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This study investigates intrinsic reproductive isolation between two ecologically divergent Anolis lizard populations through hybridization experiments, finding evidence of postmating, prezygotic isolation.

The paper examines the evolutionary history of IncP-1 plasmids, finding that their backbone genes predominantly evolve through vertical transmission rather than horizontal recombination.

This study presents a telomere-to-telomere genome assembly of a sawfly and its Wolbachia symbiont, revealing sex-specific demographic changes and challenges Fisher's principle through genomic analysis.

The paper shows a dynamic link between Earth's magnetic field and atmospheric oxygen over 540 million years, correlating with mass extinctions and evolutionary bursts.

This study uses museum specimens and field collections of Arabidopsis thaliana to analyze genetic diversity and temporal changes, finding genetic stasis and mixed signals of adaptation.

The paper introduces HPgnomAD, a global H. pylori genome database revealing evolutionary patterns and clinical implications in East Asia.

The paper identifies the Y-chromosome in newts and finds it not homologous to the balanced lethal system, refuting a proposed sex chromosome origin for the system.

The paper examines how pre-existing genetic constraints in generalist populations may limit adaptive divergence in two Caribbean Cyprinodon pupfish radiations, finding congruence between intraspecific variance and interspecific divergence axes.

This study examines how the transition from terrestrial to aquatic lifestyles affects endocranial shape in caniform carnivorans, finding that aquatic species have expanded neocortices and reduced paleocortices and olfactory bulbs.

The paper examines how the loss of a color morph in woodland salamanders affects asymmetric character release and evolutionary rates between morphs.

This study identifies STR mutations as a significant source of heritability in Arabidopsis by analyzing their impact on gene expression, splicing, and phenotypes.

The paper estimates Phylogenetic Diversity (PD) across the complete tree of life using 2.2 million species and calculates Evolutionary Distinctiveness and EDGE scores for over 130,000 species.

The paper investigates genetic repeatability in high altitude adaptation of Mimulus plants, finding that while phenotypic modules are repeated, genetic architecture is largely non-repeatable.

The paper analyzes genomes of nitrogen-fixing eukaryotes to show that endosymbionts can function as integral cell compartments without significant genetic integration.

The paper investigates epigenetic inheritance in Arabidopsis by simulating herbivory selection and finds weak evidence for heritable epigenetic variation, while highlighting issues with previous studies.

The paper estimates the iridescent color range of a Cretaceous bird's crest feathers using fossil melanosome structure and modeling, suggesting a signaling and behavioral function.

The paper investigates how parental conflict and introgression contribute to hybrid seed inviability in the Mimulus guttatus species complex, showing geographic patterns of reproductive isolation that transcend species boundaries.

The paper traces the evolutionary history of iron oxidation in microbes, finding that modern iron oxidizers have a recent origin and that iron oxidation traits are frequently lost and reacquired across lineages.

This study compares genomic differences between annual and perennial Hordeum species, finding recurrent patterns in gene expression, copy number, and co-expression related to growth and senescence.

The paper analyzes replicate flower color hybrid zones in Antirrhinum to identify loci associated with gene flow barriers using haplotagging, FST scans, and genealogical methods.