The rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) is an abundant primate species that diverged from
the ancestors of Homo sapiens about 25 million years ago. Because they are genetically and …

Tribolium castaneum is a member of the most species-rich eukaryotic order, a powerful model
organism for the study of generalized insect development, and an important pest of stored …

We present CAFE (Computational Analysis of gene Family Evolution), a tool for the statistical
analysis of the evolution of the size of gene families. It uses a stochastic birth and death …

Gene families are groups of homologous genes that are likely to have highly similar functions.
Differences in family size due to lineage-specific gene duplication and gene loss may …

One of the unique insights provided by the growing number of fully sequenced genomes is
the pervasiveness of gene duplication and gene loss. Indeed, several metrics now suggest …

Background Relatively little is known about the genomic basis and evolution of wood-feeding
in beetles. We undertook genome sequencing and annotation, gene expression assays, …

Duplicate genes act as a source of genetic material from which new functions arise. They
exist in large numbers in every sequenced eukaryotic genome and may be responsible for …

The molecular changes responsible for the evolution of modern humans have primarily
been discussed in terms of individual nucleotide substitutions in regulatory or protein coding …

Here we use a chromosome-level genome assembly of a prairie rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis),
together with Hi-C, RNA-seq, and whole-genome resequencing data, to study key features …

There are few patterns in evolution that are as rigidly held as Haldane’s rule (HR), which
states, “When in the first generation between hybrids between 2 species, 1 sex is absent, rare, …