Quick bite – Recent interesting evolution papers in PLoS Journals

There have been a slew of interesting evolution papers recently in PLoS journals. Here are some

• The Complete Genome Sequence of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis IP31758, the Causative Agent of Far East Scarlet-Like Fever Eppinger M, Rosovitz MJ, Fricke WF, Rasko DA, Kokorina G, et al. PLoS Genetics Vol. 3, No. 8, e142 doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.0030142

• Adaptive Evolution of Conserved Noncoding Elements in Mammals Kim SY, Pritchard JK PLoS Genetics Vol. 3, No. 9, e147 doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.0030147
• Gene Duplication and Adaptive Evolution of Digestive Proteases in Drosophila arizonae Female Reproductive Tracts Kelleher ES, Swanson WJ, Markow TA PLoS Genetics Vol. 3, No. 8, e148 doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.0030148
• Genome Analysis of Minibacterium massiliensis Highlights the Convergent Evolution of Water-Living Bacteria Audic S, Robert C, Campagna B, Parinello H, Claverie JM, et al. PLoS Genetics Vol. 3, No. 8, e138 doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.0030138
• Automated Protein Subfamily Identification and ClassificationBrown DP, Krishnamurthy N, Sjölander K Author Summary
• Deletion of Ultraconserved Elements Yields Viable Mice Ahituv N, Zhu Y, Visel A, Holt A, Afzal V, et al. PLoS Biology Vol. 5, No. 9, e234 doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050234
• Cryptic Population Dynamics: Rapid Evolution Masks Trophic Interactions Yoshida T, Ellner SP, Jones LE, Bohannan BJM, Lenski RE, et al. PLoS Biology Vol. 5, No. 9, e235 doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050235
• Insights into the Genome of Large Sulfur Bacteria Revealed by Analysis of Single FilamentsPLoS Biology Vol. 5, No. 9, e230 doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050230

Author: Jonathan Eisen

I am an evolutionary biologist and a Professor at U. C. Davis. (see my lab site here). My research focuses on the origin of novelty (how new processes and functions originate). To study this I focus on sequencing and analyzing genomes of organisms, especially microbes and using phylogenomic analysis View all posts by Jonathan Eisen