Data from: Field performance of Bt eggplants (Solanum melongena L.) in the...
Plants expressing Cry proteins from the bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), have become a major tactic for controlling insect pests in maize and cotton globally. However, there are few Bt vegetable...
View ArticleData from: On the accuracy of genomic selection
Genomic selection is focused on prediction of breeding values of selection candidates by means of high density of markers. It relies on the assumption that all quantitative trait loci (QTLs) tend to be...
View ArticleData from: Relationship between maternal environment and DNA methylation...
There is mounting evidence that, across taxa, females breeding in competitive environments tend to allocate more testosterone to their offspring prenatally and these offspring typically have more...
View ArticleData from: Landscape genetics of the nonnative red fox of California
Invasive mammalian carnivores contribute disproportionately to declines in global biodiversity. In California, nonnative red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) have significantly impacted endangered ground-nesting...
View ArticleData from: Mammal madness: is the mammal tree of life not yet resolved?
Most molecular phylogenetic studies place all placental mammals into four superordinal groups, Laurasiatheria (e.g. dogs, bats, whales), Euarchontoglires (e.g. humans, rodents, colugos), Xenarthra...
View ArticleData from: Shared phylogeographical breaks in a Caribbean coral reef sponge...
Aim: To test whether phylogeographical barriers in the brooding sponge Callyspongia vaginalis match breaks previously identified in the Caribbean. We also compared patterns of subdivision in the sponge...
View ArticleData from: The context dependence of assortative mating: a demonstration with...
Assortative mating is thought to play a key role in reproductive isolation. However, most experimental studies of assortative mating do not take place in multiple natural environments and, hence, they...
View ArticleData from: Analysis of the porcine APOA2 gene expression in liver,...
APOA2 is a protein implicated in triglyceride, fatty acid and glucose metabolism. In pigs, the APOA2 gene is located on pig chromosome 4 (SSC4) in a QTL region affecting fatty acid composition, fatness...
View ArticleData from: Grouping substitution types into different relaxed molecular clocks
Different types of nucleotide substitutions experience different patterns of rate change over time. We propose clustering context-dependent (or context-independent) nucleotide substitution types...
View ArticleData from: Protein synthesis inhibition in the peri-infarct cortex slows...
Neuroplasticity and reorganization of brain motor networks are thought to enable recovery of motor function after ischemic stroke. Especially in the cortex surrounding the ischemic scar (i.e.,...
View ArticleData from: Seasonality and locality affect the diversity of Anopheles gambiae...
Symbiotic bacteria can have important implications in the development and competence of disease vectors. In Anopheles mosquitoes, the composition of the midgut microbiota is largely influenced by the...
View ArticleData from: Genetic diversification and dispersal of taro (Colocasia esculenta...
Taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) is widely distributed in tropical and sub-tropical areas. However, its origin, diversification and dispersal remain unclear. While taro genetic diversity has been...
View ArticleData from: Growing up with feces: benefits of allo-coprophagy in families of...
An important issue in the evolution of group living is the risk of pathogen and predator exposure entailed by the inherent accumulation of feces within a nesting site. While many group living species...
View ArticleData from: Tracking transcription factor mobility and interaction in...
To understand complex regulatory processes in multicellular organisms, it is critical to be able to quantitatively analyze protein movement and protein-protein interactions in time and space. During...
View ArticleData from: Invading Africa: a novel transoceanic dispersal by a New World ant...
Aim: An ant parasitoid wasp genus (Eucharitidae: Kapala) common in the New World exhibits the intriguing pattern of having one species distributed widely across tropical Africa and Madagascar. The...
View ArticleData from: Northeastern North America as a potential refugium for boreal...
High precipitation in boreal northeastern North America could help forests withstand the expected temperature-driven increase in evaporative demand, but definitive evidence is lacking. Using a network...
View ArticleData from: Functional relationship between a dinoflagellate host and its...
While we know much about the evolutionary patterns of endosymbiotic organelle origins, we know less about how the actual process unfolded within each system. This is partly due to the massive changes...
View ArticleData from: Malaria transmission potential could be reduced with current and...
Several studies suggest the potential for climate change to increase malaria incidence in cooler, marginal transmission environments. However, the effect of increasing temperature in warmer regions...
View ArticleData from: The faces of Bacidia schweinitzii: molecular and morphological...
Bacidia schweinitzii is a common crustose lichen that is widespread in eastern North America. It is comprised of three distinct morphotypes differing in apothecial pigmentation. Here we show that...
View ArticleData from: Measuring microbial fitness in a field reciprocal transplant...
Microbial fitness is easy to measure in the laboratory, but difficult to measure in the field. Laboratory fitness assays make use of controlled conditions and genetically modified organisms, neither of...
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