Evolutionary Biology

The dynamics of preferential host switching: Host phylogeny as a key predictor of parasite distribution*

1. Jan Engelstädter
2. Nicole Z. Fortuna

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Genome Plasticity in Papillomaviruses and De Novo Emergence of E5 Oncogenes

1. Anouk Willemsen
2. Marta Félez-Sánchez
3. Ignacio G Bravo

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Probabilities of tree topologies with temporal constraints and diversification shifts

1. Gilles Didier

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Tradeoff breaking as a model of evolutionary transitions in individuality and limits of the fitness-decoupling metaphor

1. Pierrick Bourrat
2. Guilhem Doulcier
3. Caroline J Rose
4. Paul B Rainey
5. Katrin Hammerschmidt

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  Evaluation Summary:

  Key steps in the evolution of more complex life involve evolutionary transitions in individuality-the origin of new biological entities (i.e., multicellular organisms). This paper presents a novel criterion for measuring when this transition has occurred, via the presence of trade-off breaking adaptations. This work has considerable merit and will be of particular interest for diverse researchers studying transitions in individuality. Some of the author's overarching claims require further clarification.

  (This preprint has been reviewed by eLife. We include the public reviews from the reviewers here; the authors also receive private feedback with suggested changes to the manuscript. Reviewer #1, Reviewer #2 and Reviewer #3 agreed to share their names with the authors.)

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Movements of transposable elements contribute to the genomic plasticity and species diversification in an asexually reproducing nematode pest

1. Djampa K. L. Kozlowski
2. Rahim Hassanaly‐Goulamhoussen
3. Martine Da Rocha
4. Georgios D. Koutsovoulos
5. Marc Bailly‐Bechet
6. Etienne G. J. Danchin

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Transcriptional differences between the two host strains of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

1. Marion Orsucci
2. Yves Moné
3. Philippe Audiot
4. Sylvie Gimenez
5. Sandra Nhim
6. Rima Naït-Saïdi
7. Marie Frayssinet
8. Guillaume Dumont
9. Jean-Paul Boudon
10. Marin Vabre
11. Stéphanie Rialle
12. Rachid Koual
13. Gael J. Kergoat
14. Rodney N. Nagoshi
15. Robert L. Meagher
16. Emmanuelle d’Alençon
17. Nicolas Nègre

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Natural selection on plasticity of thermal traits in a highly seasonal environment

1. Leonardo D. Bacigalupe
2. Juan D. Gaitán‐Espitia
3. Aura M. Barria
4. Avia Gonzalez‐Mendez
5. Manuel Ruiz‐Aravena
6. Mark Trinder
7. Barry Sinervo

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Lacking conservation genomics in the giant Galápagos tortoise

1. Etienne Loire
2. Nicolas Galtier

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Why cooperation is not running away

1. Félix Geoffroy
2. Nicolas Baumard
3. Jean‐Baptiste André

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Transgenerational plasticity of inducible defences: Combined effects of grand‐parental, parental and current environments

1. Juliette Tariel
2. Sandrine Plénet
3. Émilien Luquet

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