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Fast & Fair peer review

This collection captures all published manuscripts that were handled through the Biology Open Fast & Fair peer review workflow. This initiative aims to provide authors with a first decision post review within 7 working days. The total time from submission to acceptance may vary depending on rounds of review and time the authors take to revise the submission.

Biology Open introduced transparent peer review on 18 January 2025. Manuscripts submitted after this date will have a peer review report associated that includes more details on the timing of the review process.

To expand the Fast & Fair peer review experiment to more subject areas, we are inviting members of our community to join the Biology Open peer reviewer pool.

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Ethanol induces subcellular trafficking of the RNA-binding protein, hnRNP A1, in neuronal cells in vitro , but not in the peripubertal rat brain

Angela H. S. Fan; Yoldas Yildiz; Amanda A. Hartoun; Mikayla L. Newby; Rujuta Durwas; Yan Ngai; Sarah Flury; Toni R. Pak

15 July 2025

https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.062010

RESEARCH ARTICLE

How octopuses use and recruit additional arms to find and manipulate visually hidden items

Ashley J. Gendreau; Camille Boucaud; Kendra C. Buresch; Allison S. Rooney; Halia Morris; Roger T. Hanlon

10 July 2025

https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.062011

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Genetic perturbation of cellular homeostasis regulates integrated stress response signaling to control Drosophila hematopoiesis

Kishalay Ghosh; Rohit Krishnan Iyer; Saloni Sood; Mohamed Sabeelil Islam; Jyotsana G. Labad; Rohan Jayant Khadilkar

08 July 2025

https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.062046

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Osmoregulation in the estuarine diamond-backed terrapin across a broad range of naturally occurring salinities

Jasmine Pierre; Brett M. Wilson; Amanda S. Williard

30 June 2025

https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.062072

METHODS & TECHNIQUES

EyeHex toolbox for complete segmentation of ommatidia in fruit fly eyes

Huy Tran; Nathalie Dostatni; Ariane Ramaekers

23 June 2025

https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.061962

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Filtration and respiration of filter-feeding marine invertebrates are linked through allometric power-law functions

Hans Ulrik Riisgård; Poul S. Larsen

13 June 2025

https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.062024

RESEARCH ARTICLE

A novel 14-3-3θ phosphomimetic mouse model demonstrates social dominance defects

Mary A. Gannon; Thanushri Srikantha; Rudradip Pattanayak; Navya Kapa; Aneesh Pathak; A. Claire Roberts; William J. Stone; Kasandra Scholz; Roschongporn Ekkatine; Talene A. Yacoubian

10 June 2025

https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.061963

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Ethanol downregulates gastrula gene expression and cell movement, causing symptoms of foetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Amena Ali Alsakran; Bethany Gibson; Hoi Ying Wong; Caitlin Heaton; Rebekah Boreham; Rashid Minhas; Jonathan Ball; Tetsuhiro Kudoh

06 June 2025

https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.061777

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Elliptical Fourier analysis of hominoid radius shape: implications for Ardipithecus ramidus

Isabella Araiza

03 June 2025

https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.061938

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Muscle forces and the demands of turning while walking

Steven G. Lautzenheiser; Patricia Ann Kramer

02 June 2025

https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.061883

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Human adipose stromal cells differentiate towards a tendon phenotype with adapted visco-elastic properties in a 3D-culture system

Maxime Hordé; Jonathan Fouchard; Luna Gomez Palacios; Xavier Laffray; Cédrine Blavet; Véronique Béréziat; Claire Lagathu; Ludovic Gaut; Delphine Duprez; Emmanuelle Havis

12 May 2025

https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.061911

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Adaptive evolution of cytochrome b in songbirds

Hagai Rottenberg

14 April 2025

https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.061908

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Differential effect of ubiquitous and germline depletion of Integrator complex function on C. elegans physiology

Brandon M. Waddell; Alice R. Roy; Carlos Z. Verdugo; Cheng-Wei Wu

10 April 2025

https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.061930

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Early-life environment shapes claw bilateral asymmetry in the European lobster (Homarus gammarus)

Lorenzo Latini; Gioia Burini; Valeria Mazza; Giacomo Grignani; Riccardo De Donno; Eleonora Bello; Elena Tricarico; Stefano Malavasi; Giuseppe Nascetti; Daniele Canestrelli; Claudio Carere

20 March 2025

https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.061901

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Effects of vessel noise on beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) call type use: ultrasonic communication as an adaptation to noisy environments?

Valeria Vergara; Marie-Ana Mikus; Clément Chion; Dominic Lagrois; Marianne Marcoux; Robert Michaud

20 March 2025

https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.061783

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Primed bovine embryonic stem cell lines can be derived at diverse stages of blastocyst development with similar efficiency and molecular characteristics

Carly Guiltinan; Ramon C. Botigelli; Juliana I. Candelaria; Justin M. Smith; Rachel B. Arcanjo; Anna C. Denicol

07 March 2025

https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.061819