Evolutionary Biology

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1. 1. Genetics and Genomics
   2. Evolutionary Biology
   3. Human Biology and Medicine

   Determining the genetic basis of anthracycline-cardiotoxicity by molecular response QTL mapping in induced cardiomyocytes

   David A Knowles et al.

   Genetic variants that modulate transcriptomic response to doxorubicin in human iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes are predictive of cardiac damage and in vivo sensitivity to anthracycline cardiotoxicity.
2. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Neuroscience

   A cerebellar substrate for cognition evolved multiple times independently in mammals

   Jeroen B Smaers et al.

   Multiple independent directional selection events on a neural substrate that underpins domain-general associative abilities partly explains independent occurrences of complex behavior in different lineages of mammals.
3. 1. Computational and Systems Biology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   Shearing in flow environment promotes evolution of social behavior in microbial populations

   Gurdip Uppal, Dervis Can Vural

   Shearing in fluid flow induces or enhances budding dispersal in microbial populations, resulting in stronger cooperative behavior.
4. 1. Evolutionary Biology

   Metabolic co-dependence drives the evolutionarily ancient Hydra-Chlorella symbiosis

   Mayuko Hamada et al.
5. 1. Evolutionary Biology

   Gene family innovation, conservation and loss on the animal stem lineage

   Daniel J Richter et al.
6. 1. Evolutionary Biology

   Neurocranial anatomy of an enigmatic Early Devonian fish sheds light on early osteichthyan evolution

   Alice M Clement et al.

   Stunning new scan data of an enigmatic fish from the Early Devonian of Australia, Ligulalepis, is identified as a stem osteichthyan, specifically, as the sister taxon to the 'psarolepids' plus crown osteichthyans.
7. 1. Evolutionary Biology

   Microbial eukaryotes have adapted to hypoxia by horizontal acquisitions of a gene involved in rhodoquinone biosynthesis

   Courtney W Stairs et al.

   A number of microbial eukaryotes have adapted to low oxygen conditions by acquiring a gene that allows their mitochondrial electron transport chain to continue to function when oxygen is scarce.
8. 1. Evolutionary Biology

   Silencing of transposable elements may not be a major driver of regulatory evolution in primate iPSCs

   Michelle C Ward et al.

   Human and chimpanzee-induced pluripotent stem cells show limited species-specificity in transposable element silencing.
9. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Stochastic processes constrain the within and between host evolution of influenza virus

   John T McCrone et al.

   An analysis of influenza viruses from naturally infected people suggests a tight transmission bottleneck and little positive selection within hosts.
10. 1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    CRISPR-based herd immunity can limit phage epidemics in bacterial populations

    Pavel Payne et al.

    Bacteria can exhibit herd immunity protection against phages, which may play a significant role in their ecology and evolution.