Data from: Telomere length reveals cumulative individual and...
Inbreeding results in more homozygous offspring that should suffer reduced fitness, but it can be difficult to quantify these costs for several reasons. First, inbreeding depression may vary with...
View ArticleData from: Assessing the effects of a sequestered germline on interdomain...
A sequestered germline in Metazoa has been argued to be an obstacle to lateral gene transfer (LGT), though few studies have specifically assessed this claim. Here we test the hypothesis that the origin...
View ArticleData from: Strong dispersal in a parasitoid wasp overwhelms habitat...
The population dynamics of a parasite depend on species traits, host dynamics, and the environment. Those dynamics are reflected in the genetic structure of the population. Habitat fragmentation has a...
View ArticleData from: Genetic and morphological evidence of a geographically widespread...
Hybrid zones represent natural laboratories to study gene flow, divergence and the nature of species boundaries between closely related taxa. We evaluated the level and extent of hybridization between...
View ArticleData from: Wind and light exposure, more than elevation-related temperature,...
The transition from seedlings into trees at alpine treelines is a temperature-limited process that ultimately sets the treeline elevation at a global scale. As such, treelines may be key bioassays of...
View ArticleData from: Holocene variability of an Amazonian hyperdominant
Little is known regarding the long-term stability or instability of Amazonian plant communities. We assessed whether the most abundant species, hyperdominants, may have risen to prominence at the...
View ArticleData from: Automated segmentation of skin strata in reflectance confocal...
Reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) is a powerful tool for in-vivo examination of a variety of skin diseases. However, current use of RCM depends on qualitative examination by a human expert to look...
View ArticleData from: Costs of reproduction explain the correlated evolution of...
Species’ life history traits, including maturation age, number of reproductive bouts, offspring size and number, reflect adaptations to diverse biotic and abiotic selection pressures. A striking...
View ArticleData from: On the existence of non-microbiotherian Australidelphian...
A diverse assemblage of extinct mammals of early–middle Eocene age (Ypresian–Lutetian boundary) come from the Patagonian localities of La Barda and Laguna Fría around Paso del Sapo in northwestern...
View ArticleData from: Antipsychotic dose mediates the association between polypharmacy...
Antipsychotic (AP) drugs have the potential to cause prolongation of the QT interval corrected for heart rate (QTc). As this risk is dose-dependent, it may be associated with the number of AP drugs...
View ArticleData from: Sequence capture versus restriction site associated DNA sequencing...
Sequence capture and restriction site associated DNA sequencing (RAD-Seq) are two genomic enrichment strategies for applying next-generation sequencing technologies to systematics studies. At shallow...
View ArticleData from: Durations and delays in care seeking, diagnosis and treatment...
Background: Timely diagnosis and treatment initiation are critical to reduce the chain of transmission of Tuberculosis (TB) in places like Mumbai, where almost 60% of the inhabitants reside in...
View ArticleData from: Population structure of a vector-borne plant parasite
Parasites are among the most diverse groups of life on Earth, yet complex natural histories often preclude studies of their speciation processes. The biology of parasitic plants facilitates in situ...
View ArticleData from: Effects of light environment during growth on the expression of...
Background: The visual system is important for animals for mate choice, food acquisition, and predator avoidance. Animals possessing a visual system can sense particular wavelengths of light emanating...
View ArticleData from: Unusually limited pollen dispersal and connectivity of Pedunculate...
Low-latitudinal range margins of temperate and boreal plant species typically consist of scattered populations that persist locally in microrefugia. It remains poorly understood how their refugial...
View ArticleData from: Modeling angle-resolved photoemission of graphene and black...
Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) data on electronic structure are difficult to interpret, because various factors such as atomic structure and experimental setup influence the quantum...
View ArticleData from: Risk assessment of pesticide seed treatment for farmland birds...
1.Due to reductions in winter food resources, newly sown cereal seeds have become a key component of many bird species’ diet, but these seeds are often treated with pesticides that may cause toxic...
View ArticleData from: Local perspectives on environmental insecurity and its influence...
Environmental insecurity is a source and outcome of biodiversity declines and social conflict. One challenge to scaling insecurity reduction policies is that empirical evidence about local attitudes is...
View ArticleData from: Parasite infection in a central sensory organ of fish does not...
Among the ecological factors acting on the evolution and expression of animal personalities and behavioural syndromes, parasitism has received comparatively little attention. However, infection and...
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