Giant mobile elements: Agents of multivariate phenotypic evolution in fungi
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.01.020
Abstract: Fungal mobile genetic elements are typically small, vertically inherited, and are not known to encode adaptive traits. A new study documents HEPHAESTUSÂ - a large, horizontally transferred, cargo-carrying mobile element that confers tolerance to several metals… read more here.
Keywords: multivariate phenotypic; elements agents; agents multivariate; giant mobile ... See more keywords
Is phenotypic evolution affected by spiders' construction behaviors?
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DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syac063
Abstract: What happens when organisms actively modify their environment? Clarifying the role of construction behavior on a macroevolutionary scale is crucial to interpreting phenotypic evolution. Spiders, an extremely successful group of animals exhibiting a wide variety… read more here.
Keywords: construction; construction behaviors; construction behavior; spiders construction ... See more keywords
Genomic and phenotypic evolution of Escherichia coli in a novel citrate-only resource environment
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DOI: 10.7554/elife.55414
Abstract: Evolutionary innovations allow populations to colonize new ecological niches. We previously reported that aerobic growth on citrate (Cit+) evolved in an Escherichia coli population during adaptation to a minimal glucose medium containing citrate (DM25). Cit+… read more here.
Keywords: coli; citrate; genomic phenotypic; phenotypic evolution ... See more keywords