Common lizards break Dollo’s law of irreversibility: genome-wide phylogenomics support a single origin of viviparity and re-evolution of oviparity [PDF]
, 2018 Dollo’s law of irreversibility states that once a complex trait has been lost in evolution, it cannot be regained. It is thought that complex epistatic interactions and developmental constraints impede the re-emergence of such a trait.
Elmer, Kathryn R. +2 more
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Extraocular Photoreception in Optic Lobes, Suckers, and Skin of Octopus vulgaris
Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.Evidence of extra‐ocular photoreception in Octopus vulgaris (a) Diagram of the O. vulgaris different tissues considered: SPB, sucker proximal big; SPL, sucker proximal large; SM, sucker medium; SD, sucker distal; SK, skin; OL, optic lobes; RT, retina; (b‐d) Gene expression analysis of Ov‐GRK1 (red), Ov‐retinochrome (green), Ov‐rhodopsin (blue) mRNA ...
Valeria Maselli +7 more
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Reaching the Monophyly: Re-Evaluation of the Enigmatic Species Tenuibiotus hyperonyx (Maucci, 1983) and the Genus Tenuibiotus (Eutardigrada) [PDF]
, 2022 Daniel Stec, Witold Morek
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BEAST: Bayesian evolutionary analysis by sampling trees [PDF]
, 2007 Background The evolutionary analysis of molecular sequence variation is a statistical enterprise. This is reflected in the increased use of probabilistic models for phylogenetic inference, multiple sequence alignment, and molecular population genetics ...
Drummond, Alexei J., Rambaut, Andrew
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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.We decode mitochondrial genomes across all extant canids, revealing lineage‐specific codon optimization driven by altitude, predation, and body size. A tripartite framework integrates geological events, metabolic constraints, and adaptive radiation to explain carnivore evolution.
Xiaoyang Wu +8 more
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The changing views on the evolutionary relationships of extant Salamandridae (Amphibia: Urodela). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 The phylogenetic relationships among members of the family Salamandridae have been repeatedly investigated over the last 90 years, with changing character and taxon sampling. We review the changing composition and the phylogenetic position of salamandrid
Michael Veith +3 more
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Acta Zoologica, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Based on adult morphological characters, the more than 300 species of Alpheus were divided into seven informal species groups, but some groups are not supported by molecular data. The aim here was to describe the zoea I of Alpheus bouvieri, and to do a review of the larval descriptions available in the literature, analysing whether the ...
Karmine Pasinatto +2 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2015 The sand gobies are a monophyletic group of small, nearshore marine to freshwater fishes, including 43 species in four genera that inhabit Europe and the Mediterranean Sea.
Christos Gkenas +4 more
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Phylogenetic reassessment of tribe Anemoneae (Ranunculaceae): Non-monophyly of Anemone s.l. revealed by plastid datasets. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Morphological and molecular evidence strongly supported the monophyly of tribe Anemoneae DC.; however, phylogenetic relationships among genera of this tribe have still not been fully resolved.
Nan Jiang +6 more
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Introgressive Hybridization and the Evolution of Lake-Adapted Catostomid Fishes. [PDF]
, 2016 Hybridization has been identified as a significant factor in the evolution of plants as groups of interbreeding species retain their phenotypic integrity despite gene exchange among forms.
Carson, Evan W +5 more
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