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The use of information theory in evolutionary biology [PDF]
Annals NY Acad. Sciences 1256 (2012) 49-65, 2011 Information is a key concept in evolutionary biology. Information is stored in biological organism's genomes, and used to generate the organism as well as to maintain and control it. Information is also "that which evolves". When a population adapts to a local environment, information about this environment is fixed in a representative genome. However,
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Cancer systems biology in the genome sequencing era: Part 2, evolutionary dynamics of tumor clonal networks and drug resistance [PDF]
, 2014 A tumor often consists of multiple cell subpopulations (clones). Current chemo-treatments often target one clone of a tumor. Although the drug kills that clone, other clones overtake it and the tumor reoccurs. Genome sequencing and computational analysis allows to computational dissection of clones from tumors, while singe-cell genome sequencing ...
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Evolution of macromolecular structure: a 'double tale' of biological accretion [PDF]
Science Progress 101(4):360-383, 2018, 2018 The evolution of structure in biology is driven by accretion and change. Accretion brings together disparate parts to form bigger wholes. Change provides opportunities for growth and innovation. Here we review patterns and processes that are responsible for a 'double tale' of evolutionary accretion at various levels of complexity, from proteins and ...
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Genome structure and evolutionary history of frankincense producing Boswellia sacra
iScience, 2022 Summary: Boswellia sacra Flueck (family Burseraceae) tree is wounded to produce frankincense. We report its de novo assembled genome (667.8 Mb) comprising 18,564 high-confidence protein-encoding genes.
Abdul Latif Khan +20 more
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Evolution of Generalists by Phenotypic Plasticity
iScience, 2020 Summary: Adapting organisms face a tension between specializing their phenotypes for certain ecological tasks and developing generalist strategies that permit persistence in multiple environmental conditions.
David T. Fraebel +3 more
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iScience, 2023 Summary: Placental mammals' ancestors were insectivores, suggesting that modern mammals may have inherited the ability to digest insects. Acidic chitinase (Chia) is a crucial enzyme hydrolyzing significant component of insects' exoskeleton in many ...
Eri Tabata +5 more
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Robust 3D modeling reveals spatiosyntenic properties of animal genomes
iScience, 2023 Summary: Animal genomes are organized into chromosomes that are remarkably conserved in their gene content, forming distinct evolutionary units (synteny).
Tereza Clarence +5 more
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iScience, 2023 Summary: Endosymbiosis with chemosynthetic Gammaproteobacteria is widely recognized as an adaptive mechanism of siboglinid tubeworms, yet evolution of these endosymbionts and their driving forces remain elusive.
Zhao-Ming Gao +7 more
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Neutrality: A Necessity for Self-Adaptation [PDF]
Proceedings of the Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC
2002), 1354-1359., 2002 Self-adaptation is used in all main paradigms of evolutionary computation to increase efficiency. We claim that the basis of self-adaptation is the use of neutrality. In the absence of external control neutrality allows a variation of the search distribution without the risk of fitness loss.
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Underlying Principles of Natural Selection in Network Evolution: Systems Biology Approach
Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 2007 Systems biology is a rapidly expanding field that integrates diverse areas of science such as physics, engineering, computer science, mathematics, and biology toward the goal of elucidating the underlying principles of hierarchical metabolic and ...
Bor-Sen Chen, Wei-Sheng Wu
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