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Oct 19, 2023 | science.org | Green Ahn |Stéphanie Evan |Can Liu |Yucheng Zhao

Published In ScienceVolume 382 | Issue 666820 October 2023Article versionsSubmission historyReceived: 24 February 2023Accepted: 6 September 2023Published in print: 20 October 2023PermissionsRequest permissions for this article. AcknowledgmentsThe authors thank the Analytical Resources Core (RRID: SCR_021758) at Colorado State University for instrument access and training; C. Josephitis and M. Nicki for their assistance in early hydrogenation experiments; B. Newell and M.

Oct 19, 2023 | science.org | Green Ahn |Stéphanie Evan |Can Liu |David Kaiser

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Oct 19, 2023 | science.org | Green Ahn |Stéphanie Evan |Can Liu |Corinne N. Simonti

Research HighlightsEpistasis When 2 plus 2 doesn’t equal 4Corinne SimontiEpistasis occurs when one gene or variant modifies the phenotypic effect of another, for example, when loss of an enzyme involved in pigmentation masks another gene’s regulation of patterning. Aguirre et al. looked at a series of cis-regulatory alleles of three genes involved in meristem development, specifically examining the effect on tomato seed compartment number.

Oct 19, 2023 | science.org | Green Ahn |Stéphanie Evan |Can Liu |Caroline Ash

Ecology Pale, silent, and deadlyCaroline AshBarn owls’ otherworldly hunting flights excite awe in those people fortunate enough to see one, but even these ultrastealthy owls create turbulence and sound in flight, so many choose to perch silently and wait quietly for prey. Schalcher et al. monitored body movement and posture in relation to hunting results for 163 accelerometer- and GPS-tagged birds and found that the force of landing on perches predicted an owl's hunting success.

Oct 19, 2023 | science.org | Green Ahn |Stéphanie Evan |Can Liu |John Parker

PerspectiveEcologyMass cicada emergence satiates birds and makes trees vulnerable to insectsGet full access to this articleView all available purchase options and get full access to this article. References and Notes1C. Simon et al., Annu. Rev. Entomol. 67, 457 (2022). 2L. H. Yang, R. Karban, Ecology 100, e02705 (2019). 3H. Setälä et al., Ecology 103, e3773 (2022). 4Z. L. Getman-Pickering et al., Science 382, 320 (2023). 56I. Graber-Stiehl, Science 372, 1022 (2021). 7W. D. Koenig, A. M.