The evolution and future of carbonate precipitation in marine invertebrates: Witnessing extinction or documenting resilience in the Anthropocene? by Jeana L. Drake, Tali Mass, Paul G. Falkowski

“…Based on this analysis and the fossil record, we propose that biomineralization is an extremely robust and highly controlled process in metazoans that can withstand extremes in pH predicted for the coming century, similar to their persistence through the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (∼55 Mya).…”
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Water, Ideology, and Kingship at the Ancient Burmese Capital of Bagan, Myanmar: An Iconographic Analysis of the Nat Yekan Sacred Water Tank by Gyles Iannone, Raiza S. Rivera, Saw Tun Lin, Nyein Chan Soe

“…Nat Yekan tank, a rock-cut reservoir located on the western edge of the summit of the Thetso–Taung portion of the Tuyin range, played significant utilitarian and spiritual roles in collecting, sacralizing, and then channeling waters down into the vast Mya Kan reservoir, which, in turn, fed the water management system that redistributed this valuable resource across the Bagan plain. …”
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Chromosome-Level Analysis of the <i>Pelochelys cantorii</i> Genome Provides Insights to Its Immunity, Growth and Longevity by Xiaoli Liu, Haiyang Liu, Yakun Wang, Mingzhi Li, Liqin Ji, Kaikuo Wang, Chengqing Wei, Wei Li, Chen Chen, Lingyun Yu, Xinping Zhu, Xiaoyou Hong

“…In this study, comparative genomic analysis between <i>Pc. cantorii</i> and 16 other vertebrate genomes indicated that turtles separated from the ancestor of archosaurians approximately 256.6 (95% highest posterior density interval, 263.6–251.9) million years ago (Mya) (Upper Permian to Triassic) and that <i>Pc. cantorii</i> separated from the ancestor of <i>Pd. sinensis</i> and <i>R. swinhoei</i> approximately 59.3 (95% highest posterior density interval, 64.3–54.3) Mya. …”
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High-quality reference genome sequences of two coconut cultivars provide insights into evolution of monocot chromosomes and differentiation of fiber content and plant height by Shouchuang Wang, Yong Xiao, Zhi-Wei Zhou, Jiaqing Yuan, Hao Guo, Zhuang Yang, Jun Yang, Pengchuan Sun, Lisong Sun, Yuan Deng, Wen-Zhao Xie, Jia-Ming Song, Muhammad Tahir ul Qamar, Wei Xia, Rui Liu, Shufang Gong, Yong Wang, Fuyou Wang, Xianqing Liu, Alisdair R. Fernie, Xiyin Wang, Haikuo Fan, Ling-Ling Chen, Jie Luo

“…The comparative analysis reveals that the two coconut subspecies diverge about 2–8 Mya while the conserved Arecaceae-specific whole-genome duplication (ω WGD) occurs approximately 47–53 Mya. …”
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Insights into the Mitochondrial Genetic Makeup and Miocene Colonization of Primitive Flatfishes (Pleuronectiformes: Psettodidae) in the East Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific Ocean by Shantanu Kundu, Flandrianto Sih Palimirmo, Hye-Eun Kang, Ah Ran Kim, Soo Rin Lee, Fantong Zealous Gietbong, Se Hyun Song, Hyun-Woo Kim

“…The approximate divergence time (35−10 MYA) between <i>P. belcheri</i> and <i>P. erumei</i> was estimated, providing insights into their separation and colonization during the early Miocene. …”
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Pleurotus eryngii Genomes Reveal Evolution and Adaptation to the Gobi Desert Environment by Yueting Dai, Yueting Dai, Lei Sun, Lei Sun, Xiaolei Yin, Xiaolei Yin, Meng Gao, Meng Gao, Yitong Zhao, Yitong Zhao, Peisong Jia, Peisong Jia, Xiaohui Yuan, Yongping Fu, Yongping Fu, Yu Li, Yu Li

“…Molecular clock analyses of five Pleurotus species, namely PEE81, PEF12, P. tuoliensis, P. ostreatus and P. cf. floridanus suggest that the divergence estimates of the genus Pleurotus over time scales ranged from ∼4 to ∼38 million years ago (Mya), and PEE81 and PEF12 diverged at ∼13 Mya. The whole genome resequencing of 33 geographically diverse strains of P. eryngii var. eryngii and var. ferulae was then performed and the genome variation among and within these two populations were investigated. …”
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Evaluation of immunogenicity and cross-reactive responses of  vaccines prepared from two chimeric serotype O foot-and-mouth disease viruses in pigs and cattle by Pinghua Li, Shulun Huang, Jingjing Zha, Pun Sun, Dong Li, Huifang Bao, Yimei Cao, Xingwen Bai, Yuanfang Fu, Xueqing Ma, Kun Li, Hong Yuan, Jing Zhang, Zhixun Zhao, Jian Wang, Keqiang Zhang, Yingli Chen, Qiang Zhang, Shuyun Qi, Zaixin Liu, Zengjun Lu

“…Recently, serotype O has been the most prevalent FMDV serotype in China, and it has evolved into four different lineages: O/SEA/Mya-98, O/ME-SA/PanAsia, O/ME-SA/Ind-2001 and O/Cathay. …”
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Characterization of the Mel1c melatoninergic receptor in platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). by Célia Gautier, Sophie-Penelope Guenin, Isabelle Riest-Fery, Tahlia Jade Perry, Céline Legros, Olivier Nosjean, Valerie Simonneaux, Frank Grützner, Jean A Boutin

“…This work shows that the loss of GPR50 binding evolved after the divergence of monotremes less than 190MYA in therian mammals.…”
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The Impact of the Spectral Radiation Environment on the Maximum Absorption Wavelengths of Human Vision and Other Species by Samuel Konatham, Javier Martín-Torres, Maria-Paz Zorzano

“…Since the earliest development of the eye (and vision) around 530 million years ago (Mya), it has evolved, adapting to different habitats, species, and changing environmental conditions on Earth. …”
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Genomics of Preaxostyla Flagellates Illuminates the Path Towards the Loss of Mitochondria. by Lukáš V F Novák, Sebastian C Treitli, Jan Pyrih, Paweł Hałakuc, Shweta V Pipaliya, Vojtěch Vacek, Ondřej Brzoň, Petr Soukal, Laura Eme, Joel B Dacks, Anna Karnkowska, Marek Eliáš, Vladimír Hampl

“…This observation moves this unique loss to 100 MYA when oxymonad lineage diversified.…”
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Analysis of rDNA reveals a high genetic diversity of Halophila major in the Wallacea region by Xuan-Vy Nguyen, Nhu-Thuy Nguyen-Nhat, Xuan-Thuy Nguyen, Viet-Ha Dao, Lawrence M. Liao, Jutta Papenbrock

“…The relative divergence times between some members of section Halophila were estimated 2.15–6.64 Mya.…”
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Neoplecostomus doceensis: a new loricariid species (Teleostei, Siluriformes) from the rio Doce basin and comments about its putative origin by Fábio Roxo, Gabriel da Costa e Silva, Cláudio Zawadzki, Claudio Oliveira

“…We suggested that the ancestral lineage of the new species reached the rio Doce from the upper portions of rio Paran&aacute; drainages about 3.5 Mya (95% HPD: 1.6&ndash;5.5) indicating a colonization route of the N. doceensis ancestral lineage from the south end of Serra do Espinha&ccedil;o, probably as a result of headwater capture processes between the upper rio Paran&aacute; and rio Doce basins.…”
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Genome assembly of the Korean intertidal mud-creeper Batillaria attramentaria by Ajit Kumar Patra, Phuong-Thao Ho, Siyeong Jun, Seung Jae Lee, Yuseob Kim, Yong-Jin Won

“…We estimated that B. attramentaria and Conus consors diverged about 230 million years ago (MYA) based on the phylogenetic analysis of closely related gastropod species. …”
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A molecular phylogeny of Porcellionidae (Isopoda, Oniscidea) reveals inconsistencies with present taxonomy by Andreas C. Dimitriou, Stefano Taiti, Helmut Schmalfuss, Spyros Sfenthourakis

“…The origin of the monophyletic clade within Porcellionidae as indicated in the present work is dated back to the Oligocene (~32 mya).…”
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Catalytic Properties of Lipase Extracts from Aspergillus niger by Cintia M. Romero, Mario D. Baigori, Guillermo R. Castro, Licia M. Pera

“…Screening of lipolytic strains using Rhodamine-B/olive oil plate technique allowed the selection of Aspergillus niger MYA 135. Lipase production in submerged culture containing 2 % olive oil was enhanced by more than 50 % compared to basal cultural conditions. …”
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Genetic diversity and biogeography of T. officinale inferred from multi locus sequence typing approach. by Mohammadjavad Jafari, Waheed Akram, Yanju Pang, Aqeel Ahmad, Shakeel Ahmed, Nasim Ahmad Yasin, Tehmina Anjum, Basharat Ali, Xiangdong Hu, Xiaohua Li, Shuang Dong, Qian Cai, Matteo Ciprian, Monika Bielec, Sheng Hu, Fatemeh Sefidkon, Xuebo Hu

“…Molecular clock analysis based on ITS dataset suggested that the divergence between Europe and East Asian populations can be dated to 1.07 Mya with subsequent dispersal and vicariance events. …”
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Additions, losses, and rearrangements on the evolutionary route from a reconstructed ancestor to the modern Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome. by Jonathan L Gordon, Kevin P Byrne, Kenneth H Wolfe

“…We used the principle of parsimony, applied to aligned synteny blocks from 11 yeast species, to infer the gene content and gene order that existed in the genome of an extinct ancestral yeast about 100 Mya, immediately before it underwent whole-genome duplication (WGD). …”
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Accidental genetic engineers: horizontal sequence transfer from parasitoid wasps to their Lepidopteran hosts. by Sean E Schneider, James H Thomas

“…Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera diverged ∼300 MYA, making this type of event a source of novel sequences for recipient species. …”
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Phylogeny, biogeography and divergence times in Passiflora (Passifloraceae) by Valéria C. Muschner, Priscilla M. Zamberlan, Sandro L. Bonatto, Loreta B. Freitas

“…In general, divergence among the four subgenera in Passiflora is very ancient, ranging from ~32 to ~38 Mya, and Passifloraceae seems to follow a biogeographic scenario proposed for several plant groups, originating in Africa, crossing to Europe/Asia and arriving in the New World by way of land bridges. …”
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Benthic non-indigenous species among indigenous species and their habitat preferences in Puck Bay (southern Baltic Sea)* This work was carried out under the ‘Ecosystem Approach to... by Urszula Janas, Halina Kendzierska

“…They are Marenzelleria spp., Mya arenaria, Potamopyrgus antipodarum, Gammarus tigrinus and Amphibalanus improvisus. …”
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