Evolutionary Biology

Evolutionary trends in the emergence of skeletal cell types

1. Amor Damatac
2. Sara Koska
3. Kristian K Ullrich
4. Tomislav Domazet-Lošo
5. Alexander Klimovich
6. Markéta Kaucká

Reviewed by Arcadia Science

Host transcriptional signatures associated with disease tolerance and environmental persistence in a mosquito–microsporidian system

1. Luís M. Silva

Reviewed by Arcadia Science

The impact of social complexity on the efficacy of natural selection in termites

1. Camille Roux
2. Alice Ha
3. Arthur Weyna
4. Morgan Lode
5. Jonathan Romiguier

Reviewed by Peer Community in Evolutionary Biology

Experimental evolution of evolvability

1. Michael Barnett
2. Lena Meister
3. Paul B. Rainey

Reviewed by Arcadia Science

Insect metamorphosis is regulated differently between sexes by members of a microRNA cluster

1. Chade Li
2. Ki Kei Chan
3. Wenyan Nong
4. ShanShan Chen
5. Wai Lok So
6. Zhe Qu
7. Heidi YC Wu
8. Ho Yin Yip
9. Chi Bun Chan
10. Stephen S Tobe
11. William G Bendena
12. Zhen Peng Kai
13. Jerome HL Hui

• Curated by eLife

  eLife assessment

  This study provides a useful inventory of genes that are up- or down-regulated during the early metamorphic development of male and female larvae and proposes that the microRNA cluster miR-277/34 is involved in the development of sexual differences during early metamorphosis of Drosophila melanogaster, although its precise role remains unclear. The strength of evidence, based on a combination of diverse methods including mRNA and small RNA sequencing, in silico analyses, in vitro assays, and loss-of-function experiments, is incomplete as it lacks a general model and an examination of the potential effects of the miR-277/34 mutations on phenotypes such as morphology or developmental time. This work will be of interest to developmental biologists interested in sexual dimorphism and in the interplay between hormones and microRNAs during development.

Reviewed by eLife

Flexible reproductive seasonality in Africa-dwelling papionins is associated with low environmental productivity and high climatic unpredictability

1. Jules Dezeure
2. Julie Dagorrette
3. Lugdiwine Burtschell
4. Shahrina Chowdhury
5. Dieter Lukas
6. Larissa Swedell
7. Elise Huchard

Reviewed by Peer Community in Ecology