Evolutionary Biology

Evolutionary Biology

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    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Constraints on the G1/S transition pathway may favor selection of multicellularity as a passenger phenotype

    Tom Louis Ducrocq, Damien Laporte, Bertrand Daignan-Fornier
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    • Important
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    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    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
    A cognitive adaptation in Heliconius butterflies, accompanied by strikingly divergent changes in two principal insect integration centres, reveals that neural circuits can differ strongly in their propensity for evolutionary change.
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Bacterial ancestry of the mitochondrial ATP exporter

    Jotin Gogoi, Rajan Sankaranarayanan
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Useful
    • Incomplete
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Quantifying microbial fitness in high-throughput experiments

    Justus Wilhelm Fink, Michael Manhart
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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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    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • 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
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    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
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    • 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.
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Highlights

    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

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