Evolutionary Biology

Evolutionary Biology

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    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Mosaic of somatic mutations in one of Earth’s largest organisms, Pando

    Rozenn M Pineau, Karen E Mock ... Zachariah Gompert
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Useful
    • Incomplete
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Developmental, regenerative, and behavioral dynamics in acoel reproduction

    Vikram Chandra, Samantha Elizabeth Tseng ... Mansi Srivastava
    Studying the reproductive life history of an acoel reveals that a body-size-dependent program regulates organ growth and regeneration dynamics and discovers a novel form of egg-laying behavior.
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Latent gene network expression underlies partial re-evolution of a polyphenic trait in the worker caste of ants

    Angelly Vasquez-Correa, Johanna Arnet ... Ehab Abouheif
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Earliest evidence of elephant butchery at Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) reveals the evolutionary impact of early human megafaunal exploitation

    Manuel Dominguez-Rodrigo, Enrique Baquedano ... Audax Mabulla
    The discovery of the earliest direct evidence of systematic proboscidean butchery at Olduvai Gorge demonstrates that by 1.8 Ma early hominins had strategically integrated megafaunal exploitation into their subsistence systems.
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    No evidence for disassortative mating based on HLA in a small-scale, endogamous population

    Gillian L Meeks, Brooke Scelza ... Brenna M Henn
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Compelling
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    The population structure of invasive Lantana camara is shaped by its mating system

    P Praveen, Rajesh Gopal, Uma Ramakrishnan
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Incomplete
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Amino acid homorepeats act as buffers to maintain proteostasis and constrain the compatible sequence space of proteomes

    Yukihiro Murase, Naoki Kitamura ... Hisao Moriya
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Heterozygote advantage cannot explain MHC diversity, but MHC diversity can explain heterozygote advantage

    Joshua L Cherry
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Inference of germinal center evolutionary dynamics via simulation-based deep learning

    Duncan K Ralph, Athanasios G Bakis ... Frederick A Matsen
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Compelling
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Faroese Whole Genomes Provide Insight into Ancestry and Recent Selection

    Iman Hamid, Ólavur Mortensen ... Noomi O Gregersen
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Useful
    • Convincing
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Highlights

    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Taking a close look at the cerebellum

    Héloïse de Vareilles
    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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