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NATURAL SELECTION acts on genes that code proteins. Does it also act on the non-coding genome? View in LinkedIn

DEVIATIONS FROM SYMMETRY. "Evolutionary biologists typically predict future evolutionary responses to natural selection by analysing evolution on an adaptive landscape. Much theory assumes symmetric fitness surfaces even though many stabilizing selection gradients deviate from symmetry." https://lnkd.in/e5R5vQe View in LinkedIn

ATOMIC DETAILS. “The atomic number is the number of protons in an atom of an element. By definition, atoms have no overall electrical charge. That means that there must be a balance between the positively charged protons and the negatively charged electrons. Atoms must have equal numbers of protons and electrons. Number of Protons = Atomic Number. Number of Electrons = Number of Protons = Atomic Number. Number of Neutrons = Mass Number - Atomic Number.” https://lnkd.in/eunrvYj View in LinkedIn

QUANTITATIVE GENETICS. "A fundamental goal in biology is to predict the evolution and optimization of traits in populations undergoing natural selection. Quantitative genetics has emerged as the dominant paradigm for predicting the evolutionary optima for continuous traits." https://lnkd.in/e5R5vQe View in LinkedIn

PROTONS. “What is the definition of an Element? It’s the Protons? It’s strictly based off the Protons.” (An excellent chemical skit worth reading). https://lnkd.in/efDcCRq View in LinkedIn

FINDINGS. "Furthermore, we found that genes coding for proteins expected to interact directly with the host’s molecules (such as effector proteins and secondary metabolites) show evidence of PS acting on the coding sequence, whereas genes upregulated during infection are enriched with transcription start codons and intronic DNA sequences under selective sweeps, balancing, and number sequences.” https://lnkd.in/dPT523x View in LinkedIn

DECK OF CARDS. “Atoms of different kinds—that is, elements—are distinguished by their proton number or their electron number. In all, we know of some 107 different elements, from the simplest, hydrogen (1 proton), to the most complex, copernicium (112 protons). (Heavier elements 114 and 115 have been confirmed but are as yet unnamed, while claims for elements having 113, 115, and 118 remain unconfirmed.” https://lnkd.in/eGDp3CB View in LinkedIn

NEW DATA. "The present study represents the first report of selective pressure acting on both coding and noncoding DNA at the whole-genome level, for an agronomically important phytopathogenic filamentous fungus." https://lnkd.in/dPT523x View in LinkedIn

“EVERY CHEMICAL ELEMENT on Earth tells a story written in the heavens. The nitrogen in our atmosphere and in your body's proteins blossomed in stars somewhat heavier than the Sun, such as Capella, which cast their outer layers away as planetary nebulae when they died. The oxygen you breathe and the neon gas in storefront lights were cooked up in massive stars like Antares, which later spewed these elements into the Galaxy by exploding as supernovae. And supernova explosions themselves forged most of the iron in your blood and the gold in your ring.” https://lnkd.in/ePG-Rgt View in LinkedIn

NON-PROTEIN CODING SELECTION. "We found evidence that both protein-coding and noncoding DNA sequences of pathogenicity-related genes are under differential selective pressures compared with other genes." https://lnkd.in/dPT523x View in LinkedIn