Genetic variation, which is generated by mutation, recombination and gene flow, can reduce
the mean fitness of a population, both now and in the future. This 'genetic load'has been …

The completion of the Human Genome Project has provided a foundational blueprint for
understanding human life. Nonetheless, understanding the intricate mechanisms through …

Functional traits offer a rich quantitative framework for develo** and testing theories in
evolutionary biology, ecology and ecosystem science. However, the potential of functional …

Annotating coding genes and inferring orthologs are two classical challenges in genomics
and evolutionary biology that have traditionally been approached separately, limiting …

High-throughput sequencing projects generate genome-scale sequence data for species-
level phylogenies,–. However, state-of-the-art Bayesian methods for inferring timetrees are …

Abstract The Zoonomia Project is investigating the genomics of shared and specialized traits
in eutherian mammals. Here we provide genome assemblies for 131 species, of which all …

Despite tremendous efforts in the past decades, relationships among main avian lineages
remain heavily debated without a clear resolution. Discrepancies have been attributed to …

New genome assemblies have been arriving at a rapidly increasing pace, thanks to
decreases in sequencing costs and improvements in third-generation sequencing …

The ecoevolutionary drivers of species niche expansion or contraction are critical for
biodiversity but challenging to infer. Niche expansion may be promoted by local adaptation …

In the era of biodiversity genomics, it is crucial to ensure that annotations of protein-coding
gene repertoires are accurate. State-of-the-art tools to assess genome annotations measure …