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Welcome to preLights, the new preprint highlights service run by the biological community and supported by The Company of Biologists. Here, a team of scientists regularly review, highlight and comment on preprints they feel are of interest to the biological community.

The genomic basis of colour pattern polymorphism in the harlequin ladybird

Altering the temporal regulation of one transcription factor drives sensory trade-offs

A robust method for transfection in choanoflagellates illuminates their cell biology and the ancestry of animal septins

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Human macrophages survive and adopt activated genotypes in living zebrafish

Spatiotemporally controlled Myosin relocalization and internal pressure cause biased cortical extension to generate sibling cell size asymmetry

The genomic basis of colour pattern polymorphism in the harlequin ladybird

Nuclear decoupling is part of a rapid protein-level cellular response to high-intensity mechanical loading

Altering the temporal regulation of one transcription factor drives sensory trade-offs

A robust method for transfection in choanoflagellates illuminates their cell biology and the ancestry of animal septins

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Marionette: E. coli containing 12 highly-optimized small molecule sensors

Insect wings and body wall evolved from ancient leg segments

Two sets of wing homologs in the crustacean, Parhyale hawaiensis

Cancer exosomes induce tumor neo-neurogenesis potentiating tumor growth