Evolutionary constraint and innovation across hundreds of placental mammals

MJ Christmas, IM Kaplow, DP Genereux, MX Dong… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Zoonomia is the largest comparative genomics resource for mammals produced to date. By
aligning genomes for 240 species, we identify bases that, when mutated, are likely to affect …

[HTML][HTML] Neural crest cells as a source of microevolutionary variation

AA Brandon, D Almeida, KE Powder - Seminars in cell & developmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Vertebrates have some of the most complex and diverse features in animals, from varied
craniofacial morphologies to colorful pigmentation patterns and elaborate social behaviors …

Challenges and advances in measuring phenotypic convergence

DM Grossnickle, WH Brightly, LN Weaver… - …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Tests of phenotypic convergence can provide evidence of adaptive evolution, and the
popularity of such studies has grown in recent years due to the development of novel …

Developmental origin underlies evolutionary rate variation across the placental skull

A Goswami, E Noirault, EJ Coombs… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The placental skull has evolved into myriad forms, from longirostrine whales to globular
primates, and with a diverse array of appendages from antlers to tusks. This disparity has …

When morphology does not fit the genomes: the case of rodent olfaction

Q Martinez, M Courcelle, E Douzery… - Biology …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Linking genes to phenotypes has been a major question in evolutionary biology for the last
decades. In the genomic era, few studies attempted to link olfactory-related genes to …

Incomplete convergence of gliding mammal skeletons

DM Grossnickle, M Chen, JGA Wauer, SK Pevsner… - …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Ecology and biomechanics play central roles in the generation of phenotypic diversity. When
unrelated taxa invade a similar ecological niche, biomechanical demands can drive …

phytools 2.0: an updated R ecosystem for phylogenetic comparative methods (and other things)

LJ Revell - PeerJ, 2024 - peerj.com
Phylogenetic comparative methods comprise the general endeavor of using an estimated
phylogenetic tree (or set of trees) to make secondary inferences: about trait evolution …

Ecological constraints on highly evolvable olfactory receptor genes and morphology in neotropical bats

LR Yohe, M Fabbri, D Lee, KTJ Davies, TP Yohe… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Although evolvability of genes and traits may promote specialization during species
diversification, how ecology subsequently restricts such variation remains unclear …

Mammalian maxilloturbinal evolution does not reflect thermal biology

Q Martinez, J Okrouhlík, R Šumbera, M Wright… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The evolution of endothermy in vertebrates is a major research topic in recent decades that
has been tackled by a myriad of research disciplines including paleontology, anatomy …

Environmental and climatic drivers of phenotypic evolution and distribution changes in a widely distributed subfamily of subterranean mammals

Y Kang, Z Wang, B Yao, K An, Q Pu, C Zhang… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
How environmental factors shape species morphology and distributions is a key issue in
ecology, especially in similar environments. Species of Myospalacinae exhibit widespread …