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A rapidly evolving essential protamine suppresses sex-chromosome meiotic drive in Drosophila.

The paper analyzes the navigability of random fitness landscapes, showing that adaptive basins are large and increase with fitness rank.

This study shows that Oxalis stricta exhibits consistent plastic responses to dicamba drift, increasing flower production but with variable reproductive outcomes, without significant genetic variation for hormesis.

This study shows that darker pupal coloration in butterflies increases desiccation tolerance, suggesting pupal color plasticity serves an adaptive role in reducing water loss.

The paper identifies four new Oscarella sponge species using genetic and morphological data, highlighting methodological limitations in current taxonomic approaches.

This study quantifies heterosis in crosses between remnant populations of Silene regia, finding strong positive effects in two populations and varied patterns across environments.

This study infers mutation and recombination rates in common marmosets, accounting for twinning and chimerism, and identifies PRDM9-mediated recombination hotspots.

This study examines how very long branch taxa affect phylogenetic inference in Dioscoreales, finding that they reduce branch support and challenge current classifications.

This study identifies genomic mechanisms of parallel local adaptation in Firmiana danxiaensis to contrasting edaphic islands, revealing distinct environmental drivers and shared stress responses.

The paper tests a new theory for faster-X adaptation by examining whether large-effect mutations are more positively selected on the X chromosome in three species, but finds no support for this hypothesis.

The paper describes a 105 mm-long pennaceous feather from Burmese amber, showing advanced branching but incomplete tissue differentiation, suggesting asynchronous evolution of feather structures.

This study identifies candidate genes associated with metallic color variation in ground beetles and links color adaptation to environmental factors.

This study shows that constitutive sporulation in wild fission yeast enhances survival by resisting digestion by fruit flies, despite being disadvantageous under nutrient-rich conditions.

The paper extends DMI models with a network approach to study how gene interaction network structure influences the evolution of hybrid incompatibilities, finding that network density and topology significantly affect incompatibility accumulation and clustering.

This study uses scRNA-seq to identify transcriptional diversity in sea cucumber coelomocytes, revealing functional roles and potential progenitor and specialized cell types.

This study identifies germline-restricted chromosomes in birds as reservoirs for active retroviruses, showing their role in promoting transposition and speciation.

The paper tracks lineage evolution and transmission of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron across hosts and ecological scales using genomic barcoding and whole-genome sequencing.

The paper re-annotates and characterizes the DGF-1 gene family in T. cruzi, revealing its modular structure and evolutionary history across trypanosomatids.

The paper characterizes the sperm and seminal fluid proteome of bedbugs, revealing evolutionary adaptations linked to traumatic insemination and identifying expanded S-Laps with potential catalytic activity.

This paper reviews the inconsistent use of the term 'hybrid swarm' in hybridization studies and advocates for clearer terminology.