Evolutionary Biology

Evolutionary Biology

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    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    High-throughput neutralization measurements correlate strongly with evolutionary success of human influenza strains

    Caroline Kikawa, Andrea N Loes ... Jesse D Bloom
    High-throughput measurement of neutralization titers using a new sequencing-based assay can help explain which seasonal influenza strains spread in the human population.
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Earliest Evidence of Elephant Butchery at Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) Reveals the Evolutionary Impact of Early Human Megafaunal Exploitation

    Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo, Enrique Baquedano ... Audax Mabulla
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Incomplete
    1. Plant Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Adaptation of an herbivorous arthropod to green tea plants by overcoming catechin defenses

    Naoki Takeda, Brendan Abiskaroon ... Takeshi Suzuki
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Kinematics and morphological correlates of descent strategies in arboreal mammals suggest early upright postures in euprimates

    Severine LD Toussaint, Dionisios Youlatos, John A Nyakatura
    Vertical locomotion in arboreal mammals is shaped by a complex interplay of body mass, limb proportions, grasping abilities, and head mass, and primates use distinct upright postures during descents.
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    On the nature of the earliest known lifeforms

    Dheeraj Kanaparthi, Frances Westall ... Tillmann Lueders
    Microfossils reported from Archaean BIFs most likely were liposome-like protocells, which had evolved intracellular mechanisms for energy conservation but not for regulating cell morphology and replication.
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Recombination shapes the diversification of the wtf meiotic drivers

    Yan Wang, Hao Xu ... Guan-Zhu Han
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Complex environmental cycles reveal evolution of circadian activity waveform and thermosensitive timeless splicing

    Pragya Niraj Sharma, Vasu Sheeba
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Incomplete
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Accelerated evolution in networked metapopulations of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Partha Pratim Chakraborty, Rees Kassen
    Centralized migration accelerates adaptation and drives parallel evolution, emphasizing the key influence of spatial organization on evolutionary dynamics across systems from pathogen transmission to species range shifts.
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Rapid evolution of fine-scale recombination during domestication: a perspective from population genomics

    Zheng-Xi Liu, Ming Li ... Ming-Shan Wang
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Incomplete
    • Inadequate
    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Separating selection from mutation in antibody language models

    Frederick A Matsen, Will Dumm ... Hugh K Haddox
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Solid
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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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