The wings of Drosophila species are a favorable target for automated analysis because of the many interesting questions in evolution and development that can be addressed with them, and because of their simple structure.
We propose that during evolution, novel translational requirements can be addressed by anticodon shifting of tRNA copies more readily than by duplications and deletions of tRNA genes.
The growing number of species for which significant genetic resources are available is sparking a new era of study in which fundamental genetic questions underlying phenotypic evolution, adaptation and speciation can be addressed with rigor.
The growing number of species for which significant genetic resources are available is sparking a new era of study in which fundamental genetic questions underlying phenotypic evolution, adaptation and speciation can be addressed [ 41].
Nevertheless, new insights on the evolution of the group can be addressed using a larger species sampling, including morphologically similar species and species of other Culex subgenera, for example, Lutzia, Phenacomyia and Phytothelmatomyia species.
Although large scale informatics studies on introns can be useful in making broad inferences concerning patterns of intron gain and loss, more specific questions about intron evolution at a finer scale can be addressed using a gene family where structure and function are well known.
Thus, the goal of this special issue is to facilitate further integration of behavioural concepts into plant biology, ecology and evolution, recognizing that behavioural questions can be addressed at a diversity of levels of organization, complexity and timescales.
Important questions in genome evolution, particularly about the evolution of gene families and genome structure, can be addressed effectively by analysis of contiguous blocks of DNA sequence from multiple species.
With models that properly characterize the evolution of proteins, many important evolutionary biological questions can be addressed.
However, the incorporation of NCAAs can often impact negatively on protein folding and thermostability, an issue that can be addressed through further rounds of directed evolution.
