Evolutionary Biology

Latest articles

1. 1. Developmental Biology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   Extraocular, rod-like photoreceptors in a flatworm express xenopsin photopigment

   Kate A Rawlinson et al.

   A new opsin receptor is light-sensitive and expressed in a unique type of photoreceptor in a flatworm that encloses over 400 sensory cilia within its cell membrane.
2. 1. Developmental Biology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   An ancestral apical brain region contributes to the central complex under the control of foxQ2 in the beetle Tribolium

   Bicheng He et al.
3. 1. Computational and Systems Biology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   ASPEN, a methodology for reconstructing protein evolution with improved accuracy using ensemble models

   Roman Sloutsky, Kristen M Naegle

   Using different sets of input sequences to evolutionary reconstruction algorithms results in the exploration of many possible models, the intergration over which produces significantly more accurate models.
4. 1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   Dynamic turnover of centromeres drives karyotype evolution in Drosophila

   Ryan Bracewell et al.

   De novo formation of centromeres creates diverse karyotypes in flies and is accompanied by rapid turnover of centromere-associated satellite repeats.
5. 1. Evolutionary Biology

   Fog signaling has diverse roles in epithelial morphogenesis in insects

   Matthew Alan Benton et al.

   Fog signaling with a narrow morphogenetic role in Drosophila has a deeply conserved function in epithelial morphogenesis across insects.
6. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   Mating Behavior: When structure meets function

   Sarah A Signor

   A new study upturns the long-held belief that in fruit flies, the yellow gene determines sex-specific behaviors by acting in the brain.
7. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   The yellow gene influences Drosophila male mating success through sex comb melanization

   Jonathan H Massey et al.

   Melanization of a secondary sexual structure facilitates male mating success in Drosophila.
8. 1. Developmental Biology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   Evolutionary loss of foot muscle during development with characteristics of atrophy and no evidence of cell death

   Mai P Tran et al.
9. 1. Cell Biology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   The regulation of oocyte maturation and ovulation in the closest sister group of vertebrates

   Shin Matsubara et al.

   Oocyte maturation and ovulation in the sister group of vertebrates, Ciona intestinalis Type A, are triggered by Ci-VP, the Ciona homolog of a typical neruopeptide, vasopressin.
10. 1. Evolutionary Biology

    Asexual reproduction reduces transposable element load in experimental yeast populations

    Jens Bast et al.

    Sexual reproduction is responsible for the evolutionary success of selfish transposable elements.