Samuel H. A. von der Dunk

The risk of sexual reproduction promotes the evolution of regulation between host and symbionts

This study shows that biparental inheritance of endosymbionts during host-symbiont co-evolution leads to evolutionary conflict, which can be resolved through host regulation mechanisms, and that sexual reproduction may have emerged early in eukaryogenesis.

Natural protein structures have evolved exceptional robustness to mutations

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

RNA secondary structures are conserved but random

The paper analyzes RNA secondary structures to determine if they show signs of positive selection, finding they are mostly random but shaped by developmental bias.

Developmental bias explains the evolutionary trend towards simple leaf shapes

The paper shows that developmental bias, not natural selection, drives the evolutionary trend towards simpler leaf shapes in angiosperms.