Evolutionary Biology

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1. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Neuroscience

   Connexins evolved after early chordates lost innexin diversity

   Georg Welzel, Stefan Schuster

   An in silico analysis of gap junction proteins supports the hypothesis that connexins replaced the primordial innexins in chordate gap junctions due to an evolutionary bottleneck.
2. 1. Developmental Biology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   Cavefish cope with environmental hypoxia by developing more erythrocytes and overexpression of hypoxia-inducible genes

   Corine M van der Weele, William R Jeffery

   Astyanax mexicanus cavefish cope with hypoxic environments by expanding embryonic hematopoietic domains, increasing the capacity for erythrocyte development, and constitutive overexpression of hypoxia-inducible genes.
3. 1. Evolutionary Biology

   The population genetics of collateral resistance and sensitivity

   Sarah M Ardell, Sergey Kryazhimskiy

   A theoretical model that considers the diversity of collateral effects among drug resistance mutations provides insights into the development of robust sequential antibiotic treatments.
4. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   Genetic basis and dual adaptive role of floral pigmentation in sunflowers

   Marco Todesco et al.

   Variation in patterns of floral UV pigmentation is controlled by a single transcription factor in sunflower and affects both pollinator attraction and responses to environmental stresses.
5. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   Repeated origins, widespread gene flow, and allelic interactions of target-site herbicide resistance mutations

   Julia M Kreiner et al.
6. 1. Developmental Biology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   Natural History of Model Organisms: The big potential of the small frog Eleutherodactylus coqui

   Sarah E Westrick et al.
7. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   The mutationathon highlights the importance of reaching standardization in estimates of pedigree-based germline mutation rates

   Lucie A Bergeron et al.
8. 1. Cell Biology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   Addition of a carboxy-terminal tail to the normally tailless gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor impairs fertility in female mice

   Chirine Toufaily et al.

   The absence of a carboxy-terminal tail in the GnRH receptor is not required for the preovulatory luteinizing hormone surge and fertility in mammals.
9. 1. Evolutionary Biology

   Evolutionary footprints of a cold relic in a rapidly warming world

   Eva Wolf et al.

   Evolutionary dynamics of polyploid plants of the genus Cochlearia during past periods of rapid climate change indicate increased rates of speciation and diversification in response to pronounced glacial cycles and cold periods in particular.
10. 1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Unique structure and positive selection promote the rapid divergence of Drosophila Y chromosomes

    Ching-Ho Chang et al.