Ecotrophic Character of Primate Evolution

Evolution of Character in the Exegesis Attitude to Theosophical Interpretations of Quran; the Story of Ibrahim in Focus

Story is one of the best and most accessible ways which Qur'an uses for conveying the concepts and explaining its religious teachings. Quranic stories are considered as narrations a large proportion of which is devoted to the lives of the prophets. As character is one of the main elements of a narrative and also, since after Moses, the prophet Ibrahim is the most frequent character in Quranic s...

Linking the investigations of character evolution and species diversification.

Variation in diversification rates is often studied by investigating traits related to species' ecology and life history. Often, however, it is unknown whether these traits evolve gradually or in punctuated bursts during speciation. Using phylogenetic data and species' present-day trait information, we present a novel approach to assessing the mode of character change while accounting for trait...

Detection, Cloning, Molecular Characterization and Phylogenic Analyses of a New Primate T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type I in Olive Baboon

Phylogeny, historical biogeography, and character evolution in bumble bees (Bombus: Apidae) based on simultaneous analysis of three nuclear gene sequences.

a Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan b Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan c Sapporo Science and Technology Vocational School, Sapporo, Japan d Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA e Primate Research Institute, K...

Molecular Evolution of the Primate Antiviral Restriction Factor Tetherin

BACKGROUND Tetherin is a recently identified antiviral restriction factor that restricts HIV-1 particle release in the absence of the HIV-1 viral protein U (Vpu). It is reminiscent of APOBEC3G and TRIM5a that also antagonize HIV. APOBEC3G and TRIM5a have been demonstrated to evolve under pervasive positive selection throughout primate evolution, supporting the red-queen hypothesis. Therefore, o...