Conceptual and empirical bridges between micro-and macroevolution

J Rolland, LF Henao-Diaz, M Doebeli… - Nature Ecology & …, 2023 - nature.com
Explaining broad molecular, phenotypic and species biodiversity patterns necessitates a
unifying framework spanning multiple evolutionary scales. Here we argue that although …

Within-host evolution of bacterial pathogens

X Didelot, AS Walker, TE Peto, DW Crook… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Whole-genome sequencing has opened the way for investigating the dynamics and
genomic evolution of bacterial pathogens during the colonization and infection of humans …

Tracing the evolutionary history and global expansion of Candida auris using population genomic analyses

NA Chow, JF Muñoz, L Gade, EL Berkow, X Li… - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Candida auris has emerged globally as a multidrug-resistant yeast that can spread via
nosocomial transmission. An initial phylogenetic study of isolates from Japan, India …

The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern is driven by acceleration of the substitution rate

JH Tay, AF Porter, W Wirth… - Molecular Biology and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has seen an unprecedented amount of rapidly
generated genome data. These data have revealed the emergence of lineages with …

When did Homo sapiens first reach Southeast Asia and Sahul?

JF O'Connell, J Allen, MAJ Williams… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens, AMH) began spreading across Eurasia from
Africa and adjacent Southwest Asia about 50,000–55,000 years ago (ca. 50–55 ka). Some …

Ancient mitochondrial DNA provides high-resolution time scale of the peopling of the Americas

B Llamas, L Fehren-Schmitz, G Valverde, J Soubrier… - Science …, 2016 - science.org
The exact timing, route, and process of the initial peopling of the Americas remains uncertain
despite much research. Archaeological evidence indicates the presence of humans as far as …

Rates of speciation and morphological evolution are correlated across the largest vertebrate radiation

DL Rabosky, F Santini, J Eastman, SA Smith… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Several evolutionary theories predict that rates of morphological change should be
positively associated with the rate at which new species arise. For example, the theory of …

Estimating divergence times in large molecular phylogenies

K Tamura, FU Battistuzzi… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Molecular dating of species divergences has become an important means to add a temporal
dimension to the Tree of Life. Increasingly larger datasets encompassing greater taxonomic …

Computational inference of selection underlying the evolution of the novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

R Cagliani, D Forni, M Clerici, M Sironi - Journal of virology, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
The novel coronavirus severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that
recently emerged in China is thought to have a bat origin, as its closest known relative …

Endogenous viruses: insights into viral evolution and impact on host biology

C Feschotte, C Gilbert - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2012 - nature.com
Recent studies have uncovered myriad viral sequences that are integrated
or'endogenized'in the genomes of various eukaryotes. Surprisingly, it appears that not just …