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Daniel Nunez-Leon, Gerardo A. Cordero, Xenia Schlindwein, Per Jensen, Esther Stoeckli, Marcelo R. Sanchez-Villagra, Ingmar Werneburg
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2021)
Review
Ecology
Ab. Matteen Rafiqi, Priscila G. Polo, Nihan Sultan Milat, Zelal Ozgur Durmus, Birguel colak-Al, Mauricio E. Alarcon, Fatma Zehra cagil, Arjuna Rajakumar
Summary: Endosymbiosis refers to the interconnection of two independently existing entities, behaving as a single unit. Multicellular hosts need to integrate endosymbionts into their developmental genetic network to maintain their relationship. Developmental integration involves innovations in cell type, gene function, gene regulation, and metabolism, which depend on existing ecological interactions and may lead to mutual interdependence. Although recent studies have made progress in understanding the mechanisms of interdependence, the study of developmental integration is still in its early stages. This review focuses on mutualistic endosymbiosis in insects as a model to gain a comprehensive understanding of endosymbiosis and pave the way for future research on the endosymbiotic theory of evolution.
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Michael K. Richardson, Gerhard Keuck
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BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS
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Ralf F. Schneider, Helen M. Gunter, Inken Salewski, Joost M. Woltering, Axel Meyer
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Cell & Tissue Engineering
Rohan Bhattacharya, Makenzie G. Bonner, Samira Musah
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Carlos J. Pavon-Vazquez, Damien Esquerre, J. Scott Keogh
Summary: In this study, the researchers investigated the role of postnatal ontogenetic development in the morphological diversification of Paleoanguimorpha, a clade with extreme body size disparity. They found that heterochrony likely plays a major role in morphological divergence at shallow evolutionary scales, while changes in the magnitude and direction of ontogenetic change are mainly found between major clades. Some patterns of ontogenetic variation and morphological disparity appear to reflect ontogenetic transitions in habitat use. The study highlights the evolutionary lability and adaptability of postnatal ontogeny and how different evolutionary shifts in ontogeny contribute to the generation of morphological diversity at different evolutionary scales.
BMC ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
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Jordi Garcia-Ojalvo, Aydan Bulut-Karslioglu
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Summary: Obstetrical difficulties in humans arise from the large head and broad shoulders of the neonate relative to the maternal birth canal. The developmental features of the shoulders in humans likely evolved to ease obstetrical difficulties such as shoulder dystocia.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Guillermo Martinez-Ara, Kristina S. Stapornwongkul, Miki Ebisuya
Summary: The application of synthetic biology approaches in developmental studies allows for the construction and manipulation of developmental processes. Researchers have successfully recreated fundamental processes in vitro and developed tools to control development in more complex systems. Synthetic biology enables testing of component sufficiency, condition effects, and perturbation impacts on other processes.
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Benedicte M. Lefevre, Stecy Mienanzambi, Michael Lang
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JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY
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Zhang Yutong, Cao Limin, Ronse De Craene Louis
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Priti Agarwal, Clotilde Cadart, Loic Fort, James Gahan, Leah Greenspan, Thomas Juan, Polina Kameneva, Yuchuan Miao
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C. D. Perl, Z. B. Johansen, V. W. Jie, Z. Moradinour, M. Guiraud, C. E. Restrepo, A. Miettinen, E. Baird
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(2022)
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V. L. Vershinin, S. D. Vershinina
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Plant Sciences
Pierre Galipot, Sylvain Gerber, Martine Le Guilloux, Florian Jabbour, Catherine Damerval
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FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)