About this Research Topic
Evolutionary novelties and new functions are fascinating. They play a substantial role in adaptive evolution and biodiversity and, meanwhile, are subject to development constraints and evolvability. The origination of novelties can happen at different levels, such as at the levels of genes, genomes, and organisms. Subsequently, multiple pathways can lead to the origination of novelties, such as the origins of new genes, new regulatory mechanisms, new cell types, and new phenotypes. The rapid development of sequencing technologies and genome editing approaches allows such questions to be investigated in the model and non-model organisms at the scales of gene evolution, cell type evolution, genome evolution, and phenotypic evolution.
Do different organisms gain new functions in a similar manner? How do multiple levels of novelties integrate and function? Research on the new genes, new regulations, and new cell types will be needed to address their emergence and contribution to evolutionary novelties and new functions. We hope this topic can help answer these key questions by integrating state-of-the-art analyses such as comparative genomics, population genomics, single-cell transcriptomics, bulk transcriptomics, proteomics, comparative morphology, genome editing, and imaging. Therefore, this article collection mainly focuses on aspects of gene evolution, cell type evolution, and evo-devo.
We welcome and consider related studies in model and non-model organisms, such as plants, worms, insects, fish, birds, amphibians, and mammals, including but not limited to, Original Research articles, Review articles, Methods, and Brief Research Reports. We consider research related to gene evolution, cell type evolution, and evo-devo (e.g., new genes, genome evolution, regulatory elements, cell type evolution, organismal evolution. and phenotypic evolution).
Do different organisms gain new functions in a similar manner? How do multiple levels of novelties integrate and function? Research on the new genes, new regulations, and new cell types will be needed to address their emergence and contribution to evolutionary novelties and new functions. We hope this topic can help answer these key questions by integrating state-of-the-art analyses such as comparative genomics, population genomics, single-cell transcriptomics, bulk transcriptomics, proteomics, comparative morphology, genome editing, and imaging. Therefore, this article collection mainly focuses on aspects of gene evolution, cell type evolution, and evo-devo.
We welcome and consider related studies in model and non-model organisms, such as plants, worms, insects, fish, birds, amphibians, and mammals, including but not limited to, Original Research articles, Review articles, Methods, and Brief Research Reports. We consider research related to gene evolution, cell type evolution, and evo-devo (e.g., new genes, genome evolution, regulatory elements, cell type evolution, organismal evolution. and phenotypic evolution).
Keywords: gene evolution, cell type evolution, genetic novelty, evo-devo, genomics
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