Mechanisms of Evolution Citations

Chou H-H, Berthet J, Marx CJ (2009) Fast Growth Increases the Selective Advantage of a Mutation Arising Recurrently during Evolution under Metal Limitation. PLoS Genet 5(9): e1000652. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000652

Shen Y-Y, Liang L, Li G-S, Murphy RW, Zhang Y-P (2012) Parallel Evolution of Auditory Genes for Echolocation in Bats and Toothed Whales. PLoS Genet 8(6): e1002788. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002788

LeBas, N. R., Hockham, L. R. and Ritchie, M. G. (2004), Sexual Selection in the Gift-giving Dance Fly, Rhamphomyia sulcata, Factors Small Males Carrying Small Gifts. Evolution, 58: 1763–1772. doi: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb00459.

Gibson, et al. (2010) Creation of a Bacterial Cell Controlled by a Chemically Synthesized Genome. Science Vol. 329 no. 5987 pp. 52-56 DOI: 10.1126/science.1190719

Strulson, C.A., Molden, R.C, Keating, C.D., Bevilacqua, P.C. (2012) RNA Catalysis Through Compartmentalization. Nature Chemistry4, 941–946

W. Miller, D. Drautz, A. Ratan, B. Pusey, J. Qi, A.M. Lesk, L. Tomsho, M. Packard, F. Zhao, A. Sher, A. Tikhonov, B. Raney, N. Patterson, K. Lindblad-Toh, E.S. Lander, J.R. Knight, G.P. Irzyk, K.M. Fredrikson, T.T. Harkins, S. Sheridan, T. Pringle and S.C. Schuster. Nature 456, 387-390 (2008). Sequencing the nuclear genome of the extinct woolly mammoth.

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/01/31/antibiotic-resistant-bacteria-found-in-37-us-states

Tomoko Sakai, Satoshi Hirata, Kohki Fuwa, Keiko Sugama, Kiyo Kusunoki, Haruyuki Makishima, Tatsuya Eguchi, Shigehito Yamada, Naomichi Ogihara, Hideko Takes***a.Fetal brain development in chimpanzees versus humans. Current Biology, 2012; 22 (18): R791 DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2012.06.062

Konopka G, Bomar JM, Winden K, Coppola G, Jonsson ZO, Gao F, Peng S, Preuss TM, Wohlschlegel JA, Geschwind DH.Nature. 2009 Nov 12;462(7270):213-7.

Bradbury, J (2005) Molecular Insights into Human Brain Evolution. PLoS Biol 3(3): e50. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0030050