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The paper studies electrical signaling and coordinated behavior in choanoflagellates, revealing ciliary arrest and colony-wide contraction linked to calcium transients.

This study shows Aedes sierrensis has heritable genetic variation in heat tolerance that could allow it to adapt to warming faster than projected climate changes.

This study identifies structural variants in wild Caenorhabditis elegans populations using long-read sequencing, revealing their role in phenotypic diversity and adaptation.

The paper identifies genomic regions and genes associated with Reed Warbler responses to Cuckoo brood parasitism across Europe using landscape genomics methods.

The paper identifies FAXC and metaxin proteins in fungi and bacteria, showing structural similarities but distinct sequence identities, and reports phylogenetic relationships and gene neighborhood differences.

The paper investigates how recombination, truncation, and horizontal transfer shape the diversity of cytoplasmic incompatibility patterns in Wolbachia wPip strains.

This study identifies PRDM9's role in driving recombination hotspots in salmonids, showing rapid evolution and conservation of its function across vertebrates.

This paper evaluates the adequacy of Ultraconserved Elements (UCE) data and integrates uncertainty in a comprehensive ant phylogeny, revealing the need for more data and better models.

This study shows that turquoise killifish males experience reproductive aging despite being short-lived, with declining sperm quality and reduced embryo survival as they age.

This study investigates how amino acid changes in C4-NADP-ME and nonC4-NADP-ME enzymes affect their oligomeric states and function in Poaceae species.

The paper identifies zymocin-like toxin gene clusters in filamentous fungi, showing their evolutionary origin and horizontal transfer in mushrooms.

The paper develops a biomathematical enzyme kinetics model of prebiotic autocatalytic RNA networks, showing that hyperparasites confer parasite resistance and explain the origin of molecular immunity.

This study simulates mitochondrial dynamics at altitude to show reduced neuron loss and cognitive decline associated with high-altitude living.

The paper analyzes a two-decade freshwater lake metagenome dataset to show that ecological and evolutionary processes in microbial communities operate on seasonal and decadal scales.

This study shows that in male mice, competition amplifies the impact of early life contingency, leading to divergent life trajectories, while this effect is absent in females.

This study identifies genomic signatures of adaptation in native lizards exposed to invasive fire ants, showing genetic changes related to immune response and morphology.

This paper identifies two ancient structural variants in walnut and hickory species that control heterodichogamy, a mating system with distinct genetic mechanisms in each genus.

This study examines the evolution of the hymenopteran skeletomuscular phenome across developmental stages and anatomical hierarchies, showing that phenome-wide reorganization drives lineage diversification.

This study identifies evolutionary links between bacterial IS110 transposons and archaeal/eukaryotic RNA modification systems, suggesting RNA-guided mechanisms evolved from transposon components.

This paper shows that shifting habitats can lead to biased and overconfident phylogeographic inferences due to local density regulation and population dynamics.