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Open AccessPhylogenomics reveals the evolutionary origins of lichenization in chlorophyte algae
Mutualistic symbioses have contributed to major transitions in the evolution of life. Here, we investigate the evolutionary history and the molecular innovations at the origin of lichens, which are a symbiosis...
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Open AccessIntrasexual cuticular hydrocarbon dimorphism in a wasp sheds light on hydrocarbon biosynthesis genes in Hymenoptera
Cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) cover the cuticle of insects and serve as desiccation barrier and as semiochemicals. While the main enzymatic steps of CHC biosynthesis are well understood, few of the underlying ...
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Open AccessClonal dynamics underlying the skewed CD4/CD8 ratio of mouse thymocytes revealed by TCR-independent barcoding
T cell differentiation in the thymus generates CD4+ helper and cytotoxic CD8+ cells as the two principal T cell lineages. Curiously, at the end of this complex selection process, CD4+ cells invariably outnumber C...
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Open AccessPopulation analysis of retrotransposons in giraffe genomes supports RTE decline and widespread LINE1 activity in Giraffidae
The majority of structural variation in genomes is caused by insertions of transposable elements (TEs). In mammalian genomes, the main TE fraction is made up of autonomous and non-autonomous non-LTR retrotrans...
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Open AccessCorrection to: Diversity and evolution of the transposable element repertoire in arthropods with particular reference to insects
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
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Open AccessBeyond Drosophila: resolving the rapid radiation of schizophoran flies with phylotranscriptomics
The most species-rich radiation of animal life in the 66 million years following the Cretaceous extinction event is that of schizophoran flies: a third of fly diversity including Drosophila fruit fly model organi...
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Business education: Does a focus on prosocial values increase students’ pro-social behavior?
Prior research has shown a pronounced self-orientation in students of business and economics. This article examines if self-orientation can be alleviated by a focus on prosocial values in business education. I...
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Open AccessDiversity and evolution of the transposable element repertoire in arthropods with particular reference to insects
Transposable elements (TEs) are a major component of metazoan genomes and are associated with a variety of mechanisms that shape genome architecture and evolution. Despite the ever-growing number of insect gen...
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Open AccessOrthograph: a versatile tool for map** coding nucleotide sequences to clusters of orthologous genes
Orthology characterizes genes of different organisms that arose from a single ancestral gene via speciation, in contrast to paralogy, which is assigned to genes that arose via gene duplication. An accurate ort...
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Die primäre Aufgabe der Polizei besteht in der Herstellung und Erhaltung von Sicherheit. Paradoxerweise ist das eigene Handeln der Polizeikräfte vor allem von Unsicherheit bestimmt. Auf diesen speziellen Umsta...
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Open AccessTranscriptomic data from panarthropods shed new light on the evolution of insulator binding proteins in insects
Body plan development in multi-cellular organisms is largely determined by homeotic genes. Expression of homeotic genes, in turn, is partially regulated by insulator binding proteins (IBPs). While only a few e...
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Open AccessThe evolutionary history of holometabolous insects inferred from transcriptome-based phylogeny and comprehensive morphological data
Despite considerable progress in systematics, a comprehensive scenario of the evolution of phenotypic characters in the mega-diverse Holometabola based on a solid phylogenetic hypothesis was still missing. We ...
