Evolutionary Biology

Evolutionary Biology

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    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Pronounced expression of extracellular matrix proteoglycans regulated by Wnt pathway underlies the parallel evolution of lip hypertrophy in East African cichlids

    Nagatoshi Machii, Ryo Hatashima ... Masato Nikaido
    A shared molecular basis of proteoglycan accumulation, driven by Wnt signaling, underlies the parallel evolution of hypertrophied lips in East African cichlids.
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Still waters run deep in large-scale genome rearrangements of morphologically conservative Polyplacophora

    Julia D Sigwart, Yunlong Li ... Jin Sun
    Chitons overcome evolutionary constraints through unprecedented genomic dynamism, with extensive chromosomal rearrangements and duplications despite about 300 million years of morphological stasis.
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Social and environmental predictors of gut microbiome age in wild baboons

    Mauna R Dasari, Kimberly E Roche ... Elizabeth A Archie
    The mammalian gut microbiome can be used as a noninvasive and holistic predictor of biological age.
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Cancer-immune coevolution dictated by antigenic mutation accumulation

    Long Wang, Christo Morison, Weini Huang
    Not revised
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    1. Evolutionary Biology

    The population structure of invasive Lantana camara is shaped by its mating system

    P Praveen, Rajesh Gopal, Uma Ramakrishnan
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    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    The potential of inversions to accumulate balanced sexual antagonism is supported by simulations and Drosophila experiments

    Christopher S McAllester, John E Pool
    Sexually antagonistic pleiotropy involving frequency-dependent traits like mating display maintains linkage blocks like inversions as balanced polymorphisms in simulation, and may explain common inversion polymorphisms maintained at intermediate frequencies.
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Trophic eggs affect caste determination in the ant Pogonomyrmex rugosus

    Eléonore Genzoni, Tanja Schwander, Laurent Keller
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Compelling
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Seasonal and comparative evidence of adaptive gene expression in mammalian brain size plasticity

    William R Thomas, Troy Richter ... Liliana M Dávalos
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Developmental, regenerative, and behavioral dynamics in acoel reproduction

    Vikram Chandra, Samantha E Tseng ... Mansi Srivastava
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Prophage-encoded Hm-oscar gene recapitulates Wolbachia-induced male-killing in the tea tortrix moth Homona magnanima

    Hiroshi Arai, Susumu Katsuma ... Daisuke Kageyama
    Oscar homologs play a conserved role in Wolbachia-induced male-killing in Lepidoptera but not in other insects, highlighting the evolution of diverse male-killing mechanisms induced by Wolbachia.
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    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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