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BioEssays
Putting a Date to the Origin of Animals
In their review in BioEssays, John Cunningham et al. discuss the origin of animals and whether the fossil record can be reconciled with molecular clock estimates.
Fight or die? How prokaryotes deal with infections
In their review in BioEssays, Eugene Koonin and Feng Zhang discuss the different outcomes when prokaryotes are infected by a virus.
How sterile workers still manage to pass on “their” genes and evolve!
In their hypothesis article in BioEssays, Downing et al. present a testable hypothesis as to why sterile worker castes evolve, and continue to evolve, in many social insect orders: a hypothesis with implications for understanding longevity in general.
Active DNA demethylation: A two-step process
Matthias Bochtler et al. discuss the current state of knowledge surrounding active DNA demethylation pathways.
Genes evolving in parallel to produce the same traits – less of a mystery
In their review in BioEssays, Bailey et al. present a model of a process that occurs more often than we’d suspect: identical genetic changes in evolutionarily unrelated populations.
Using micromechanics to simulate the wear and tear of teeth
The use of micromechanical methods to reproduce and quantify tooth wear is reviewed and summarized
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