07.07.2010 | Laura Spinney, Nature, 2010

Evolution: Dreampond revisited Nature 466, 174 (2010). doi:10.1038/466174a Author: Laura Spinney A once-threatened population of African fish is now providing a view of evolution in action. Laura Spinney asks what Lake Victoria cichlids have revealed about speciation.

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30.06.2010 | Jean-Marc Lassance; Astrid T. Groot; Marjorie A. Liénard; Binu Antony; Christin Borgwardt; Fredrik Andersson; Erik H ..., Nature, 2010

Allelic variation in a fatty-acyl reductase gene causes divergence in moth sex pheromones Nature advance online publication 30 June 2010. doi:10.1038/nature09058 Authors: Jean-Marc Lassance, Astrid T. Groot, Marjorie A. Liénard, Binu Antony, Christin Borgwardt, Fredrik Andersson, Erik ...

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30.06.2010 | Gilberto Bento; Akira Ogawa; Ralf J. Sommer, Nature, 2010

Co-option of the hormone-signalling module dafachronic acid–DAF-12 in nematode evolution Nature advance online publication 30 June 2010. doi:10.1038/nature09164 Authors: Gilberto Bento, Akira Ogawa & Ralf J. Sommer Morphological novelties are lineage-specific traits that serve new ...

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30.06.2010 | Nature, 2010

Evolutionary biology: Meat-eating tadpoles Nature 466, 11 (2010). doi:10.1038/466011d Cited research: Proc. R. Soc. B doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.0877 (2010)Exposure of ancient tadpoles to novel foodstuffs may have awoken genetic variation previously hidden from natural selection, leading ...

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23.06.2010 | Jing Zhang; Purva Wagh; Danielle Guay; Luis Sanchez-Pulido; Bhaja K. Padhi; Vladimir Korzh; Miguel A. Andrade-Navarr ..., Nature, 2010

Loss of fish actinotrichia proteins and the fin-to-limb transition Nature advance online publication 23 June 2010. doi:10.1038/nature09137 Authors: Jing Zhang, Purva Wagh, Danielle Guay, Luis Sanchez-Pulido, Bhaja K. Padhi, Vladimir Korzh, Miguel A. Andrade-Navarro & Marie-Andrée ...

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09.06.2010 | R. John Ellis, Nature, 2010

On the occurrence of similar traits in related organisms Nature 465, 685 (2010). doi:10.1038/465685b Author: R. John Ellis In Eugenie Scott's review of my book How Science Works: Evolution (Nature465, 164; 10.1038/465164a2010), she perpetuates the common error of confusing the ...

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09.06.2010 | Zhe-Xi Luo, Nature, 2010

Journal club Nature 465, 669 (2010). doi:10.1038/465669e Author: Zhe-Xi Luo A palaeontologist ponders how genes and fossils can illuminate mammalian evolution.Mammals are defined by what they eat with: dental features are characteristic of different species and the evolution of ...

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02.06.2010 | José M. Gómez; Miguel Verdú; Francisco Perfectti, Nature, 2010

Ecological interactions are evolutionarily conserved across the entire tree of life Nature advance online publication 02 June 2010. doi:10.1038/nature09113 Authors: José M. Gómez, Miguel Verdú & Francisco Perfectti Ecological interactions are crucial to understanding both the ...

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19.05.2010 | Inna S. Povolotskaya; Fyodor A. Kondrashov, Nature, 2010

Sequence space and the ongoing expansion of the protein universe Nature advance online publication 19 May 2010. doi:10.1038/nature09105 Authors: Inna S. Povolotskaya & Fyodor A. Kondrashov The need to maintain the structural and functional integrity of an evolving protein severely ...

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12.05.2010 | Joanne Baker; Sara Abdulla, Nature, 2010

Books in brief Nature 465, 164 (2010). doi:10.1038/465164b Authors: Joanne Baker & Sara Abdulla Why do so many people reject scientific evidence in favour of anecdote? In Nonsense on Stilts (Univ. Chicago Press, 2010), Massimo Pigliucci examines controversies from unproven links ...

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