{
  "id": 10930022,
  "title": "Loss of the fatty acid β-oxidation gene acaa-2 impairs timely hatching under poor maternal diet in C. elegans",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/loss-of-the-fatty-acid-oxidation-gene-acaa-2-impairs-timely-hatching",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-30T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.29.755286v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Developmental programs must remain robust despite fluctuations in maternal nutrition, yet the genetic basis of this robustness is incompletely understood. Using an unbiased, diet-dependent forward genetic screen in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, we searched for mutants with normal embryogenesis on standard food but defective development when mothers experienced poor nutrition. We isolated a…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}