Nathalie Feiner

TL;DR: The phylogenetic analysis complemented with synteny analyses suggests that Bmp2, -4 and -16 are remnants of a gene quartet that originated during the two rounds of whole-genome duplication (2R-WGD) early in vertebrate evolution.

TL;DR: Through a phylogenomic analysis, it is concluded that the lungfish, and not the coelacanth, is the closest living relative of tetrapods.

TL;DR: The genomes of sympatric color morphs of the European common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis), which differ in orange and yellow pigmentation and in their ecology and behavior, are virtually undifferentiated.

TL;DR: It is suggested that differences in opinion on whether plasticity is part of the explanation for adaptive evolution or an optional “add‐on” to genes and natural selection are caused by differences in the simplifying assumptions and particular idealizations that enable evolutionary explanation.

TL;DR: The genomes of sympatric color morphs of the European common wall lizard are shown to be virtually undifferentiated, demonstrating that a core gene in the housekeeping pathway of pterin biosynthesis has been co-opted for bright coloration in reptiles and indicating that these loci exert pleiotropic effects on other aspects of physiology.