Evolutionary Biology

Evolutionary Biology

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Latest articles

    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Emergence of catalytic function in prebiotic information-coding polymers

    Alexei V Tkachenko, Sergei Maslov
    Theoretical scenario for prebiotic polymers capable of nonenzymatic replication to acquire an early catalytic function, specifically cleavage activity.
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Longer mandible or nose? Co-evolution of feeding organs in early elephantiforms

    Chunxiao Li, Tao Deng ... Shi-Qi Wang
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Epistasis facilitates functional evolution in an ancient transcription factor

    Brian P.H. Metzger, Yeonwoo Park ... Joseph W. Thornton
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    The Hippo kinase cascade regulates a contractile cell behavior and cell density in a close unicellular relative of animals

    Jonathan E Phillips, Duojia Pan
    Genetic analysis of Hippo pathway kinases in a close unicellular relative of animals suggests an ancestral role of this ancient pathway in regulating cytoskeletal dynamics and density of multicellular aggregates.
    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Immunology and Inflammation

    Caspase-1 activates gasdermin A in non-mammals

    Zachary Paul Billman, Stephen Bela Kovacs ... Edward A Miao
    Amphibians, reptiles, and birds engage pyroptosis using caspase-1 and GSDMA, filling an evolutionary gap in which caspase-1 cleaves GSDME in fish and GSDMD in mammals.
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    The recombination landscape of introgression in yeast

    Enrique J. Schwarzkopf, Nathan Brandt, Caiti Smukowski Heil

Highlights

    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Natural History of Model Organisms: E. coqui

    Sarah E Westrick, Mara Laslo, Eva K Fischer
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Plant Biology: Hiding in plain smell

    Youngsung Joo, Meredith C Schuman

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  1. Claude Desplan
    New York University, United States
  2. George H Perry
    Pennsylvania State University, United States
  3. Detlef Weigel
    Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Germany
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