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Epigenetic Inheritance and Its Role in Evolutionary Biology: Re-Evaluation and New Perspectives
Biology, 2016 Epigenetics increasingly occupies a pivotal position in our understanding of inheritance, natural selection and, perhaps, even evolution. A survey of the PubMed database, however, reveals that the great majority (>93%) of epigenetic papers have an intra-,
W. Burggren
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.In lymphoid organs, antigen recognition and B cell receptor signaling rely on integrins and the cytoskeleton. Integrins act as mechanoreceptors, couple B cell receptor activation to cytoskeletal remodeling, and support immune synapse formation as well as antigen extraction.
Abhishek Pethe, Tanja Nicole Hartmann
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Transcriptional effects of a positive feedback circuit in Drosophila melanogaster
BMC Genomics, 2017 Background Synthetic systems that use positive feedback have been developed to control human disease vectors and crop pests. The tTAV system, which has been deployed in several insect species, relies on a positive feedback circuit that can be inhibited ...
Jarosław Bryk +3 more
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Acceptance of Evolution Increases with Student Academic Level: A Comparison Between a Secular and a Religious College [PDF]
, 2009 Acceptance of evolution among the general public, high schools, teachers, and scientists has been documented in the USA; little is known about college students’ views on evolution; this population is relevant since it transits from a high-school/parent ...
Espinosa, Avelina +1 more
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A stepwise emergence of evolution in the RNA world
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.How did biological evolution emerge from chemical reactions? This perspective proposes a gradual scenario of self‐organization among RNA molecules, where catalytic feedback on random mixtures plays the central role. Short oligomers cross‐ligate, and self‐assembly enables heritable variations. An event of template‐externalization marks the transition to
Philippe Nghe
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iScienceSummary: Old World camels exhibit many unique traits for adaptations to desert environments, distinct from New World camels within the same family. Here, we conducted a comparative genomic analysis of three Old World camel species relative to four New ...
Xin Guo +3 more
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Group size influences maternal provisioning and compensatory larval growth in honeybees
iScience, 2023 Summary: Environmental variation selects for the adaptive plasticity of maternal provisioning. Even though developing honeybees find themselves in a protected colony environment, their reproductively specialized queens actively adjust their maternal ...
Bin Han +6 more
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.B cells sense external mechanical forces and convert them into biochemical signals through mechanotransduction. Understanding how malignant B cells respond to physical stimuli represents a groundbreaking area of research. This review examines the key mechano‐related molecules and pathways in B lymphocytes, highlights the most relevant techniques to ...
Marta Sampietro +2 more
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A family of crown-of-thorns starfish spine-secreted proteins modify adult conspecific behavior
iScienceSummary: With growing interest in utilizing semiochemicals to control pest species, recent investigations have begun to consider semiochemicals to control outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish (CoTS; Acanthaster cf.
Richard J. Harris +11 more
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The PWWP domain and the evolution of unique DNA methylation toolkits in Hymenoptera
iScience, 2023 Summary: DNMT3 in Hymenoptera has a unique duplication of the essential PWWP domain. Using GST-tagged PWWP fusion proteins and histone arrays we show that these domains have gained new properties and represent the first case of PWWP domains binding to ...
Robert Kucharski +4 more
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