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Contrary to previous studies, an analysis of 7,000 plant and animal species shows that species size is unrelated to changes in their population abundance.
Analysis of population genomic and transcriptomic data of flies and humans shows that species-specific mutation biases and common selective forces have collectively shaped the early evolutionary phase of duplicated DNA segments that overlap with coding genes.
Spatiotemporal modelling of tumours detects at least two distinct models of cancer evolution and reveals the influence of necrosis in enhancing the metastatic potential in both models.
Combined mutation rate estimation and reverse ecology sheds light on the forces shaping population size of Prochlorococcus, a major bacterial carbon sink.
A global synthesis of plant traits finds that climate and soil variables explain two key axes of trait variation, offering a new framework to understand how the environment shapes plant form and function.
A macroecological view suggests some global drivers of language endangerment and continuity, but a focus on individual languages will be important to stem the tide of language loss.
Two analyses of long-read sequencing show that the Winters sex-ratio distorter of Drosophila has been a part of a recent gene family expansion, coupled to the appearance of suppressors, in a genomic arms race driven by satellite DNA.
