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Fluctuating selection in a monkeyflower hybrid zone
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Now in @EvolLetters by Diana Tataru, Max De Leon, Spencer Dutton, Fidel Machado Perez, Alexander Rendahl, Kathleen G Ferris
Nicolas Svetec, David Begun, and I wrote a review article about de novo genes. If you are interested in this topic please take a look at this final open-access version @AnnualReviews https://t.co/R8lybrezoq.
In a new preprint led by @TheNikhilMilind, we explored a fascinating paradox:
For many traits the number of duplications or loss-of-function (LoF) mutations is correlated with phenotype. Curiously, for most traits, the AVERAGE direction of LoFs and Dups is the SAME. Why?
Rapid centromere evolution: @CecileCourret @AmLarracuente &co's study of #centromere#evolution over short timescales in #Drosophila reveals dramatic #centromere reorganization involving recurrent shifts between retroelements & satellites #PLOSBiology https://t.co/J853uZEiYz
The #1 piece of advice I give people applying for NSF funding...
**Talk to a Program Director**
We are not scary. Promise. Our job is to help figure out the best place for your research to be reviewed at NSF. If you email & don't hear back in a week, please email again!
https://t.co/HKjLRvIFMd A developmental constraint; different genes for the same body segmentation in Drosophila and Oncopeltus! From Leslie Pick lab @UMDEntomology
Is there a logic in the space of tumours? What is the impact of ecological, developmental and evolutionary components in defining cancer trajectories? Check our paper with @AguadeGuim and @YaleMed Josep Costa https://t.co/4x17iutfOX
So excited that our work on the first speciation gene pair in nematodes C. briggsae and C. nigoni finally got published on PNAS. It is really a tough but thrilling journey! It is just the beginning of the story of F-box genes, and I cannot wait to tackle the next one! Stay tuned
I'm not sure how arrival bias relates to the numbers of codons. But quite a lot has been written about the evolution of the genetic code. You might find possible answers there.
A good place to start is this review by Koonin, et al.
12/12
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SID-2, vital for RNAi in C. elegans, is present in Clade V parasitic nematodes. Found in H. bakeri extracellular vesicles, new research reveals potential ancestral roles beyond #RNAi https://t.co/jb57ILLnqD @amyhbuck@SBSatEd@RutgersBioSci#Parasitology#OpenBiology
Repeat-based holocentromeres of the woodrush Luzula sylvatica reveal insights into the evolutionary transition to holocentricity
https://t.co/0LtRAbY1xP
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Rapid chromosome evolution and acquisition of thermosensitive stochastic sex determination in nematode androdioecious hermaphrodites
https://t.co/knwTPsuIRN