Variant evolution graph: Can we infer how SARS-CoV-2 variants are evolving? by Badhan Das, Lenwood S Heath

“…Unlike traditional phylogenetic trees, VEG accommodates multiple ancestors for each variant and maps all possible evolutionary pathways. The strongly connected subgraphs in the VEG reveal critical evolutionary patterns, including recombination events, mutation hotspots, and intra-host viral evolution, providing deeper insights into viral adaptation and spread. …”
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Aposematic color polymorphism is a poor indicator of species boundaries in North American Paranthrene (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) as evidenced by a multi-gene phylogeny. by William H Smith Iii, William H Taft, Anthony I Cognato

“…A phylogeny provides an evolutionary framework to understanding the association between color polymorphism and species. …”
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Daily and seasonal use of vocalizations by nesting black‐tailed godwits by Ondřej Belfín, Bart Kempenaers, Theunis Piersma

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The microbial cataclysm that forever changed life’s history by J. William Schopf

“…Both of these groups originated early in earth history, the origin of O2-producing cyanobacteria ∼2700 Ma ago producing an enormous upheaval of the world’s ecosystem -- the microbial cataclysm -- as they supplanted long-established oxygen-intolerant anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria to become the predominant primary producers, the fundament of the global ecosystem. At least three principal characteristics of these early-evolved hypobradytelic prokaryotes, both cyanobacteria and sulfuretum bacteria, have contributed to their striking differences in tempo and mode of evolution from those of the later-evolved Phanerozoic biota: (1) Their lack of outgroup biotic competition; (2) their within-group competition-minimizing ecologic preferences; and (3) their phenotype variability-limiting asexual mode of reproduction. …”
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Co-opted and canonical glycerol channels play a major role during anhydrobiosis of an extremophile crustacean by Ángel Rey-Alfonso, José Luis Maestro, François Chauvigné, Jèssica Gómez-Garrido, Tyler Alioto, Peter Bossier, Roderick Nigel Finn, Joan Cerdà

“…Abstract Background Extremophiles evolved capacities to survive extended exposure to harsh environmental conditions such as complete desiccation (anhydrobiosis) and freezing (cryobiosis). Accumulation of the three-carbon polyhydric alcohol glycerol is commonly observed in anhydrobiotic organisms, although it is considered to preferentially enhance cryobiosis rather than anhydrobiosis. …”
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Muse Cells: Nontumorigenic Pluripotent Stem Cells Present in Adult Tissues—A Paradigm Shift in Tissue Regeneration and Evolution by Ariel A. Simerman, Julia D. Phan, Daniel A. Dumesic, Gregorio D. Chazenbalk

“…These cells are present in every connective tissue and intrinsically express pluripotent stem markers such as Nanog, Oct3/4, Sox2, and TRA1-60. Muse cells are able to differentiate into cells from all three embryonic germ layers both spontaneously and under media-specific induction. …”
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A taxonomic review of the genus Rhinoceros with emphasis on the distinction of Eurhinoceros (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotidae) by Francesco Nardelli, Kurt Heißig

“…Among the five living rhinoceros taxa, the three Asian species are notable for their tusked incisors. …”
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Expanding Soil Invertebrate Knowledge in Panama: The Genus <i>Lepidocyrtus</i> (Collembola, Entomobryidae) in the Parque Natural Metropolitano as a Study Case by Alba Enguídanos García, Carles Galià-Camps, Claudia Massiel Pérez-González, Dionora Víquez, Eduardo Mateos

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Full-length transcriptomes of 25 grassland plant species by Chongyi Jiang, Zixia Huang, Cynthia Meizoso, Gaby Kumpfmüller, Jochen B. W. Wolf, Holger Schielzeth

“…Despite their ecological and economic value, transcriptomic resources for wild grassland species to support eco-evolutionary and functional genomic studies remain limited. …”
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The archaeal class Nitrososphaeria is a key component of the reproductive microbiome in sponges during gametogenesis by Marta Turon, Vasiliki Koutsouveli, María Conejero, Sergi Taboada, Aida Verdes, José María Lorente-Sorolla, Cristina Díez-Vives, Ana Riesgo

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Maternal genetic origin of Chao Lay coastal maritime populations from Thailand by Wibhu Kutanan, Wipada Woravatin, Metawee Srikummool, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Alexander Hübner, Jatupol Kampuansai, Chawalit Khaokiew, Helmut Schaschl, Sanni Översti, Duy Duc La, Leonardo Arias, Mark Stoneking

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Naming the untouchable – environmental sequences and niche partitioning as taxonomical evidence in fungi by Faheema Kalsoom Khan, Kerri Kluting, Jeanette Tångrot, Hector Urbina, Tea Ammunet, Shadi Eshghi Sahraei, Martin Rydén, Martin Ryberg, Anna Rosling

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An ancient influenza genome from Switzerland allows deeper insights into host adaptation during the 1918 flu pandemic in Europe by Christian Urban, Bram Vrancken, Livia V. Patrono, Ariane Düx, Mathilde Le Vu, Katarina L. Matthes, Nina Maria Burkhard-Koren, Navena Widulin, Thomas Schnalke, Sabina Carraro, Frank Rühli, Philippe Lemey, Kaspar Staub, Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer, Verena J. Schuenemann

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Met-Enkephalin Involvement in Morphine-Modulated Peritonitis in Swiss Mice by Magdalena Chadzinska, Anna Scislowska-Czarnecka, Krystyna Pierzchala-Koziec, Barbara Plytycz

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Long arcuate fascicle in wild and captive chimpanzees as a potential structural precursor of the language network by Yannick Becker, Cornelius Eichner, Michael Paquette, Christian Bock, Cédric Girard-Buttoz, Carsten Jäger, Tobias Gräßle, Tobias Deschner, EBC Consortium, Philipp Gunz, Roman M. Wittig, Catherine Crockford, Angela D. Friederici, Alfred Anwander

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A transphyletic study of metazoan β-catenin protein complexes by Ivan Mbogo, Chihiro Kawano, Ryotaro Nakamura, Yuko Tsuchiya, Alejandro Villar-Briones, Yoshitoshi Hirao, Yuuri Yasuoka, Eisuke Hayakawa, Kentaro Tomii, Hiroshi Watanabe

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Assembly and Comparative Analysis of the Complete Mitochondrial Genome of <i>Hippophae salicifolia</i> by Zhefei Zeng, Chunmin Mao, Zhuo Shang, Ngawang Norbu, Ngawang Bonjor, Xiaoyan Jia, Wei Li, Wenju Zhang, Junwei Wang, La Qiong

“…The 475,105 bp genome has a 44.80% GC content and an overall AT bias, comprising 74 genes (37 protein-coding, 31 tRNA, three rRNA, and three pseudogenes). We identified extensive repetitive elements, including 188 SSRs, 20 tandem repeats, and 455 dispersed repeats, and explored their potential roles in genome evolution. …”
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Short-distance seed and pollen dispersal in both hunted and intact forests in the lower canopy African rainforest tree, Coula edulis Baill. (Coulaceae) by Narcisse Guy Kamdem, Bonaventure Sonké, Saskia Sergeant, Vincent Deblauwe, Olivier J. Hardy

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Staphylococcus aureus ST764-SCCmecII high-risk clone in bloodstream infections revealed through national genomic surveillance integrating clinical data by Junzo Hisatsune, Shoko Kutsuno, Yasuhisa Iwao, Kasumi Ishida-Kuroki, Koji Yahara, Norikazu Kitamura, Toshiki Kajihara, Shizuo Kayama, Yo Sugawara, Hiroki Kitagawa, Hiroki Ohge, Tomoyuki Mizukami, JARBS-SA Consortium, Takeshi Takahashi, Fumio Kawano, Motoyuki Sugai

“…Furthermore, we conducted a genomic comparison of the isolates of 2019–2000 with those of 1994–2000 and investigated the evolutionary trajectory of emerging clones from the three dominant clonal complexes. …”
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Changes in biodiversity drive trypanosome infections of wildlife in Panama by Magdalena Meyer, Georg Eibner, Alexander Christoph Heni, Kerstin Wilhelm, Simone Sommer

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