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The evolution of convex trade-offs enables the transition towards multicellularity
Nature Communications, 2021 Multicellularity is a major evolutionary transition that remains poorly characterized at the ecological and genetic level. Exposing unicellular green algae to a rotifer predator showed that just 500 generations of predator selection were sufficient to ...
Joana P. Bernardes +5 more
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Zoological Letters, 2021 Vertebrate extraocular muscles (EOMs) function in eye movements. The EOMs of modern jawed vertebrates consist primarily of four recti and two oblique muscles innervated by three cranial nerves. The developmental mechanisms underlying the establishment of
Shunya Kuroda +3 more
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Developmental Evolution of Hypaxial Muscles: Insights From Cyclostomes and Chondrichthyans
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021 Jawed vertebrates possess two distinct groups of muscles in the trunk (epaxial and hypaxial muscles) primarily defined by the pattern of motor innervation from the spinal cord.
Rie Kusakabe +3 more
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A common gene drive language eases regulatory process and eco-evolutionary extensions
BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Background Synthetic gene drive technologies aim to spread transgenic constructs into wild populations even when they impose organismal fitness disadvantages. The extraordinary diversity of plausible drive mechanisms and the range of selective parameters
Prateek Verma +2 more
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Novel developmental bases for the evolution of hypobranchial muscles in vertebrates
BMC Biology, 2020 Background Vertebrates are characterized by possession of hypobranchial muscles (HBMs). Cyclostomes, or modern jawless vertebrates, possess a rudimentary and superficial HBM lateral to the pharynx, whereas the HBM in jawed vertebrates is internalized and
Rie Kusakabe +5 more
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Experimental evolution of a pheromone signal
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Sexual signals are important in speciation, but understanding their evolution is complex as these signals are often composed of multiple, genetically interdependent components.
Thomas Blankers +3 more
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Zoological Letters, 2018 Background The skeletal musculature of gnathostomes, which is derived from embryonic somites, consists of epaxial and hypaxial portions. Some hypaxial muscles, such as tongue and limb muscles, undergo de-epithelialization and migration during development.
Noritaka Adachi +5 more
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Cooperate without Looking in a Non-Repeated Game
Games, 2015 We propose a simple model for why we have more trust in people who cooperate without calculating the associated costs. Intuitively, by not looking at the payoffs, people indicate that they will not be swayed by high temptations to defect, which makes ...
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Why Are Algal Viruses Not Always Successful?
Viruses, 2018 Algal viruses are considered to be key players in structuring microbial communities and biogeochemical cycles due to their abundance and diversity within aquatic systems.
Elena L. Horas +2 more
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Juvenile Spider Mites Induce Salicylate Defenses, but Not Jasmonate Defenses, Unlike Adults
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020 When plants detect herbivores they strengthen their defenses. As a consequence, some herbivores evolved the means to suppress these defenses. Research on induction and suppression of plant defenses usually makes use of particular life stages of ...
Jie Liu +7 more
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