Tag: molecular evolution

A computational study reveals that the parasitic amoeba Entamoeba histolytica encodes more than ninety Rab GTPase genes whose predicted structures ...

A sweeping genomic survey reveals that insects repeatedly expanded and diversified their trehalase genes while vertebrates kept just one copy.

Researchers at Heidelberg University showed that a mutation rate of around three percent transforms simple RNA droplets into cell-like structures ...

A new PLOS Biology study shows that recombination, not changing selection pressures, largely explains the declining dN/dS ratios observed in ...

Researchers have discovered a bacterial antiviral defense system, DRT10, that synthesizes tandem-repeat DNA through a telomerase-like mechanism, revealing an evolutionary ...

New phylogenomic analysis reveals that three ECSA sub-lineages of chikungunya virus each evolved distinct mosquito-adaptation strategies, explaining their regional dominance ...

A comparative study of four sympatric alpine daisies from different lineages reveals shared candidate chloroplast genes linked to translation, photosynthetic ...

A genome-wide comparison of Antarctic notothenioid fishes has identified dozens of genes lost across the clade, including icefish-specific losses in ...

A comparative genomics study reveals that naturally cryptorchid mammals maintain fertility through altered sperm morphology, selection on flagellar and meiotic ...

A new comparative genomic study reveals that while chloroplast genomes of three Terminalia species are highly conserved, their mitochondrial genomes ...