Evolutionary Biology

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1. 1. Evolutionary Biology

   Homoplasy in the evolution of modern human-like joint proportions in Australopithecus afarensis

   Anjali M Prabhat et al.

   The human-like joint proportions of Australopithecus afarensis evolved independently, making 'Lucy' and her kind the earliest known evolutionary experiment in obligate bipedalism.
2. 1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   Morphological and genomic shifts in mole-rat ‘queens’ increase fecundity but reduce skeletal integrity

   Rachel A Johnston et al.

   In cooperatively breeding Damaraland mole-rats, transitioning to 'queen' results in extensive gene regulatory and morphological remodeling, but also costs to skeletal integrity that scale with reproductive investment.
3. 1. Evolutionary Biology

   Myoglobin primary structure reveals multiple convergent transitions to semi-aquatic life in the world's smallest mammalian divers

   Kai He et al.
4. 1. Computational and Systems Biology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   Mapping single-cell atlases throughout Metazoa unravels cell type evolution

   Alexander J Tarashansky et al.
5. 1. Evolutionary Biology

   Reduced purine biosynthesis in humans after their divergence from Neandertals

   Vita Stepanova et al.
6. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   High social status males experience accelerated epigenetic aging in wild baboons

   Jordan A Anderson et al.

   Among the factors that predict fitness in wild baboons, dominance rank in males, but not in females, is the best predictor of epigenetic aging.
7. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   Aging: The temporary cost of dominance

   Calen P Ryan, Christopher W Kuzawa

   In a population of wild baboons, a new way to assess biological age reveals a surprising effect of social hierarchy.
8. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Genetic determinants facilitating the evolution of resistance to carbapenem antibiotics

   Peijun Ma et al.

   High-level transposon insertional mutagenesis and a broader spectrum of resistance-conferring mutations for selected carbapenems facilitate the evolution of carbapenem resistance in Klebsiella pneumonia clinical isolates.
9. 1. Evolutionary Biology

   Chloroplast acquisition without the gene transfer in kleptoplastic sea slugs, Plakobranchus ocellatus

   Taro Maeda et al.

   The newly opened genome of a kleptoplastic mollusk, Plakobranchus ocellatus, indicated that sequestered plastids retain their activity within the animal cell without horizontal algal gene transfer to the animal nucleus.
10. 1. Evolutionary Biology

    Evolution of the complex transcription network controlling biofilm formation in Candida species

    Eugenio Mancera et al.

    The transcription networks controlling biofilm formation in Candida species exhibit 'structural' similarities, but show gradual substitutions of transcription regulators and frequent changes in target genes.