Evolutionary Biology

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1. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   The distribution of fitness effects among synonymous mutations in a gene under directional selection

   Eleonore Lebeuf-Taylor et al.
2. 1. Evolutionary Biology

   The genomes of polyextremophilic cyanidiales contain 1% horizontally transferred genes with diverse adaptive functions

   Alessandro W Rossoni et al.

   Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) analysis in polyextremophile red algae (Cyanidiales) provides explanations for the nonexistence of cumulative effects and eukaryotic pangenomes, and highlights differences between HGT and native genes.
3. 1. Evolutionary Biology

   Gene Transfer: Adapting for life in the extreme

   Carolin M Kobras, Daniel Falush

   Red algae have adapted to extreme environments by acquiring genes from bacteria and archaea.
4. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   The Natural History of Model Organisms: The untapped potential of medaka and its wild relatives

   Leon Hilgers, Julia Schwarzer

   Studies of medaka and other ricefishes in the wild could provide insights in fields such as evolutionary biology, development and cancer research.
5. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   Self-sperm induce resistance to the detrimental effects of sexual encounters with males in hermaphroditic nematodes

   Lauren N Booth et al.
6. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   Ancient origins of arthropod moulting pathway components

   André Luiz de Oliveira et al.
7. 1. Developmental Biology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   An integrative genomic analysis of the Longshanks selection experiment for longer limbs in mice

   João PL Castro et al.

   Genome sequencing of mice selected for longer limbs reveals that rapid selection response is due to both discrete loci and polygenic adaptation.
8. 1. Ecology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   Positive and negative incentive contrasts lead to relative value perception in ants

   Stephanie Wendt et al.

   Relative value perception, a basic tenant of Behavioural Economics, is demonstrated in an insect, and further shown to be driven by cognitive processes and induced by private and social information.
9. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Physics of Living Systems

   Morphogenesis: Mathematical models with frills

   Pierre A Haas

   The spectacular frill around the neck of the lizard Chlamydosaurus has its origins in a mechanical instability that arises during development.
10. 1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Haplotypes spanning centromeric regions reveal persistence of large blocks of archaic DNA

    Sasha A Langley et al.

    Genomic polymorphism across centromeric regions of humans is organized into large-scale haplotypes with great diversity, including entire Neanderthal centromeres.