Evolutionary Biology

Latest articles

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

   Secondary structure of the SARS-CoV-2 genome is predictive of nucleotide substitution frequency

   Zach Hensel
2. 1. Evolutionary Biology

   On the nature of the earliest known life forms

   Dheeraj Kanaparthi, Marko Lampe ... Tillmann Lueders
3. 1. Computational and Systems Biology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   Eco-evolutionary dynamics of adapting pathogens and host immunity

   Pierre Barrat-Charlaix, Richard A. Neher
4. 1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   The emergence and evolution of gene expression in genome regions replete with regulatory motifs

   Timothy Fuqua, Yiqiao Sun, Andreas Wagner
5. 1. Ecology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   First evidence for the evolution of host manipulation by tumors during the long-term vertical transmission of tumor cells in Hydra oligactis

   Justine Boutry, Océane Rieu ... Frédéric Thomas
6. 1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   Fitness landscape of substrate-adaptive mutations in evolved amino acid-polyamine-organocation transporters

   Foteini Karapanagioti, Úlfur Águst Atlason ... Sebastian Obermaier

   Secondary active transporters can evolve to accommodate a broader range of substrates without losing their original substrate specificities.
7. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   Copy number variation and population-specific immune genes in the model vertebrate zebrafish

   Yannick Schäfer, Katja Palitzsch ... Jaanus Suurväli

   As a result of frequent gene duplication and haplotypic variation, a family of immune genes in the model vertebrate zebrafish has thousands of gene copies that are population- or individual-specific.
8. 1. Ecology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   The trunk replaces the longer mandible as the main feeding organ in elephant evolution

   Chunxiao Li, Tao Deng ... Shiqi Wang

   The long mandibles were gradually replaced by more flexible trunks in the evolution of proboscideans.
9. 1. Evolutionary Biology

   Early evolution of the ecdysozoan body plan

   Deng Wang, Yaqin Qiang ... Jian Han
10. 1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    The fascinating role of neuropeptide Bursicon and its receptor in shaping insect seasonal polyphenism

    Zhixian Zhang, Jianying Li ... Songdou Zhang