What complete mitochondrial genomes tell us about the evolutionary history of the black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens
The Black Soldier Fly (BSF) Hermetia illucens is a cosmopolitan fly massively used by industrial companies to reduce biowaste and produce protein and fat for poultry and aquaculture feed. However, the natural his... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - June 1, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: J. Guilliet, G. Baudouin, N. Pollet and J. Fil ée Tags: Research Source Type: research
Comparative genomics highlight the importance of lineage-specific gene families in evolutionary divergence of the coral genus, Montipora
Scleractinian corals of the genus Montipora (Anthozoa, Cnidaria) possess some unusual biological traits, such as vertical transmission of algal symbionts; however, the genetic bases for those traits remain unknow... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - May 27, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Yuki Yoshioka, Go Suzuki, Yuna Zayasu, Hiroshi Yamashita and Chuya Shinzato Tags: Research Source Type: research
Extrapolating potential crop damage by insect pests based on land use data: examining inter-regional generality in agricultural landscapes
Inter-regional relationships between landscape factors and biological responses in natural conditions are important but difficult to predict because of the differences in each landscape context and local envir... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - May 25, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Ken Tabuchi, Akihiko Takahashi, Ryuji Uesugi, Shigeru Okudera and Hideto Yoshimura Tags: Research Source Type: research
Diverse functions associate with non-coding polymorphisms shared between humans and chimpanzees
Long-term balancing selection (LTBS) can maintain allelic variation at a locus over millions of years and through speciation events. Variants shared between species in the state of identity-by-descent, hereaft... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - May 23, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Keila Velazquez-Arcelay, Mary Lauren Benton and John A. Capra Tags: Research Source Type: research
Re-study of Guangdedendron micrum from the Late Devonian Xinhang forest
Guangdedendron micrum is the Late Devonian tree lycopsid that made up Xinhang fossil forest in Anhui, China, showing the earliest stigmarian rooting system. Based on new specimens of this lycopsid, the roots bear... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - May 23, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Xue Gao, Le Liu, Min Qin, Yi Zhou, Lei Mao and De-Ming Wang Tags: Research Source Type: research
Reply to: “Research on agroforestry systems and biodiversity conservation: what can we conclude so far and what should we improve?” by Boinot et al. 2022
In our article ‘European agroforestry has no unequivocal effect on biodiversity: a time-cumulative meta-analysis’ (BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2021) we synthesize the effect of agroforestry on biodiversity. Boi... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - May 18, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Anne-Christine Mupepele and Carsten F. Dormann Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
Whole mitochondrial genome analysis of the Daur ethnic minority from Hulunbuir in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variations are often associated with bioenergetics, disease, and speciation and can be used to track the history of women. Although advances in massively parallel sequencing (MPS) tec... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - May 18, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Chi-Zao Wang, Xue-Er Yu, Mei-Sen Shi, Hui Li and Shu-Hua Ma Tags: Research Source Type: research
Eating in a losing cause: limited benefit of modified macronutrient consumption following infection in the oriental cockroach Blatta orientalis
Host –pathogen interactions can lead to dramatic changes in host feeding behaviour. One aspect of this includes self-medication, where infected individuals consume substances such as toxins or alter their macro... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - May 18, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Thorben Sieksmeyer, Shulin He, M. Alejandra Esparza-Mora, Shixiong Jiang, Vesta Petra šiūnaitė, Benno Kuropka, Ronald Banasiak, Mara Jean Julseth, Christoph Weise, Paul R. Johnston, Alexandro Rodríguez-Rojas and Dino P. McMahon Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Hyolithid-like hyoliths without helens from the early Cambrian of South China, and their implications for the evolution of hyoliths
A small hyolith, with a triangular operculum and a conical-pyramidal conch with a sharp apex, originally documented as Ambrolinevitus ventricosus, is revised based on new material from the Chengjiang biota. The o... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - May 17, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Fan Liu, Christian B. Skovsted, Timothy P. Topper and Zhifei Zhang Tags: Research Source Type: research
A second view on the evolution of flight in stick and leaf insects (Phasmatodea)
The re-evolution of complex characters is generally considered impossible, yet, studies of recent years have provided several examples of phenotypic reversals shown to violate Dollo ’s law. Along these lines, t... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - May 12, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Sarah Bank and Sven Bradler Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Mitochondrial composition of and diffusion limiting factors of three social wasp genera Polistes, Ropalidia, and parapolybia (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
Social wasps Polistes, Ropalidia, and Parapolybia, belonging to the subfamily Polistinae, have obviously different distribution patterns, yet the factors leading to this difference remain unknown. (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - May 12, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Li Luo, Pan Huang, Bin Chen and Ting-Jing Li Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Investigating the reliability of molecular estimates of evolutionary time when substitution rates and speciation rates vary
An accurate timescale of evolutionary history is essential to testing hypotheses about the influence of historical events and processes, and the timescale for evolution is increasingly derived from analysis of... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - May 10, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Andrew M. Ritchie, Xia Hua and Lindell Bromham Tags: Research Source Type: research
Typical structure of rRNA coding genes in diplonemids points to two independent origins of the bizarre rDNA structures of euglenozoans
Members of Euglenozoa (Discoba) are known for unorthodox rDNA organization. In Euglenida rDNA is located on extrachromosomal circular DNA. In Kinetoplastea and Euglenida the core of the large ribosomal subunit... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - May 9, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Pawe ł Hałakuc, Anna Karnkowska and Rafał Milanowski Tags: Research Source Type: research
Hadrosauroid eggs and embryos from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Jiangxi Province, China
Dinosaur eggs containing embryos are rare, limiting our understanding of dinosaur development. Recently, a clutch of subspherical dinosaur eggs was discovered while blasting for a construction project in the U... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - May 9, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Lida Xing, Kecheng Niu, Tzu-Ruei Yang, Donghao Wang, Tetsuto Miyashita and Jordan C. Mallon Tags: Research Source Type: research
Marine protected areas do not buffer corals from bleaching under global warming
The rising temperature of the oceans has been identified as the primary driver of mass coral reef declines via coral bleaching (expulsion of photosynthetic endosymbionts). Marine protected areas (MPAs) have be... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - May 4, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Jack V. Johnson, Jaimie T. A. Dick and Daniel Pincheira-Donoso Tags: Research Source Type: research
