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Author Correction: African elephants address one another with individually specific name-like calls 作者更正：非洲象用各自特定的名字来称呼彼此

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Nature ecology & evolution Pub Date : 2025-07-17 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-025-02823-3

Michael A. Pardo, Kurt Fristrup, David S. Lolchuragi, Joyce H. Poole, Petter Granli, Cynthia Moss, Iain Douglas-Hamilton, George Wittemyer

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Evolving a bat wing by reusing an existing gene program 通过重复使用现有的基因程序来进化蝙蝠的翅膀

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Nature ecology & evolution Pub Date : 2025-07-16 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-025-02782-9

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Comparative single-cell analyses reveal evolutionary repurposing of a conserved gene programme in bat wing development 比较单细胞分析揭示了蝙蝠翅膀发育中保守基因程序的进化再利用

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Nature ecology & evolution Pub Date : 2025-07-16 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-025-02780-x

Magdalena Schindler, Christian Feregrino, Silvia Aldrovandi, Bai-Wei Lo, Anna A. Monaco, Alessa R. Ringel, Ariadna E. Morales, Tobias Zehnder, Rose Yinghan Behncke, Juliane Glaser, Alexander Barclay, Guillaume Andrey, Bjørt K. Kragesteen, René Hägerling, Stefan A. Haas, Martin Vingron, Igor Ulitsky, Marc A. Marti-Renom, Julio Hechavarria, Nicolas Fasel, Michael Hiller, Darío G. Lupiáñez, Stefan Mundlos, Francisca M. Real

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The next generation of colour pattern genomics 下一代的颜色模式基因组学

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Nature ecology & evolution Pub Date : 2025-07-16 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-025-02816-2

Nidal Karagic, Claudius F. Kratochwil

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Gene regulatory networks and essential transcription factors for de novo-originated genes 新生基因的基因调控网络和必要的转录因子

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Nature ecology & evolution Pub Date : 2025-07-14 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-025-02747-y

Junhui Peng, Bing-Jun Wang, Nicolas Svetec, Li Zhao

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Combining science and policy for a unified global soil biodiversity observatory 科学与政策相结合，建立统一的全球土壤生物多样性观测站

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Nature ecology & evolution Pub Date : 2025-07-14 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-025-02754-z

J. Jacob Parnell, Peter de Ruiter, Carlos Guerra, Luca Montanarella, Natalia Rodriguez Eugenio, Talita Ferreira, Maria Elizabeth F. Correia, Cintia C. Niva, Ederson C. Jesus, Maria Inês L. Oliveira, Luiz Fernando S. Antunes, Lucília M. Parron, Marcia R. Coelho, Guilherme M. Chaer, Juaci V. Malaquias, Ozanival Dario D. Silva, Ieda C. Mendes, Zoë Lindo, Jeff Battigelli, Gian Luca Bagnara, Rosalina González, Rosa M. Poch, Diana H. Wall, Leena Vilonen, Giulio Malorgio, Carlos Barreto, Monica Kobayashi, Rosa Cuevas-Corona, George G. Brown

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The role of plasmid copy number and mutation rate in evolutionary outcomes 质粒拷贝数和突变率在进化结果中的作用

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Nature ecology & evolution Pub Date : 2025-07-14 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-025-02792-7

Alexander ‘Olek’ Pisera, Chang C. Liu

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Water-use efficiency driven by water savings 节约用水，提高用水效率

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Nature ecology & evolution Pub Date : 2025-07-11 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-025-02793-6

Jürgen Knauer

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Partitioning how biodiversity brings stability 划分生物多样性如何带来稳定

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Nature ecology & evolution Pub Date : 2025-07-11 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-025-02803-7

Frank Pennekamp

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Reduced water loss rather than increased photosynthesis controls CO2-enhanced water-use efficiency 减少水分流失而不是增加光合作用控制二氧化碳提高的水利用效率

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Nature ecology & evolution Pub Date : 2025-07-11 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-025-02761-0

Weiwei Zhan, Xu Lian, Jiangong Liu, Jisu Han, Yu Huang, Hao Yang, Chunhui Zhan, Alexander J. Winkler, Pierre Gentine

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