Volume 39, Issue 6
June 2022
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Cartoons of multiple chicken breeds form the shape of a chicken, representing how the unique genetic components carried by each breed contribute to a complete reference genome. Our study reveals that sub-telomeric regions have more DNA secondary structure, making bird genomes difficult to assemble.
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Volume 39, Issue 6, June 2022
Discoveries
Functional Diversity and Evolution of Bitter Taste Receptors in Egg-Laying Mammals
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 6, June 2022, msac107, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac107
Transposon Insertion Drove the Loss of Natural Seed Shattering during Foxtail Millet Domestication
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 6, June 2022, msac078, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac078
Population Genetics and Signatures of Selection in Early Neolithic European Farmers
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 6, June 2022, msac108, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac108
The Visayan Warty Pig (Sus cebifrons) Genome Provides Insight Into Chromosome Evolution and Sensory Adaptation in Pigs
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 6, June 2022, msac110, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac110
Evolutionary Conservation Genomics Reveals Recent Speciation and Local Adaptation in Threatened Takins
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 6, June 2022, msac111, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac111
The Mitogenome Relationships and Phylogeography of Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica)
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 6, June 2022, msac113, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac113
Using all Gene Families Vastly Expands Data Available for Phylogenomic Inference
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 6, June 2022, msac112, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac112
Evolution of Plasmid Mobility: Origin and Fate of Conjugative and Nonconjugative Plasmids
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 6, June 2022, msac115, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac115
Ancestral Sequence Reconstruction of a Cytochrome P450 Family Involved in Chemical Defense Reveals the Functional Evolution of a Promiscuous, Xenobiotic-Metabolizing Enzyme in Vertebrates
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 6, June 2022, msac116, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac116
GroEL/S Overexpression Helps to Purge Deleterious Mutations and Reduce Genetic Diversity during Adaptive Protein Evolution
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 6, June 2022, msac047, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac047
Genomic Signatures of Divergent Ecological Strategies in a Recent Radiation of Neotropical Wild Cats
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 6, June 2022, msac117, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac117
Genetic Variation in Reproductive Investment Across an Ephemerality Gradient in Daphnia pulex
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 6, June 2022, msac121, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac121
A Population-Genetic Lens into the Process of Gene Loss Following Whole-Genome Duplication
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 6, June 2022, msac118, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac118
How Placenta Promotes the Successful Reproduction in High-Altitude Populations: A Transcriptome Comparison between Adaptation and Acclimatization
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 6, June 2022, msac120, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac120
Trade-Offs Predicted by Metabolic Network Structure Give Rise to Evolutionary Specialization and Phenotypic Diversification
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 6, June 2022, msac124, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac124
Recurrent Plant-Specific Duplications of KNL2 and its Conserved Function as a Kinetochore Assembly Factor
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 6, June 2022, msac123, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac123
Human Follicular Mites: Ectoparasites Becoming Symbionts
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 6, June 2022, msac125, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac125
A Transcriptomic Atlas Underlying Developmental Plasticity of Seasonal Forms of Bicyclus anynana Butterflies
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 6, June 2022, msac126, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac126
Recombination Landscape Divergence Between Populations is Marked by Larger Low-Recombining Regions in Domesticated Rye
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 6, June 2022, msac131, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac131
Duplication of NRAMP3 Gene in Poplars Generated Two Homologous Transporters with Distinct Functions
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 6, June 2022, msac129, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac129
A Near-Deterministic Mutational Hotspot in Pseudomonas fluorescens Is Constructed by Multiple Interacting Genomic Features
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 6, June 2022, msac132, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac132
Duplication of Horizontally Acquired GH5_2 Enzymes Played a Central Role in the Evolution of Longhorned Beetles
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 6, June 2022, msac128, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac128
Methods
PHACT: Phylogeny-Aware Computing of Tolerance for Missense Mutations
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 6, June 2022, msac114, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac114
distAngsd: Fast and Accurate Inference of Genetic Distances for Next-Generation Sequencing Data
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 6, June 2022, msac119, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac119
Resources
Tree House Explorer: A Novel Genome Browser for Phylogenomics
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 6, June 2022, msac130, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac130
