Search
Search Results
-
Multiple intermolecular interactions facilitate rapid evolution of essential genes
Essential genes are commonly assumed to function in basic cellular processes and to change slowly. However, it remains unclear whether all essential...
-
Adaptive evolution and co-evolution of chloroplast genomes in Pteridaceae species occupying different habitats: overlap** residues are always highly mutated
BackgroundThe evolution of protein residues depends on the mutation rates of their encoding nucleotides, but it may also be affected by co-evolution...
-
Evolution and co-evolution: insights into the divergence of plant heat shock factor genes
The Heat Shock Factor (Hsf) genes are widely distributed across the plant kingdom regulating the plant response to various abiotic stresses. In...
-
Adaptive responses of erythritol-producing Yarrowia lipolytica to thermal stress after evolution
AbstractElucidation of the thermotolerance mechanism of erythritol-producing Yarrowia lipolytica is of great significance to breed robust industrial...
-
Hologenome analysis reveals independent evolution to chemosymbiosis by deep-sea bivalves
BackgroundBivalves have independently evolved a variety of symbiotic relationships with chemosynthetic bacteria. These relationships range from endo-...
-
Convergent evolution of desiccation tolerance in grasses
Desiccation tolerance has evolved repeatedly in plants as an adaptation to survive extreme environments. Plants use similar biophysical and cellular...
-
Co‐evolution of early Earth environments and microbial life
Two records of Earth history capture the evolution of life and its co-evolving ecosystems with interpretable fidelity: the geobiological and...
-
Intrahost evolution of the gut microbiota
A massive number of microorganisms, belonging to different species, continuously divide inside the guts of animals and humans. The large size of...
-
CastNet: a systems-level sequence evolution simulator
BackgroundSimulating DNA evolution has been done through coevolution-agnostic probabilistic frameworks for the past 3 decades. The most common...
-
Quantitative systems-based prediction of antimicrobial resistance evolution
Predicting evolution is a fundamental problem in biology with practical implications for treating antimicrobial resistance, which is a complex...
-
Co-evolution of immunity and seasonal influenza viruses
Seasonal influenza viruses cause recurring global epidemics by continually evolving to escape host immunity. The viral constraints and host immune...
-
Effects of urban-induced mutations on ecology, evolution and health
Increasing evidence suggests that urbanization is associated with higher mutation rates, which can affect the health and evolution of organisms that...
-
Evolution of a plant growth-regulatory protein interaction specificity
Specific protein–protein interactions (PPIs) enable biological regulation. However, the evolution of PPI specificity is little understood. Here we...
-
The evolution of SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused millions of deaths and substantial morbidity worldwide. Intense scientific...
-
Measurements of Oxygen Evolution in Photosynthesis
This chapter compares two different techniques for monitoring photosynthetic O2 production; the wide-spread Clark-type O2 electrode and the more...
-
Primary and Secondary Rhizobia: Major Stages in Evolution of Nitrogen-Fixing Symbiosis
AbstractNodule bacteria (rhizobia) represent the highly developed model for the evolutionary genetics of symbiotic microorganisms. We propose to...
-
Evolution of tissue-specific expression of ancestral genes across vertebrates and insects
Regulation of gene expression is arguably the main mechanism underlying the phenotypic diversity of tissues within and between species. Here we...
-
Rapid evolution of promoters from germline-specifically expressed genes including transposon silencing factors
BackgroundThe piRNA pathway in animal gonads functions as an ‘RNA-based immune system’, serving to silence transposable elements and prevent...
-
Uncoupled evolution of the Polycomb system and deep origin of non-canonical PRC1
Polycomb group proteins, as part of the Polycomb repressive complexes, are essential in gene repression through chromatin compaction by canonical...
-
In vitro generation of genetic diversity for directed evolution by error-prone artificial DNA synthesis
Generating genetic diversity lies at the heart of directed evolution which has been widely used to engineer genetic parts and gene circuits in...
