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Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics inform mechanistic physiology in non-model animals

Sep 2026 · Functional & Integrative Genomics · Vol 26 · 0 citations · 120 references
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This review provides a physiology-centered blueprint for applying single-cell RNA sequencing, single-nucleus RNA sequencing, and spatial transcriptomics to non-model species and critically evaluates dissociation and preservation bias, genome annotation, seasonal and ecological variation, biological replication, pseudoreplication, cross-species integration, and spatial resolution.

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