Evolutionary Biology

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1. 1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   The emergence and evolution of gene expression in genome regions replete with regulatory motifs

   Timothy Fuqua, Yiqiao Sun, Andreas Wagner
2. 1. Ecology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   First evidence for the evolution of host manipulation by tumors during the long-term vertical transmission of tumor cells in Hydra oligactis

   Justine Boutry, Océane Rieu ... Frédéric Thomas
3. 1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   Fitness landscape of substrate-adaptive mutations in evolved amino acid-polyamine-organocation transporters

   Foteini Karapanagioti, Úlfur Águst Atlason ... Sebastian Obermaier

   Secondary active transporters can evolve to accommodate a broader range of substrates without losing their original substrate specificities.
4. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   Copy number variation and population-specific immune genes in the model vertebrate zebrafish

   Yannick Schäfer, Katja Palitzsch ... Jaanus Suurväli

   As a result of frequent gene duplication and haplotypic variation, a family of immune genes in the model vertebrate zebrafish has thousands of gene copies that are population- or individual-specific.
5. 1. Ecology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   The trunk replaces the longer mandible as the main feeding organ in elephant evolution

   Chunxiao Li, Tao Deng ... Shiqi Wang

   The long mandibles were gradually replaced by more flexible trunks in the evolution of proboscideans.
6. 1. Evolutionary Biology

   Early evolution of the ecdysozoan body plan

   Deng Wang, Yaqin Qiang ... Jian Han
7. 1. Ecology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   The fascinating role of neuropeptide Bursicon and its receptor in shaping insect seasonal polyphenism

   Zhixian Zhang, Jianying Li ... Songdou Zhang
8. 1. Physics of Living Systems
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   Changes in wing morphology rather than wingbeat kinematics enabled evolutionary miniaturization of hoverflies

   Camille Le Roy, Nina Tervelde ... Florian T. Muijres
9. 1. Neuroscience
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   Investments in photoreceptors compete with investments in optics to determine eye design

   Francisco JH Heras, Simon B Laughlin
10. 1. Evolutionary Biology

    Sex-biased regulatory changes in the placenta of native highlanders contribute to adaptive fetal development

    Tian Yue, Yongbo Guo ... Bing Su

    Comparative transcriptome analyses of human placenta reveal regulatory divergence between native highlanders and lowland immigrants living at high altitude, and a sex-biased pattern of genetic adaptation.