Expansions and contractions in gene families of independently-evolved blood-feeding insects by Lucas Freitas, Mariana F. Nery

“…Abstract Background The blood-feeding behavior evolved multiple times in Insecta lineages and it represents an excellent opportunity to study patterns of convergent molecular evolution regarding this habit. In insects the expansion of some gene families is linked with blood-feeding behavior, but a wide study comparing the evolution of these gene families among different lineages is still missing. …”
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Evolution Analyses of CAMTA Transcription Factor in Plants and Its Enhancing Effect on Cold-tolerance by Peixuan Xiao, Jia-Wu Feng, Xi-Tong Zhu, Junxiang Gao

“…Our study provides an insight into the molecular evolution of CAMTA family and lays a foundation for further study of related biological functions.…”
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Migrations of cancer cells through the lens of phylogenetic biogeography by Antonia Chroni, Sayaka Miura, Olumide Oladeinde, Vivian Aly, Sudhir Kumar

“…We conclude that the principles of molecular evolution and organismal biogeography are useful in these endeavors but that the available models and methods need to be applied judiciously.…”
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Conservation of <it>shh cis</it>-regulatory architecture of the coelacanth is consistent with its ancestral phylogenetic position by Lang Michael, Hadzhiev Yavor, Siegel Nicol, Amemiya Chris T, Parada Carolina, Strähle Uwe, Becker May-Britt, Müller Ferenc, Meyer Axel

“…An insight into the molecular evolution that may explain the unchanged character of <it>Latimeria </it>morphology requires the analysis of the expression patterns of developmental regulator genes and their <it>cis</it>-regulatory modules (CRMs).…”
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The hourglass and the early conservation models--co-existing patterns of developmental constraints in vertebrates. by Barbara Piasecka, Paweł Lichocki, Sébastien Moretti, Sven Bergmann, Marc Robinson-Rechavi

“…Overall, with the modular approach, we showed that different levels of molecular evolution follow different patterns of developmental constraints. …”
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Complex interplay of evolutionary forces in the ladybird homeobox genes of Drosophila melanogaster. by Evgeniy S Balakirev, Maria Anisimova, Francisco J Ayala

“…Combined with our previous results on nucleotide variation in esterase and other homeobox genes, these results suggest that interplay of balancing and directional selection may be a general feature of molecular evolution in Drosophila and other eukaryote genomes.…”
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HapNetworkView: a tool for haplotype network exploration and visualization by Lianjiang Chi, Yi Dong, Ruizhen Wang, Suiyuan Yang, Lan Wu, Yongbiao Xue, Hua Chen

“…Abstract Background Haplotype networks are useful for investigating the genealogical relationships among haplotypes and have been extensively used in molecular evolution and population genetic studies. However, existing tools for visualizing haplotype networks lack comprehensive functionalities for data exploration and layout adjustments. …”
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Paleopathology of Human Tuberculosis and the Potential Role of Climate by Andreas G. Nerlich, Sandra Lösch

“…The paleopathological investigation of human remains offers a unique insight into the molecular evolution and spread including correlative data of the environment. …”
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Evolution of an agriculture-associated disease causing Campylobacter coli clade: evidence from national surveillance data in Scotland. by Sheppard, S, Dallas, J, Wilson, D, Strachan, N, McCarthy, N, Jolley, K, Colles, F, Rotariu, O, Ogden, I, Forbes, K, Maiden, M

“…Calibration of the rate of molecular evolution, based on within-species genetic variation, estimated a more rapid rate of evolution than in traditional estimates. …”

Dengue virus evolution and vertical transmission in Wolbachia-infected Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes by Kien, DTH

“…</p> <p>Overall, this thesis contributes to understanding the molecular evolution of DENV in Wolbachia-infected Ae.aegypti, and the significant inhibitory effect of Wolbachia on vertical transmission of DENV. …”

Production of a functional anti-scorpion hemocyanin scFv in Escherichia coli. by Billiald, P, Motta, G, Vaux, D

“…Previous reports have demonstrated the value of monoclonal antibodies in taxonomical and molecular evolution studies. A58scFv is the first of a new generation of antigen-binding proteins which should prove useful both in taxonomical studies and in the analysis of VH--VL structure-function relationships of antibodies.…”

Systematic evolution of bZIP transcription factors in Malvales and functional exploration of AsbZIP14 and AsbZIP41 in Aquilaria sinensis by Hao Zhang, Xupo Ding, Xupo Ding, Hao Wang, Hao Wang, Huiqin Chen, Huiqin Chen, Wenhua Dong, Wenhua Dong, Jiahong Zhu, Jiahong Zhu, Jian Wang, Shiqing Peng, Shiqing Peng, Haofu Dai, Haofu Dai, Wenli Mei, Wenli Mei

“…The transcription factor of basic leucine zipper (bZIP) presented the pivotal regulatory roles in various secondary metabolites biosynthesis in plants, which might also contribute to regulate PECs biosynthesis. However, molecular evolution and function of bZIP are rarely reported in Malvales plants, especially in Aquilaria trees.Methods and resultsHere, 1,150 bZIPs were comprehensively identified from twelve Malvales and model species genomes and the evolutionary process were subsequently analyzed. …”
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Insights into the Evolution of Longevity from the Bowhead Whale Genome by Michael Keane, Jeremy Semeiks, Andrew E. Webb, Yang I. Li, Víctor Quesada, Thomas Craig, Lone Bruhn Madsen, Sipko van Dam, David Brawand, Patrícia I. Marques, Pawel Michalak, Lin Kang, Jong Bhak, Hyung-Soon Yim, Nick V. Grishin, Nynne Hjort Nielsen, Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen, Elias M. Oziolor, Cole W. Matson, George M. Church, Gary W. Stuart, John C. Patton, J. Craig George, Robert Suydam, Knud Larsen, Carlos López-Otín, Mary J. O’Connell, John W. Bickham, Bo Thomsen, João Pedro de Magalhães

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Comparison of time and dose dependent gene expression and affected pathways in primary human fibroblasts after exposure to ionizing radiation by Lara Kim Brackmann, Alicia Poplawski, Caine Lucas Grandt, Heike Schwarz, Thomas Hankeln, Steffen Rapp, Sebastian Zahnreich, Danuta Galetzka, Iris Schmitt, Christian Grad, Lukas Eckhard, Johanna Mirsch, Maria Blettner, Peter Scholz-Kreisel, Moritz Hess, Harald Binder, Heinz Schmidberger, Manuela Marron

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Nanocellbiology : multimodal imaging in biology and medicine / by Jena, Bhanu P., editor, Taatjes, Douglas J., editor

Tick mitochondrial genomes: structural characteristics and phylogenetic implications by Tianhong Wang, Shiqi Zhang, Tingwei Pei, Zhijun Yu, Jingze Liu

“…The mitochondrial genome (mt-genome) has been widely used in arthropod phylogeny, molecular evolution and population genetics. With the development of sequencing technologies, an increasing number of tick mt-genomes have been sequenced and annotated. …”
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Evolutionary dynamics of human autoimmune disease genes and malfunctioned immunological genes by Podder Soumita, Ghosh Tapash

“…<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>One of the main issues of molecular evolution is to divulge the principles in dictating the evolutionary rate differences among various gene classes. …”
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Differences in protein structural regions that impact functional specificity in GT2 family β-glucan synthases. by Daniel P Oehme, Thomas Shafee, Matthew T Downton, Antony Bacic, Monika S Doblin

“…Given the distinct physicochemical properties of each of the resultant β-glucans (cellulose, curdlan, and mixed linkage glucan, respectively) are crucial to their biological and biotechnological functions, there is a desire to understand the molecular evolution of synthesis and how linkage specificity is determined. …”
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Rapid evolution of the Helicobacter pylori AlpA adhesin in a high gastric cancer risk region from Colombia by Andrés Julián Gutiérrez-Escobar, Gina Méndez-Callejas, Orlando Acevedo, Maria Mercedes Bravo

“…The existing polymorphisms, which are deviations from the neutral model of molecular evolution, and the genetic differentiation of the alpA gene from Colombian clinical isolates of H. pylori were determined. …”
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Using partial genomic fosmid libraries for sequencing complete organellar genomes by Joel R. McNeal, James H. Leebens-Mack, Kathiravetpillai Arumuganathan, Jennifer V. Kuehl, Jeffrey L. Boore, Claude W. dePamphilis

“…Organellar genome sequences provide numerous phylogenetic markers andyield insight into organellar function and molecular evolution. These genomes are much smaller in size than their nuclear counterparts; thus, their complete sequencing is much less expensive than total nuclear genome sequencing, making broader phylogenetic sampling feasible. …”
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