Data from: A phylogenetic analysis of macroevolutionary patterns in...
When novel sources of ecological opportunity are available, physiological innovations can trigger adaptive radiations. This could be the case of yeasts (Saccharomycotina), in which an evolutionary...
View ArticleData from: A phenological shift in the time of recruitment of the shipworm,...
For many species, seasonal changes in key environmental variables such as food availability, light, and temperature drive the timing (“phenology”) of major life-history events. Extensive evidence from...
View ArticleData from: Demographic consequences of greater clonal than sexual...
Clonality is a widespread life history trait in flowering plants that may be essential for population persistence, especially in environments where sexual reproduction is unpredictable. Frequent clonal...
View ArticleData from: Island-wide aridity did not trigger recent megafaunal extinctions...
Researchers are divided about the relative importance of people versus climate in triggering the Late Holocene extinctions of the endemic large-bodied fauna on the island of Madagascar. Specifically, a...
View ArticleData from: Dynamic curvature regulation accounts for the symmetric and...
Cilia and flagella are model systems for studying how mechanical forces control morphology. The periodic bending motion of cilia and flagella is thought to arise from mechanical feedback: dynein motors...
View ArticleData from: Rapid multiple-level coevolution in experimental populations of...
Coevolution between different biological entities is considered an important evolutionary mechanism at all levels of biological organization. Here we provide evidence for coevolution of a yeast killer...
View ArticleData from: Ecological mismatches are moderated by local conditions in two...
Ecological mismatches between reproductive events and seasonal resource peaks are frequently proposed to be a key driver of population dynamics resulting from global climate change. Many local...
View ArticleData from: Genetic and paleomodelling evidence of the population expansion of...
Increasing aridity during glacial periods produced the retraction of forests and the expansion of arid and semi-arid environments in Africa, with consequences for birds. Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) is...
View ArticleData from: Increasing compliance with low tidal volume ventilation in the ICU...
Objectives: Low tidal volume ventilation improves outcomes for ventilated patients and the majority of clinicians state they implement it. Unfortunately most patients never receive low tidal volumes....
View ArticleData from: Evolution of bacterial life history traits is sensitive to...
Very few studies have experimentally assessed the evolutionary effects of species interactions within the same trophic level. Here we show that when Serratia marcescens evolve in multispecies...
View ArticleData from: Morphometric variation of extant platyrrhine molars: taxonomic...
The phylogenetic position of many fossil platyrrhines with respect to extant ones is not yet clear. Two main hypotheses have been proposed: the layered or successive radiations hypothesis suggests that...
View ArticleData from: Exotic or not, leaf trait dissimilarity modulates the effect of...
It has long been recognized that leaf traits exert a crucial control on litter decomposition, a key process for nutrient cycling, and that invading species can greatly alter such soil processes via...
View ArticleData from: The determinants of tropical forest deciduousness: disentangling...
Understanding the environmental determinants of forests deciduousness i.e. proportion of deciduous trees in a forest stand, is of great importance when predicting the impact of ongoing global climate...
View ArticleData from: Towards understanding the genetic basis of mouth asymmetry in the...
How polymorphisms consisting in left-right asymmetries are produced and maintained in natural populations is a tantalizing question, that remains largely unanswered. The scale-eating cichlid fish...
View ArticleData from: Influences of climate and historical land connectivity on ant beta...
Aim Biodiversity patterns reflect both ecological and evolutionary processes interacting with geographical variation in climate and the current and historical connectivity between land areas. We sought...
View ArticleData from: Phylogenetics, delimitation and historical biogeography of the...
Thespesia consists of 16 species of trees and shrubs from Southeast Asia–Oceania, Africa and America, the most well known being T. populnea, a small tree of tropical coastal areas around the world....
View ArticleData from: Dissolved organic carbon modulates mercury concentrations in...
Mercury (Hg) concentrations in aquatic environments have increased globally, exposing consumers of aquatic organisms to high Hg levels. For both aquatic and terrestrial consumers, exposure to Hg...
View ArticleData from: Modelled drift patterns of fish larvae link coastal morphology to...
Colonial breeding is an evolutionary puzzle, as the benefits of breeding in high densities are still not fully explained. Although the dynamics of existing colonies are increasingly understood, few...
View ArticleData from: The gut microbiota of the pine weevil is similar across Europe and...
The pine weevil (Hylobius abietis, Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is an important pest of conifer seedlings in Europe. Despite its economic importance, little is known about the composition of its gut...
View ArticleData from: Common genetic variation in ETV6 is associated with colorectal...
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified multiple susceptibility loci for colorectal cancer, but much of heritability remains unexplained. To identify additional susceptibility loci for...
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