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Phylogenetic analyses of the four core virion proteins support a new evolutionary model for the origin of the main groups of eukaryotic viruses in the kingdom Bamfordvirae.

Background selection is shown to be the dominant mode of linked selection in humans, with marked effects on diversity levels throughout autosomes.

We are writing to respond to the comment by Sustar and Tuthill, 2023 on our article about appendage regeneration in jellyfish, fruit flies, and mice (Abrams et al., 2021).

Resurrected Steller’s sea cow hemoglobin exhibits novel functional traits underlying their adaptation to the sub-Arctic.

Studying fossils from a mass-mortality event reveals evidence for sexual dimorphism and, unusually, equal numbers of males and females in a herd of dinosaurs.

Consistent bimodal variations in the femoral morphology of various modern amniotes and a remarkably large herd of coeval fossil non-avian theropods evidences sexual dimorphism in dinosaurs.

Metabolomic analyses indicate that diet generalism may stem from a neutral metabolic response to different chemistries, rather than from an accumulation of specific adaptations.

The propensity to endogenize and domesticate dsDNA viruses depends on lifestyle in Hymenoptera.

Stage identity and developmental progression in insects is controlled by sequential expression of temporal-specific transcription factors.

Observational field analyses demonstrate that within a species, variation in animal weapon size corresponds to individual differences in the costs and benefits of weaponry.