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Biological Evolution

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    Cheng K, Burdine R, Dickinson M, Ekker S, Lin A, Lloyd K, Lutz C, MacRae C, Morrison J, O’Connor D, Postlethwait J, Rogers C, Sanchez S, Simpson J, Talbot W, Wallace D, Weimer J, Bellen H. Promoting validation and cross-phylogenetic integration in model organism research. Dis Model Mech. 2022;15(9). PMCID: PMC9531892
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    Zhao Z, McBride C. Evolution of olfactory circuits in insects. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 2020;206(3):353–367. PMCID: PMC7192870
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    McBride C. Genes and Odors Underlying the Recent Evolution of Mosquito Preference for Humans. Curr Biol. 2016;26(1):R41–6. PMCID: PMC4714039
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    Nirody J, Duran L, Johnston D, Cohen D. Tardigrades exhibit robust interlimb coordination across walking speeds and terrains. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021;118(35). PMCID: PMC8536314
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    Salomons H, Smith K, Callahan-Beckel M, Callahan M, Levy K, Kennedy B, Bray E, Gnanadesikan G, Horschler D, Gruen M, Tan J, White P, vonHoldt B, MacLean E, Hare B. Cooperative Communication with Humans Evolved to Emerge Early in Domestic Dogs. Curr Biol. 2021;31(14):3137–3144.e11. PMCID: PMC8610089
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    Saad-Roy C, Grenfell B, Levin S, van den Driessche P, Wingreen N. Evolution of an asymptomatic first stage of infection in a heterogeneous population. J R Soc Interface. 2021;18(179):20210175. PMCID: PMC8205539
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    Lum K, Cristea I. Host Innate Immune Response and Viral Immune Evasion During Alphaherpesvirus Infection. Curr Issues Mol Biol. 2021;42:635–686. PMCID: PMC8301600
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    Murugan A, Husain K, Rust M, Hepler C, Bass J, Pietsch J, Swain P, Jena S, Toettcher J, Chakraborty A, Sprenger K, Mora T, Walczak A, Rivoire O, Wang S, Wood K, Skanata A, Kussell E, Ranganathan R, Shih H-Y, Goldenfeld N. Roadmap on biology in time varying environments. Phys Biol. 2021;18(4). PMCID: PMC8652373
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    Tkačik G, Gregor T. The many bits of positional information. Development. 2021;148(2). PMCID: PMC7875500
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    Kapheim K, Jones B, Pan H, Li C, Harpur B, Kent C, Zayed A, Ioannidis P, Waterhouse R, Kingwell C, Stolle E, Avalos A, Zhang G, McMillan O, Wcislo W. Developmental plasticity shapes social traits and selection in a facultatively eusocial bee. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020;117(24):13615–13625. PMCID: PMC7306772
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    Green R, Wang L, Hart S, Lu W, Skelding D, Burton J, Mi H, Capel A, Chen H, Lin A, Subramaniam A, Rabinowitz J, Shou W. Metabolic excretion associated with nutrient-growth dysregulation promotes the rapid evolution of an overt metabolic defect. PLoS Biol. 2020;18(8):e3000757. PMCID: PMC7470746
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    Saad-Roy C, Wingreen N, Levin S, Grenfell B. Dynamics in a simple evolutionary-epidemiological model for the evolution of an initial asymptomatic infection stage. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020;117(21):11541–11550. PMCID: PMC7261016
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    Rossine F, Martinez-Garcia R, Sgro A, Gregor T, Tarnita C. Eco-evolutionary significance of "loners". PLoS Biol. 2020;18(3):e3000642. PMCID: PMC7081983
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    vonHoldt B, Aardema M. Updating the Bibliography of Interbreeding among Canis in North America. J Hered. 2020;111(3):249–262. PMID: 32034410
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    Cook K, Moreno J, Beltran P, Cristea I. Peroxisome Plasticity at the Virus-Host Interface. Trends Microbiol. 2019;27(11):906–914. PMCID: PMC6857447
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    Zan J, Li Z, Tianero M, Davis J, Hill R, Donia M. A microbial factory for defensive kahalalides in a tripartite marine symbiosis. Science. 2019;364(6445). PMID: 31196985
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    vonHoldt B, Kartzinel R, Huber C, Le Underwood V, Zhen Y, Ruegg K, Lohmueller K, Smith T. Growth factor gene IGF1 is associated with bill size in the black-bellied seedcracker Pyrenestes ostrinus. Nat Commun. 2018;9(1):4855. PMCID: PMC6242981
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    Hasley A, Chavez S, Danilchik M, Wühr M, Pelegri F. Vertebrate Embryonic Cleavage Pattern Determination. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2017;953:117–171. PMCID: PMC6500441
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    Schumer M, Powell D, Delclós P, Squire M, Cui R, Andolfatto P, Rosenthal G. Assortative mating and persistent reproductive isolation in hybrids. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017;114(41):10936–10941. PMCID: PMC5642718
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    Charruau P, Johnston R, Stahler D, Lea A, Snyder-Mackler N, Smith D, vonHoldt B, Cole S, Tung J, Wayne R. Pervasive Effects of Aging on Gene Expression in Wild Wolves. Mol Biol Evol. 2016;33(8):1967–78. PMCID: PMC5854094
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    Osterfield M, Berg C, Shvartsman S. Epithelial Patterning, Morphogenesis, and Evolution: Drosophila Eggshell as a Model. Dev Cell. 2017;41(4):337–348. PMCID: PMC5443119
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    Lakhina V, Murphy C. Genome Sequencing Fishes out Longevity Genes. Cell. 2015;163(6):1312–3. PMID: 26638067
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    vonHoldt B, Pollinger J, Earl D, Knowles J, Boyko A, Parker H, Geffen E, Pilot M, Jedrzejewski W, Jedrzejewska B, Sidorovich V, Greco C, Randi E, Musiani M, Kays R, Bustamante C, Ostrander E, Novembre J, Wayne R. A genome-wide perspective on the evolutionary history of enigmatic wolf-like canids. Genome Res. 2011;21(8):1294–305. PMCID: PMC3149496
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    Verhoeven K, vonHoldt B, Sork V. Epigenetics in ecology and evolution: what we know and what we need to know. Mol Ecol. 2016;25(8):1631–8. PMID: 26994410
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    Brown J, McBride C, Johnson P, Ritchie S, Paupy C, Bossin H, Lutomiah J, Fernandez-Salas I, Ponlawat A, Cornel A, Black W, Gorrochotegui-Escalante N, Urdaneta-Marquez L, Sylla M, Slotman M, Murray K, Walker C, Powell J. Worldwide patterns of genetic differentiation imply multiple ’domestications’ of Aedes aegypti, a major vector of human diseases. Proc Biol Sci. 2011;278(1717):2446–54. PMCID: PMC3125627
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    McBride C, Baier F, Omondi A, Spitzer S, Lutomiah J, Sang R, Ignell R, Vosshall L. Evolution of mosquito preference for humans linked to an odorant receptor. Nature. 2014;515(7526):222–7. PMCID: PMC4286346
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    Rogers R, Cridland J, Shao L, Hu T, Andolfatto P, Thornton K. Tandem Duplications and the Limits of Natural Selection in Drosophila yakuba and Drosophila simulans. PLoS One. 2015;10(7):e0132184. PMCID: PMC4503668
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    Schumer M, Cui R, Powell D, Rosenthal G, Andolfatto P. Ancient hybridization and genomic stabilization in a swordtail fish. Mol Ecol. 2016;25(11):2661–79. PMID: 26937625
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    Haupaix N, Abitua P, Sirour C, Yasuo H, Levine M, Hudson C. Ephrin-mediated restriction of ERK1/2 activity delimits the number of pigment cells in the Ciona CNS. Dev Biol. 2014;394(1):170–80. PMCID: PMC4258108
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    Nadell C, Bassler B, Levin S. Observing bacteria through the lens of social evolution. J Biol. 2008;7(7):27. PMCID: PMC2776406
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    Nadell C, Bucci V, Drescher K, Levin S, Bassler B, Xavier J. Cutting through the complexity of cell collectives. Proc Biol Sci. 2013;280(1755):20122770. PMCID: PMC3574390
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    Even-Tov E, Bendori S, Valastyan J, Ke X, Pollak S, Bareia T, Ben-Zion I, Bassler B, Eldar A. Social Evolution Selects for Redundancy in Bacterial Quorum Sensing. PLoS Biol. 2016;14(2):e1002386. PMCID: PMC4771773
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