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This paper introduces quasi-epigenetic equilibrium (QEE) to simplify population epigenetic models and shows how epigenetics affects evolutionary parameters and extinction risk.

The paper compares mutational profiles of natural, random, and de novo proteins to assess their structural robustness and evolutionary trajectories.

The paper investigates the adaptive landscape of Australian dragon lizards, showing that generalist habitat use facilitated rapid morphological diversification after arrival in Australia.

This study identifies over 1,000 structural variants in aye-ayes using whole-genome sequencing, revealing their impact on gene function and regulatory elements.

EukPhylo v1.0 improves phylogenomic analysis of eukaryotes by enabling contamination removal, gene family estimation, and transparent, repeatable tree construction.

This study compares Convolutional Neural Networks and Maximum Likelihood Estimation for classifying and estimating parameters in birth-death diversification models.

This study examines the co-evolution of brain size and thumb length across primates, finding a strong association and showing hominins follow the same evolutionary trend.

This study shows that early-life antibiotic exposure causes sex-specific fitness trade-offs in mice, with males showing reduced lean mass and increased adiposity, while females show no metabolic changes but worse fitness under caloric restriction.

The paper uses whole genome sequencing to analyze genetic differentiation and plasticity in sympatric morphs of Arctic charr across multiple lakes, revealing a polygenic basis and varying levels of reproductive isolation.

This study shows that rhythmic auditory cues enhance visual word recognition by directing attention to specific times, and this effect persists even after the sound stops.

The paper introduces new dissimilarity metrics for labeled DAGs by refining the k-Robinson-Foulds distance to compare local node-induced multisets of labels.

This study combines palaeoproteomic and genetic analyses to show that dairy consumption in Armenia dates back to the late fourth millennium BCE, but lactase persistence variants remained rare, suggesting cultural adaptations to fermented dairy.

The paper analyzes genomic diversity loss in whooping cranes despite population recovery, finding 70% genetic diversity loss and increased inbreeding.

The paper introduces the Occurrence Birth-Death Diffusion process to integrate fossil data into diversification analyses, showing fossils are essential for accurate diversification rate and richness trajectory inference.

This study compares genome and epigenetic architecture across multiple microsporidia clades, finding limited conservation and significant variation in genetic features and epigenetic modifications.

This study shows heat-induced secondary dormancy in Arabidopsis thaliana varies with primary dormancy and climate, contributing to local adaptation and climate resilience.

The paper analyzes brown algal genomes to trace the origin and evolution of U/V sex chromosomes, revealing gene gain-driven evolution and the demise of these systems through hermaphroditism and gene hierarchy shifts.

The paper measures de novo mutation rates of the APOL1 G1 1024A[->]G mutation in Africans and Europeans, finding it has the highest rate and is more common in Africans where it provides adaptive benefit.

This paper models recombination's impact on multi-drug resistance evolution in malaria, showing that most recombinant genotypes arise from multi-clonal infections and that ACT strategies reduce treatment failures and delay resistance.