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The evolutionary innovation of root suberin lamellae contributed to the rise of seed plants
Seed plants overtook ferns to become the dominant plant group during the late Carboniferous, a period in which the climate became colder and dryer
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Reconstruction of gene innovation associated with major evolutionary transitions in the kingdom Fungi
BackgroundFungi exhibit astonishing diversity with multiple major phenotypic transitions over the kingdom’s evolutionary history. As part of this...
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Heliconiini butterflies as a case study in evolutionary cognitive ecology: behavioural innovation and mushroom body expansion
The evolutionary relationships between ecology, cognition, and neurobiology remain elusive, despite important contributions from functional studies...
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Mammalian genome innovation through transposon domestication
Since the discovery of transposons, their sheer abundance in host genomes has puzzled many. While historically viewed as largely harmless ‘parasitic’...
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Eusociality is not a major evolutionary transition, and why that matters
Major evolutionary transitions (METs) across Earth’s biological history describe fusions of lower-level entities into higher-level individuals...
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Innovation in the 21st century: following the footsteps of Katalin Karikó
Innovation is a critical component of human society, setting us apart from other animals. We possess a unique capacity to design and produce new...
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Comparative Evolutionary Genomics in Insects
Genome sequencing quality, in terms of both read length and accuracy, is constantly improving. By combining long-read sequencing technologies with...
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Genomic, functional and structural analyses elucidate evolutionary innovation within the sea anemone 8 toxin family
BackgroundThe ShK toxin from Stichodactyla helianthus has established the therapeutic potential of sea anemone venom peptides, but many...
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Thomas S. Kuhn: key to a better understanding of the extended evolutionary synthesis
In recent years, some scholars have explicitly questioned the desirability or utility of applying the classical and “old-fashioned” theories of...
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Morphological volatility precedes ecological innovation in early echinoderms
Origins of higher taxonomic groups entail dramatic and nearly simultaneous changes in morphology and ecological function, limiting our ability to...
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A conservation planning strategy applied to the evolutionary history of the mantellid frogs of Madagascar
Phylogenetic diversity is an increasingly applied metric used to maximize the representation of evolutionary history in spatial conservation...
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Functional evolutionary convergence of long noncoding RNAs involved in embryonic development
Long noncoding RNAs have been identified in most vertebrates, but the functional characterization of these molecules is challenging, mainly due to...
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Deep Conservation and Unexpected Evolutionary History of Neighboring lncRNAs MALAT1 and NEAT1
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have begun to receive overdue attention for their regulatory roles in gene expression and other cellular processes....
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Evolutionary mechanisms and practical significance of reproductive success and clonal diversity in unisexual vertebrate polyploids
Unisexual reproduction is generally relevant to polyploidy, and unisexual vertebrates are often considered an evolutionary “dead end” due to the...
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The Organism in Evolutionary Explanation: From Early Twentieth Century to the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis
In recent years there have been a number of calls for integrating developmental and organismal phenomena into evolutionary theory. This so-called...
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CpG island turnover events predict evolutionary changes in enhancer activity
BackgroundGenetic changes that modify the function of transcriptional enhancers have been linked to the evolution of biological diversity across...
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Darwin’s agential materials: evolutionary implications of multiscale competency in developmental biology
A critical aspect of evolution is the layer of developmental physiology that operates between the genotype and the anatomical phenotype. While much...
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The Darwinian Core of Evolutionary Theory and the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis: Similarities and Differences
In this chapter, we evaluate debates surrounding calls for an Extended Evolutionary Synthesis in light of the Darwinian core of evolutionary theory,...
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Dynamic evolutionary interplay between ontogenetic skull patterning and whole-head integration
The arrangement and morphology of the vertebrate skull reflect functional and ecological demands, making it a highly adaptable structure. However,...
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Wide-scale identification of novel/eliminated genes responsible for evolutionary transformations
BackgroundIt is generally accepted that most evolutionary transformations at the phenotype level are associated either with rearrangements of genomic...
