Regulation plays a multifaceted role in the retention of gene duplicates
by Johan Hallin, Christian R. Landry A gene duplication can lead to all sorts of problems in a cell. However, it can also lead to...
Tag: Genome evolution
Can genomics shed light on the origin of species?
by Chris D. Jiggins Evolutionary biologists are increasingly using population genetic variation across genomes to address questions around the origin and ongoing evolution of species....
Widespread selection and gene flow shape the genomic landscape during a radiation of monkeyflowers
by Sean Stankowski, Madeline A. Chase, Allison M. Fuiten, Murillo F. Rodrigues, Peter L. Ralph, Matthew A. Streisfeld Speciation genomic studies aim to interpret patterns...
Extensive loss of cell-cycle and DNA repair genes in an ancient lineage of bipolar budding yeasts
by Jacob L. Steenwyk, Dana A. Opulente, Jacek Kominek, Xing-Xing Shen, Xiaofan Zhou, Abigail L. Labella, Noah P. Bradley, Brandt F. Eichman, Neža Čadež, Diego...
Broadening the scope of <i>PLOS Biology</i>: Short Reports and Methods & Resources
by The PLOS Biology Staff Editors This Editorial discusses the creation of two new scope-broadening article types for PLOS Biology — Methods & Resources articles...
Contingency in the convergent evolution of a regulatory network: Dosage compensation in <i>Drosophila</i>
by Chris Ellison, Doris Bachtrog The repeatability or predictability of evolution is a central question in evolutionary biology and most often addressed in experimental evolution...