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Modelling Evolution, by Walter Veit, from Cambridge Univ Press. (Apr 18).

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Eve: How the Female Body Drive 200 Million Years of Human Evolution, by Cat Bohannon, from Vintage Canada, (Mar 21).

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Jun 8 14:03Multiple origins of a sex ratio supergene in Formica ants by German Lagunas-Robles and others (MBE)
Jun 8 14:03Biological implications of a detailed repeat annotation in Octopus vulgaris by Maegwin Bonar and others (GBE)
Jun 8 14:03A high-quality reference genome and tissue expression atlas for the European lobster (Homarus gammarus) by Josephine R Paris and others (GBE)
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Jun 8 14:03Getting a š Right: Toward Reproducible Population Genomic Summary Statistics by Ioanna Kotari (GBE)
Jun 7 17:03Evolutionary Rate Variation at Predicted PTM Sites Reveals Localized Host-Associated Patterns in Influenza A Virus by Ashley I Teufel and others (GBE)
Jun 6 17:03The phylodynamic threshold of measurably evolving populations by Ariane Weber and others (MBE)
Jun 6 17:03On the dynamic caddisfly silk H-fibroin gene: a population study in a net-spinning species by Russell J Stewart and others (MBE)
Jun 6 17:03Enhancement of hidden Markov model analyses for improved inference of archaic introgression in modern humans by Moisčs Coll Macią and others (MBE)
Jun 6 14:03Conservation of Human IgSF Proteins Throughout Eukaryotic Evolution by Steven Grudman and Andras Fiser (GBE)

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