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1. Random genetic drift sets an upper limit on mRNA splicing accuracy in metazoans

   This article has 3 authors:

   1. Florian Bénitière
   2. Anamaria Necsulea
   3. Laurent Duret

   This article has been curated by 1 group:

   • Curated by eLife

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     This fundamental study evaluates the evolutionary significance of variations in the accuracy of the intron-splicing process across vertebrates and insects. Using a powerful combination of comparative and population genomics approaches, the authors present convincing evidence that higher rates of alternative splicing tend to be observed in species with lower effective population size, a key prediction of the drift-barrier hypothesis. The analysis is carefully conducted and has broad implications beyond the studied species. As such, it will strongly appeal to anyone interested in the evolution of genome architecture and the optimisation of genetic systems.

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2. Pollen-feeding delays reproductive senescence and maintains toxicity of Heliconius erato

   This article has 7 authors:

   1. Erika C. Pinheiro de Castro
   2. Josie McPherson
   3. Glennis Jullian
   4. Anniina L. K. Mattila
   5. Søren Bak
   6. Stephen H. Montgomery
   7. Chris D. Jiggins

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3. slendr: a framework for spatio-temporal population genomic simulations on geographic landscapes

   This article has 4 authors:

   1. Martin Petr
   2. Benjamin C. Haller
   3. Peter L. Ralph
   4. Fernando Racimo

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4. Weak seed banks influence the signature and detectability of selective sweeps

   This article has 3 authors:

   1. Kevin Korfmann
   2. Diala Abu Awad
   3. Aurélien Tellier

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5. Co-obligate symbioses have repeatedly evolved across aphids, but partner identity and nutritional contributions vary across lineages

   This article has 6 authors:

   1. Alejandro Manzano-Marín
   2. Armelle Coeur d’acier
   3. Anne-Laure Clamens
   4. Corinne Cruaud
   5. Valérie Barbe
   6. Emmanuelle Jousselin

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6. Host-symbiont-gene phylogenetic reconciliation

   This article has 4 authors:

   1. Hugo Menet
   2. Alexia Nguyen Trung
   3. Vincent Daubin
   4. Eric Tannier

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7. Durable resistance or efficient disease control? Adult Plant Resistance (APR) at the heart of the dilemma

   This article has 6 authors:

   1. Loup Rimbaud
   2. Julien Papaïx
   3. Jean-François Rey
   4. Benoît Moury
   5. Luke G. Barrett
   6. Peter H. Thrall

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8. The landscape of nucleotide diversity in Drosophila melanogaster is shaped by mutation rate variation

   This article has 2 authors:

   1. Gustavo V Barroso
   2. Julien Y Dutheil

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9. Facultative parthenogenesis: a transient state in transitions between sex and obligate asexuality in stick insects?

   This article has 5 authors:

   1. Chloé Larose
   2. Guillaume Lavanchy
   3. Susana Freitas
   4. Darren J. Parker
   5. Tanja Schwander

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10. Balancing selection at a wing pattern locus is associated with major shifts in genome-wide patterns of diversity and gene flow

    This article has 13 authors:

    1. María Ángeles Rodríguez de Cara
    2. Paul Jay
    3. Quentin Rougemont
    4. Mathieu Chouteau
    5. Annabel Whibley
    6. Barbara Huber
    7. Florence Piron-Prunier
    8. Renato Rogner Ramos
    9. André V. L. Freitas
    10. Camilo Salazar
    11. Karina Lucas Silva-Brandão
    12. Tatiana Teixeira Torres
    13. Mathieu Joron

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