Evolutionary Biology

Evolutionary Biology

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    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Viral genome sequence datasets display pervasive evidence of strand-specific substitution biases that are best described using non-reversible nucleotide substitution models

    Rita Sianga-Mete, Penelope Hartnady ... Darren Patrick Martin
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Fitness drivers of division of labor in vertebrates

    Irene García-Ruiz, Dustin Rubenstein
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Useful
    • Inadequate
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Regulatory networks of KRAB zinc finger genes and transposable elements changed during human brain evolution and disease

    Yao-Chung Chen, Arnaud Maupas, Katja Nowick
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Incomplete
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Cancer–immune coevolution dictated by antigenic mutation accumulation

    Long Wang, Christo Morison, Weini Huang
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Compelling
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Introduction of cytosine-5 DNA methylation sensitizes cells to oxidative damage

    Joanna Krwawicz, Caroline J Sheeba ... Peter Sarkies
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
    Updated
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Faroese Whole Genomes Provide Insight into Ancestry and Recent Selection

    Iman Hamid, Ólavur Mortensen ... Noomi O Gregersen
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Useful
    • Solid
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Heterozygosity at a conserved candidate sex determination locus is associated with female development in the clonal raider ant (Ooceraea biroi)

    Kip D Lacy, Jina Lee ... Daniel JC Kronauer
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    The Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex pangenome is small and shaped by sub-lineage-specific regions of difference

    Mahboobeh Behruznia, Maximillian Marin ... Conor J Meehan
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Useful
    • Solid
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Risk-taking incentives predict aggression heuristics in female gorillas

    Nikolaos Smit, Martha M Robbins
    Behavioural patterns among female gorillas indicate that animals guide their aggressive interactions towards more or less powerful groupmates depending on the conditions they experience.
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Structural evolution of nitrogenase enzymes over geologic time

    Bruno Cuevas-Zuviría, Franka Detemple ... Betül Kaçar
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    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Valuable
    • Convincing
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Highlights

    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Mimicking early life-forms in the lab

    Maarten Lubbers, Dennis Claessen
    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Taking a close look at the cerebellum

    Héloïse de Vareilles
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Natural History of Model Organisms: E. coqui

    Sarah E Westrick, Mara Laslo, Eva K Fischer

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