Hundreds of Genes Experienced Convergent Shifts in Selective Pressure in Marine Mammals

Molecular evidence for the loss of three basic tastes in penguins

(2015) Huabin Zhao et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

No Genome-Wide Protein Sequence Convergence for Echolocation

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Determining the Null Model for Detecting Adaptive Convergence from Genomic Data: A Case Study using Echolocating Mammals

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Are Convergent and Parallel Amino Acid Substitutions in Protein Evolution More Prevalent Than Neutral Expectations?

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The Effect of Selection Environment on the Probability of Parallel Evolution

(2015) Susan F. Bailey et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Convergent evolution of the genomes of marine mammals

(2015) Andrew D Foote et al.   NATURE GENETICS

The loss of taste genes in cetaceans

(2014) Kangli Zhu et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Vocal learning in seals, sea lions, and walruses

(2014) Colleen Reichmuth et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Cetacean vocal learning and communication

(2014) Vincent M Janik   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Massive Losses of Taste Receptor Genes in Toothed and Baleen Whales

(2014) Ping Feng et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds

(2014) E. D. Jarvis et al.   SCIENCE

PHENOTYPIC AND GENOTYPIC CONVERGENCES ARE INFLUENCED BY HISTORICAL CONTINGENCY AND ENVIRONMENT IN YEAST

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Minke whale genome and aquatic adaptation in cetaceans

(2013) Hyung-Soon Yim et al.   NATURE GENETICS

The genetic causes of convergent evolution

(2013) David L. Stern   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Evolutionary Rate Covariation in Meiotic Proteins Results from Fluctuating Evolutionary Pressure in Yeasts and Mammals

(2012) N. L. Clark et al.   GENETICS

Loss or major reduction of umami taste sensation in pinnipeds

(2012) Jun J. Sato et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Community-wide convergent evolution in insect adaptation to toxic cardenolides by substitutions in the Na,K-ATPase

(2012) S. Dobler et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dolphin genome provides evidence for adaptive evolution of nervous system genes and a molecular rate slowdown

(2012) M. R. McGowen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Parallel Evolution of Auditory Genes for Echolocation in Bats and Toothed Whales

(2012) Yong-Yi Shen et al.   PLoS Genetics

Molecular signatures database (MSigDB) 3.0

(2011) A. Liberzon et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Basic structural and functional characteristics of the epidermal barrier in wild mammals living in different habitats and climates

(2011) Wilfried Meyer et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Parallel signatures of sequence evolution among hearing genes in echolocating mammals: an emerging model of genetic convergence

(2011) K T J Davies et al.   HEREDITY

Cetacean Brain Evolution: Dwarf Sperm Whale (Kogia sima) and Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) – An Investigation with High-Resolution 3D MRI

(2010) H.H.A. Oelschläger et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Convergent sequence evolution between echolocating bats and dolphins

(2010) Yang Liu et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The hearing gene Prestin unites echolocating bats and whales

(2010) Ying Li et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Causes and evolutionary significance of genetic convergence

(2010) Pascal-Antoine Christin et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Evidence that Adaptation in Drosophila Is Not Limited by Mutation at Single Sites

(2010) Talia Karasov et al.   PLoS Genetics

A semi-aquatic Arctic mammalian carnivore from the Miocene epoch and origin of Pinnipedia

(2009) Natalia Rybczynski et al.   NATURE

Phylogenomic analyses reveal convergent patterns of adaptive evolution in elephant and human ancestries

(2009) M. Goodman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evidence for an ancient adaptive episode of convergent molecular evolution

(2009) T. A. Castoe et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The mammalian phenotype ontology: enabling robust annotation and comparative analysis

(2009) Cynthia L. Smith et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Systems Biology and Medicine

Evo-Devo and an Expanding Evolutionary Synthesis: A Genetic Theory of Morphological Evolution

(2008) Sean B. Carroll   CELL

Hydrodynamic flow control in marine mammals

(2008) F. E. Fish et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Evolutionary Switch and Genetic Convergence on rbcL following the Evolution of C4 Photosynthesis

(2008) Pascal-Antoine Christin et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Adaptive Evolution and Functional Redesign of Core Metabolic Proteins in Snakes

(2008) Todd A. Castoe et al.   PLoS One

The Repertoire and Dynamics of Evolutionary Adaptations to Controlled Nutrient-Limited Environments in Yeast

(2008) David Gresham et al.   PLoS Genetics