Cellular membranes function as permeability barriers that separate cells from the external
environment or partition cells into distinct compartments. These membranes are lipid …

Gene duplication is an important evolutionary mechanism allowing to provide new genetic
material and thus opportunities to acquire new gene functions for an organism, with major …

Abstract The N6-methyladenosine (m 6 A) modification is the most prevalent post-
transcriptional mRNA modification, regulating mRNA decay and splicing. It plays a major …

The human neocortex is undoubtedly considered a supreme accomplishment in mammalian
evolution. It features a prenatally established six-layered structure which remains plastic to …

Simple Summary Neural crest cells are unique to vertebrates and migrate long distances
throughout the embryo and give rise to many cell and tissue types, including bone, cartilage …

Multigene families are essential components of eukaryotic genomes and play key roles
either structurally and functionally. Their modes of evolution remain elusive even in the era …

Background Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative
disorder. PD associated human UCHL1 (Ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1) gene belongs to …

Cognitive Evolution provides an in-depth exploration of the natural history of cognition, from
the beginning of life on Earth to present-day humans. Drawing together evolutionary …

Genomic amplifications are important in human evolution, physiology, and pathophysiology.
Rereplication is one mechanism that can produce site-specific amplifications. However …

The hypothesis that all the vertebrates, including humans, share two ancestral rounds of
whole-genome duplications (WGDs/2R) is correct or not has recently become quite …