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Pleiotropy cellular-molecular evolution in action /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Pleiotropy as a Rubik's Cube ("Repurposing" of genes in response to evolution) -- Complex physiologic phenotypes as homologs of the unicellular cell membrane -- Driving factors for "repurposing" of genes -- Examples of pleiotropic "repurposing" of genes -- Aging vs. …”
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Trichoplax and the origin of animal complexity

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Trichoplax and the origin of animal complexity -- Complex patterns usually evolve from more basic patterns -- Introducing the placozoan Trichoplax -- Metazoan -- Definition -- The Biology of Placozoa -- Trichoplax adhaerens: Grell clone -- Comparing Placozoa with other Metazoa -- Parallel evolution: diploblasts & triploblasts -- The new Placula hypothesis -- Hox-like genes.…”
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The diversity and evolution of ion channels

Subjects: “…Evolution, Molecular. 108757…”
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Genetic drift in human evolution part 1 of 2 /

Subjects: “…Human evolution. 102205…”
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How to "deconvolute" lung evolution part 1 [of 3]. Vertebrate ontogeny : the "short history" of evolution /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Ontogeny, the "short history" of the organism -- Embryogenesis, blastula to gastrula -- Molecular signaling and morphogenesis -- Alternating extrinsic/intrinsic selection pressure -- Swim Bladder-Lung homology -- Continuum from ontogeny to phylogeny, homeostasis, repair -- PTHrP necessary for alveolarization -- PTHrP, Glucocorticoid and ßAdrenergic Receptor gene duplications -- Evolution of Endothermy.…”
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How to "deconvolute" lung evolution part 3, Evolutionary lessons from cell culture /

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How to "deconvolute" lung evolution part 2 [of 3]. The evolutionary origins of pulmonary physiology /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Cortisol, lung surfactant and lung development -- Continuum from phylogeny and ontogeny to homeostasis and repair -- Functional genomic homology between SB and lung -- PTHrP and normal lung development -- PTHrP and gravity -- The origins of life: cellular evolution -- Oxygen/stretch and positive selection pressure -- Lung PTHrP/R as "blue print" for other terrestrial exaptations.…”
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The evolution of complement and the alternative pathway

Table of Contents: “…Contents: History of discovery of The complement system -- Evolution of complement -- The alternative complement pathway -- Defects and diseases associated with complement -- Complement and inflammation.…”
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The origin of eukaryotes

Subjects: “…Eukaryotic cells Evolution. 99125…”
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The dynamic interactions between cellular-molecular physiology and the environment part 2, The unicellular state as the level of selection - epigenetics /

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Human admixture part 1 of 2 /

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Evolution of human mitochondrial DNA variations

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SARS-CoV-2 evolution emergence of the "Californian" and "Indian" variants /

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The dynamic interactions between cellular-molecular physiology and the environment part 1, The cellular-molecular approach to evolution as niche construction /

Subjects: “…Cells Evolution. 98351…”
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Major transitions in the history of life

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The neutral and nearly neutral theories of molecular evolution part 2 of 2 /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Nearly neutral model -- Distribution of fitness effects of new mutations -- Predictions of Neutral Theory -- Evolutionary implications of nearly neutral evolution -- Protein stability as an example of evolutionary dynamics.…”
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The neutral and nearly neutral theories of molecular evolution part 1 of 2 /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Introduction to theories of natural genetic diversity -- Within-species genetic polymorphism -- Between-species genetic divergence -- Fundamental processes of evolution -- Mutation -- Natural selection -- Genetic drift -- Neo-Darwinism -- Neutral model.…”
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On the utility of a mechanistic approach to physiology part 1: Descriptive vs. mechanistic biology /

Table of Contents: “…Reductionism: philosophical views about nature -- Molecular changes mediating evolution -- Cell communication as mechanism of novelty -- From phylogeny-ontogeny to homeostasis & repair -- Homeostasis as the mechanism for evolution -- Explicate/Implicate order.…”
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Ethnic differences in nutrition

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Nutrition and evolution of brain development -- Human diversity -- Salivary amylase and starch digestion -- Positive selection of lactase persistence -- Food globalization -- The diet-heart connection: nature versus nurture -- Health disparities -- Genetic predisposition -- Gene-environment interactions.…”
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On the utility of a mechanistic approach to physiology part 2, the evolutionary origin of endothermy /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Evolution of endothermy -- PTHrP, Glucocorticoid and β-Adrenergic Receptor gene duplications -- Hypoxia integrates respiratory and endocrine systems -- Selection pressure for integrated physiology: lung, kidney, heart -- Ontogeny-phylogeny of lung cell evolution -- Swim bladder-lung functional homology -- PTHrP is stretch-regulated -- Chemiosmosis-homeostasis and the origins of life -- Vertical integration of the effect of cholesterol on homeostasis -- Cell-cell interactions and adaptation to oxygen -- Endothermy as exaptation of oxygen adaptation -- Physiologic homology based on cell-cell interactions.…”
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