Data from: Audio-visual interactions uniquely contribute to resolution of...
Individuals possessing absolute pitch (AP) are able to identify a given musical tone or to reproduce it without reference to another tone. The present study sought to learn whether this exceptional...
View ArticleData from: The earliest bird-line archosaurs and the assembly of the dinosaur...
The relationship between dinosaurs and other reptiles is well established, but the sequence of acquisition of dinosaurian features has been obscured by the scarcity of fossils with transitional...
View ArticleData from: Mechanosensation is evolutionarily tuned to locomotor mechanics
The biomechanics of animal limbs has evolved to meet the functional demands for movement associated with different behaviors and environments. Effective movement relies not only on limb mechanics but...
View ArticleData from: Adaptation of Drosophila to a novel laboratory environment reveals...
The genomic basis of adaptation to novel environments is a fundamental problem in evolutionary biology that has gained additional importance in the light of the recent global change discussion. Here,...
View ArticleData from: Transcriptomic resources for an endemic Neotropical plant lineage...
Premise of the study: Despite the extensive phenotypic variation that characterizes the Gesneriaceae family, there is a lack of genomic resources to investigate the molecular basis of their diversity....
View ArticleData from: Emergence of transformation-tolerant representations of visual...
Rodents are emerging as increasingly popular models of visual functions. Yet, evidence that rodent visual cortex is capable of advanced visual processing, such as object recognition, is limited. Here...
View ArticleData from: Frequent misdirected courtship in a natural community of colorful...
Male courtship display is common in many animals; in some cases, males engage in courtship indiscriminately, spending significant time and energy courting heterospecifics with whom they have no chance...
View ArticleData from: The effect of meal frequency in a reduced-energy regimen on the...
Background: Appetite and gastrointestinal hormones (GIHs) participate in energy homeostasis, feeding behavior and regulation of body weight. We demonstrated previously the superior effect of a...
View ArticleData from: Aquatic microfauna alter microbial larval resources and affect...
Ciliate protists and rotifers are ubiquitous in aquatic habitats and can comprise a significant portion of the available microbial food resources of larval mosquitoes, often showing substantial...
View ArticleData from: Cooperative breeding shapes post-fledging survival in an...
While avian group living typically accrues multiple benefits, it is yet unknown how these benefits manifest post- fledging. Here, by using an indirect radio- telemetry approach, we found that...
View ArticleData from: Population genomics reveals a candidate gene involved in bumble...
Variation in bumble bee color patterns is well-documented within and between species. Identifying the genetic mechanisms underlying such variation may be useful in revealing evolutionary forces shaping...
View ArticleData from: Trait variation in response to varying winter temperatures,...
Across Europe, genetic diversity can be expected to decline towards the North because of stochastic and selective effects which may imply diminished phenotypic variation and less potential for future...
View ArticleData from: Divergence of thermal physiological traits in terrestrial breeding...
Critical thermal limits are thought to be correlated with the elevational distribution of species living in tropical montane regions, but with upper limits being relatively invariant compared to lower...
View ArticleData from: Wolf in sheep's clothing: model misspecification undermines tests...
Understanding the processes behind change in reproductive state along life history trajectories is a salient research program in evolutionary ecology. Two processes, state-dependence and heterogeneity,...
View ArticleData from: Contribution of lianas to community-level canopy transpiration in...
1. Lianas (woody climbers) have a greater amount of leaves relative to basal area or standing biomass than trees, and very wide vessels that permit efficient water transport. These features suggest...
View ArticleData from: Towards a functional understanding of species coexistence:...
1. We examined intra- and interspecific variation in functional morphology and whole-organism performance in a sympatric lizard species pair, Iberolacerta horvathi and Podarcis muralis, in the area...
View ArticleData from: Exploring the impact of multidecadal environmental changes on the...
Many marine protists form resting stages that can remain viable in coastal sediments for several decades. Their long-term survival offers the possibility to explore the impact of changes in...
View ArticleData from: Isotopic niche partitioning between two apex predators over time
1. Stable isotope analyses have become an important tool in reconstructing diets, analyzing resource use patterns, elucidating trophic relations among predators and understanding the structure of food...
View ArticleData from: Multi-modal defenses in aphids offer redundant protection and...
1.The pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, maintains extreme variation in resistance to its most common parasitoid wasp enemy, Aphidius ervi, which is sourced from two known mechanisms: protective bacterial...
View ArticleData from: Individual heterogeneity determines sex differences in mortality...
1. Sex differences in mortality are pervasive in vertebrates, and usually result in shorter life spans in the larger sex, although the underlying mechanisms are still unclear. On the other hand,...
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