Data from: Sequencing historical specimens: successful preparation of small...
Despite advances that allow DNA sequencing of old museum specimens, sequencing small-bodied, historical specimens can be challenging and unreliable as many contain only small amounts of fragmented DNA....
View ArticleData from: Sensitivity analysis of effective population size to demographic...
The ratio between the effective and the census population size, Ne/N, is an important measure of the long-term viability and sustainability of a population. Understanding which demographic processes...
View ArticleData from: Steller’s jays assess and communicate about predator risk using...
Predators can vary in the risk they pose, depending upon factors such as body size, maneuverability, hunting strategy and diet. Prey can also detect predators with different senses, such as seeing,...
View ArticleData from: Plasmid and clonal interference during post-horizontal gene...
Plasmids are nucleic acid molecules that can drive their own replication in a living cell. They can be transmitted horizontally and can thrive in the host cell to high copy numbers. Plasmid replication...
View ArticleData from: Analysis of local-scale background concentrations of methane and...
The Marcellus Shale is a rapidly developing unconventional natural gas resource found in part of the Appalachian region. Air quality and climate concerns have been raised regarding development of...
View ArticleData from: Stream nitrogen concentration, but not plant N-fixing capacity,...
1. We are facing major biodiversity loss and there is evidence that such loss can alter ecosystem functioning. However, the effects of plant diversity on decomposition – a key component of the global...
View ArticleData from: Rapid transgenerational effects in Knautia arvensis in response to...
1. Plant-species persistence in natural communities requires coping with biotic and abiotic challenges. These challenges also depend on plant-community composition and diversity. Over time,...
View ArticleData from: Natural and anthropogenic sounds reduce song performance: insights...
Anthropogenic sounds influence animal vocal behavior, species distributions, and community assemblages. Natural sounds also have the potential to affect the behavior and ecology of animals, but it is...
View ArticleData from: Declines in low-elevation subalpine tree populations outpace...
1. Species distribution shifts in response to climate change require that recruitment increase beyond current range boundaries. For trees with long lifespans, the importance of climate-sensitive...
View ArticleData from: Transmission and temporal dynamics of anther-smut disease...
1. Theory has shown that sterilizing diseases with frequency-dependent transmission (characteristics shared by many sexually transmitted diseases) can drive host populations to extinction. 2....
View ArticleData from: Genomic signatures of adaptation to wine biological aging...
The molecular and evolutionary processes underlying fungal domestication remain largely unknown despite the importance of fungi to bioindustry and for comparative adaptation genomics in eukaryotes....
View ArticleData from: Selfish pups: weaning conflict and milk theft in free-ranging dogs
Parent-offspring conflict theory predicts the emergence of weaning conflict between a mother and her offspring arising from skewed relatedness benefits. Empirical observations of weaning conflict have...
View ArticleData from: Naturally-occurring changes in social-cognitive factors modify...
Purpose. To determine whether naturally-occurring changes in children's motives and beliefs are associated with the steep decline in physical activity observed from childhood to early adolescence....
View ArticleData from: Do picture-based charts overestimate visual acuity? Comparison of...
Purpose: Children may be tested with a variety of visual acuity (VA) charts during their ophthalmic care and differences between charts can complicate the interpretation of VA measurements. This study...
View ArticleData from: Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome prospectively detected by review of chest...
Purpose: Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome (BHD) is a rare disorder caused by mutations in the gene that encodes folliculin (FLCN) and is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner. BHD is commonly accompanied by...
View ArticleData from: Microbiome sharing between children, livestock and household...
The gut microbiome community structure and development are associated with several health outcomes in young children. To determine the household influences of gut microbiome structure, we assessed...
View ArticleData from: Evolution of ischemic damage and behavioural deficit over 6 months...
Key disparities between the timing and methods of assessment in animal stroke studies and clinical trial may be part of the reason for the failure to translate promising findings. This study...
View ArticleData from: Prevalence of depression, anxiety, adjustment disorders, and...
Aims: The purpose of this study was to analyze the prevalence of depression, anxiety, adjustment disorders, and somatoform disorders in patients diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in...
View ArticleData from: A reduced-dimensionality approach to uncovering dyadic modes of...
Face-to-face conversations are central to human communication and a fascinating example of joint action. Beyond verbal content, one of the primary ways in which information is conveyed in conversations...
View ArticleData from: Mass extinctions over the last 500 myr: an astronomical cause?
A Fourier analysis of the magnitudes and timing of the Phanerozoic mass extinctions (MEs) demonstrates that many of the periodicities claimed in other analyses are not statistically significant....
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