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1. MaxTiC: Fast ranking of a phylogenetic tree by Maximum Time Consistency with lateral gene transfers

   This article has 9 authors:

   1. Cédric Chauve
   2. Akbar Rafiey
   3. Adrián A. Davín
   4. Celine Scornavacca
   5. Philippe Veber
   6. Bastien Boussau
   7. Gergely J. Szöllősi
   8. Vincent Daubin
   9. Eric Tannier

   Reviewed by Peer Community in Evolutionary Biology

2. Parallel diversifications of Cremastosperma and Mosannona (Annonaceae), tropical rainforest trees tracking Neogene upheaval of the South American continent

   This article has 5 authors:

   1. Michael D. Pirie
   2. Paul J. M. Maas
   3. Rutger A. Wilschut
   4. Heleen Melchers-Sharrott
   5. Lars W. Chatrou

   Reviewed by Peer Community in Evolutionary Biology

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

   This article has 7 authors:

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

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4. The successful invasion of the European earwig across North America reflects adaptations to thermal regimes but not mean temperatures

   This article has 2 authors:

   1. Jean-Claude Tourneur
   2. Joël Meunier

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

   This article has 5 authors:

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

   This article has been curated by 1 group:

   • Curated by eLife

     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.)

   Reviewed by eLife, Peer Community in Evolutionary Biology

6. Convergent evolution as an indicator for selection during acute HIV-1 infection

   This article has 3 authors:

   1. Frederic Bertels
   2. Karin J. Metzner
   3. Roland Regoes

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7. When does gene flow facilitate evolutionary rescue?

   This article has 2 authors:

   1. Matteo Tomasini
   2. Stephan Peischl

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8. Range size dynamics can explain why evolutionarily age and diversification rate correlate with contemporary extinction risk in plants

   This article has 4 authors:

   1. Andrew J. Tanentzap
   2. Javier Igea
   3. Matthew G. Johnston
   4. Matthew J. Larcombe

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9. Separate the wheat from the chaff: genomic scan for local adaptation in the red coral Corallium rubrum

   This article has 9 authors:

   1. M. Pratlong
   2. A. Haguenauer
   3. K. Brener
   4. G. Mitta
   5. E. Toulza
   6. J. Garrabou
   7. N. Bensoussan
   8. P. Pontarotti
   9. D. Aurelle

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10. The joint evolution of lifespan and self‐fertilization

    This article has 2 authors:

    1. Thomas Lesaffre
    2. Sylvain Billiard

    Reviewed by Peer Community in Evolutionary Biology