The recent increase in genomic data is revealing an unexpected perspective of gene loss as
a pervasive source of genetic variation that can cause adaptive phenotypic diversity. This …

Pathogens have always been a major cause of human mortality, so they impose strong
selective pressure on the human genome. Data from population genetic studies, including …

Humans possess an extraordinary capacity for cultural production, from the arts and
language to science and technology. How did the human mind—and the uniquely human …

Current sequencing methods produce large amounts of data, but genome assemblies
constructed from these data are often fragmented and incomplete. Incomplete and error …

Human Evolutionary Genetics is a groundbreaking text which for the first time brings
together molecular genetics and genomics to the study of the origins and movements of …

Abstract 'Orang-utan'is derived from a Malay term meaning 'man of the forest'and aptly
describes the southeast Asian great apes native to Sumatra and Borneo. The orang-utan …

The unique anatomical features of turtles have raised unanswered questions about the
origin of their unique body plan. We generated and analyzed draft genomes of the soft-shell …

The duck (Anas platyrhynchos) is one of the principal natural hosts of influenza A viruses.
We present the duck genome sequence and perform deep transcriptome analyses to …

Background The prevailing paradigm of host-parasite evolution is that arms races lead to
increasing specialisation via genetic adaptation. Insect herbivores are no exception and the …

Tigers and their close relatives (Panthera) are some of the world's most endangered
species. Here we report the de novo assembly of an Amur tiger whole-genome sequence as …