Data from: Guppies occupy consistent positions in social networks: mechanisms...
The social network approach has focused increasing attention on the complex web of relationships found in animal groups and populations. As such, network analysis has been used frequently to identify...
View ArticleData from: Bayesian morphological clock methods resurrect placoderm monophyly...
The phylogeny of early gnathostomes provides an important framework for understanding one of the most significant evolutionary events, the origin and diversification of jawed vertebrates. A series of...
View ArticleData from: Correlational selection on personality and social plasticity:...
1.Despite a central line of research aimed at quantifying relationships between mating success and sexually dimorphic traits (e.g., ornaments), individual variation in sexually selected traits often...
View ArticleData from: The strength of the association between heterozygosity and...
The extent of inbreeding depression and the magnitude of heterozygosity–fitness correlations (HFC) have been suggested to depend on the environmental context in which they are assayed, but little...
View ArticleData from: Does cooperation mean kinship between spatially discrete ant nests?
Eusociality is one of the most complex forms of social organization, characterized by cooperative and reproductive units termed colonies. Altruistic behavior of workers within colonies is explained by...
View ArticleData from: Is it becoming harder to secure reviewers for peer review? A test...
Background: There is concern in the academic publishing community that it is becoming more difficult to secure reviews for peer-reviewed manuscripts, but much of this concern stems from anecdotal and...
View ArticleData from: Discrimination behavior mediates foraging quality vs. quantity...
Discrimination, the ability to distinguish sensory stimuli and respond accordingly, is a critical factor underscoring optimal foraging decisions. Nevertheless, little is known about how mammals...
View ArticleData from: Bats (Chiroptera: Noctilionoidea) challenge a recent origin of...
The mechanisms underlying the high extant biodiversity in the Neotropics have been controversial since the 19th century. Support for the influence of period-specific changes on diversification often...
View ArticleData from: Divergence of gastropod life history in contrasting thermal...
Experiments using natural populations have provided mixed support for thermal adaptation models, probably because the conditions are often confounded with additional environmental factors like...
View ArticleData from: Can recombinant human thrombomodulin increase survival among...
Objective: To determine whether treatment with recombinant human thrombomodulin (rhTM) increases survival among severe septic patients with sepsis-induced disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)...
View ArticleData from: Enhanced aphid abundance in spring desynchronizes predator–prey...
Climate change leads to phenology shifts of many species. However, not all species shift in parallel, which can desynchronize interspecific interactions. Within trophic cascades, herbivores can be...
View ArticleData from: Fixation probability in a haploid-diploid population
Classical population genetic theory generally assumes either a fully haploid or fully diploid life cycle. However, many organisms exhibit more complex life cycles, with both free-living haploid and...
View ArticleData from: Historical environment is reflected in modern population genetics...
The restricted distribution and isolation of island endemics often produces unique genetic and phenotypic diversity of conservation interest to management agencies. However, these isolated species,...
View ArticleData from: Demographic costs associated with differences in habitat space...
Delimiting the habitat characteristics describing the environmental conditions required by a species has become a critical tool for predicting organismal responses to environmental change. Grinnell...
View ArticleData from: Analysis of VEGFA variants and changes in VEGF levels underscores...
Background. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) contributes to the pathogenesis of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and genetic variations in VEGFA gene were suggested to contribute to VEGF...
View ArticleData from: Evolution of long centromeres in fire ants
Background: Centromeres are essential for accurate chromosome segregation, yet sequence conservation is low even among closely related species. Centromere drive predicts rapid turnover because some...
View ArticleData from: Dichoptic metacontrast masking functions to infer transmission...
Optic neuritis (ON) has detrimental effects on the transmission of neuronal signals generated at the earliest stages of visual information processing. The amount, as well as the speed of transmitted...
View ArticleData from: MonotomidGen – A matrix-based interactive key to the New World...
A matrix-based Lucid key is presented for the twelve genera of Monotomidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) represented in the New World. A general overview is given for the features and technical...
View ArticleData from: Insights into the human mesenchymal stromal/stem cell identity...
Background: Mesenchymal Stromal/Stem Cells (MSCs), isolated under the criteria established by the ISCT, still have a poorly characterized phenotype that is difficult to distinguish from similar cell...
View ArticleData from: Morphological identification and single-cell genomics of marine...
Recent global surveys of marine biodiversity have revealed that a group of organisms known as “marine diplonemids” constitutes one of the most abundant and diverse planktonic lineages [1]. Though...
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