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microPublication Biology

Xulyu Cao1,2*, Clare Clayton2*, Bethany Hutton2, Nancy McMulkin2, and Juliet C. Coates2§ORCID logo

1College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University Chongqing, China

2School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK

§Correspondence to: Juliet C. Coates (j.c.coates@bham.ac.uk)

* Authors have equal contribution

Abstract

Description

Methods

Acknowledgements

Funding

Author Contributions

  • Xulyu Cao: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Clare Clayton: Formal analysis, Methodology, Investigation, Visualization, Writing - review & editing
  • Bethany Hutton: Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing - review & editing, Formal analysis
  • Nancy McMulkin: Investigation, Methodology, Writing - review & editing, Formal analysis
  • Juliet C. Coates: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing - original draft

Reviewed By

Anonymous

History

  • Received: 12/15/2025
  • Revision Received: 1/16/2026
  • Accepted: 1/23/2026
  • Published Online: 2/4/2026

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Copyright

© 2026 by the authors. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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