Volume 13, Issue 6
June 2021
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Cover caption: Genome differences between the germline and somatic cells of an individual can arise by a plethora of mechanisms across taxa. This Special Section includes original articles and reviews on polyploidy in bacteria, programmed DNA elimination in songbirds, uniparental genome elimination in fishes, germline-restricted chromosomes in insects, and mitochondrial heteroplasmy in molluscs. Shown from left to right are the Epulopiscium bacteria (inside a large ciliate to the left), Taeniopygia guttata zebra finches, Hypseleotris fishes, Bradysia coprophila fungus gnats, and Ruditapes philippinarum clams.
Photo credits: Esther Angert, Wolfgang Forstmeier, Peter Unmack, Christina Hodson and Liliana Milani. Collage by Zuzana Majtanova and Alexander Suh.
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Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2021
Special section: Within-individual genome variation and germline/soma distinction
Highlights
Highlight: Reconciling Differences between Germline and Soma
Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2021, evab102, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab102
Reviews
Challenges Faced by Highly Polyploid Bacteria with Limits on DNA Inheritance
Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2021, evab037, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab037
Evolutionary Perspectives on Germline-Restricted Chromosomes in Flies (Diptera)
Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2021, evab072, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab072
Perspectives
New Perspectives on the Evolution of Within-Individual Genome Variation and Germline/Soma Distinction
Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2021, evab095, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab095
Letters
A Transcriptomic Pipeline Adapted for Genomic Sequence Discovery of Germline-Restricted Sequence in Zebra Finch, Taeniopygia guttata
Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2021, evab088, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab088
Research Articles
Uniparental Genome Elimination in Australian Carp Gudgeons
Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2021, evab030, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab030
Editor's Note
Editor’s Note: A Naturally Heteroplasmic Clam Provides Clues about the Effects of Genetic Bottleneck on Paternal mtDNA
Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2021, evab139, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab139
Letters
Chromosomal Inversion Polymorphisms in Two Sympatric Ascidian Lineages
Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2021, evab068, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab068
Selection Maintains Protein Interactome Resilience in the Long-Term Evolution Experiment with Escherichia coli
Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2021, evab074, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab074
The Asgard Archaeal-Unique Contribution to Protein Families of the Eukaryotic Common Ancestor Was 0.3%
Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2021, evab085, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab085
HuConTest: Testing Human Contamination in Great Ape Samples
Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2021, evab117, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab117
Research Articles
Gene Coexpression Network Reveals Highly Conserved, Well-Regulated Anti-Ageing Mechanisms in Old Ant Queens
Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2021, evab093, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab093
Genomic Analyses Unveil Helmeted Guinea Fowl (Numida meleagris) Domestication in West Africa
Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2021, evab090, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab090
Genetic Context Significantly Influences the Maintenance and Evolution of Degenerate Pathways
Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2021, evab082, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab082
Chromosome-Level Assembly of the Atlantic Silverside Genome Reveals Extreme Levels of Sequence Diversity and Structural Genetic Variation
Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2021, evab098, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab098
Transcriptomic Signatures of Ageing Vary in Solitary and Social Forms of an Orchid Bee
Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2021, evab075, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab075
Homoeolog Inference Methods Requiring Bidirectional Best Hits or Synteny Miss Many Pairs
Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2021, evab077, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab077
Phylogenetic and Selection Analysis of an Expanded Family of Putatively Pore-Forming Jellyfish Toxins (Cnidaria: Medusozoa)
Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2021, evab081, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab081
Lipocalins in Arthropod Chemical Communication
Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2021, evab091, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab091
Developmental Transcriptomics Reveals a Gene Network Driving Mimetic Color Variation in a Bumble Bee
Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2021, evab080, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab080
Universal Constraints on Protein Evolution in the Long-Term Evolution Experiment with Escherichia coli
Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2021, evab070, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab070
Genome Report
A Chromosome—Level Genome Assembly of the Spotted Scat (Scatophagus argus)
Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2021, evab092, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab092
Chromosomal-Level Reference Genome of the Neotropical Tree Jacaranda mimosifolia D. Don
Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2021, evab094, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab094
Corrigendum
Corrigendum to: Resolving the Early Divergence Pattern of Teleost Fish Using Genome-Scale Data
Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2021, evab118, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab118
Erratum
Erratum to: Predicted Input of Uncultured Fungal Symbionts to a Lichen Symbiosis from Metagenome-Assembled Genomes
Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2021, evab129, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab129
