Miguel Araujo-Voces,Víctor Quesada
Miguel Araujo-Voces
Background: Through its ability to open pores in cell membranes, perforin-1 plays a key role in the immune system. Consistent with this role, the gene encoding perforin shows hallmarks of complex evolutionary events, incl...
Divergent genes in gerbils: prevalence, relation to GC-biased substitution, and phenotypic relevance [0.03%]
仓鼠中的发散基因：普遍性、与GC偏向替换的关系以及对表型的影响
Yichen Dai,Rodrigo Pracana,Peter W H Holland
Yichen Dai
Background: Two gerbil species, sand rat (Psammomys obesus) and Mongolian jird (Meriones unguiculatus), can become obese and show signs of metabolic dysregulation when maintained on standard laboratory diets. The genetic ...
Correction to: An integrative phylogenomic approach to elucidate the evolutionary history and divergence times of Neuropterida (Insecta: Holometabola) [0.03%]
纠正：关于使用整合系统发生基因组学方法阐明 Neuropterida (昆虫纲：全变态目)的演化历史和分歧时间的研究
Alexandros Vasilikopoulos,Bernhard Misof,Karen Meusemann et al.
Alexandros Vasilikopoulos et al.
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
Published Erratum
BMC evolutionary biology. 2020 Oct 15;20(1):133. DOI:10.1186/s12862-020-01695-4 2020
Molecular evolutionary and structural analysis of human UCHL1 gene demonstrates the relevant role of intragenic epistasis in Parkinson's disease and other neurological disorders [0.03%]
人类UCHL1基因的分子进化和结构分析表明基因内上位性在帕金森病和其他神经障碍中的相关作用
Muhammad Saqib Nawaz,Razia Asghar,Nashaiman Pervaiz et al.
Muhammad Saqib Nawaz et al.
Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder. PD associated human UCHL1 (Ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1) gene belongs to the family of deubiquitinases and is known to be hig...
Correction to: Potential causes and consequences of rapid mitochondrial genome evolution in thermoacidophilic Galdieria (Rhodophyta) [0.03%]
修正：热酸生藻中潜在的线粒体基因组快速进化原因及影响（红藻）
Chung Hyun Cho,Seung In Park,Claudia Ciniglia et al.
Chung Hyun Cho et al.
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
Published Erratum
BMC evolutionary biology. 2020 Oct 7;20(1):132. DOI:10.1186/s12862-020-01686-5 2020
The flattened and needlelike leaves of the pine family (Pinaceae) share a conserved genetic network for adaxial-abaxial polarity but have diverged for photosynthetic adaptation [0.03%]
松科植物的扁平针状叶拥有相同的基因网络用于正反面对称性构建，但为了光合作用适应而有不同发展
Hong Du,Jin-Hua Ran,Yuan-Yuan Feng et al.
Hong Du et al.
Background: Leaves have highly diverse morphologies. However, with an evolutionary history of approximately 200 million years, leaves of the pine family are relatively monotonous and often collectively called "needles", a...
R G Loosemore,S D Matthaei,T C Stanger
R G Loosemore
The primordial eye field of the vertebrate embryo is a single entity of retinal progenitor cells spanning the anterior neural plate before bifurcating to form bilateral optic vesicles. Here we review fate mapping data from zebrafish suggest...
Mitochondrial-nuclear coadaptation revealed through mtDNA replacements in Saccharomyces cerevisiae [0.03%]
通过酿酒酵母中的线粒体DNA置换揭示的线粒体-细胞核协同适应现象
Tuc H M Nguyen,Sargunvir Sondhi,Andrew Ziesel et al.
Tuc H M Nguyen et al.
Background: Mitochondrial function requires numerous genetic interactions between mitochondrial- and nuclear- encoded genes. While selection for optimal mitonuclear interactions should result in coevolution between both g...
Floral signals evolve in a predictable way under artificial and pollinator selection in Brassica rapa [0.03%]
人工选择和传粉者选择下异种花花信号的进化预测
Pengjuan Zu,Florian P Schiestl,Daniel Gervasi et al.
Pengjuan Zu et al.
Background: Angiosperms employ an astonishing variety of visual and olfactory floral signals that are generally thought to evolve under natural selection. Those morphological and chemical traits can form highly correlated...
Phenotypic coupling of sleep and starvation resistance evolves in D. melanogaster [0.03%]
睡眠和抗饥饿能力的表型耦合在D. melanogaster中进化出来
Didem P Sarikaya,Julie Cridland,Adam Tarakji et al.
Didem P Sarikaya et al.
Background: One hypothesis for the function of sleep is that it serves as a mechanism to conserve energy. Recent studies have suggested that increased sleep can be an adaptive mechanism to improve survival under food depr...