Positive selection-driven fixation of a hominin-specific amino acid mutation related to dephosphorylation in IRF9
The arms race between humans and pathogens drives the evolution of the human genome. It is thus expected that genes from the interferon-regulatory factors family (IRFs), a critical family for anti-viral immune... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - November 10, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Jianhai Chen, Xuefei He and Ivan Jakovli ć Tags: Research Source Type: research
Unveiling a hotspot of genetic diversity in southern Italy for the endangered Hermann ’s tortoise Testudo hermanni
Hotspots of intraspecific genetic diversity represent invaluable resources for species to cope with environmental changes, and their identification is increasingly recognized as a major goal of conservation ec... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - November 7, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Andrea Chiocchio, Mauro Zampiglia, Marta Biaggini, Roberto Biello, Luciano Di Tizio, Francesco Luigi Leonetti, Oliviero Olivieri, Emilio Sperone, Massimo Trabalza-Marinucci, Claudia Corti and Daniele Canestrelli Tags: Research Source Type: research
Assessing soil microbes that drive fairy ring patterns in temperate semiarid grasslands
Fairy rings occur in diverse global biomes; however, there is a critical knowledge gap regarding drivers of fairy rings in grassland ecosystems. Grassland fairy rings are characterized belowground by an expand... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - November 5, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Jiahuan Li, Lizhu Guo, Gail W. T. Wilson, Adam B. Cobb, Kun Wang, Li Liu, Huan Zhao and Ding Huang Tags: Research Source Type: research
Morphospecies and molecular diversity of ‘lace corals’: the genus Reteporella (Bryozoa: Cheilostomatida) in the central North Atlantic Azores Archipelago
As in most bryozoans, taxonomy and systematics of species in the genus Reteporella Busk, 1884 (family Phidoloporidae) has hitherto almost exclusively been based on morphological characters. From the central North... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - November 4, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Lara Baptista, Bj örn Berning, Manuel Curto, Andrea Waeschenbach, Harald Meimberg, António M. Santos and Sérgio P. Ávila Tags: Research Source Type: research
Draft genome of six Cuban Anolis lizards and insights into genetic changes during their diversification
Detecting genomic variants and their accumulation processes during species diversification and adaptive radiation is important for understanding the molecular and genetic basis of evolution. Anolis lizards in the... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - November 4, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Shunsuke Kanamori, Luis M. D íaz, Antonio Cádiz, Katsushi Yamaguchi, Shuji Shigenobu and Masakado Kawata Tags: Research Source Type: research
Complete mitochondrial genomes and updated divergence time of the two freshwater clupeids endemic to Lake Tanganyika (Africa) suggest intralacustrine speciation
The hydrogeological history of Lake Tanganyika paints a complex image of several colonization and adaptive radiation events. The initial basin was formed around 9 –12 million years ago (MYA) from the predecesso... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - November 3, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Leona J. M. Milec, Maarten P. M. Vanhove, Fidel Muterezi Bukinga, Els L. R. De Keyzer, Vercus Lumami Kapepula, Pascal Mulungula Masilya, N ’Sibula Mulimbwa, Catherine E. Wagner and Joost A. M. Raeymaekers Tags: Research Source Type: research
Population dynamics and demographic history of Eurasian collared lemmings
Ancient DNA studies suggest that Late Pleistocene climatic changes had a significant effect on population dynamics in Arctic species. The Eurasian collared lemming (Dicrostonyx torquatus) is a keystone species in... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - November 3, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Edana Lord, Aurelio Marangoni, Mateusz Baca, Danijela Popovi ć, Anna V. Goropashnaya, John R. Stewart, Monika V. Knul, Pierre Noiret, Mietje Germonpré, Elodie-Laure Jimenez, Natalia I. Abramson, Sergey Vartanyan, Stefan Prost, Nickolay G. Smirnov, Elena Tags: Research Source Type: research
Species and genetic diversity relationships in benthic macroinvertebrate communities along a salinity gradient
Species- and genetic diversity can change in parallel, resulting in a species-genetic diversity correlation (SGDC) and raising the question if the same drivers influence both biological levels of diversity. Th... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - November 2, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: H. Cecilie Petersen, Benni W. Hansen, K. Emily Knott and Gary T. Banta Tags: Research Source Type: research
Sex-specific effects of inbreeding on body colouration and physiological colour change in the cichlid fish Pelvicachromis taeniatus
Colour expression is highly variable in animals. In fishes, rapid colour change, i.e. physiological colour change, can be observed in multiple contexts, e.g. in camouflage or communication, and is affected by ... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - October 31, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Simon Vitt, Christina E. Bakowski and Timo Th ünken Tags: Research Source Type: research
Insertion/deletion hotspots in the Nsp2, Nsp3, S1, and ORF8 genes of SARS-related coronaviruses
The genome of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) contains many insertions/deletions (indels) from the genomes of other SARS-related coronaviruses. Some of the identified indels have r... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - October 28, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Tetsuya Akaishi, Kei Fujiwara and Tadashi Ishii Tags: Research Source Type: research
Bioinformatics approaches for classification and investigation of the evolution of the Na/K-ATPase alpha-subunit
Na,K-ATPase is a key protein in maintaining membrane potential that has numerous additional cellular functions. Its catalytic subunit ( α), found in a wide range of organisms from prokaryotes to complex eukaryo... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - October 26, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Marzieh Shahnazari, Zahra Zakipour, Hooman Razi, Ali Moghadam and Abbas Alemzadeh Tags: Research Source Type: research
Environmental DNA detects Spawning Habitat of an ephemeral migrant fish (Anadromous Rainbow Smelt: Osmerus mordax)
Anadromous rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) have experienced a large range reduction in recent decades and the status of remnant spawning populations is poorly known in Maine, where these fish have significant ecol... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - October 24, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Vaughn Holmes, Jacob Aman, Geneva York and Michael T. Kinnison Tags: Research Source Type: research
Gut microbiota differs between two cold-climate lizards distributed in thermally different regions
The metabolic cold-climate adaption hypothesis predicts that animals from cold environments have relatively high metabolic rates compared with their warm-climate counterparts. However, studies testing this hyp... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - October 21, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Jun-Qiong Chen, Lu-Wen Zhang, Ru-Meng Zhao, Hai-Xia Wu, Long-Hui Lin, Peng Li, Hong Li, Yan-Fu Qu and Xiang Ji Tags: Research Source Type: research
Phylogenetic divergences in brown rot fungal pathogens of Monilinia species from a worldwide collection: inferences based on the nuclear versus mitochondrial genes
Phylogenetic analyses for plant pathogenic fungi explore many questions on diversities, relationships, origins, and divergences of populations from different sources such as species, host, and geography. This ... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - October 21, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Ece Silan and Hilal Ozkilinc Tags: Research Source Type: research
Reconstructing the neuromuscular ground pattern of phylactolaemate bryozoans: new data from the Lophopodidae
The solely freshwater inhabiting Phylactolaemata is a sister taxon to all other bryozoans. Among phylactolaemates, Lophopodidae represents an early branching clade that is therefore crucial for ground pattern ... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - October 19, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: J. Bibermair, T. S. Wood, R. Chaichana and T. Schwaha Tags: Research Source Type: research
