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A de novo evolved gene in the house mouse regulates female pregnancy cycles

eLife, 2019
The de novo emergence of new genes has been well documented through genomic analyses. However, a functional analysis, especially of very young protein-coding genes, is still largely lacking.
Chen Xie, Cemalettin Bekpen, Sven Künzel, Maryam Keshavarz, Rebecca Krebs-Wheaton, Neva Skrabar, Kristian Karsten Ullrich, Diethard Tautz   +7 more
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The evolutionary biology of dance without frills [PDF]

, 2016
Recently psychologists have taken up the question of whether dance is reliant on unique human adaptations, or whether it is rooted in neural and cognitive mechanisms shared with other species 1, 2. In its full cultural complexity, human dance clearly has
Cook, P., Ravignani, A.
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Complete mitochondrial genomes provide current refined phylogenomic hypotheses for relationships among ten Hirundo species

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020
Hirundo is the most species-rich genus of the passerine swallow family (Hirundinidae) and has a cosmopolitan distribution. Here we report the complete, annotated mitochondrial genomes for 25 individuals from 10 of the 14 extant Hirundo species; these ...
Javan K. Carter, Peter Innes, April M. Goebl, Benjamin Johnson, Matthew Gebert, Ziv Attia, Zachariah Gabani, Ruiqi Li, Tina Melie, Chiara Dart, Ali Mares, Chrisopher Greidanus, Jaime Paterson, Brianna Wall, Gabriela Cortese, Kevin Thirouin, Gabrielle Glime, Joseph Rutten, Cameron Poyd, Erin Post, Brianna Wall, Ahmed A. Elhadi, Katherine Feldmann, August Danz, Thomas Blanchard, Samantha Amato, Stephan Reinert, Cloe S. Pogoda, Elizabeth S. C. Scordato, Amanda K. Hund, Rebecca J. Safran, Nolan C. Kane   +31 more
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Protocol for an agent-based model of recombination in bacteria playing a public goods game

STAR Protocols, 2023
Summary: Agent-based models are composed of individual agents coded for traits, such as cooperation and cheating, that interact in a virtual world based on defined rules.
Isaiah Paolo A. Lee, Omar Tonsi Eldakar, J. Peter Gogarten, Cheryl P. Andam   +3 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, Nicolas S.M. Robert, Fatih Sarigol, Xiao Fu, Paul A. Bates, Oleg Simakov   +5 more
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The emerging structure of the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis: where does Evo-Devo fit in? [PDF]

, 2018
The Extended Evolutionary Synthesis (EES) debate is gaining ground in contemporary evolutionary biology. In parallel, a number of philosophical standpoints have emerged in an attempt to clarify what exactly is represented by the EES.
A Fuentes, A Fábregas-Tejeda, A Minelli, A Stoltzfus, A Wagner, A Wilkins, AC Love, AC Love, AC Love, AC Love, Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda, AP Moczek, B Grant, B Sidlauskas, BH Weber, BK Hall, CH Waddington, D Charlesworth, D Duboule, D Noble, D Noble, DJ Depew, DJ Depew, DJ Futuyma, DJ Futuyma, DJ Nicholson, DR Brooks, E Abouheif, E Danchin, E Jablonka, E Jablonka, E Mayr, E Mayr, E Pennisi, E Pennisi, EH Davidson, EI Svensson, EL Peterson, F Suman, FJ Odling-Smee, Francisco Vergara-Silva, G Caponi, G Dassow von, G Fusco, G Gottlieb, GB Müller, GB Müller, GB Müller, GB Müller, GB Müller, GD Wassermann, GP Wagner, GP Wagner, GP Wagner, GP Wagner, GP Wagner, H Palma, HE Hoekstra, I Brigandt, I Brigandt, I Brigandt, I Hacking, I Lakatos, I Tëmkin, J Jaeger, J Whitfield, JA Endler, James Griesemer, JJ Welch, JL Gaddis, JL Hendrikse, JO Reiss, JR True, JS Wicken, K Laland, K Laland, K Laland, K Raj, KE Willmore, KN Laland, L Craig, L Darden, L Nuño de la Rosa, L Nuño de la Rosa, LI Held, LR Craig, M Casanueva, M Casanueva, M Lynch, M Martínez, M Martínez, M Nei, M Pavličev, M Pavličev, M Pigliucci, M Pigliucci, M Pigliucci, M Pigliucci, M Pigliucci, M Rebeiz, MD Laubichler, MD Laubichler, MD Laubichler, MJ West-Eberhard, MW Kirschner, N Eldredge, N Eldredge, N Irie, N Shubin, P Bateson, P Feyerabend, R Amundson, R Bonduriansky, R Bonduriansky, R Diogo, RA Raff, RG Delisle, RG Delisle, RG Winther, RJ Sommer, RM Burian, S Handschuh, S Oyama, SA Newman, SA Newman, SB Carroll, SB Carroll, SF Gilbert, SH Kellert, SJ Gould, SJ Gould, SM Stanley, T Ingold, T Lewens, T Pievani, T Pievani, T Pievani, T Pradeu, U Dieckmann, U Kutschera, VB Smocovitis, W Arthur, W Arthur, W Arthur, W Callebaut   +144 more
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Evaluating Model Performance in Evolutionary Biology

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 2018
Many fields of evolutionary biology now depend on stochastic mathematical models. These models are valuable for their ability to formalize predictions in the face of uncertainty and provide a quantitative framework for testing hypotheses.
Jeremy M. Brown, R. C. Thomson
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Evolutionary activation of acidic chitinase in herbivores through the H128R mutation in ruminant livestock

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, Ikuto Kobayashi, Takuya Morikawa, Akinori Kashimura, Peter O. Bauer, Fumitaka Oyama   +5 more
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Early genome erosion and internal phage-symbiont-host interaction in the endosymbionts of a cold-seep tubeworm

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, Ting Xu, Hua-Guan Chen, Rui Lu, Jun Tao, Hong-Bin Wang, Jian-Wen Qiu, Yong Wang   +7 more
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Developmental biology, the stem cell of biological disciplines. [PDF]

PLoS Biology, 2017
Developmental biology (including embryology) is proposed as "the stem cell of biological disciplines." Genetics, cell biology, oncology, immunology, evolutionary mechanisms, neurobiology, and systems biology each has its ancestry in developmental biology.
Scott F Gilbert
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