Cell biology: scaling and the emergence of evolutionary cell biology

Current Biology : CB
Patrick C Phillips, Bruce Bowerman

Abstract

A new study investigating the origins of diversity in the structure of the mitotic spindle in nematode embryos, at timescales spanning a few generations to hundreds of millions of years, finds that most features of the spindle evolve via a scaling relationship generated by natural selection acting directly upon embryo size.

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Citations

Jun 22, 2018·ELife·Michael Lynch
Feb 16, 2020·Journal of Molecular Evolution·David A LiberlesAndrew Storfer
Jun 9, 2017·Genetics·Henrique TeotónioCharles F Baer

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