The Review covers the current state of functions, neurotransmitter innervation, the structure, and development of the contractile apparatus of unique group of catch muscles inherent only to bivalves.

5-Methylcytosine (m5C) is a widespread RNA methylation modification, wherein a methyl group is enzymatically transferred to specific RNA sites by methyltransferases, such as the NSUN family and DNMT2.

Tumor sequencing efforts have enabled the identification of cancer genes based on an excess of mutations in the gene or clustering of mutations along the (one-dimensional) DNA sequence of the gene.