Volume 39, Issue 9
September 2022
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Through archeobotany, ancient DNA, population genetics and phylogenomics, Pérez-Escobar and colleagues explore the evolutionary history of watermelons. The panel on the right (modified from N.G.Davies, 1906) depicts the great importance that plant crops held for past Egyptian civilisations. The drawing of a watermelon at the bottom left of the same panel (modified from Manniche 1989 from a tomb in Meir, Old Kingdom, Egypt) indicates the presence of the crop in ancient Egyptian times.
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Volume 39, Issue 9, September 2022
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Resistance Evolution against Host-directed Antiviral Agents: Buffalopox Virus Switches to Use p38-ϒ under Long-term Selective Pressure of an Inhibitor Targeting p38-α
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 9, September 2022, msac177, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac177
Contrasting Patterns in the Early Stage of SARS-CoV-2 Evolution between Humans and Minks
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 9, September 2022, msac156, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac156
Evolutionary Changes in the Chromatin Landscape Contribute to Reorganization of a Developmental Gene Network During Rapid Life History Evolution in Sea Urchins
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 9, September 2022, msac172, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac172
Phylogenomics Uncovers Evolutionary Trajectory of Nitrogen Fixation in Cyanobacteria
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 9, September 2022, msac171, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac171
Origination of LTR Retroelement–Derived NYNRIN Coincides with Therian Placental Emergence
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 9, September 2022, msac176, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac176
Fitness Landscape Analysis of a tRNA Gene Reveals that the Wild Type Allele is Sub-optimal, Yet Mutationally Robust
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 9, September 2022, msac178, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac178
Evolutionary Tuning of Transient Receptor Potential Ankyrin 1 Underlies the Variation in Heat Avoidance Behaviors among Frog Species Inhabiting Diverse Thermal Niches
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 9, September 2022, msac180, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac180
Origin and Evolution of Nitrogen Fixation in Prokaryotes
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 9, September 2022, msac181, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac181
Historical Contingency Drives Compensatory Evolution and Rare Reversal of Phage Resistance
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 9, September 2022, msac182, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac182
The Genomic Basis of Evolutionary Novelties in a Leafhopper
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 9, September 2022, msac184, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac184
The Genetic Echo of the Tarim Mummies in Modern Central Asians
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 9, September 2022, msac179, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac179
Protein Conformational Space at the Edge of Allostery: Turning a Nonallosteric Malate Dehydrogenase into an “Allosterized” Enzyme Using Evolution-Guided Punctual Mutations
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 9, September 2022, msac186, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac186
Changes in Ploidy Drive Reproduction Transition and Genomic Diversity in a Polyploid Fish Complex
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 9, September 2022, msac188, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac188
Genomes From Historic DNA Unveil Massive Hidden Extinction and Terminal Endangerment in a Tropical Asian Songbird Radiation
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 9, September 2022, msac189, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac189
Sirtuin Evolution at the Dawn of Animal Life
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 9, September 2022, msac192, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac192
Evolutionary History and Strength of Selection Determine the Rate of Antibiotic Resistance Adaptation
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 9, September 2022, msac185, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac185
Deleterious Mutations and the Rare Allele Burden on Rice Gene Expression
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 9, September 2022, msac193, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac193
VIVID: A Web Application for Variant Interpretation and Visualization in Multi-dimensional Analyses
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 9, September 2022, msac196, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac196
