cell transcriptomic atlas of all cell types in the brain of 5xFAD Alzheimer mice in response to dietary inulin supplementation35
Expression divergence of expansin genes drive the heteroblasty in Ceratopteris chingii35
An expanded odorant-binding protein mediates host cue detection in the parasitic wasp Baryscapus dioryctriae basis of the chromosome-level genome assembly analysis34
Insights into the formation and diversification of a novel chiropteran wing membrane from embryonic development34
Population transcriptogenomics highlights impaired metabolism and small population sizes in tree frogs living in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone34
TCA-cycle metabolites in the nucleus: drivers of chromatin and epigenetic control34
Microplastics and soil microbiomes34
Histone acetyltransferase NAA40 modulates acetyl-CoA levels and lipid synthesis34
Plasmodium yoelii iron transporter PyDMT1 interacts with host ferritin and is required in full activity for malarial pathogenesis33
Rapid and sensitive single-cell RNA sequencing with SHERRY233
Reference genomes of channel catfish and blue catfish reveal multiple pericentric chromosome inversions33
Temporal dynamics of apoptosis-induced proliferation in pupal wing development: implications for regenerative ability33
Avian interferon regulatory factor (IRF) family reunion: IRF3 and IRF9 found33
RNA multi-omics in single cells reveal rhythmical RNA reshaping during human and mouse oocyte maturation32
Rapid and high-throughput screening of proteolysis targeting chimeras using a dual-reporter system expressing fluorescence protein and luciferase32
A systematic review of the development and application of home cage monitoring in laboratory mice and rats32
Chromosome-level genome assemblies of four wild peach species provide insights into genome evolution and genetic basis of stress resistance31
Mutant C. elegans mitofusin leads to selective removal of mtDNA heteroplasmic deletions across generations to maintain fitness31
A unified evolutionary origin for the ubiquitous protein transporters SecY and YidC31
Atomic force microscopy reveals involvement of the cell envelope in biomechanical properties of sickle erythrocytes31
GnRH-driven FTO-mediated RNA m6A modification promotes gonadotropin synthesis and secretion31
Construction and characterization of a genome-scale ordered mutant collection of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron31
Osteosarcoma tumors maintain intra-tumoral transcriptional heterogeneity during bone and lung colonization31
Viral predation pressure on coral reefs31
Sexually dimorphic methylation patterns characterize the placenta and blood from extremely preterm newborns30
Articulating the “stem cell niche” paradigm through the lens of non-model aquatic invertebrates30
Synthetic Micrographs of Bacteria (SyMBac) allows accurate segmentation of bacterial cells using deep neural networks30
Chromosome-level assemblies from diverse clades reveal limited structural and gene content variation in the genome of Candida glabrata30
Regenerating zebrafish scales express a subset of evolutionary conserved genes involved in human skeletal disease29
CCHCR1-astrin interaction promotes centriole duplication through recruitment of CEP7229
Genomic analyses support locally derived crown-of-thorns seastar outbreaks in the Pacific29
Proton export upregulates aerobic glycolysis29
ERF49 mediates brassinosteroid regulation of heat stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana29
How much do we know about the function of mammalian genes?29
The broad use of the Pm8 resistance gene in wheat resulted in hypermutation of the AvrPm8 gene in the powdery mildew pathogen29
Deep time extinction of largest insular ant predators and the first fossil Neoponera (Formicidae: Ponerinae) from Miocene age Dominican amber29
A LXG toxin stabilized by DUF4176 contributes to Streptococcus suis competition and pathogenicity28
An ensemble deep learning framework for multi-class LncRNA subcellular localization with innovative encoding strategy28
Unravelling the hidden side of laundry: malodour, microbiome and pathogenome28
Author Correction: Hidden genomic features of an invasive malaria vector, Anopheles stephensi, revealed by a chromosome-level genome assembly28
Comparative genomics of Ascetosporea gives new insight into the evolutionary basis for animal parasitism in Rhizaria28
Transcriptomic evidence for visual adaptation during the aquatic to terrestrial metamorphosis in leopard frogs28
Transposable elements create distinct genomic niches for effector evolution among Magnaporthe oryzae lineages27
Rare but specific: 5-bp composite motifs define SMAD binding in BMP signaling27
A novel small molecule, AS1, reverses the negative hedonic valence of noxious stimuli27
Two decades taken at speed: genomics, cell biology, ecology, and evolution of protists27
Single-cell RNA-seq analysis of rat molars reveals cell identity and driver genes associated with dental mesenchymal cell differentiation26
Haplotype-resolved genomes of two buckwheat crops provide insights into their contrasted rutin concentrations and reproductive systems26
Meta-analysis reveals the vaginal microbiome is a better predictor of earlier than later preterm birth26
The genome and comparative transcriptome of the euryhaline model ciliate Paramecium duboscqui reveal adaptations to environmental salinity26
Gene flow and an anomaly zone complicate phylogenomic inference in a rapidly radiated avian family (Prunellidae)26
Optimizing dsRNA sequences for RNAi in pest control and research with the dsRIP web platform26
DNA methylation haplotype block signatures responding to Staphylococcus aureus subclinical mastitis and association with production and health traits26
Long non-coding RNA Tug1 modulates mitochondrial and myogenic responses to exercise in skeletal muscle26
The impact of insertion bias into piRNA clusters on the invasion of transposable elements25
Insights into the molecular determinants of host specificity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa-infecting phages: a structural and functional analysis of tail fibre proteins25
The pharyngeal taste organ of a blood-feeding insect functions in food recognition25
Hybridisation has shaped a recent radiation of grass-feeding aphids25
Lineage tracing shows that cell size asymmetries predict the dorsoventral axis in the sea star embryo25
The pangenome of the wheat pathogen Pyrenophora tritici-repentis reveals novel transposons associated with necrotrophic effectors ToxA and ToxB24
CircRNA identification and feature interpretability analysis24
The divergent ER-mitochondria encounter structures (ERMES) are conserved in parabasalids but lost in several anaerobic lineages with hydrogenosomes24
Egg-laying by female Aedes aegypti shapes the bacterial communities of breeding sites24
Accurate RNA velocity estimation based on multibatch network reveals complex lineage in batch scRNA-seq data24
An integrated in silico-in vitro approach for identifying therapeutic targets against osteoarthritis24
Widespread 3′UTR capped RNAs derive from G-rich regions in proximity to AGO2 binding sites24
Bio-informed synthesis of marine-sourced indole derivatives: suppressing gram-negative bacteria biofilm and virulence24
A small protein coded within the mitochondrial canonical gene nd4 regulates mitochondrial bioenergetics24
Range-wide population genomics of common seadragons shows secondary contact over a former barrier and insights on illegal capture23
orsai, the Drosophila homolog of human ETFRF1, links lipid catabolism to growth control23
CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene knockout and interallelic gene conversion in human induced pluripotent stem cells using non-integrative bacteriophage-chimeric retrovirus-like particles23
Global patterns of genomic and phenotypic variation in the invasive harlequin ladybird23
Morphology and mechanical behavior of diatoms in wet and dry states studied using nano-XCT23
Wheat inositol pyrophosphate kinase TaVIH2-3B modulates cell-wall composition and drought tolerance in Arabidopsis23
Developing long-term conservation priority planning for medicinal plants in China by combining conservation status with diversity hotspot analyses and climate change prediction23
Monoamine oxidases activity maintains endometrial monoamine homeostasis and participates in embryo implantation and development23
Non-invasive measurements of respiration and heart rate across wildlife species using Eulerian Video Magnification of infrared thermal imagery23
Ovarian ERβ cistrome and transcriptome reveal chromatin interaction with LRH-123
The Musa troglodytarum L. genome provides insights into the mechanism of non-climacteric behaviour and enrichment of carotenoids23
Genetic evidence of tri-genealogy hypothesis on the origin of ethnic minorities in Yunnan23
YModPred: an interpretable prediction method for multi-type RNA modification sites in S. cerevisiae based on deep learning23
Accurate prediction of drug-protein interactions by maintaining the original topological relationships among embeddings23
Requirements for designing cluster randomised control trials to detect suppression of malaria vector population densities22
Enhancing viral dynamics modeling: reliable initial estimation and validity conditions for quasi-steady state approximation (QSSA)22
An extensional strain sensing mechanosome drives adhesion-independent platelet activation at supraphysiological hemodynamic gradients22
Deciphering the roles of subcellular distribution and interactions involving the MEF2 binding region, the ankyrin repeat binding motif and the catalytic site of HDAC4 in Drosophila neuronal morphogene22
Gene expression reveals the pancreas of Aselli as a critical organ for plasma cell differentiation in the Eurasian common shrew22
Predator experience enhances giraffe vigilance to oxpecker alarm calls22
Comparative transcriptomic analysis provides insights into the genetic networks regulating oil differential production in oil crops22
Transcriptomic signatures of oxytosis/ferroptosis are enriched in Alzheimer’s disease22
Functional characterization of four opsins and two G alpha subtypes co-expressed in the molluscan rhabdomeric photoreceptor22
MUS81 cleaves TOP1-derived lesions and other DNA–protein cross-links22
Detection and characterization of constitutive replication origins defined by DNA polymerase epsilon22
Evolutionary genomics of socially polymorphic populations of Pogonomyrmex californicus21
Transcriptome analysis reveals PTBP1 as a key regulator of circRNA biogenesis21
A novel method for effectively selecting fragments not associated with restriction sites for whole-genome genotyping21
Spatial and temporal heterogeneity in the lineage progression of fine oligodendrocyte subtypes21
Modulation of macrophage inflammatory function through selective inhibition of the epigenetic reader protein SP14021
The neglected burden of chronic hypoxia on the resistance of glioblastoma multiforme to first-line therapies21
The chromosome-level genome and key genes associated with mud-dwelling behavior and adaptations of hypoxia and noxious environments in loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)21
Cont-ID: detection of sample cross-contamination in viral metagenomic data21
Two decades of population genomics: will we ever agree on bacterial species?20
The precedence effect in spatial hearing manifests in cortical neural population responses20
Sex or poison? Genetic pest management in the 21st century20
The function of wing bullae in mayflies (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) reveals new insights into the early evolution of Pterygota20
The protein phosphatase PP6 promotes RIPK1-dependent PANoptosis20
MvGraphDTA: multi-view-based graph deep model for drug-target affinity prediction by introducing the graphs and line graphs20
VEGF-dependent testicular vascularisation involves MEK1/2 signalling and the essential angiogenesis factors, SOX7 and SOX1720
CRISPR-based genome editing of a diurnal rodent, Nile grass rat (Arvicanthis niloticus)20
Weathered granites and soils harbour microbes with lanthanide-dependent methylotrophic enzymes20
PFTK1 kinase regulates axogenesis during development via RhoA activation20
Glutamic acid-lysine (EK) rich motif of RabD2 self-associates and regulates adhesion through multivesicular bodies in Entamoeba histolytica20
Author Correction: Synchronization of inspiratory burst onset along the ventral respiratory column in the neonate mouse is mediated by electrotonic coupling20
Attraction and aversion of noctuid moths to fermented food sources coordinated by olfactory receptors from distinct gene families20
Resolving biology’s dark matter: species richness, spatiotemporal distribution, and community composition of a dark taxon19
NeuroScale: evolutional scale-based protein language models enable prediction of neuropeptides19
Cranial base synostosis in mice caused by upregulation of Wnt following partial inhibition of Shh19
Genome-wide identification and analysis of a cotton secretome reveals its role in resistance against Verticillium dahliae19
Cisplatin exposure alters tRNA-derived small RNAs but does not affect epimutations in C. elegans19
Lipases are differentially regulated by hormones to maintain free fatty acid homeostasis for insect brain development19
OrgaMapper: a robust and easy-to-use workflow for analyzing organelle positioning19
Latitude-driven adaptive evolution of body length in diverse pig breeds across China19
Nitrogen fixation by diverse diazotrophic communities can support population growth of arboreal ants19
Widespread amyloidogenicity potential of multiple myeloma patient-derived immunoglobulin light chains19
Lessons in immune adaptations to hypoxia revealed by comparative and evolutionary physiology19
A simple high-throughput method for automated detection of Drosophila melanogaster light-dependent behaviours19
Behavioral differences among domestic cats in the response to cat-attracting plants and their volatile compounds reveal a potential distinct mechanism of action for actinidine19
Gene losses may contribute to subterranean adaptations in naked mole-rat and blind mole-rat19
Ortho2Web: a workflow for disentangling the roles of hybridization and allopolyploidization in reticulation within Campanulaceae19
The crotonylated and succinylated proteins of jujube involved in phytoplasma-stress responses19
A reference metagenome sequence of the lichen Cladonia rangiformis19
Modular evolution of secretion systems and virulence plasmids in a bacterial species complex19
TRPM4 regulates hilar mossy cell loss in temporal lobe epilepsy19
Protists and protistology in the Anthropocene: challenges for a climate and ecological crisis18
Toward efficient and high-fidelity metagenomic data from sub-nanogram DNA: evaluation of library preparation and decontamination methods18
Targeting of REST with rationally-designed small molecule compounds exhibits synergetic therapeutic potential in human glioblastoma cells18
Targeting the gut-lung axis by synbiotic feeding to infants in a randomized controlled trial18
ADARs regulate cuticle collagen expression and promote survival to pathogen infection18
Hologenome analysis reveals independent evolution to chemosymbiosis by deep-sea bivalves18
The genomes of Vischeria oleaginous microalgae shed light on the molecular basis of hyper-accumulation of lipids18
The Sino-Himalayan flora evolved from lowland biomes dominated by tropical floristic elements18
Identifying effective evolutionary strategies-based protocol for uncovering reaction kinetic parameters under the effect of measurement noises18
Unprecedented variation pattern of plastid genomes and the potential role in adaptive evolution in Poales18
Publisher Correction: Attractive and repulsive effects of sensory history concurrently shape visual perception17
Experimental evidence for enzymatic cell wall dissolution in a microbial protoplast feeder (Orciraptor agilis, Viridiraptoridae)17
Folate regulates RNA m5C modification and translation in neural stem cells17
Targeted C•G-to-T•A base editing with TALE-cytosine deaminases in plants17
The Automated Systematic Search Deduplicator (ASySD): a rapid, open-source, interoperable tool to remove duplicate citations in biomedical systematic reviews17
20-Hydroxyecdysone counteracts insulin to promote programmed cell death by modifying phosphoglycerate kinase 117
Sex-limited chromosomes and non-reproductive traits17
A W chromosome-derived feminizing piRNA in pyralid moths demonstrates convergent evolution for primary sex determination signals in Lepidoptera17
Escherichia cryptic clade I is an emerging source of human intestinal pathogens17
The protein aggregation inhibitor YAT2150 has potent antimalarial activity in Plasmodium falciparum in vitro cultures17
The rapid developments of membrane protein structure biology over the last two decades17
Deep learning-based behavioral profiling of rodent stroke recovery17
Ephrin-B2 deletion in GABAergic neurons induces cognitive deficits associated with single-nucleus transcriptomic differences in the prefrontal cortex17
Blueprints for healing: central nervous system regeneration in zebrafish and neonatal mice17
FACT regulates pluripotency through proximal and distal regulation of gene expression in murine embryonic stem cells17
KLF13 promotes ferroptosis and chemosensitivity in lung adenocarcinoma17
Evolution of left–right asymmetry in the sensory system and foraging behavior during adaptation to food-sparse cave environments17
Solution structure of the type I polyketide synthase Pks13 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis16
Highly distinct genetic programs for peripheral nervous system formation in chordates16
Analysis of co-isogenic prion protein deficient mice reveals behavioral deficits, learning impairment, and enhanced hippocampal excitability16
Phylogenomic analysis of Syngnathidae reveals novel relationships, origins of endemic diversity and variable diversification rates16
Nuclear lamina component KAKU4 regulates chromatin states and transcriptional regulation in the Arabidopsis genome16
Deficient DNA base-excision repair in the forebrain leads to a sex-specific anxiety-like phenotype in mice16
Single-base resolution quantitative genome methylation analysis in the model bacterium Helicobacter pylori by enzymatic methyl sequencing (EM-Seq) reveals influence of strain, growth phase, and methyl16
Enhancer-promoter interaction maps provide insights into skeletal muscle-related traits in pig genome16
Integrative transcriptomics and peptidomics approach reveals unexpectedly diverse endogenous secretory peptides in Odorrana grahami frog skin16
A novel protein encoded by circRsrc1 regulates mitochondrial ribosome assembly and translation during spermatogenesis16
Protein secretion zones during overexpression of amylase within the Gram-positive cell wall16
Screens in fly and beetle reveal vastly divergent gene sets required for developmental processes16
The genomic basis of copper tolerance in Drosophila is shaped by a complex interplay of regulatory and environmental factors16
The genome of a sea spider corroborates a shared Hox cluster motif in arthropods with a reduced posterior tagma16
Nuclear receptor RXRα binds the precursor of miR-103 to inhibit its maturation16
MultiCycPermea: accurate and interpretable prediction of cyclic peptide permeability using a multimodal image-sequence model16
Novel high-resolution targeted sequencing of the cervicovaginal microbiome16
Single-mitochondrion sequencing uncovers distinct mutational patterns and heteroplasmy landscape in mouse astrocytes and neurons16
AmpHGT: expanding prediction of antimicrobial activity in peptides containing non-canonical amino acids using multi-view constrained heterogeneous graph transformer16
Epigenetic silencing and genome dynamics determine the fate of giant virus endogenizations in Acanthamoeba16
Gram-negative bacteria resist antimicrobial agents by a DzrR-mediated envelope stress response16
Unveiling the ventral morphology of a rare early Cambrian great appendage arthropod from the Chengjiang biota of China16
Griottes: a generalist tool for network generation from segmented tissue images16
Author Correction: Unique sperm haplotypes are associated with phenotypically different sperm subpopulations in Astyanax fish16
Hyaluronidase-1-mediated glycocalyx impairment underlies endothelial abnormalities in polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy16
Author Correction: Novel function of single-target regulator NorR involved in swarming motility and biofilm formation revealed in Vibrio alginolyticus16
A novel aminotransferase gene and its regulator acquired in Saccharomyces by a horizontal gene transfer event16
Correction: Synthetic Micrographs of Bacteria (SyMBac) allows accurate segmentation of bacterial cells using deep neural networks15
A CD24+CD271+ melanoma cancer stem cell possesses hybrid characteristics of its single marker counterparts and promotes invasion and therapeutic resistance15
Ancient genomes in Southwest China revealed genetic interactions among diverse populations in the historical period15
Wide-scale geographical analysis of genetic ancestry in the South African Coloured population15
Unveiling cell-type-specific microRNA networks through alternative polyadenylation in glioblastoma15
HNF-DDA: subgraph contrastive-driven transformer-style heterogeneous network embedding for drug–disease association prediction15
Author Correction: Genomic characterization of the world’s longest selection experiment in mouse reveals the complexity of polygenic traits15
Guanine crystal formation by bacteria15
A unique effector secreted by Pseudozyma flocculosa mediates its biocontrol activity15
Comparative macrogenomics reveal plateau adaptation of gut microbiome in cervids15
PPARα regulates YAP protein levels and activity by affecting its ubiquitination modification15
Co-option of the limb patterning program in cephalopod eye development15
Global phylogenomic assessment of Leptoseris and Agaricia reveals substantial undescribed diversity at mesophotic depths15
Asymmetric and parallel subgenome selection co-shape common carp domestication15
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