Evolutionary Biology

Evolutionary Biology

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Latest articles

    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Medicine

    The conserved genetic program of male germ cells uncovers ancient regulators of human spermatogenesis

    Rion Brattig-Correia, Joana M Almeida ... Paulo Navarro-Costa
    An interdisciplinary research platform reveals that the transcriptional identity of metazoan male germ cells is built around a small network of deeply conserved gene interactions with an overarching functional impact.
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Alasemenia, the earliest ovule with three wings and without cupule

    Deming Wang, Jiangnan Yang ... Pu Huang
    Early seeds without cupules evolved functions in wind dispersal and probable photosynthetic nutrition and three-winged seeds are more adapted to wind dispersal than seeds with one, two, or four wings.
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Evolution of novel mimicry polymorphisms through Haldane’s sieve and rare recombination

    Riddhi Deshmukh, Saurav Baral ... Krushnamegh Kunte
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Whole genomes from the extinct Xerces Blue butterfly can help identify declining insect species

    Toni de-Dios, Claudia Fontsere ... Carles Lalueza-Fox
    The retrieval of whole genomes from museum specimens from the extinct Xerxes Blue butterfly shows signals of population decline that could be use to identify present-day endangered insect species.
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    High-density sampling reveals volume growth in human tumours

    Arman Angaji, Michel Owusu ... Johannes Berg
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Multiple origins of dorsal ecdysial sutures in trilobites and their relatives

    Kun-sheng Du, Jin Guo ... Ai-lin Chen
    New morphological information on the Cambrian artiopodan Acanthomeridion, including CT data, demonstrate that dorsal ecdysial sutures likely evolved multiple times within this group.

Highlights

    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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