Evolutionary Biology

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1. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   The presence and absence of periplasmic rings in bacterial flagellar motors correlates with stator type

   Mohammed Kaplan et al.
2. 1. Evolutionary Biology

   Multifactorial processes underlie parallel opsin loss in neotropical bats

   Alexa Sadier et al.

   Parallel losses of short-wave light sensitivity in diverse bats occurred through independent changes at multiple steps in the conversion of genotype into functional phenotype, including pre-, during, and post-transcription.
3. 1. Ecology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   Molecular basis of wax-based color change and UV reflection in dragonflies

   Ryo Futahashi et al.
4. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   Drought adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana by extensive genetic loss-of-function

   J Grey Monroe et al.

   Gene knockouts provide valuable genetic fuel for climate adaptation in nature.
5. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   Immune genes are hotspots of shared positive selection across birds and mammals

   Allison J Shultz, Timothy Sackton
6. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   Predicting mutational routes to new adaptive phenotypes

   Peter A Lind et al.

   A combination of genetics, experimental evolution and mathematical modelling defines information necessary to predict the outcome of short-term adaptive evolution.
7. 1. Ecology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   The Natural History of Model Organisms: Nothobranchius furzeri, an 'instant' fish from an ephemeral habitat

   Martin Reichard, Matej Polačik

   The turquoise killifish from ephemeral pools in African savannah combines extremely short lifespan with a standard vertebrate body plan – ideal attributes for a laboratory animal.
8. 1. Evolutionary Biology

   A β-carotene-binding protein carrying a red pigment regulates body-color transition between green and black in locusts

   Meiling Yang et al.

   Body color change of locusts reveals a new 'palette effect' mechanism by which the red βCBP–β-carotene pigment complex acts as a switch to coordinate between black and green coloration.
9. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   Predicted glycosyltransferases promote development and prevent spurious cell clumping in the choanoflagellate S. rosetta

   Laura A Wetzel et al.

   A genetic screen reveals that two predicted glycosyltransferases promote rosette development and prevent cell clumping in one of the closest living relatives of animals, the choanoflagellate S. rosetta.
10. 1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Symbiont location, host fitness, and possible coadaptation in a symbiosis between social amoebae and bacteria

    Longfei Shu et al.