Evolutionary Biology

Evolutionary Biology

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    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Brawn before bite in endemic Asian eutherian mammals after the end-Cretaceous extinction

    Z Jack Tseng, Qian Li, Suyin Ting
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    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Rapid riparian ecosystem recovery in low-latitudinal North China following the end-Permian mass extinction

    Wenwei Guo, Li Tian ... Jinnan Tong
    In low-latitude North China, riparian ecosystems began to recover 2–3 million years after the end-Permian mass extinction.
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Are interphylum spiralian relationships resolvable?

    Ana Serra Silva, Maximilian J Telford
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Evolutionary dynamics of insect odorant receptors reveal ecological tuning shaping olfactory perception

    Tianmin Zhang, Xuanxiao Yang ... Huimeng Lu
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Useful
    • Incomplete
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Ancestral secretory programs underlie the evolution of morphological innovations across Spiralia

    Yitian Bai, Kunyin Jiang ... Qi Li
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
    • Incomplete
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Recombination shapes the diversification of the wtf meiotic drivers

    Yan Wang, Hao Xu ... Guan-Zhu Han
    wtf genes, a poison-antidote meiotic driver, underwent recurrent and intricate recombination, which likely generates new meiotic drivers.
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Adaptive variation in avian eggshell gas conductance and structure across elevational gradients?

    David Ocampo, Carlos Daniel Cadena ... Gustavo A Londoño
    In Neotropical birds, eggshells show that water vapor conductance declines with elevation, but structural responses vary across species, suggesting no single underlying mechanism and highlighting the need to further evaluate eggshell traits as determinants of elevational limits.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Host and antibiotic jointly select for greater virulence in Staphylococcus aureus

    Michelle Su, Kim L Hoang ... Timothy D Read
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Investments in photoreceptors compete with investments in optics to determine eye design

    Francisco JH Heras, Simon B Laughlin
    Allocating space, materials and energy to an eye's optics and photoreceptor array is a major factor in eye design that explains obvious differences between simple eyes and compound eyes.
    1. Neuroscience
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Distinct evolutionary trajectories of two integration centres, the central complex and mushroom bodies, across Heliconiini butterflies

    Max S Farnworth, Yi Peng Toh ... Stephen H Montgomery
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Valuable
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    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Immunology and Inflammation

    Antibody Language Models: Taking the biology seriously makes models better

    Antonio Matas-Gil, Andreas Tiffeau-Mayer
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Microfossils: Mimicking early life-forms in the lab

    Maarten Lubbers, Dennis Claessen
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Evolutionary Biology: Embracing the complexity of cooperation

    Benjamin Allen