Evolutionary Biology

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1. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Dynamically evolving novel overlapping gene as a factor in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

   Chase W Nelson et al.

   A novel, overlapping, putatively functional gene in SARS-CoV-2, ORF3d, is absent from close relatives of SARS-CoV-2 and may have contributed to the biology, emergence, or spread of the virus.
2. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   Innovation of heterochromatin functions drives rapid evolution of essential ZAD-ZNF genes in Drosophila

   Bhavatharini Kasinathan et al.

   Heterochromatic sequences evolve rapidly, as do ZAD-ZNF genes-encoding proteins involved in heterochromatin functions, explaining why evolutionarily dynamic ZAD-ZNF genes are more likely to be essential in Drosophila.
3. 1. Computational and Systems Biology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   Evolution of multicellularity by collective integration of spatial information

   Enrico Sandro Colizzi et al.

   Selection for undifferentiated multicellularity emerges in an evolutionary cell-based model because a collective of cells performs chemotaxis better than single cells in a noisy environment.
4. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   A natural variant of the essential host gene MMS21 restricts the parasitic 2-micron plasmid in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

   Michelle Hays et al.

   A novel assay to measure 2-micron stability together with a survey of natural variation among Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains reveals novel means by which yeasts can combat the parasitic 2-micron plasmids.
5. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   Gene expression variability in human and chimpanzee populations share common determinants

   Benjamin Jung Fair et al.

   Similar evolutionary pressures on gene expression between human and chimpanzee populations contribute to the observation that inter-individual gene expression variability is similar across genes in these species.
6. 1. Ecology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   Sex-specific effects of cooperative breeding and colonial nesting on prosociality in corvids

   Lisa Horn et al.

   A systematic experimental comparison of prosocial behavior in eight corvid species reveals sex-specific effects of cooperative breeding and colonial nesting, thereby adding important new insights regarding the evolution of prosociality.
7. 1. Evolutionary Biology

   Topological constraints in early multicellularity favor reproductive division of labor

   David Yanni et al.

   Mathematical modeling shows that reproductive specialization is strongly favored in sparse networks of cellular interactions that reflect the morphology of early multicellular organisms, even when benefits of specialization are saturating.
8. 1. Evolutionary Biology

   Evolution: How geometry shapes division of labor

   Merlijn Staps, Corina Tarnita

   A mathematical model shows how the shape of early multicellular organisms may have helped cells evolve specialized roles.
9. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Formicine ants swallow their highly acidic poison for gut microbial selection and control

   Simon Tragust et al.

   Poison acidified crops sanitize food and limit disease transmission while at the same time structuring the gut microbiota and thus contribute to the ecological and evolutionary success of formicine ants.
10. 1. Evolutionary Biology

    The birth of a bacterial tRNA gene by large-scale, tandem duplication events

    G?k?e B Ayan et al.