Genome-wide signatures of complex introgression and adaptive evolution in the big cats
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DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1700299
Abstract: Big cat genomes reveal a history of interspecies admixture and adaptive evolution of genes underlying development and sensory perception. The great cats of the genus Panthera comprise a recent radiation whose evolutionary history is poorly… read more here.
Keywords: positive selection; panthera; evolution big; adaptive evolution ... See more keywords
Gene losses did not stop the evolution of big brains
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DOI: 10.7554/elife.41912
Abstract: Elephants and fruit bats have evolved large brains even though they have lost a gene that is fundamental to the supply of energy to the brain when glucose is not available. read more here.
Keywords: gene losses; stop evolution; losses stop; evolution big ... See more keywords