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The paper argues that heterozygote advantage cannot explain MHC diversity and that MHC diversity may instead explain heterozygote advantage.

The paper identifies conserved regulatory programs in placental invasion across mammals and links their dysregulation to pregnancy disorders and cancers.

The paper introduces a new method for inferring complex demographic models from genetic variation data, achieving significant speedups over existing methods.

This study compares immunogenetic and microbiome diversity in two toad species across latitudes, finding species-level differences in MHC diversity and microbiome composition that may affect disease susceptibility.

Heritable variation is maintained due to resource competition being more intense among kin.

This study uses X-ray tomography to compare internal polyp architecture across four coral species, revealing species-specific patterns of tissue organization and connectivity.

This paper introduces a method to reduce false positives in phylogenetic regression by incorporating eigenvectors of the phylogenetic variance-covariance matrix and presents a new R package for visualization.

The paper investigates whether Borrelia afzelii OspE coevolves with bank vole CFH, finding positive selection on OspE but no direct genetic association.

This study investigates how resistance to different antibiotics affects virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, finding antibiotic-specific trade-offs between resistance and virulence.

The paper challenges the claim that polyploidy in plants is linked to environmental upheaval by identifying methodological flaws in a previous study.

This study examines how sympatry influences the evolution of iridescence in Morpho butterflies, finding evidence of convergence due to evasive mimicry and sexual dimorphism in selective pressures.

The paper identifies new genes involved in the evolution of parasperm classes in Drosophila, showing their role in sperm divergence and altruistic traits.

The paper investigates stabilizing selection on Drosophila wing shape and shows it constrains macroevolutionary change despite genetic variance.

This study analyzes the evolutionary dynamics of chemosensory genes in Rhodnius species, finding that odorant receptors (ORs) show significant expansion and selection, while other families remain conserved.

This study shows that exposure to a ciliate predator reshapes evolutionary dynamics in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by maintaining genetic diversity and altering mutation frequency distributions, without consistently increasing virulence.

This paper uses simulations to show that condition-dependent mutation rates evolve in changing environments, enhancing evolvability and adaptation.

The paper compares reproductive strategies in stickleback ecotypes, showing how hormonal tradeoffs shape life history divergence through gene expression and androgen production differences.

This paper shows that emergent leadership in heterogeneous populations promotes cooperation through evolutionary game theory, especially when few individuals act as leaders.

The paper applies the Bradley-Terry model to quantify sperm competition outcomes in Drosophila melanogaster by analyzing pairwise mating trials and estimating genotype-specific competitive success.