Incomplete lineage sorting and introgression among genera and species of Liliaceae tribe Tulipeae: insights from phylogenomics by Zhihui Zhang, Meizhen Wang, Zhaoping Yang, Hans Peter Comes, Xin Zhong, Ryan A. Folk, Yigang Song, Dana A. York, Kenneth M. Cameron, Pan Li

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Characterization of binding affinity changes of SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant peptides to population-specific HLA by Che-Mai Chang, Chang-Jiun Wu, Maxim Shkurnikov, Chin-Lin Guo, Wan-Chen Huang, Alexander Tonevitsky, Wei-Chiao Chang

“…Subsequent analyses revealed significant differences in the conservation and evolutionary trajectories of binding affinities between mutated Spike peptides and common HLA class II alleles, both between the EG.5 and XBB.1.16 variants and across the three populations for the XBB.1.16 variant. …”
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A phylogeny of the Inocybe alienospora group (Agaricales) with emphasis on seven new species from China and emendation of sect. Leptocybe by Jia-Long Gao, Yu-Peng Ge, P. Brandon Matheny, Pan-Min He, Xiao-Peng Wu, Tolgor Bau, Wen-Jie Yu, Yu-Guang Fan

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Unraveling the mitochondrial genome of Quercus litseoides: a step towards conservation of an endangered species by Ruo-Han Shen, Ruo-Han Shen, Yu Li, Liang-Hai Yang, Si-Si Zheng, Xu Yan, Gregor Kozlowski, Gregor Kozlowski, Gregor Kozlowski, Xi-Ling Dai, Yi-Gang Song

“…IntroductionCompared to the large number of chloroplast genome resources in Quercus, only six mitogenomes (belonging to three sections) have been reported. To date, no mitogenome has been reported for Quercus section Cyclobalanopsis. …”
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Characteristics of Neisseria meningitidis isolated from patients with urogenital infection in a region of China by Qinghui Xie, Yang Yang, Wenwen Xu, Dandan Yang, Jingrui Li, Yijie Tang, Lingyun Shen, Fangyuan Yu, Wenhao Weng, Fuquan Long, Qingqiong Luo

“…Abstract Background Neisseria meningitidis (Nm), traditionally recognized as a nasopharyngeal commensal causing invasive meningococcal disease (IMD), has recently emerged as an etiological agent of urethritis worldwide, with sporadic urogenital cases in China raising epidemiological concerns. Methods Three urogenital Nm isolates were characterized to investigate their evolutionary features and transmission patterns. …”
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Simulating Land Use and Evaluating Spatial Patterns in Wuhan Under Multiple Climate Scenarios: An Integrated SD-PLUS-FD Modeling Approach by Hao Yuan, Xinyu Li, Meichen Ding, Guoqiang Shen, Mengyuan Xu

“…However, most existing land use models emphasize quantity forecasting and spatial allocation, while overlooking the third critical dimension—structural complexity, which is essential for understanding the nonlinear, fragmented evolution of urban systems, thus limiting their ability to fully capture the evolutionary characteristics of urban land systems. To address this gap, this study proposes an integrated SD-PLUS-FD model, which combines System Dynamics, Patch-based Land Use Simulation, and Fractal Dimension analysis to construct a comprehensive three-dimensional framework for simulating and evaluating land use patterns in terms of quantity, spatial distribution, and structural complexity. …”
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Comparative Structural Analysis of Heavy Metal ATPases in Arabidopsis thaliana, Arabidopsis halleri, Brassica rapa, and Brassica juncea by Abdulrezzak Memon, Nuriye Meraklı

“…A. thaliana is a model plant for research because of the duplications and other evolutionary events. These evolutionary events provided a chance to elucidate their regulation and function in the cell. …”
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Colour polymorphism and conspicuousness do not increase speciation rates in Lacertids by de Solan, Thomas, Sinervo, Barry, Geniez, Philippe, David, Patrice, Crochet, Pierre-André

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Plant Functional Traits, but Not Community Composition, Are Affected by Summer Precipitation and Herbivory in an Old‐Field Ecosystem by Julia N. Eckberg, Mariano A. Rodríguez‐Cabal, M. Noelia Barrios‐García, Nathan J. Sanders

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Avian Influenza Virus: Comparative Evolution as the Key for Predicting Host Tropism Expansion by Matteo Mellace, Carlotta Ceniti, Marielda Cataldi, Luca Borrelli, Bruno Tilocca

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An ALMA Study of Molecular Complexity in the Hot Core G336.99-00.03 MM1 by Chunguo Duan, Qian Gou, Tie Liu, Fengwei Xu, Xuefang Xu, Junlin Lan, Ke Wang, Laurent Pagani, Donghui Quan, Junzhi Wang, Xunchuan Liu, Mingwei He

“…Using data from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array Three-millimeter Observations of Massive Star-forming regions survey, the molecular composition and evolutionary stages of two distinct millimeter continuum sources in the high-mass star-forming region G336.99-00.03 have been characterized. …”
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Unusual traits shape the architecture of the Ig ancestor molecule by Alejandro Urdiciain, Thomas Madej, Jiyao Wang, James Song, Elena Erausquin, Philippe Youkharibache, Jacinto López-Sagaseta

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Ophiocordyceps salganeicola, a parasite of social cockroaches in Japan and insights into the evolution of other closely-related Blattodea-associated lineages by João P. M. Araújo, Mitsuru G. Moriguchi, Shigeru Uchiyama, Noriko Kinjo, Yu Matsuura

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Patterns of Gene Family Evolution and Selection Across Daphnia by Connor S. Murray, Alan O. Bergland

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Bionic search for transportation problem solution on the basis of adaptation strategy by Yury Olegovich Chernyshev, Anna Yuryevna Poluyan, Pavel Alexandrovich Panasenko, Denis Yuryevich Paskevich

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Taxonomic insights and new geographic records of Metzgeria epiphylla A. Evans (Metzgeriales, Metzgeriaceae): A re-assessment based on discoveries in Shennongjia National Park, Chin... by Wei Han, Qiang He, Youzhi Li, Jiaojiao Jin, Yu Jia

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Plant species used as wood substrata for nesting by Megalopta genalis Meade-Waldo, 1916 and M. amoena Spinola, 1853 (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) by Janitce A. Harwood, William T. Wcislo

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The Miocene seal Monachopsis pontica: isolated in a shrinking sea and adapting to its changing conditions by Pavlo Otriazhyi, Davit Vasilyan, Karina Vishnyakova, Elena Gladilina, Pavel Gol’din

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Rapid radiations underlie most of the known diversity of life by John J. Wiens, Daniel S. Moen

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Convergent Evolution towards High Net Carbon Gain Efficiency Contributes to the Shade Tolerance of Palms (Arecaceae). by Ren-Yi Ma, Jiao-Lin Zhang, Molly A Cavaleri, Frank Sterck, Joeri S Strijk, Kun-Fang Cao

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