Fever is a common adverse reaction to vaccination, contributing to vaccine hesitancy and reduced uptake. To understand variation in fever risk, we longitudinally profiled fecal microbiota, oral temper...

Butterfly wing patterns and flight dynamics work in tandem to create powerful visual illusions that confuse predators, potentially representing one of the most successful visual defence strategies in ...

A map of fats across the whole mouse brain reveals a spatial architecture that differs from that seen in gene-expression and protein atlases.

Vaughen et al. find that brain sphingolipids are degraded by glial-derived glucocerebrosidase (GBA). Glial gba1b knockout in Drosophila causes selective sphingolipid and phospholipid alterations, cycl...

Species persistence following hybridization in nature requires the purging of introgressed alleles. Genomic monitoring of a tsunami-induced hybrid stickleback population in Japan reveals rapid genome-...

Abstract. Stabilizing selection commonly acts on complex traits that affect individual fitness. Here, we relate mean fitness under stabilizing selection to

The circadian clock controls a wide array of biological phenomena ranging from basal transcription to overt behavior. Now, new evidence shows that the clock affects a striking remodeling of the circui...

ABSTRACT:InDrosophila melanogaster,as in most other higher organisms, a circadian clock controls the rhythmic distribution of rest/sleep and...

Abstract. Pleiotropy, the phenomenon where a single mutation influences multiple phenotypic traits, creates genetic correlations that can constrain evoluti

Abstract. Convergence, defined as lineages evolving to be more similar to one another than their ancestors due to selective pressures is a hallmark of adap

Abstract. Biases in molecular evolution can significantly influence evolutionary trajectories. They have been described in a variety of contexts, such as d

Abstract. Biases in molecular evolution can significantly influence evolutionary trajectories. They have been described in a variety of contexts, such as d

Nature - The drug, called Orzeyful, takes aim at the root cause of the sleep disorder rather than at its symptoms.

Lay Summary. The adaptive decoupling hypothesis explains the prevalence of complex life cycles in animals by stating that antagonistic selection leads to t

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Abstract. Epistasis can influence evolution by causing the distribution of phenotypic effects for new mutations to vary among genotypes. Here, we investiga

This is the program page for the 28th Annual Meeting of the Society for Evolutionary Studies, Japan. Information on symposiums, oral presentations, poster sessions, and other program details will be p...

Adaptive potential determines how populations respond to environmental change. This study compiles evolvability estimates from over 170 multicellular species, revealing substantial variation across th...

Abstract. Deleterious mutations arise continually in natural populations, yet their full life histories—from origin to elimination—are rarely observed dire

Abstract. Seasonal migratory animals can evolve residency through adaptation. The threshold model of quantitative genetics predicts that residency evolves

Here, the authors examine bird wing planform shape and functional performance using theoretical morphospace and phylomorphospace. They find that, in a sample of 1138 extant bird taxa, planform shape i...

We investigated what factor contributes to a cline of a chromosomal inversion of the Eurasian blackcap, which differs from typical inversion clines maintained by divergent selection. Using a simulati...

Abstract. Forms of phenotypic plasticity in key traits, and forms of selection on and genetic variation in such plasticity, fundamentally underpin phenotyp

Abstract. One of the characteristics of avian migration is its variability within and among species. Variation in migratory behavior, and in physiological

Variation in migration can evolve rapidly and traits that comprise this behaviour may be determined by standing variation at a few regulatory regions that are not common across taxonomic groups.

Abstract. Seasonal migratory animals can evolve residency through adaptation. The threshold model of quantitative genetics predicts that residency evolves

Transmissible tumours have been found in only a few types of animal, but there might be many more out there.

New bacterial regulatory interactions can evolve more readily than previously appreciated, providing new insights into the evolution of gene regulation.

Nature Communications - Beyond resistance and tolerance: rethinking evolutionary responses to antibiotics from the perspective of individual bacterial cells

Despite technological advances in both tracking and sequencing technologies, finding the genetic mechanisms behind migratory traits remains a challenge. Recent studies have shown that migratory direc...

Abstract. Vocal learning, the ability to imitate sounds, is a complex convergent trait crucial for spoken language and observed in a few independent lineag

Susumu Tonegawa, a renowned MIT professor of biology and neuroscience and a Nobel laureate, has died at the age of 86. His discovery of how the immune system generates many different antibodies earned...

The circadian clock integrates photoperiodic and temperature cues by RNA splicing to promote seasonal plasticity.

CD4+ T cells in MS preferentially recognize EBV viral particles rather than latent antigens, and responses are reduced by B cell–targeting therapies.