Evolvability is best addressed from a multi-level, macroevolutionary perspective through a
comparative approach that tests for among-clade differences in phenotypic diversification in …

The evolution of microRNAs (miRNAs) has been studied extensively to understand their
roles in gene regulation and evolutionary processes. This review focuses on how miRNA …

Whole genome duplication (WGD) is a dramatic evolutionary event generating many new
genes and which may play a role in survival through mass extinctions. Paddlefish and …

Fish rely, to a high degree, on the innate immune system to protect them against the
constant exposure to potential pathogenic invasion from the surrounding water during …

Animal genomes vary widely in size, and much of their architecture and content remains
poorly understood. Even among related groups, such as orders of insects, genomes may …

Ancient bony fishes had heterocercal tails, like modern sharks and sturgeons, with
asymmetric caudal fins and a vertebral column extending into an elongated upper lobe …

Abstract The Bowfin (Amia calva), as currently recognized, represents the sole living
member of the family Amiidae, which dates back to approximately 150 Ma. Prior to 1896, 13 …

Nonadaptive hypotheses on the evolution of eukaryotic genome size predict an expansion
when the process of purifying selection becomes weak. Accordingly, species with huge …

The skeletal muscle of teleost fish is remarkable in its capacity for indeterminate growth and
phenotypic plasticity to function across different environmental conditions. Generation of the …

Whole-genome duplications (WGDs) have long been considered the causal mechanism
underlying dramatic increases to morphological complexity due to the neo-functionalization …