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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ruben Sancho, Pilar Catalan, Bruno Contreras-Moreira, Thomas E. Juenger, David L. Des Marais
Summary: This study analyzed the transcriptome data of the purple false brome to investigate the differential expression of genes involved in drought adaptation. The study found that genes with variable occupancy in the pan-genome showed different distributions among coexpression modules. A core module related to drought response in B. distachyon was also identified.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Bethan Clark, Muktai Kuwalekar, Bettina Fischer, Joost Woltering, Jakob Biran, Scott Juntti, Claudius F. Kratochwil, M. Emilia Santos, Miguel Vasconcelos Almeida
Summary: African cichlid fishes are important for aquaculture and research. However, the lack of genetic tools has hindered the study of genetic variation in these fish. A recent workshop on genome editing discussed advances in the field and proposed new avenues for research.
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Entomology
Na Guo, Hongyue Ma, Haibin Han, Feng Yan, Haiyan Gao, Yuanyuan Zhang, Shujing Gao
Summary: This study investigates the gene expression changes and metabolic pathways associated with phase transition in Oedaleus asiaticus under high-density population stress. The results suggest that the third day of the transition process is critical, involving several key regulatory genes and a complex network. This study enhances the understanding of the genetic mechanisms underlying phenotypic variation in insects.
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Biology
Wyatt A. Shell, Sandra M. Rehan
Summary: The division of labor and longevity in eusocial insects may be related to conserved genes and oxidative damage reduction. By analyzing brain transcriptomic data from the Japanese small carpenter bee, Ceratina japonica, researchers found that queens and workers are regulated by different gene pathways, with oxidative damage reduction contributing to their longevity.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2022)
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Biology
C. -E. Schaum, A. Buckling, N. Smirnoff, G. Yvon-Durocher
Summary: This study examines the evolution of trait and tolerance curves in marine ecosystem foundation organisms using a globally distributed phytoplankton species. The results demonstrate that fluctuations in temperature rapidly lead to enhanced trait plasticity and elevated thermal tolerance in the populations. Furthermore, long-term temperature fluctuations result in the formation of two distinct populations, one evolving high trait plasticity and enhanced thermal tolerance, and the other resembling samples evolved under constant warming conditions.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2022)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Melis Akman, Jane E. Carlson, Andrew M. Latimer
Summary: Long-term environmental variation drives local adaptation and trait differentiation across populations, with plasticity-related genetic variation also under selection. Populations of Protea repens exhibit substantial variation in responses to drought, with common patterns such as reduced leaf size and stress-related gene up-regulation. Temperature plays a greater role than precipitation in shaping these patterns, with associations between traits, plasticity, gene networks, and source site climates suggesting climate change influences.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Eva K. Fischer, Youngseok Song, Kimberly A. Hughes, Wen Zhou, Kim L. Hoke
Summary: This study investigated the predictability of gene expression evolution and the role of gene expression plasticity in parallel adaptation of Trinidadian guppies to high- and low-predation environments. The results showed that genes exhibiting expression plasticity within populations were more likely to differ in expression between populations. Additionally, while some overlap was found in genes differentially expressed between high- and low-predation populations from different evolutionary lineages, the majority of differentially expressed genes were not shared between lineages.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Marc C. Heuermann, Dominic Knoch, Astrid Junker, Thomas Altmann
Summary: The study presents a plant cultivation infrastructure, PhenoSphere, that can simulate field-like environments. By comparing it with a standard glasshouse and field trials, the authors find that simulating weather conditions of a single maize growing season in PhenoSphere is more effective in triggering plant growth similar to field observations. The PhenoSphere enables detailed analysis of performance-related trait expression and biological mechanisms in plant populations exposed to current and future climate scenarios.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
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Matt J. Thorstensen, Melinda R. Baerwald, Ken M. Jeffries
Summary: The study compared mRNA and microsatellite data sets of two populations of a minnow species in the San Francisco Estuary, finding that mRNA sequencing revealed patterns of population structure similar to microsatellites but with lower genetic variation. Phenotypic plasticity and signatures of selection were mostly mutually exclusive within individual genes.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Tarang K. Mehta, Luca Penso-Dolfin, Will Nash, Sushmita Roy, Federica Di-Palma, Wilfried Haerty
Summary: The divergence of regulatory regions and gene regulatory network (GRN) rewiring is an important driver of cichlid phenotypic diversity. This study links miRNA-binding site turnover to GRN evolution across cichlids and identifies species-specific networks associated with cichlid phenotypic traits. The findings suggest that positive selection acting upon discrete mutations in regulatory regions plays a role in rewiring GRNs in rapidly radiating cichlids.
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Mariona Jove, Natalia Mota-Martorell, Anna Fernandez-Bernal, Manuel Portero-Otin, Gustavo Barja, Reinald Pamplona
Summary: One of the challenges in science/biology is to understand the molecular basis for animal and human longevity. Mammals can vary greatly in lifespan, providing a valuable resource for comparative studies. Longevity is a result of evolutionary processes, and long-lived species exhibit adaptations at various biological levels.
FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
(2023)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Aapo Kahilainen, Vicencio Oostra, Panu Somervuo, Guillaume Minard, Marjo Saastamoinen
Summary: Predicting the effects of climate change on plant-insect herbivore interactions is challenging, with responses to water limitation-induced host plant quality change in a Glanville fritillary butterfly metapopulation showing marked variability. Intraspecific variability in plasticity suggests potential for buffering against drought-induced changes in host plant quality within the Finnish M. cinxia metapopulation.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Kyle A. Sirovy, Kevin M. Johnson, Sandra M. Casas, Jerome F. La Peyre, Morgan W. Kelly
Summary: By conducting a common garden experiment, the study investigates the plastic and evolved responses of Crassostrea virginica to environmental changes and Perkinsus marinus infection. Results show that C. virginica exhibits a highly plastic response to environment across genotypes, but the lack of genetic variation suggests limited capacity for evolved responses.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Tim Burton, Irja Ida Ratikainen, Sigurd Einum
Summary: This article examines the rate at which reversible phenotypic plasticity (RPP) occurs and its potential impact on how organisms overcome environmental challenges. The study suggests that current theoretical models do not consider the evolutionary potential of RPP rates. If the rate of plasticity itself can evolve, it may alter the organism's perception of environmental predictability and influence the slope of the evolved reaction norm. The optimization of phenotypic plasticity rates, their evolutionary dynamics in different environments, and the costs associated with them warrant further exploration in future research.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2022)
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Ecology
Alexander Lalejini, Austin J. Ferguson, Nkrumah A. Grant, Charles Ofria
Summary: Populations with adaptive phenotypic plasticity undergo less evolutionary change than non-plastic populations, making it easier for them to retain new adaptive traits. Adaptive phenotypic plasticity helps stabilize populations against environmental fluctuations.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
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Ecology
E. C. Snell-Rood, E. M. Swanson, R. L. Young
Meeting Abstract
Oncology
J. G. Bazan, R. L. Young, J. L. Wobb, A. M. Quick, J. R. White
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS
(2016)
Meeting Abstract
Oncology
R. L. Young, J. G. Bazan, J. L. Wobb, C. Decker, J. R. White
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS
(2016)
Meeting Abstract
Oncology
J. L. Wobb, J. G. Bazan, R. L. Young, C. Decker, J. R. White
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS
(2016)
Meeting Abstract
Oncology
J. G. Bazan, D. J. DiCostanzo, A. M. Quick, R. L. Young, J. L. Wobb, J. R. White
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS
(2016)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Rebecca L. Young, Michael H. Ferkin, Nina F. Ockendon-Powell, Veronica N. Orr, Steven M. Phelps, Akos Pogany, Corinne L. Richards-Zawacki, Kyle Summers, Tamas Szekely, Brian C. Trainor, Araxi O. Urrutia, Gergely Zachar, Lauren A. O'Connell, Hans A. Hofmann
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2019)
Letter
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Rebecca L. Young, Hans A. Hofmann
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2019)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Guillermo Eastman, Guillermo Valino, Santiago Radio, Rebecca L. Young, Laura Quintana, Harold H. Zakon, Hans A. Hofmann, Jose Sotelo-Silveira, Ana Silva
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2020)
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Evolutionary Biology
Megan E. Chan, Pranav S. Bhamidipati, Heather J. Goldsby, Arend Hintze, Hans A. Hofmann, Rebecca L. Young
Summary: Studies have shown that genes and entire pathways are often conserved, reused, and elaborated in the evolution of diversity. Observations in embryology suggest similarities in certain stages of vertebrate embryogenesis across species. Genes exhibiting conservation patterns through embryogenesis, including early conservation, hourglass, and late conservation, are significantly enriched in both microarray and RNA-seq data sets.
GENOME BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
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Immunology
Won Lee, Tyler M. Milewski, Madeleine F. Dwortz, Rebecca L. Young, Andrew D. Gaudet, Laura K. Fonken, Frances A. Champagne, James P. Curley
Summary: Social status plays a critical role in determining health outcomes, and dominant and subordinate animals adaptively adjust their immune profiles and gene expressions to match their contextual needs.
BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY
(2022)
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Morgan E. Hernandez Scudder, Rebecca L. Young, Lindsay M. Thompson, Pragati Kore, David Crews, Hans A. Hofmann, Andrea C. Gore
Summary: The study shows that exposure to EDCs during embryonic development in rats can lead to abnormal social behaviors in adulthood, particularly affecting social preference and influenced by sex and specific EDCs. Changes in gene expression in different brain regions also exhibit sex and EDC-specific patterns.
JOURNAL OF THE ENDOCRINE SOCIETY
(2021)
Meeting Abstract
Immunology
Sarah Price, Molly Schumer, Rebecca L. Young, Silu Wang, Molly Cummings
JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
(2020)
Correction
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Rebecca L. Young, Michael H. Ferkin, Nina F. Ockendon-Powell, Veronica N. Orr, Steven M. Phelps, Akos Pogany, Corinne L. Richards-Zawacki, Kyle Summers, Tamas Szekely, Brian C. Trainor, Araxi O. Urrutia, Gergely Zachar, Lauren A. O'Connell, Hans A. Hofmann
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2019)
Proceedings Paper
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Heather J. Goldsby, Rebecca L. Young, Hans A. Hofmann, Arend Hintze
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2017 GENETIC AND EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION CONFERENCE COMPANION (GECCO'17 COMPANION)
(2017)