A new era for evolutionary developmental biology in non-model organisms
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DOI: 10.1007/s11427-020-1748-0
Abstract: Since the publication of The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin, evolutionary biology has developed into a key discipline of biology and experienced several important expansions contributed by the sequential integration of Mendelian genetics, Morgan’s… read more here.
Keywords: evolutionary developmental; developmental biology; evolutionary biology; evo devo ... See more keywords
Understanding the Evolutionary Biology of CVD From Analysis of Ancestral Population Genomes.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2017.01.010
Abstract: The authors report no relationships that could be construed as a conflict of interest. The authors are supported Understanding the evolutionary history of human adaptation is essential to understanding human biology today. Humans went through… read more here.
Keywords: cvd analysis; understanding evolutionary; biology cvd; evolutionary biology ... See more keywords
Quantum Mechanics predicts evolutionary biology.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2018.01.003
Abstract: Nowhere are the shortcomings of conventional descriptive biology more evident than in the literature on Quantum Biology. In the on-going effort to apply Quantum Mechanics to evolutionary biology, merging Quantum Mechanics with the fundamentals of… read more here.
Keywords: physics; evolutionary biology; biology; quantum mechanics ... See more keywords
Bridging the physical scales in evolutionary biology: from protein sequence space to fitness of organisms and populations.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2016.10.013
Abstract: Bridging the gap between the molecular properties of proteins and organismal/population fitness is essential for understanding evolutionary processes. This task requires the integration of the several physical scales of biological organization, each defined by a… read more here.
Keywords: bridging physical; physical scales; scales evolutionary; evolutionary biology ... See more keywords
Coevolution takes the sting out of it: Evolutionary biology and mechanisms of toxin resistance in animals
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DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2017.10.026
Abstract: ABSTRACT Understanding how biotic interactions shape the genomes of the interacting species is a long‐sought goal of evolutionary biology that has been hampered by the scarcity of tractable systems in which specific genomic features can… read more here.
Keywords: coevolution; toxin resistance; evolutionary biology; resistance ... See more keywords
Gregor Johann Mendel and the development of modern evolutionary biology
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2201327119
Abstract: This year we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Gregor Johann Mendel, who discovered the missing component of Darwin’s evolutionary theory, the genetic mechanism of trait inheritance. The eight articles in this Special… read more here.
Keywords: development modern; evolutionary biology; johann mendel; gregor johann ... See more keywords
Accelerating Bayesian inference for evolutionary biology models
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DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btw712
Abstract: Motivation: Bayesian inference is widely used nowadays and relies largely on Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods. Evolutionary biology has greatly benefited from the developments of MCMC methods, but the design of more complex and… read more here.
Keywords: bayesian inference; accelerating bayesian; inference evolutionary; evolutionary biology ... See more keywords
Highlight: New Solutions and Open Questions in Computational Evolutionary Biology
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DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evz237
Abstract: The dawn of the computer and information age in the last century left virtually no field untouched. In biology, computational advances enabled scientists to generate, store, and analyze large-scale data sets that could scarcely have… read more here.
Keywords: computational evolutionary; evolution; evolutionary biology; biology ... See more keywords
The Biological Hierarchy, Time, and Temporal 'Omics in Evolutionary Biology: A Perspective.
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DOI: 10.1093/icb/icac138
Abstract: Sequencing data-genomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics, proteomics, and metabolomics-have revolutionized biological research, enabling a more detailed study of processes, ranging from subcellular to evolutionary, that drive biological organization. These processes, collectively, are responsible for generating patterns of… read more here.
Keywords: evolutionary biology; biological hierarchy; phenotypic variation; temporal omics ... See more keywords
What have humans done for evolutionary biology? Contributions from genes to populations
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DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.1164
Abstract: Many fundamental concepts in evolutionary biology were discovered using non-human study systems. Humans are poorly suited to key study designs used to advance this field, and are subject to cultural, technological, and medical influences often… read more here.
Keywords: done evolutionary; evolutionary biology; human studies; humans done ... See more keywords
Cognitive innovations and the evolutionary biology of expertise
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DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0427
Abstract: Animal life can be perceived as the selective use of information for maximizing survival and reproduction. All organisms including bacteria and protists rely on genetic networks to build and modulate sophisticated structures and biochemical mechanisms… read more here.
Keywords: cognitive innovations; expertise; evolutionary biology; innovations evolutionary ... See more keywords