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The pygmy grasshopper Tetrix japonica is a common insect distributed throughout the world, and it has the potential for use as a model species in studies of body color polymorphism, genomics and the...
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Microbial communities are a key component of host health. As the microbiota is initially ‘foreign’ to a host, the host's immune system should respond to its acquisition. Such variation in the response...
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Architectural constructions allow animals to modify their environment in order to improve their reproductive success. Constructions also modulate the expression of individual behaviour, ultimately...
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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...
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Plant distributions are expected to shift in response to climate change, and range expansion dynamics will be shaped by the performance of individuals at the colonizing front. These plants will...
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Climate change models predict more extreme rainfall patterns, ranging from droughts to deluges, which will inevitably affect primary productivity in many terrestrial ecosystems. Insects within the...
View ArticleData from: A universal and reliable assay for molecular sex identification of...
In heterogametic species, biological differences between the two sexes are ubiquitous, and hence, errors in sex identification can be a significant source of noise and bias in studies where sex-related...
View ArticleData from: Metabarcoding reveals environmental factors influencing...
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View ArticleData from: Genetic structure of phenotypic robustness in the Collaborative...
Developmental stability and canalization describe the ability of developmental systems to minimize phenotypic variation in the face of stochastic micro-environmental effects, genetic variation and...
View ArticleData from: Genomic data reveal ancient microendemism in forest scorpions...
The California Floristic Province (CFP) in western North America is a globally significant biodiversity hotspot. Elucidating patterns of endemism and the historical drivers of this diversity has been...
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In the pursuit of maximizing agricultural yields and profits, crop management under intensive agriculture has reduced the heterogeneity of crop sward structure within fields. Several farmland bird...
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View ArticleData from: Using functional responses to quantify interaction effects among...
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Movement past hydroelectric dams and related in-river structures has important implications for habitat connectivity and population persistence in migratory fish. A major problem is that many of these...
View ArticleData from: Dmrt1 polymorphism covaries with sex-determination patterns in...
Patterns of sex-chromosome differentiation and gonadal development have been shown to vary among populations of Rana temporaria along a latitudinal transect in Sweden. Frogs from the northern-boreal...
View ArticleData from: Genetic differentiation of the pine processionary moth at the...
The pine processionary moth (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) is an important pest of coniferous forests at the southern edge of its range in Maghreb. Based on mitochondrial markers, a strong genetic...
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