Yaddehige et al. present GBRAP, a parser and database for analyzing RefSeq genomes. This publicly available tool offers over 200 metrics per genome element with flexible retrieval, visualization, and export options.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf114

#evolbio #molbio #bioinformatics

SatuTe by Manuel et al. is a new tool to quantify phylogenetic signal and saturation between subtrees. Applied to the Tree of Life, SatuTe shows that most ribosomal proteins support a eukaryotic clade.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf090

#evolbio #phylogenetics #compbio

Policarpo et al. use phylogenetic and synteny data to identify 19 teleost-to-teleost horizontal gene transfers in 11 orders, involving genes linked to immunity or pore formation; this suggests eukaryote-to-eukaryote HGT has shaped teleost evolution.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf107

#evolbio #molbio #fish

In Artemia franciscana, sex-biased gene expression and dosage compensation on the Z chromosome are linked to chromatin state. H4K16ac histone mark enrichment in female-limited Z chr. suggests a role in dosage compensation. New paper by Bett el al in MBE:

🔗 https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf085

#evolbio #molbio

Lau et al. show that bioluminescent luciferases in brittle stars and octocorals evolved in parallel from haloalkane dehalogenases, highlighting how gene function and genomic availability shape convergent evolution.

🔗 https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf081

#evolbio #molbio

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This Is What The New York Time...

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Sign up now for a live discussion "From Elephants to Humans: Evolutionary Insights into Cancer" on Weds 22nd, 11am EST (4pm UK), hosted by ISEEC.

Amy Boddy (UCSB), Athena Aktipis (ASU) and me will explore how ecology, #evolbio and life history shape #cancer in humans and across the tree of life. Free registration: https://asu.zoom.us/meeting/register/VQxvtYAvQpaI53NdUy97XA#/registration

Great new episode of the Big Biology podcast, featuring Rosemary Grant talking about her new autobiography, Darwin’s finches, Conrad Waddington, taking your kids into the field, and more! 🌱🐋🧪 #HistSTM #WomeninSTEM #EvolBio

Ep 123: The long and winding r...

Ludwig von Bertalanffy—the architect of “General System Theory”—was born OTD in 1901. Mechanism “provides us with no grasp of … organic 'wholeness,’ … of organic 'teleology,’ or of the historical character of organisms.…” 🌱🐋🦫🦋 #HistSTM #PhilSci #evolbio #STS 🧪