The increased capacity of DNA sequencing has significantly advanced our understanding of
the phylogeny of birds and the proximate and ultimate mechanisms molding their genomic …

Evolution sculpts the olfactory nervous system in response to the unique sensory challenges
facing each species. In vertebrates, dramatic and diverse adaptations to the chemical …

Inference of how evolutionary forces have shaped extant genetic diversity is a cornerstone of
modern comparative sequence analysis. Advances in sequence generation and increased …

In this study, we delineate an unsupervised clustering algorithm, minimum span clustering
(MSC), and apply it to detect G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) sequences and to study the …

Motivation Determining whether a trait and phylogeny share some degree of phylogenetic
signal is a flagship goal in evolutionary biology. Signatures of phylogenetic signal can assist …

A human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) pentameric glycoprotein complex (PC), gH–gL–UL128–
UL130–UL131A, is necessary for viral infection of clinically relevant cell types, including …

The olfactory receptor (OR) gene families, which govern mammalian olfaction, have
undergone extensive expansion and contraction through duplication and pseudogenization …

Sea turtles represent an ancient lineage of marine vertebrates that evolved from terrestrial
ancestors over 100 Mya. The genomic basis of the unique physiological and ecological traits …

Pheromones were identified as chemical signals used for intraspecific communication in
insects (eg, sexual attraction) in the 1950s. However, only almost 40 years later the …

Snakes have numerous features distinctive from other tetrapods and a rich history of
genome evolution that is still obscure. Here, we report the high-quality genome of the five …