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WARM FOOTPRINT. “Selfing may limit purifying or positive selection, but these lineages may not persist long enough to leave footprints of attenuated adaptation in the genome. Phylogenetic studies have shown that the origins of selfing are often rather recent.” http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.12182/full View in LinkedIn

LESS POLYMORPHISM. “There is considerable support for the notion that selfing lineages harbor less nucleotide polymorphism, although it is unclear how genome-wide nucleotide polymorphism is linked to potential adaptive phenotypic evolution.” http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.12182/full View in LinkedIn

LESS DIVERSITY. “Selfing may constrain adaptive evolution by reducing the levels of polymorphism and, particularly, additive genetic variation.” http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.12182/full View in LinkedIn

NO NEED TO ATTRACT POLLINATORS. “The suite of morphological adaptations that accompanies shifts to self-fertilization, and comprises the ‘selfing syndrome’, is dominated by quantitative reductions in the size of floral organs.” https://lnkd.in/dj9hK7n View in LinkedIn

PREVENTION OF SELFING. “Morphological adaptations that prevent self-pollination (e.g. flower size, dichogamy or herkogamy) may involve a much smaller loss of complexity.” https://lnkd.in/dj9hK7n View in LinkedIn

ADDICTION MODULES. "Here, I present a general model for the role such viruses play in the evolution of host symbiosis. By considering how virus mixtures can participate in addiction modules, I provide a functional explanation for persistence of virus derived genetic ‘junk’ in their host genomic habitats." https://lnkd.in/d64vzSy View in LinkedIn

ASEXUALITY IS NOT A HANDICAP. “However, several recent observations challenge this view, since some organisms appear to be successful in the absence of sexual reproduction.” https://lnkd.in/eC8eb-V View in LinkedIn

VIRUSES, humans as descendants of these creatures. Interview with Dr Villarreal. https://youtu.be/3Ms04x6MvMY View in LinkedIn

ASEXUAL LINEAGES. “Nevertheless, in a considerable proportion of eukaryotic lineages, no sexual cycle has ever been observed, e.g. in around 20% of all fungi, a kingdom that contains pathogens of animals and plants. Such lineages that lack a sexual cycle have been considered evolutionary dead-ends.” https://lnkd.in/eC8eb-V View in LinkedIn

VIRUS CLASSIFICATION, a lovely chart summarizing the world of viruses. Only 22 families of viruses have been described. Eight are DNA viruses, the remaining 14 are RNA viruses. https://lnkd.in/duMh5jV View in LinkedIn