Evolutionary Biology

Evolutionary Biology

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    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Effective population size does not explain long-term variation in genome size and transposable element content in animals

    Alba Marino, Gautier Debaecker ... Benoit Nabholz
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Trophic eggs affect caste determination in the ant Pogonomyrmex rugosus

    Eléonore Genzoni, Tanja Schwander, Laurent Keller
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    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Important
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    1. Evolutionary Biology

    The general version of Hamilton’s rule

    Matthijs van Veelen
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    • Landmark
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    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Heterozygosity at a conserved candidate sex determination locus is associated with female development in the clonal raider ant (Ooceraea biroi)

    Kip D Lacy, Jina Lee ... Daniel JC Kronauer
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    An initial report of c241,000 to 335,000 Year old Rock Engravings and their relation to Homo naledi in the Rising Star cave system, South Africa

    Lee R Berger, John Hawks ... Keneiloe Molopyane
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    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Old age variably impacts chimpanzee engagement and efficiency in stone tool use

    Elliot Howard-Spink, Tetsuro Matsuzawa ... Dora Biro
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Upstream open reading frames buffer translational variability during Drosophila evolution and development

    Yuanqiang Sun, Yuange Duan ... Jian Lu
    Upstream open reading frames (uORFs) function as regulatory elements that buffer translation variability, stabilizing protein expression across animal developmental stages and evolutionary timescales.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    High-throughput neutralization measurements correlate strongly with evolutionary success of human influenza strains

    Caroline Kikawa, Andrea N Loes ... Jesse D Bloom
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Post-fertilization transcription initiation in an ancestral LTR retrotransposon drives lineage-specific genomic imprinting of ZDBF2

    Hisato Kobayashi, Tatsushi Igaki ... Kazuki Kurimoto
    A novel mechanism for the establishment of species-specific imprinting emerged through LTR insertion and post-fertilization activation.
    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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

    Sarah R Mullinax, Andrea M Darby ... Robert L Unckless
    Genetic variation in an immune peptide is maintained by multiple selective forces including an interplay between systemic immunity, sex, and the microbiome.
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Highlights

    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
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Plant Biology: Hiding in plain smell

    Youngsung Joo, Meredith C Schuman

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