Data from: Genomic insights into adaptive divergence and speciation among...
Ongoing speciation in most African malaria vectors gives rise to cryptic populations, which differ remarkably in their behaviour, ecology and capacity to vector malaria parasites. Understanding the...
View ArticleData from: Plumage colour and the expression of stress-related genes in gull...
In many bird populations, individuals show remarkable differences in feather colouration, which are often linked to individual differences in physiological traits, but the mechanisms maintaining this...
View ArticleData from: The combined effects of temporal autocorrelation and the costs of...
Adaptive phenotypic plasticity is an important source of intraspecific variation, and for many plastic traits the costs or factors limiting plasticity seem cryptic. However, there are several different...
View ArticleData from: Parasite escape through trophic specialization in a species flock
Adaptive radiation occurs when species diversify rapidly to occupy an array of ecological niches. Since opportunities for parasite infection and transmission may greatly vary among these niches,...
View ArticleData from: Mating system and genetic structure across all known populations...
Dyckia brevifolia is an endemic rheophyte bromeliad that occurs exclusively in patches on rocky banks of the ItajaÃ-Açu River in southern Brazil. The genetic diversity of all known populations was...
View ArticleData from: Application of genomic estimation methods of inbreeding and...
Horse breeders rely heavily on pedigrees for identification of ancestry in breeding stock. Inaccurate pedigrees may erroneously assign individuals to false lineages or breed memberships resulting in...
View ArticleData from: Effects of sample size and full sibs on genetic diversity...
Accurate characterization of genetic diversity is essential for understanding population demography, predicting future trends and implementing efficient conservation policies. For that purpose,...
View ArticleData from: Range-wide snow leopard phylogeography supports three subspecies
The snow leopard, Panthera uncia, is an elusive high-altitude specialist that inhabits vast, inaccessible habitat across Asia. We conducted the first range-wide genetic assessment of snow leopards...
View ArticleData from: Captive ancestry upwardly biases estimates of relative...
Supplementation programs, which release captive-born individuals into the wild, are commonly used to demographically bolster declining populations. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of these...
View ArticleData from: Hydrospire morphology and implications for blastoid phylogeny
The external expression of hydrospires in blastoids has provided a basis for major and minor group classification in the clade for over a century. Unfortunately, the complete anatomy of the hydrospires...
View ArticleData from: Calcium dynamics regulating the timing of decision-making in C....
Brains regulate behavioral responses with distinct timings. Here we investigate the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the timing of decision-making during olfactory navigation in...
View ArticleData from: A new cynodont from the Santa Maria Formation, south Brazil,...
The fossil record of non-mammaliaform probainognathian cynodonts is outstanding in the Late Triassic rocks of Brazil and Argentina. Approximately 15 genera are known, providing unique insights in the...
View ArticleData from: Behavioural individuality in clonal fish arises despite...
Behavioural individuality is thought to be caused by differences in genes and/or environmental conditions. Therefore, if these sources of variation are removed, individuals are predicted to develop...
View ArticleData from: Effect of expanded variation in anther position on pollinator...
Background and Aims: Plant-pollinator interactions shape the evolution of flowers. Floral attraction and reward traits have often been shown to affect pollinator behavior, but the possible effect of...
View ArticleData from: Subtle but ubiquitous selection on body size in a natural...
Understanding the magnitude and long-term patterns of selection in natural populations is of importance, for example, when analyzing the evolutionary impact of climate change. We estimated univariate...
View ArticleData from: Plant size and competitive dynamics along nutrient gradients
Resource competition theory in plants has focused largely on resource-acquisition traits that are independent of size such as traits of individual leaves or roots or proportional allocation to...
View ArticleData from: Development of machine learning models for diagnosis of glaucoma
The study aimed to develop machine learning models that have strong prediction power and interpretability for diagnosis of glaucoma based on retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness and visual field...
View ArticleData from: Association of perceived tinnitus with duration of hormone...
Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between hormone replacement therapy and tinnitus in South Korea using data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition...
View ArticleData from: Extraordinarily rapid speciation in a marine fish
Divergent selection may initiate ecological speciation extremely rapidly. How often and at what pace ecological speciation proceeds to yield strong reproductive isolation is more uncertain. Here, we...
View ArticleData from: The evolution of a complex trait: cuticular hydrocarbons in ants...
Cuticular hydrocarbons (CHC) are ubiquitous and highly diverse in insects, serving as communication signal and waterproofing agent. Despite their vital function, the causes, mechanisms and constraints...
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