Evolutionary Biology

Evolutionary Biology

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Latest articles

    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Regulatory networks of KRAB zinc finger genes and transposable elements changed during human brain evolution and disease

    Yao-Chung Chen, Arnaud Maupas, Katja Nowick
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    The Primate Major Histocompatibility Complex: An Illustrative Example of Gene Family Evolution

    Alyssa Lyn Fortier, Jonathan K Pritchard
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Heterozygote advantage can explain the extraordinary diversity of immune genes

    Mattias Siljestam, Claus Rueffler
    An eco-evolutionary model shows that heterozygote advantage can maintain over 100 major histocompatibility complex alleles, providing a potent explanation for extraordinary immune gene diversity and challenges previous models that predicted limited allele coexistence.
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Ancient Trans-Species Polymorphism at the Major Histocompatibility Complex in Primates

    Alyssa Lyn Fortier, Jonathan K Pritchard
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Not so local: the population genetics of convergent adaptation in maize and teosinte

    Silas Tittes, Anne Lorant ... Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    The Genomic Legacy of Aurochs hybridization in ancient and modern Iberian Cattle

    Torsten Günther, Jacob Chisausky ... Cristina Valdiosera
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Human genetic ancestry, Mycobacterium tuberculosis diversity and tuberculosis disease severity in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    Michaela Zwyer, Zhi Ming Xu ... Daniela Brites
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Evolutionary Biology

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

    Yuanqiang Sun, Yuange Duan ... Jian Lu
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Neuroscience
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    The first complete 3D reconstruction and morphofunctional mapping of an insect eye

    Anastasia A Makarova, Nicholas J Chua ... Alexey A Polilov
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    On the nature of the earliest known lifeforms

    Dheeraj Kanaparthi, Frances Westall ... Tillmann Lueders
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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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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    University of Toronto, Canada
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    Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Germany
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