Molecular mechanisms of adaptive evolution in wild animals and plants

Y Hu, X Wang, Y Xu, H Yang, Z Tong, R Tian… - Science China Life …, 2023‏ - Springer
Wild animals and plants have developed a variety of adaptive traits driven by adaptive
evolution, an important strategy for species survival and persistence. Uncovering the …

Biodiversity-based development and evolution: the emerging research systems in model and non-model organisms

L Zhao, F Gao, S Gao, Y Liang, H Long, Z Lv… - Science China Life …, 2021‏ - Springer
Evolutionary developmental biology, or Evo-Devo for short, has become an established field
that, broadly speaking, seeks to understand how changes in development drive major …

Large-scale snake genome analyses provide insights into vertebrate development

C Peng, DD Wu, JL Ren, ZL Peng, Z Ma, W Wu, Y Lv… - Cell, 2023‏ - cell.com
Snakes are a remarkable squamate lineage with unique morphological adaptations,
especially those related to the evolution of vertebrate skeletons, organs, and sensory …

The rise of genomics in snake venom research: recent advances and future perspectives

W Rao, K Kalogeropoulos, ME Allentoft… - …, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
Snake venoms represent a danger to human health, but also a gold mine of bioactive
proteins that can be harnessed for drug discovery purposes. The evolution of snakes and …

Seadragon genome analysis provides insights into its phenotype and sex determination locus

M Qu, Y Liu, Y Zhang, S Wan, V Ravi, G Qin… - Science …, 2021‏ - science.org
The iconic phenotype of seadragons includes leaf-like appendages, a toothless tubular
mouth, and male pregnancy involving incubation of fertilized eggs on an open “brood patch.” …

[HTML][HTML] Mutual enlightenment: A toolbox of concepts and methods for integrating evolutionary and clinical toxinology via snake venomics and the contextual stance

JJ Calvete, B Lomonte, AJ Saviola, F Bonilla, M Sasa… - Toxicon: X, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Snakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease that may claim over 100,000 human
lives annually worldwide. Snakebite occurs as the result of an interaction between a human …

The genome of the glasshouse plant noble rhubarb (Rheum nobile) provides a window into alpine adaptation

T Feng, B Pucker, T Kuang, B Song, Y Yang… - Communications …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Glasshouse plants are species that trap warmth via specialized morphology and physiology,
mimicking a human glasshouse. In the Himalayan alpine region, the highly specialized …

Two reference-quality sea snake genomes reveal their divergent evolution of adaptive traits and venom systems

A Li, J Wang, K Sun, S Wang, X Zhao… - Molecular Biology …, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
True sea snakes (Hydrophiini) are among the last and most successful clades of vertebrates
that show secondary marine adaptation, exhibiting diverse phenotypic traits and lethal …

FINDER: an automated software package to annotate eukaryotic genes from RNA-Seq data and associated protein sequences

S Banerjee, P Bhandary, M Woodhouse, TZ Sen… - BMC …, 2021‏ - Springer
Background Gene annotation in eukaryotes is a non-trivial task that requires meticulous
analysis of accumulated transcript data. Challenges include transcriptionally active regions …

[HTML][HTML] The structural and functional divergence of a neglected three-finger toxin subfamily in lethal elapids

ZY Zhang, Y Lv, W Wu, C Yan, CY Tang, C Peng, JT Li - Cell Reports, 2022‏ - cell.com
Bungarus multicinctus is a widely distributed and medically important elapid snake that
produces lethal neurotoxic venom. To study and enhance existing antivenom, we explore …