Recalibrated tree of leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) indicates independent diversification of angiosperms and their insect herbivores. by Jesús Gómez-Zurita, Toby Hunt, Fatos Kopliku, Alfried P Vogler

“…Molecular clock calibrations and confidence intervals were based on paleontological data from the oldest (K-T boundary) leaf beetle fossil, ancient feeding traces ascribed to hispoid Cassidinae, and the vicariant split of Nearctic and Palearctic members of the Timarchini.The origin of the Chrysomelidae was dated to 73-79 Mya (confidence interval 63-86 Mya), and most subfamilies were post-Cretaceous, consistent with the ages of all confirmed body fossils. …”
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Multiple invasions of <it>Gypsy </it>and <it>Micropia </it>retroelements in genus <it>Zaprionus </it>and <it>melanogaster </it>subgroup of the genus <it>Drosophila</it> by Carareto Claudia MA, Capy Pierre, Van Sluys Marie-Anne, de Setta Nathalia

“…The <it>Gypsy </it>retroelement of the <it>melanogaster </it>subgroup probably invaded the <it>Zaprionus </it>genomes about 11 MYA. In contrast, the <it>Micropia </it>retroelement may have been introduced into the <it>Zaprionus </it>subgenus and the <it>melanogaster </it>subgroup from an unknown donor more recently (~3 MYA).…”
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The organellar genomes of Silvetia siliquosa (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) and comparative analyses of the brown algae. by Yanshuo Liang, Han-Gil Choi, Shuangshuang Zhang, Zi-Min Hu, Delin Duan

“…Phylogenetic analysis revealed a close genetic relationship between S. siliquosa and F. vesiculosus, which diverged approximately 8 Mya (5.7-11.0 Mya), corresponding to the Late Miocene (5.3-11.6 Ma). …”
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Cryptic diversity in the Japanese mantis shrimp Oratosquilla oratoria (Crustacea: Squillidae): Allopatric diversification, secondary contact and hybridization by Jiao Cheng, Zhong-li Sha

“…Their divergence was postulated to be attributable to the vicariant event which resulted from the isolation of the Sea of Japan during the middle Pliocene (c. 3.85 Mya, 95% HPD 2.23–6.07 Mya). Allopatric speciation was maintained by limited genetic exchange due to their habitat preferences. …”
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Geological structure and mineral resources of Algeria by Eduard Dobra, Ján Pinka, Jacek Engel, Eliška Horniaková

“…The hydrocarbon System Ourd Mya is located in the Sahara Basin. It is one of the producing basins in Algeria. …”
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Convergence and divergence in the evolution of the APOBEC3G-Vif interaction reveal ancient origins of simian immunodeficiency viruses. by Alex A Compton, Michael Emerman

“…Using a broad panel of SIV Vif isolates, we demonstrate that natural variation in OWM A3G confers resistance to Vif-mediated degradation, suggesting that adaptive variants of the host factor were selected upon exposure to pathogenic lentiviruses at least 5-6 million years ago (MYA). Furthermore, in members of the divergent Colobinae subfamily of OWM, a multi-residue insertion event in A3G that arose at least 12 MYA blocks the activity of Vif, suggesting an even more ancient origin of SIV. …”
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A New Fishfly Species (Megaloptera: Corydalidae: Neohermes Banks) Discovered from North America by a Systematic Revision, with Phylogenetic and Biogeographic Implications. by Xingyue Liu, Shaun L Winterton

“…This likely lead to the modern distribution of Neohermes in eastern North America with the closure of the Mid-Continental Seaway, which separated western and eastern North America in the Mid-Late Cretaceous (100-80 MYA) and finally disappeared at the end of the Cretaceous (70 MYA). …”
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A new genus and species of Hydrobiidae Stimpson, 1865 (Caenogastropoda, Truncatelloidea) from Peloponnese, Greece by Andrzej Falniowski, Jozef Grego, Aleksandra Rysiewska, Artur Osikowski, Sebastian Hofman

“…The molecularly estimated time of divergence, 5.75 ± 0.49 Mya, coincides with 5.33 Mya, which is the time of the Oligocene flooding that terminated the Messinian salinity crisis. …”
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Phylogeographic history of South American populations of the silky anteater Cyclopes didactylus (Pilosa: Cyclopedidae) by Raphael Teodoro Franciscani Coimbra, Flávia Regina Miranda, Camila Clozato Lara, Marco Antônio Alves Schetino, Fabrício Rodrigues dos Santos

“…The split of lineages separating Cyclopedidae (Cyclopes) and Myrmecophagidae (Myrmecophaga and Tamandua genera) was estimated around 41 million years ago (mya), and the intraspecific lineage diversification of C. didactylus began in the Miocene around 13.5 mya, likely in southwestern Amazonia. …”
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On the mysterious Seychellois endemic spider genus Cenemus (Araneae, Pholcidae) by Bernhard A. Huber, Guanliang Meng

“…This supports the idea that Cenemus is an ancient taxon, dating back to the breakup of Gondwana, between the separation of the Mascarene platform from Madagascar (~85 mya) and its separation from India (~60 mya). In addition, we present first molecular data for the recently established Smeringopinae genus Maghreba Huber, 2022, which is consistently resolved as sister to Crossopriza Simon, 1893; we present molecular evidence for the polyphyly of Holocnemus Simon, 1873, supporting previous morphological evidence; and we present an annotated list of the Pholcidae of the Seychelles, most of which are supposedly recent human introductions.…”
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Birth and rapid subcellular adaptation of a hominoid-specific CDC14 protein. by Lia Rosso, Ana Claudia Marques, Manuela Weier, Nelle Lambert, Marie-Alexandra Lambot, Pierre Vanderhaeghen, Henrik Kaessmann

“…A microtubular CDC14B variant spawned CDC14Bretro through retroposition in the hominoid ancestor 18-25 million years ago (Mya). CDC14Bretro evolved brain-/testis-specific expression after the duplication event and experienced a short period of intense positive selection in the African ape ancestor 7-12 Mya. …”
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Exquisite skeletons of a new transitional plesiosaur fill gap in the evolutionary history of plesiosauroids by Sven Sachs, Stefan Eggmaier, Daniel Madzia

“…Franconiasaurus brevispinus gen. et sp. nov. lived during the late Toarcian (∼175 Mya), near the onset of the Early–Middle Jurassic turnover. …”
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Filamentous connections between Ediacaran fronds by Liu, AG, Dunn, FS

“…Fossils of the Ediacaran macrobiota (∼571–539 mya) record phylogenetically diverse marine palaeocommunities, including early animals, which pre-date the “Cambrian Explosion” [1, 2, 3, 4]. …”

Horizontal transfer of an adaptive chimeric photoreceptor from bryophytes to ferns. by Li, F, Villarreal, J, Kelly, S, Rothfels, C, Melkonian, M, Frangedakis, E, Ruhsam, M, Sigel, E, Der, J, Pittermann, J, Burge, DO, Pokorny, L, Larsson, A, Chen, T, Weststrand, S, Thomas, P, Carpenter, E, Zhang, Y, Tian, Z, Chen, L, Yan, Z, Zhu, Y, Sun, X, Wang, J, Stevenson, D

“…Divergence date estimates further support the HGT hypothesis, with fern and hornwort neochromes diverging 179 Mya, long after the split between the two plant lineages (at least 400 Mya). …”

Macro-evolutionary patterns of East Asian opsariichthyin-xenocyprinin-cultrin fishes related to the formation of river and river-lake environments under monsoon climate by Peilin Cheng, Dan Yu, Qiongying Tang, Jinquan Yang, Yiyu Chen, Huanzhang Liu

“…Diversification of the cultrins, characterized by spawning of adhesive eggs as well as swimming and feeding in lentic waters, were estimated to have evolved 16.6 to 0.2 Mya. This period covers three phases of enhancement of the East Asian monsoon from the Middle Miocene to the Pliocene (around 15–13, 10–7, and 3.5 Mya). …”
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Genomic data provide new insights on the demographic history and the extent of recent material transfers in Norway spruce by Jun Chen, Lili Li, Pascal Milesi, Gunnar Jansson, Mats Berlin, Bo Karlsson, Jelena Aleksic, Giovanni G. Vendramin, Martin Lascoux

“…The split of P. omorika occurred 23 million years ago (mya), while the divergence between P. obovata and P. abies began 17.6 mya. …”
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Evolution of Cherries (<i>Prunus</i> Subgenus <i>Cerasus</i>) Based on Chloroplast Genomes by Xin Shen, Wenjin Zong, Yingang Li, Xinhong Liu, Fei Zhuge, Qi Zhou, Shiliang Zhou, Dongyue Jiang

“…<i>Prunus</i> 39.27 Mya. The subg. <i>Cerasus</i> started diversification at 15.01 Mya, coinciding with geological and climatic changes, including the uplift of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau and global cooling. …”
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Comparison of the chloroplast genomes and phylogenomic analysis of Elaeocarpaceae by Yihui Wang, Yifei Xie, Jiayi Jin, Jinyue Li, Xiangdong Qiu, Yang Tong, Zhongyang Li, Zhixiang Zhang, Wenling Lai

“…Structural comparisons showed that Elaeocarpaceae diverged at 60 Mya, the genus Elaeocarpus diverged 53 Mya and that the genus Sloanea diverged 0.44 Mya. …”
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Discordance in maternal and paternal genetic markers in lesser long-nosed bat Leptonycteris yerbabuenae, a migratory bat: recent expansion to the North and male phylopatry by Roberto-Emiliano Trejo-Salazar, Gabriela Castellanos-Morales, DulceCarolina Hernández-Rosales, Niza Gámez, Jaime Gasca-Pineda, Miguel Rene Morales Garza, Rodrigo Medellin, Luis E. Eguiarte

“…Our results show that recent demographic changes were consistent with global climatic changes (∼130,000 kyr ago for Cyt-b and ∼160,000 kyr for D-loop) and divergence times dated from molecular genealogies exhibited older divergence times, Cyt-b (4.03 mya), D-loop (10.26 mya) and DBY (12.23 mya). Accordingly, the female lineage underwent demographic expansion associated to Pleistocene climate change, whereas the male lineage remained constant.…”
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Phylogeography and Population History of <i>Eleutharrhena macrocarpa</i> (Tiliacoreae, Menispermaceae) in Southeast Asia’s Most Northerly Rainforests by Shijie Song, Jianyong Shen, Shishun Zhou, Xianming Guo, Jinchao Zhao, Xinghui Shi, Zhiyong Yu, Qiangbang Gong, Shaohua You, Sven Landrein

“…Differentiation across the Thai–Burmese range could have contributed to the isolation of the Dehong populations during the Miocene c. 15.88 Mya, when exchange between India and continental Asia ceased. …”
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