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Oct 23, 2024 | friedfrank.com | Michael Barker |Geoffrey Berman |Zachary Bernstein |Emilie Cooper |Steven Epstein |Tal J. Golomb | +23 more

Skip to main content Accolades | October 23, 2024 Fried Frank is proud to congratulate the following attorneys who were recognized by Lawdragon as Leading Dealmakers in America, Leading Litigators in America and Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers. 500 Leading Dealmakers in America Steven Epstein: M&A, Corporate Governance, FinancePhilip Richter: Corporate, M&ARay I.

Sep 25, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Zheng Li |Sylvia P. Kinosian |Shing Hei Zhan |Michael Barker

AbstractA longstanding question in plant evolution is why ferns have many more chromosomes than angiosperms. The leading hypothesis proposes that ferns have ancient polyploidy without chromosome loss or gene deletion to explain the high chromosome numbers of ferns. Here, we test this hypothesis by estimating ancient polyploidy frequency, chromosome evolution, protein evolution in meiosis genes, and patterns of gene retention in ferns.

Feb 6, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Gregg Thomas |Matthew W. Hahn |Michael Barker |Michael McKibben

AbstractWhole genome duplications (WGDs) can be a key event in evolution, playing a role in both adaptation and speciation. While WGDs are common throughout the history of plants, only a few examples have been proposed in metazoans.