Data from: Coastal landforms and accumulation of mangrove peat increase...
Given their relatively small area, mangroves and their organic sediments are of disproportionate importance to global carbon sequestration and carbon storage. Peat deposition and preservation allows...
View ArticleData from: Intraneural stimulation elicits discrimination of textural...
Restoration of touch after hand amputation is a desirable feature of ideal prostheses. Here, we show that texture discrimination can be artificially provided in human subjects by implementing a...
View ArticleData from: Greater host breadth still not associated with increased...
In their technical comment, Janz et al. take issue with our recent study examining the association between host breadth and diversification rates in the brush footed butterflies (Lepidoptera:...
View ArticleData from: An extracellular biochemical screen identifies receptor-ligand...
In the inner plexiform layer of the mouse retina, ~70 neuronal subtypes form a stereotyped circuit that underlies visual processing. During development, subtypes organize into an intricate laminar...
View ArticleData from: Multiple loci and complete taxonomic sampling resolve the...
The family Tenrecidae (tenrecs) is one of only four extant terrestrial mammal lineages to have colonized and diversified on Madagascar. Over the past 15 years, several studies have disagreed on...
View ArticleData from: A multi-decade dataset of monthly beach profile surveys and...
Long-term observational datasets that record and quantify variability, changes and trends in beach morphology at sandy coastlines together with the accompanying wave climate are rare. A monthly beach...
View ArticleData from: Consequences of mating with siblings and nonsiblings on the...
Choosing a suitable mating partner is crucial for the fitness of an individual, whereby mating with siblings often results in inbreeding depression. We studied consequences of mating with siblings...
View ArticleData from: NREM2 and sleep spindles are instrumental to the consolidation of...
Although numerous studies have convincingly demonstrated that sleep plays a critical role in motor sequence learning (MSL) consolidation, the specific contribution of the different sleep stages in this...
View ArticleData from: Spatial variation in Allee effects influences patterns of range...
Allee effects are thought to slow range expansion and contribute to stable range boundaries. Recent studies have shown Allee effects to vary spatiotemporally due to influences of environmental...
View ArticleData from: Endothermic mosasaurs? Possible thermoregulation of Late...
The thermoregulatory style of Late Cretaceous mosasaurs has become a highly controversial subject in vertebrate palaeontology. These extinct marine reptiles have previously been described as...
View ArticleData from: Hidden genetic variation in the germline genome of Tetrahymena...
Genome architecture varies greatly among eukaryotes. This diversity may profoundly affect the origin and maintenance of genetic variation within a population. Ciliates are microbial eukaryotes with...
View ArticleData from: Investigating population differentiation in a major African...
The distribution, spatial pattern and population dynamics of a species can be influenced by differences in the environment across its range. Spatial variation in climatic conditions can cause local...
View ArticleData from: Unidirectional diploid-tetraploid introgression among British...
Hybridisation may lead to introgression of genes among species. Introgression may be bidirectional or unidirectional, depending on factors such as the demography of the hybridising species, or the...
View ArticleData from: A test of the invasive pathogen hypothesis of bumble bee decline...
Emergent fungal diseases are critical factors in global biodiversity declines. The fungal pathogenNosema bombiwas recently found to be widespread in declining species of North American bumble bees...
View ArticleData from: Egg rejection and clutch phenotype variation in the plain prinia...
Avian hosts of brood parasites can evolve anti-parasitic defenses to recognize and reject foreign eggs from their nests. Theory predicts that higher inter-clutch and lower intra-clutch variation in egg...
View ArticleData from: The negative effects of pathogen-infected prey on predators: a...
Intra-guild predation (IGP) - where a top predator (IGPred) consumes both a basal resource and a competitor for that resource (IGPrey) - has become a fundamental part of understanding species...
View ArticleData from: Honey bee inhibitory signaling is tuned to threat severity and can...
Alarm communication is a key adaptation that helps social groups resist predation and rally defenses. In Asia, the world's largest hornet, Vespa mandarinia, and the smaller hornet, Vespa velutina, prey...
View ArticleData from: De novo genome assembly of Geosmithia morbida, the causal agent of...
Geosmithia morbida is a filamentous ascomycete that causes Thousand Cankers Disease in the eastern black walnut tree. This pathogen is commonly found in the western U.S.; however, recently the disease...
View ArticleData from: Populations of aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) with different...
Quaking aspens (Populus tremuloides Michx.) are found in diverse habitats throughout North America. While the biogeography of aspens' distribution has been documented, the drivers of the phenotypic...
View ArticleData from: The impact of hotspot-targeted interventions on malaria...
BACKGROUND: Malaria transmission is highly heterogeneous, generating malaria hotspots that can fuel malaria transmission across a wider area. Targeting hotspots may represent an efficacious strategy...
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