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SubmittedSourcePaperDOIStatusCommentary
2025-07-22Editorially selected/importedAlternative splicing: An overlooked mechanism contributing to local adaptation?10.1111/mec.16177ReceivedAwaiting review
2025-07-22Editorially selected/importedRevising the recent evolutionary history of equids using ancient DNA10.1073/pnas.0903672106ReceivedAwaiting review
2025-07-22Editorially selected/importedThe evolution and anatomy of the horse manus with an emphasis on digit reduction10.1098/rsos.171782ReceivedAwaiting review
2025-07-22Editorially selected/importedApproximate evolutionary stasis for bivalve morphology over millions of years: a multivariate, multilineage study10.1017/s009483730000868xReceivedAwaiting review
2025-07-22Editorially selected/importedThe Evolution of Equid Monodactyly: A Review Including a New Hypothesis10.3389/fevo.2019.00119ReceivedAwaiting review
2025-07-22Editorially selected/importedHypsodont Crowns as Additional Roots: A New Explanation for Hypsodonty10.3389/fevo.2019.00135ReceivedAwaiting review
2025-07-22Editorially selected/importedDietary Change and Evolution of Horses in North America10.1126/science.1196166ReceivedAwaiting review
2025-07-22Editorially selected/importedFossil Horses--Evidence for Evolution10.1126/science.1105458ReceivedAwaiting review
2025-06-30Editorially selected/importedScallop genome provides insights into evolution of bilaterian karyotype and development10.1038/s41559-017-0120ReceivedAwaiting review
2025-06-30Editorially selected/importedAuditory opportunity and visual constraint enabled the evolution of echolocation in bats10.1038/s41467-017-02532-xReceivedAwaiting review
2025-08-24Editorially selected/importedSelf-Reproduction and Darwinian Evolution in Autocatalytic Chemical Reaction Systems10.3390/life11040308PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-08-23Editorially selected/importedA nanomaterials discovery robot for the Darwinian evolution of shape programmable gold nanoparticles10.1038/s41467-020-16501-4PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-07-14Editorially selected/importedEffects of Darwinian Selection and Mutability on Rate of Broadly Neutralizing Antibody Evolution during HIV-1 Infection10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004940PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-07-11Editorially selected/importedBoron-assisted abiotic polypeptide synthesis10.1038/s42004-023-00885-7PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-07-08Editorially selected/importedThe genetic code constrains yet facilitates Darwinian evolution10.1093/nar/gkt536PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-07-08Editorially selected/importedDarwinian Evolution's Thermodynamic Troubles: A Critical Analysis of "Nash Equilibrium Mapping vs. Hamiltonian Dynamics vs. Darwinian Evolution"10.1140/epjb/s10051-023-00573-4PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-07-08Editorially selected/importedEpigenetics and Evolution: A Confused Narrative10.1093/gbe/evv073PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-07-08Editorially selected/importedUltrastructure of cerebral eyes in Oweniidae and Chaetopteridae (Annelida) – implications for the evolution of eyes in Annelida10.1186/s40851-022-00188-0PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-07-02Editorially selected/importedShared Genes, Different Designs: Why the Pax-6 "Master Gene" Points to a Common Designer, Not Common Ancestry10.1387/ijdb.041900wgPublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-07-02Editorially selected/importedDiversity and evolution of optically complex eyes in a family of deep-sea fish: Ocular diverticula in barreleye spookfish (Opisthoproctidae)10.3389/fevo.2022.1044565PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-07-02Editorially selected/importedEvolution of the eyes of vipers with and without infrared-sensing pit organs10.1093/biolinnean/blz003PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-30Editorially selected/importedViral 'Fossils' Reveal Designed Decay, Not Darwinian Ascent10.7554/elife.12704PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-30Editorially selected/importedLight modulated cnidocyte discharge predates the origins of eyes in Cnidaria10.1002/ece3.7280PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-30Editorially selected/importedThe evolution of insect visual opsin genes with specific consideration of the influence of ocelli and life history traits10.1186/s12862-022-01960-8PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-30Editorially selected/importedA GWAS in Latin Americans highlights the convergent evolution of lighter skin pigmentation in Eurasia10.1038/s41467-018-08147-0PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-30Editorially selected/importedSeeing through the eyes of the sabertooth Thylacosmilus atrox (Metatheria, Sparassodonta)10.1038/s42003-023-04624-5PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-30Editorially selected/importedHow Darwinian models inform therapeutic failure initiated by clonal heterogeneity in cancer medicine10.1038/sj.bjc.6605912PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-30Editorially selected/importedPunctuated equilibrium theory represents shifting balance theory (of macro and quantum evolution) and invalid Darwin’s theory10.22271/j.ento.2017.v5.i3a.1778PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-30Editorially selected/importedA rugged yet easily navigable fitness landscape10.1126/science.adh3860PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-30Editorially selected/importedPositive Darwinian selection results in resistance to cardioactive toxins in true toads (Anura: Bufonidae)10.1098/rsbl.2009.0281PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-30Editorially selected/importedCandidate Genes, Quantitative Trait Loci, and Functional Trait Evolution in Plants10.1086/367812PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-29Editorially selected/importedCancer's Chaos: A Failed Echo of Unguided Creation10.23880/oajco-16000139PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-29Editorially selected/importedA Comparison of Methods to Measure Fitness in<i>Escherichia coli</i>10.1101/016121PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-29Editorially selected/importedEditorial: RNA world hypothesis and the origin of life: Astrochemistry perspective10.3389/fspas.2022.989509PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-29Editorially selected/importedThe Origin of Life: What Is the Question?10.1089/ast.2021.0162PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-28Editorially selected/importedOrigin of Life on Mars: Suitability and Opportunities10.3390/life11060539PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-28Editorially selected/importedOrigin of Life’s Building Blocks in Carbon- and Nitrogen-Rich Surface Hydrothermal Vents10.3390/life9010012PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-28Editorially selected/importedViroids and the Origin of Life10.3390/ijms22073476PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-28Editorially selected/importedCofactors are Remnants of Life’s Origin and Early Evolution10.1007/s00239-020-09988-4PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-28Editorially selected/importedThe Coevolution of Cellularity and Metabolism Following the Origin of Life10.1007/s00239-020-09961-1PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-28Editorially selected/importedThe origin of biological homochirality along with the origin of life10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007592PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-28Editorially selected/importedAmyloid and the origin of life: self-replicating catalytic amyloids as prebiotic informational and protometabolic entities10.1007/s00018-018-2797-9PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-27Editorially selected/importedEvolution of crab eye structures and the utility of ommatidia morphology in resolving phylogeny10.1101/786087PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-27Editorially selected/importedEmergence and diversification of a host-parasite RNA ecosystem through Darwinian evolution10.7554/elife.56038PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-27Editorially selected/importedExpanded encyclopaedias of DNA elements in the human and mouse genomes10.1038/s41586-020-2493-4PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-27Editorially selected/importedThe evolution of eyes: major steps. The Keeler lecture 2017: centenary of Keeler Ltd10.1038/eye.2017.226PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-27Editorially selected/importedNew Perspectives on Eye Development and the Evolution of Eyes and Photoreceptors10.1093/jhered/esi027PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-27Editorially selected/importedStatistical evidence for common ancestry: Application to primates10.1111/evo.12934PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-27Editorially selected/importedChemical Diversity of Metal Sulfide Minerals and Its Implications for the Origin of Life10.3390/life8040046PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-27Editorially selected/importedAcetyl Phosphate as a Primordial Energy Currency at the Origin of Life10.1007/s11084-018-9555-8PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-27Editorially selected/importedCryosphere and Psychrophiles: Insights into a Cold Origin of Life?10.3390/life7020025PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-27Editorially selected/importedThe Nitrogen Heterocycle Content of Meteorites and Their Significance for the Origin of Life10.3390/life8030028PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-27Editorially selected/importedA Whale of a Problem: New Fossil Deepens the Mystery of Baleen's Origin10.24199/j.mmv.2016.75.04PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-27Editorially selected/importedGigantic Problems for Whale Evolution: Fossil Giant Fails to Bridge the Chasm to Baleen10.1016/j.cub.2018.04.027PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-27Editorially selected/importedWhale Songs: Evidence of Adaptive Programming, Not Unguided Evolution10.7554/elife.83750PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-27Editorially selected/importedEngineered Algorithms, Engineered Life: Why Optimization Research Falsifies Darwinism10.1038/s41598-023-51135-8PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-27Editorially selected/importedWhale of a Tale: Why Jawbone Evolution Doesn't Hold Water10.1016/j.cub.2023.12.023PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-27Editorially selected/importedPross and Pascal's 'Kinetic Stability': A New Name for an Old Failure10.1098/rsob.120190PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-27Editorially selected/importedJapanese Biophysics Review Reveals Only Intelligent Intervention, Not Unguided Origins10.3390/challe10010028PublishedPublishedRead commentary
2025-06-27Editorially selected/importedA Landscape of Failure: Why Origin-of-Life Research Confirms a Crisis10.3390/life7020027PublishedPublishedRead commentary