Data from: Recent selection for self-compatibility in a population of...
The evolution of self-compatibility (SC) is the first step in the evolutionary transition in plants from outcrossing enforced by self-incompatibility (SI) to self-fertilization. In the Brassicaceae,...
View ArticleData from: Common cuckoo females are not choosy when removing an egg during...
Females of avian brood parasites have evolved various tactics to succeed in their reproductive strategy. Many of these adaptations, e.g. speed and timing of egg-laying or egg mimicry have been...
View ArticleData from: Community functional trait composition at the continental scale:...
Ecological communities and their response to environmental gradients are increasingly being described by measures of trait composition at the community level – the trait-based approach. Whether...
View ArticleData from: Type of fitness cost influences the rate of evolution of...
The evolution of resistance to pesticides by insect pests is a significant challenge for sustainable agriculture. For transgenic crops expressing Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), crystalline (Cry) toxins...
View ArticleData from: Enhanced yeast feeding following mating facilitates control of the...
The highly invasive spotted wing Drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, is a key pest of soft fruit and berries in Europe and North America, and development of control techniques is an urgent research...
View ArticleData from: From the mountains to the coast and back again: ancient...
The harvestmen genus Calicina is represented by 25 short-range endemic species occurring in the western Sierra Nevada, Transverse and Coast Ranges of California. Our principal aim was to reconstruct...
View ArticleData from: Mycorrhizas influence functional traits of two tallgrass prairie...
Over the past decade, functional traits that influence plant performance and thus, population, community, and ecosystem biology have garnered increasing attention. Generally lacking, however, has been...
View ArticleData from: Microsatellite and major histocompatibility complex variation in...
Genetic diversity is fundamental to maintaining the long-term viability of populations, yet reduced genetic variation is often associated with small, isolated populations. To examine the relationship...
View ArticleData from: The potential for adaptive maintenance of diversity in...
Genes involved in immune defence are among the fastest evolving in the genomes of many species. Interestingly, however, genes encoding antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have shown little evidence for...
View ArticleData from: Geographic cline analysis as a tool for studying genome-wide...
A major goal of speciation research is to reveal the genomic signatures that accompany the speciation process. Genome scans are routinely used to explore genome-wide variation and identify highly...
View ArticleData from: Size matters: male and female mate choice leads to...
Many animals exhibit size-assortative mating and matching theory predicts this occurs because both males and females prefer bigger mates. Monogamy and size-assortative pairing have been described for...
View ArticleData from: Genomic evidence for ecological divergence against a background of...
The balance between natural selection, gene flow, and genetic drift is difficult to resolve in marine invertebrates with extensive dispersal and fluctuating population sizes. The intertidal snail...
View ArticleData from: Habitat mapping of coastal wetlands using expert knowledge and...
1. Long-term habitat mapping and change detection are essential for the management of coastal wetlands as well as for evaluating the impact of conservation policies. Earth Observation (EO) data and...
View ArticleData from: Reconstruction of velocity fields in electromagnetic flow tomography
Electromagnetic flow meters (EMFMs) are the gold standard in measuring flow velocity in process industry. The flow meters can measure the mean flow velocity of conductive liquids and slurries. A...
View ArticleData from: A gradiometric version of contactless inductive flow tomography:...
The contactless inductive flow tomography (CIFT) is a measurement technique that allows reconstructing the flow of electrically conducting fluids by measuring the flow-induced perturbations of one or...
View ArticleData from: Slowing them down will make them lose: a role for attine ant crop...
Fungus-growing ants (Attini) have evolved an obligate dependency upon a basidiomycete fungus that they cultivate as their food. Less well known is that the crop fungus is also used by many attine...
View ArticleData from: A draft fur seal genome provides insights into factors affecting...
Custom genotyping arrays provide a flexible and accurate means of genotyping single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in a large number of individuals of essentially any organism. However, validation...
View ArticleData from: Beyond animals and plants: dynamic maternal effects in the fungus...
Maternal effects are widely documented in animals and plants, but not in fungi or other eukaryotes. A principal cause of maternal effects is asymmetrical parental investment in a zygote, creating...
View ArticleData from: Effects of gear restriction on the abundance of juvenile fishes...
In 2007, due to growing concerns of declines in nearshore fisheries in Hawai‘i, a ban on gillnets was implemented in designated areas around the island of O‘ahu in the main Hawaiian Islands. Utilizing...
View ArticleData from: Targeted re-sequencing reveals geographic patterns of...
Parallel divergence and speciation provide evidence for the role of divergent selection in generating biological diversity. Recent studies indicate that parallel phenotypic divergence may not have the...
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