Evolutionary Biology
How a DNA Anomaly Misled Scientists for Centuries
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New research reveals that a long-overlooked genetic anomaly in birds has significantly altered our understanding of their evolutionary lineage, demonstrating that the ...
New Family Tree Revises Our Understanding of Bird Evolution
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By Center for Evolutionary & Organismal Biology at Zhejiang University April 3, 2024 A groundbreaking study employing full genome-scale data has revolutionized ...
Stable isotopes show Homo sapiens dispersed into cold steppes ~45,000 years ago at Ilsenhöhle in Ranis, Germany
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Hublin, J.-J. et al. Initial Upper Palaeolithic Homo sapiens from Bacho Kiro Cave, Bulgaria. Nature 581, 299–302 (2020). Article CAS PubMed Google ...
Ancestral photoreceptor diversity as the basis of visual behaviour
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Baden, T. Circuit mechanisms for colour vision in zebrafish. Curr. Biol. 31, R807–R820 (2021). Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar Dacey, D. M. ...
Scientists Uncover Startling New Insights Into the Devastating End-Triassic Mass Extinction
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Skeleton of the early dinosaur Coelophysis bauri from the Late Triassic. The protracted restructuring of Early Jurassic terrestrial ecosystems coincided with the ...
Hagfish genome elucidates vertebrate whole-genome duplication events and their evolutionary consequences
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Van de Peer, Y., Maere, S. & Meyer, A. The evolutionary significance of ancient genome duplications. Nat. Rev. Genet. 10, 725–732 (2009). ...
312-Million-Year-Old Fossil Sheds Light on Behavior and Evolution
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By Harvard University, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology December 15, 2023 A groundbreaking study has discovered the earliest known instance of ...
Decoupling speciation and extinction reveals both abiotic and biotic drivers shaped 250 million years of diversity in crocodile-line archosaurs
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Allan, R. P. Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis: Working Group I Contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental ...
The evolution of short- and long-range weapons for bacterial competition
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Darwin, C. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for ...
Ancient Denisovan DNA Could Be Increasing Modern Humans’ Risk of Mental Health Disorders Like Depression
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Modern humans interbred with Denisovans in Asia, which conferred a genetic adaptation for zinc regulation that helped humans adapt to cold climates, ...
