Evolutionary Biology

Evolutionary Biology

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    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Insights into early animal evolution from the genome of the xenacoelomorph worm Xenoturbella bocki

    Philipp H Schiffer, Paschalis Natsidis ... Maximilian J Telford
    A genome analysis of Xenoturbella bocki provides insights into the biology of this enigmatic marine worm and enhances our understanding of early bilaterian evolution.
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Discarded sequencing reads uncover natural variation in pest resistance in Thlaspi arvense

    Dario Galanti, Jun Hee Jung ... Oliver Bossdorf
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    Reviewed Preprint v2 Updated
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    A suite of selective pressures supports the maintenance of alleles of a Drosophila immune peptide

    Sarah R Mullinax, Andrea M Darby ... Robert L Unckless
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    Reviewed Preprint v2 Updated
    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Linking the evolution of two prefrontal brain regions to social and foraging challenges in primates

    Sebastien Bouret, Emmanuel Paradis ... Cecile Garcia
    Across primates, volumes of specific brain regions relate to specific socio-ecological factors, bridging the gap between neuro-cognitive operations from laboratory studies and challenges primates face in their natural environment.
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Social and environmental predictors of gut microbiome age in wild baboons

    Mauna R Dasari, Kimberly E Roche ... Elizabeth A Archie
    Not yet revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Camouflage: Tiny particles help insects evade predators

    Lin Wang, Tak-Sing Wong
    By reducing the reflection of ultraviolet light, hollow nanoparticles called brochosomes help to protect leafhoppers from predators.
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    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    On the discovered Cancer Driving Nucleotides (CDNs)–Distributions across genes, cancer types and patients

    Lingjie Zhang, Tong Deng ... Haijun Wen
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    Reviewed Preprint v2 Updated
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    The theory of massively repeated evolution and full identifications of Cancer Driving Nucleotides (CDNs)

    Lingjie Zhang, Tong Deng ... Chung-I Wu
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2 Updated
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Systematic genetic characterization of the human PKR kinase domain highlights its functional malleability to escape a poxvirus substrate mimic

    Michael J Chambers, Sophia B Scobell, Meru J Sadhu
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2 Updated
    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Somatic mutation rates scale with time not growth rate in long-lived tropical trees

    Akiko Satake, Ryosuke Imai ... Masahiro Kasahara
    Long-lived tropical trees in Southeast Asia accumulate somatic mutations in a manner that is dependent on time, rather than growth rate.
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Highlights

    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Ultraviolet camouflage

    Lin Wang, Tak-Sing Wong
    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Taking a close look at the cerebellum

    Héloïse de Vareilles
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Natural History of Model Organisms: E. coqui

    Sarah E Westrick, Mara Laslo, Eva K Fischer

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