Evolutionary Biology

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1. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Neuroscience

   A single-cell transcriptomic atlas reveals resident dendritic-like cells in the zebrafish brain parenchyma

   Mireia Rovira, Giuliano Ferrero ... Valerie Wittamer

   The zebrafish brain combines a conserved heterogeneity of immune cells with a unique dendritic cell-like population.
2. 1. Evolutionary Biology

   Integration of multi-level dental diversity links macro-evolutionary patterns to ecological strategies across sharks

   Roland Zimm, Vitória Tobias Santos, Nicolas Goudemand

   Shark dentition is a complex and hyper-diverse trait integrating multiple spatial levels, with mid-scale features being most crucial for functional adaptation, revealing evolutionary patterns that offer insights into distinct ecological strategies.
3. 1. Ecology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   Kinematics and morphological correlates of descent strategies in arboreal mammals suggest early upright postures in euprimates

   Séverine LD Toussaint, Dionisios Youlatos, John A Nyakatura
4. 1. Cancer Biology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   Punctuated mutagenesis promotes multi-step evolutionary adaptation in human cancers

   Christopher Graser, Wenbo Wu ... Franziska Michor
5. 1. Evolutionary Biology

   Trained immunity and immune priming in plants and invertebrates

   Joachim Kurtz, Raul Andino ... Jurriaan Ton

   An evolutionary perspective on immune priming across plants and invertebrates highlights the roles of microbiomes and epigenetic regulation in shaping innate immune memory with promising applications in agriculture and aquaculture.
6. 1. Evolutionary Biology

   Cryptovaranoides is not a squamate

   Michael W Caldwell, Chase D Brownstein ... Tiago R Simões
7. 1. Evolutionary Biology

   Coenzyme-protein interactions since early life

   Alma Carolina Sanchez Rocha, Mikhail Makarov ... Klára Hlouchová

   Amino acids that were abundant since the prebiotic era are enriched in protein binding sites of the most ancient coenzymes, supporting the plausibility of an early coenzyme–peptide world.
8. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   The primate Major Histocompatibility Complex as a case study of gene family evolution

   Alyssa Lyn Fortier, Jonathan K Pritchard

   The Major Histocompatibility Complex region evolves via gene birth-and-death, resulting in short-lived genes, rapidly expanding gene subfamilies, and many gene fragments.
9. 1. Genetics and Genomics
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   Pre-Cambrian origin of envelope-carrying retrotransposons in metazoans

   Shashank Chary, Rippei Hayashi
10. 1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Fitness drivers of division of labor in vertebrates

    Irene García-Ruiz, Dustin Rubenstein