Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Michael Haslam
Summary: Investigating whether orangutans have the capacity to make stone tools, to gain insights into the origin of this behavior.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Michael Sieber, Arne Traulsen, Hinrich Schulenburg, Angela E. Douglas
Summary: The prevalence of specific microbes in a host population can increase even when they do not provide specific benefits to the host, especially when there is overlap in their lifecycles and they share dispersal routes. This suggests that host enrichment alone is not a reliable indicator of beneficial host-microbe interactions, but increased time spent associated with a host can lead to new selection conditions, potentially favoring microbial adaptations towards a host-associated lifestyle and laying the foundation for the evolution of mutually beneficial coevolved symbioses.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Goran Simic, Mladenka Tkalcic, Vana Vukic, Damir Mulc, Ena Spanic, Marina Sagud, Francisco E. Olucha-Bordonau, Mario Vuksic, Patrick R. Hof
Summary: Emotions are generated by activations of specific neuronal populations in the cerebral cortex, while feelings are conscious emotional experiences of these activations that contribute to enhancing neuronal networks mediating thoughts, language, and behavior. Contemporary theories of emotion highlight the central role of the amygdala as a subcortical emotional brain structure.
Review
Virology
Sonja T. Jesse, Martin Ludlow, Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus
Summary: This article reviews the discovery history of metapneumoviruses, discusses the host tropism, pathogenicity, and molecular characteristics of different subgroups, and emphasizes the importance of understanding the evolutionary pathways through which human metapneumovirus has emerged as a seasonal endemic respiratory virus.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Giovanni Bianucci, Jonathan H. Geisler, Sara Citron, Alberto Collareta
Summary: The killer whale and false killer whale are the only extant cetaceans that hunt other marine mammals, and their feeding behavior evolved independently. A new extinct representative of the killer whale ecomorph was discovered, showing the stepwise evolution of killer whale-like features and the adaptive origin of hunting behavior in both lineages during the Pleistocene.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jennifer Botha, Bailey M. Weiss, Kathleen Dollman, Paul M. Barrett, Roger B. J. Benson
Summary: Crocodilians evolved from early pseudosuchians with faster growth rates, but developed slow growth rates during the Late Triassic. This transition to slow growth occurred around the origin of Crocodylomorpha. The presence of different bone tissue types in fossil specimens supports this finding.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Thomas Wyse Jackson, Jonathan Michel, Pancy Lwin, Lisa A. Fortier, Moumita Das, Lawrence J. Bonassar, Itai Cohen
Summary: This study presents experiments and theory that explain the structural origins of the shear properties of articular cartilage through the mechanical interdependence of collagen and aggrecan networks in its extracellular matrix. The study also highlights the importance of slight changes in collagen and aggrecan concentrations near the cartilage surface, which can significantly weaken its modulus and potentially lead to tissue collapse.
Editorial Material
Cell Biology
Qihui Wang, Hua Chen, Yi Shi, Alice C. Hughes, William J. Liu, Jingkun Jiang, George F. Gao, Yongbiao Xue, Yigang Tong
Summary: Understanding the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from its natural reservoir to humans is crucial for preventing future coronavirus outbreaks. Through accumulated research data and lessons learned from battling pathogens, multiple potential locations as natural reservoirs of SARS-CoV-2 have been identified.
Article
Management
Jorik Jooken, Pieter Leyman, Patrick De Causmaecker
Summary: The 0-1 knapsack problem is an important optimization problem with powerful algorithms available, but hard problem instances are necessary to improve algorithm performance. This paper introduces a new class of difficult instances and provides theoretical support for their hardness.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Editorial Material
Biology
Kathleen S. Rockland
Summary: It is relatively common for pyramidal neurons to have axons that exit from dendrites rather than the cell body itself in non-primates, but this phenomenon is rare in monkeys and humans.
Review
Oncology
Guido Lenz, Giovana R. Onzi, Luana S. Lenz, Julieti H. Buss, Jephesson A. dos Santos, Karine R. Begnini
Summary: Heterogeneity is a common characteristic of cancer, and understanding its underlying mechanisms can provide valuable insights for cancer diagnosis and treatment. This review discusses the origin of heterogeneity in individual cancer cells and presents the concept of an extended G-P cone structure, which explains the gradual increase in variability across multiple molecular layers leading to phenotypic diversity. Experimental evidence and the interaction of cancer cells with the tumor microenvironment are also discussed in relation to the eG-P cone concept. The concept can potentially guide therapeutic strategies to reduce cancer evolution and improve treatment outcomes.
Article
Psychology, Biological
Tobias Grossmann
Summary: Humans are more fearful than chimpanzees, which is considered adaptive and enhances cooperation and care-based responding. This challenges the common view in Western societies that fearfulness is maladaptive and has important implications for evolutionary theories and cultural beliefs.
BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Robert H. Smithies, Yongjun Lu, Christopher L. Kirkland, Tim E. Johnson, David R. Mole, David C. Champion, Laure Martin, Heejin Jeon, Michael T. D. Wingate, Simon P. Johnson
Summary: The research identified two different types of TTG using variations in zircon oxygen isotope composition and whole-rock geochemistry. Primitive TTGs containing high levels of sodium do not require a source highly enriched in incompatible trace elements, while evolved TTGs need sources enriched in water from the hydrosphere and incompatible trace elements.
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Sarah P. Otto, Troy Day, Julien Arino, Caroline Colijn, Jonathan Dushoff, Michael Li, Samir Mechai, Gary Van Domselaar, Jianhong Wu, David J. D. Earn, Nicholas H. Ogden
Summary: After a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, attention has shifted to the emergence and spread of variants of concern (VOCs) of SARS-CoV-2. These variants have shown detrimental effects on virus transmission and severity, prompting global efforts to understand their impact on disease control and public health interventions. Efforts are being made to explore the evolutionary processes involved in the emergence of new variants and to minimize their impact on the ongoing pandemic.
Article
Business
Fabrice L. Cavarretta
Summary: The study discusses the emergence of small heuristic bundles through social evolutionary mechanisms, showing differences from agentic and biological processes. By classifying heuristics based on their emergence processes, the study suggests comparing them based on key characteristics like timescale, reflectivity, and local optimality. The research emphasizes the importance of further exploration on bundles of heuristics in management practice to enhance knowledge production and normative managerial theories.
MANAGEMENT DECISION
(2021)
Review
Cell Biology
Maria-Elena Fernandez-Sanchez, Thibaut Brunet, Jens-Christian Roeper, Emmanuel Farge
ANNUAL REVIEW OF CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, VOL 31
(2015)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Thibaut Brunet, Antonella Lauri, Detlev Arendt
Review
Biology
Detlev Arendt, Elia Benito-Gutierrez, Thibaut Brunet, Heather Marlow
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2015)
Review
Biology
Thibaut Brunet, Detlev Arendt
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2016)
Article
Biology
Thibaut Brunet, Antje H. L. Fischer, Patrick R. H. Steinmetz, Antonella Lauri, Paola Bertucci, Detlev Arendt
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Kaia Achim, Nils Eling, Hernando Martinez Vergara, Paola Yanina Bertucci, Jacob Musser, Pavel Vopalensky, Thibaut Brunet, Paul Collier, Vladimir Benes, John C. Marioni, Detlev Arendt
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2018)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Antonella Lauri, Thibaut Brunet, Mette Handberg-Thorsager, Antje H. L. Fischer, Oleg Simakov, Patrick R. H. Steinmetz, Raju Tomer, Philipp J. Keller, Detlev Arendt
Review
Ecology
Claus Nielsen, Thibaut Brunet, Detlev Arendt
NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2018)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Thibaut Brunet, Ben T. Larson, Tess A. Linden, Mark J. A. Vermeij, Kent McDonald, Nicole King
Review
Developmental Biology
Adrien Hallou, Thibaut Brunet
Article
Biology
Thibaut Brunet, Marvin Albert, William Roman, Maxwell C. Coyle, Danielle C. Spitzer, Nicole King
Summary: Research suggests that choanoflagellates can switch to an amoeboid form when confined, retracting their flagella and activating myosin-based motility for escape. The conservation of the amoeboid cell phenotype across animals and choanoflagellates, along with the role of myosin, supports the hypothesis of homology in motility between the two lineages.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Josean Reyes-Rivera, Yang Wu, Benjamin G. H. Guthrie, Michael A. Marletta, Nicole King, Thibaut Brunet
Summary: This study investigates the nitric oxide (NO) signaling pathway in choanoflagellates, the closest relatives of animals. The researchers found that the NO signaling pathway in choanoflagellates is similar to that in animals, and NO plays a role in cell contraction. These findings provide insights into the biology of early animals and the evolution of NO signaling.
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Agathe Chaigne, Thibaut Brunet
Summary: The traditional view of cell division ending with abscission, which is the final separation of daughter cells, is challenged by the presence of cytoplasmic bridges in various cell types of multicellular organisms. This review explores the distribution, function, and formation of cytoplasmic bridges across different lineages of eukaryotes and suggests that they have played a pivotal role in the evolution of multicellularity by facilitating nutrient exchange and intercellular communication.
Review
Cell Biology
Thibaut Brunet, Nicole King
DEVELOPMENTAL CELL
(2017)
