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    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    ‘Cheater mitochondria’ may profit from cellular stress coping mechanisms

    Interactions between evolutionary pressures at the cellular and environmental level may enable cheating mitochondria to persist despite potential harm to individual organisms.
    1. Medicine

    COVID-19 works with bacteria to increase disease severity in obesity and diabetes

    A review of mechanisms linking obesity and diabetes to COVID-19 suggests that interactions between the virus and existing bacterial conditions could explain disease severity.
    1. Ecology
    2. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Rising temperatures could shift US West Nile virus transmission

    New model suggests climate change may increase the areas in the US with optimal temperatures for West Nile virus transmission.
  1. Media Coverage: August roundup of eLife papers in the news

    High-profile news coverage that eLife papers generated in August 2020, including Forbes, the New York Post and the Daily Express.
  2. eLife launches second round of funding to support inclusion in science

    The 2020 Ben Barres Spotlight Awards will support minoritized scientists to gain visibility for their work and increase collaboration.
    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Small fish populations accumulate harmful mutations that shorten lifespan

    A genetics study in wild turquoise killifish shows that small populations accumulate mutations that shorten lives, helping scientists better understand how lifespan can evolve among populations.
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Nurture, not nature, influences prey preferences in great apes

    A study in bonobos provides evidence of group-specific hunting preferences that cannot be explained by environmental or genetic factors.
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Scientists discover earliest fossil evidence of an insect lichen mimic

    The discovery that a Jurassic moth lacewing mimicked a co-occurring fossil lichen to promote survival predates modern lichen-insect associations by 165 million years.
    1. Plant Biology

    Scientists shed new light on pollen tube growth in plants

    New findings reveal the unexpected role of an enzyme called KATANIN in guiding the growth of pollen tubes in flowering plants.
    1. Developmental Biology

    Accumulating extra genome copies may protect fly brain cells during aging

    To prevent cell death caused by DNA damage, adult brain cells in fruit flies produce extra copies of their chromosomes.