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The paper examines diversification rates and drivers in Peninsular India's endemic lineages using molecular phylogenies and birth-death models, finding angiosperms diversified fastest and Miocene climate changes influenced patterns in some lineages.

This study identifies genomic signals of local adaptation in Eleginops maclovinus by analyzing SNP data and environmental variables to find adaptive loci associated with temperature, salinity, and oxygen.

This paper introduces a method to decode host and viral family fingerprints in nucleotide usage, showing it outperforms deep learning for classification and enables manipulation of nucleotide composition in viral sequences.

This study shows that heparin and dextran sulfate alter wing patterns and shapes in Luna and Polyphemus Moths, revealing insights into phenotypic plasticity and homologies in wing patterns.

This study uses genomic data to show that Aedes vigilax mosquito populations exhibit varying genetic structures between panmixia and localized stability, with implications for pest management.

This study identifies structural variants in Anopheles stephensi that contribute to its adaptive success in invasive environments.

The paper finds that strong early-life paternal relationships in wild baboons correlate with longer adult survival in females, regardless of early adversity.

The paper shows gene expression drives purifying selection in penguin populations, with highly expressed genes experiencing stronger selection pressures.

The paper investigates temperature preference behavior evolution in Drosophila species by analyzing over 2400 larvae and using agent-based modeling to show that behavior differences arise from circuit balance, not sensitivity changes.

This study examines the evolution of drug-metabolizing genes across vertebrates, showing gene loss, duplication, and positive selection contribute to interspecies variability in drug metabolism.

The paper shows that a tardigrade cytochrome P450 gene disrupts Drosophila melanogaster development when expressed ubiquitously.

This study investigates the mechanisms behind correlated trait divergence during speciation, finding that environmental factors, not genetics, primarily drive the divergence of color patterns and chemical traits in stick insects.

The paper tests whether Daphnia magna can adapt within a growing season to changes in Microcystis strains, finding higher survival when exposed to strains from the same time point.

The paper proposes and evaluates the W-mtDNA Drive Hypothesis to explain low within-population mitochondrial DNA diversity and between-population mitochondrial transfer.

This study investigates the link between sexual antagonism and sex determination in three syngnathid species, finding that sex roles and mate competition drive sexual antagonism rather than male pregnancy.

The paper examines TE accumulation in Scalesia species and finds no significant variation despite hybridization and niche shifts, challenging the role of TEs in diversification.

The paper investigates genetic differentiation between Glossina brevipalpis populations in two Mozambican National Parks, finding them to be isolated subpopulations with minimal gene flow.

This paper reconstructs the evolutionary history of the MAPK signaling network across eukaryotes, identifying two coevolutionary expansion events and proposing a STE-regulated origin for the network.

This study investigates the demographic history and sex-biased migration patterns of Lampyris noctiluca, revealing a complex colonization history with maternal and male-only migration routes.

This study examines the genetic divergence of Siphamia cardinalfish and their bioluminescent symbionts across geographic regions, finding high symbiosis specificity but no co-diversification.