Evolution
Incipient sympatric speciation in wild barley caused by geological-edaphic divergenceSympatric speciation is still contentious but here based on genome-wide analysis; we show incipient sympatric speciation of an emerging new wild barley species from Hordeum spontaneum, the progenitor of all cultivated barleys at “Evolution Plateau” (EP), Upper Galilee, Israel.
An evolutionary approach to systematic discovery of novel deubiquitinases, applied to LegionellaThe analysis of the relationships between different deubiquitinase classes leads to the definition of an aromatic “gatekeeper” motif that distinguishes DUBs from other cysteine proteases and helps to predict new bacterial DUBs.
Bat IFITM3 restriction depends on S-palmitoylation and a polymorphic site within the CD225 domainComparative analysis reveals adaptive evolution of bat IFITMs and a naturally polymorphic site within the conserved CD225 domain that affects S-palmitoylation and antiviral function of bat IFITM3.
Endogenous RNAi pathway evolutionarily shapes the destiny of the antisense lncRNAs transcriptomeA genome-wide comparative analysis of “cryptic” aslncRNAs decay in RNAi-capable and RNAi-deficient budding yeasts suggests an evolutionary contribution of RNAi in shaping the aslncRNAs transcriptome.
The impact of poly-A microsatellite heterologies in meiotic recombinationMeiosis strongly influences the transmission and evolution of heterozygous poly-A repeats as measured experimentally in a large collection of single recombination products in a human hotspot.
Worldwide genetic variation of the IGHV and TRBV immune receptor gene families in humansThis article presents a comprehensive study of the IGHV and TRBV gene families in a globally diverse sample of humans and shows that the two gene families exhibit starkly different patterns of variation.
Evolution of gene expression levels in the male reproductive organs of Anopheles mosquitoesExpression patterns of transcripts in reproductive tissues reveal the phylogeny of the An. gambiae complex and are indicative of molecular function, transcription regulatory networks, and protein–protein interaction networks.
Re-annotation of eight Drosophila genomesUsing a well-annotated genome to inform the annotation of genomes in a phylogeny.
A carnivorous plant genetic map: pitcher/insect-capture QTL on a genetic linkage map of SarraceniaThis study presents the first genetic map for a carnivorous plant, mapping 64 QTLs in Sarracenia to provide the genetic basis for differences between the pitfall and lobster-trap insect-capture strategies.
Pervasive allele-specific regulation on RNA decay in hybrid miceUsing a F1 hybrid mouse system, this study globally investigates the effects of cis-regulatory divergence on RNA decay in mammals and reveals the evolutionary roles of RNA decay regulation.