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The paper compares sibling type distributions across human societies and nonhuman mammals to assess monogamy's role in human mating systems.

The paper compares oviposition behavior between two mosquito species and identifies chemosensory receptor gene differences that may explain their distinct strategies.

The paper investigates recombination suppression around the mating-type locus in Schizothecium fungi, finding evolutionary strata associated with a diploid-like life cycle in pseudo-homothallic species.

This study identifies six novel Escherichia coli phages from wastewater, classifies five as a new genus within Stephanstirmvirinae, and highlights host-specific infection mechanisms.

This study shows that low temperature induces social behavior in the facultatively social bee Exoneura robusta, revealing an environmental cue for sociality.

This paper introduces a finite-state maximum likelihood approximation to improve genome phylogeny inference by reducing computational burden while accounting for gene duplication, loss, and horizontal transfer.

The paper identifies distinctive H5N1 viral genome signatures linked to repeated spillovers into U.S. dairy cattle, highlighting genetic diversity and geographic origins.

The paper analyzes genetic variation in nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits across six cryptic Anopheles gambiae species to understand how pre-existing polymorphism influences insecticide susceptibility.

The paper examines centromere structure and location across nine yeast species, finding conserved chromosomal positions but diverse structures, suggesting in situ structural changes.

The paper examines how neural crest cell biology influences skull evolution in lizards, finding that neural crest-derived bones evolve rapidly under sexual selection but show slower rates and less disparity across species.

The paper examines the molecular evolution of octopamine receptors in Drosophila, identifying positive selection in specific regions of two receptors linked to ligand binding and signal transduction.

This study compares the fitness and robustness of two yeast strains under fluctuating and constant environments, finding that the lab strain improved fitness but not robustness, while the industrial strain became more robust.

The paper analyzes evolutionary patterns of protein-coding genes in RNA viruses, finding no distinction between surface-exposed and non-exposed proteins but significant clustering between enveloped and non-enveloped viruses.

The paper investigates sperm dimorphism in evergreen bagworm moths and finds no evidence of non-fertilizing sperm, proposing new hypotheses for its evolution and function.

The paper investigates whether neurotropic viral pressure influenced mammalian brain evolution by analyzing endogenous bornavirus-like elements and modeling the role of ARHGAP11B.

The paper identifies extensive horizontal transfer of transposable elements in fungi, revealing ecological and genomic factors influencing their spread.

This paper develops an intra-host eco-evolutionary model of poliovirus under pocapavir treatment, showing that antiviral potency must balance immediate viral suppression with preserving coinfection to prevent resistance.

This study examines genetic differentiation in black soldier fly populations under selective breeding, finding rapid genetic shifts and reduced diversity in domesticated strains.

This paper introduces an R function to quantify between-species differences in morphological integration patterns using angle-based analysis of PLS1 eigenvectors and evaluates its performance through simulation.

This study demonstrates that conjugated symbiosis islands can generate nitrogen-fixing endosymbionts in rhizobia, often as mutualists rather than exploiters, with transmission dynamics influenced by phylogenetic relatedness.