Data from: High sensitivity isoelectric focusing to establish a signaling...
Background: The progression of colorectal cancer (CRC) involves recurrent amplifications/mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and downstream signal transducers of the Ras pathway,...
View ArticleData from: Transcriptome sequencing reveals genome-wide variation in...
Background: Transcriptomics in non-model plant systems has recently reached a point where the examination of nuclear genome-wide patterns in understudied groups is an achievable reality. This progress...
View ArticleData from: A new perspective on Melanophloea, Thelocarpella and...
Recent molecular phylogenetic studies of the lichen family Acarosporaceae have shown that genera in this group, as traditionally defined, are not monophyletic and that changes are required to...
View ArticleData from: The cat-eyed snakes of Madagascar: phylogeny and description of a...
The cat-eyed snakes of the genus Madagascarophis are among the most commonly encountered snake species in Madagascar. Yet despite their broad distribution and frequent occurrence in human-disturbed...
View ArticleData from: Specimens at the center: an informatics workflow and toolkit for...
Major public DNA databases — NCBI GenBank, the DNA DataBank of Japan (DDBJ), and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) — are invaluable biodiversity libraries. Systematists and other...
View ArticleData from: Data sharing through a NIH central database repository: a...
Objective: To characterize experiences with using clinical research data shared through the National Institute of Health’s Biologic Specimen and Data Repository Information Coordinating Center...
View ArticleData from: Consequences of mating and predation risk for longevity in a...
Senescence is not a static property of an individual or population, but rather it is a dynamic process that may be influenced by environmental conditions. This can occur in at least two ways: in the...
View ArticleData from: How are phenologies of ripening and seed release affected by...
The phenology of seed ripening and release are important for dispersal, reproductive success and survival of plants. Most phenological studies, however, consider early phenological phases. Here, we...
View ArticleData from: Development of the neurons controlling fertility in humans: new...
Fertility in mammals is controlled by hypothalamic neurons that secrete gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH). These neurons differentiate in the olfactory placodes during embryogenesis and migrate...
View ArticleData from: Personality, plasticity, and resource defense
In many animal taxa, behavior varies both among individuals (animal ‘personalities’) and within individuals (‘plasticity’). Personality and plasticity may co-vary if individuals differ in...
View ArticleData from: Probabilistic divergence time estimation without branch lengths:...
Branch lengths – measured in character changes – are an essential requirement of clock-based divergence estimation, regardless of whether the fossil calibrations used represent nodes or tips. However,...
View ArticleData from: Has open data arrived at the British Medical Journal (BMJ)? – an...
Objective To quantify data sharing policy compliance at the BMJ by analysing the rate of data sharing practices, and investigate attitudes and examine barriers towards data sharing. Design...
View ArticleData from: Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in Western Australia carry...
Background: Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae is considered a precursor to pneumococcal diseases including pneumonia. As part of the Kalgoorlie Otitis Media Research Project, we characterised...
View ArticleData from: Brood size, telomere length and parent-offspring color signaling...
Trade-offs select for optimal allocation of resources among competing functions. Parents are selected to maximize production of viable offspring by balancing between progeny number and ‘quality’....
View ArticleData from: Nanoscopic imaging of thick heterogeneous soft-matter structures...
Precise nanometre-scale imaging of soft structures at room temperature poses a major challenge to any type of microscopy because fast thermal fluctuations lead to significant motion blur if the...
View ArticleData from: Adherence to the Tobacco Control Act, 2007: availability of...
Introduction: Despite extensive knowledge about effective tobacco control interventions, prevalence of tobacco use in many middle-and low-income countries continues to rise. In these countries, public...
View ArticleData from: Accumulation rates and sources of external nitrogen in decaying...
1. Microbial respiration in dead wood contributes substantially to the long-lived forest carbon (C) pool and has a significant role in the forest nitrogen (N) cycle. Wood N content has been found to...
View ArticleData from: Endure and call for help: strategies of black mustard plants to...
Plants have evolved inducible resistance and tolerance mechanisms against insect herbivores. Resistance mechanisms that affect herbivorous insects directly can be effective against generalist...
View ArticleData from: Does diet drive the evolution of head shape and bite force in...
1. The head is a complex integrated system that is implicated in many vital functions. As such its morphology is impacted by different and sometimes conflicting demands. Consequently, head shape varies...
View ArticleData from: Herbivore-specific induction of defence metabolites in a...
1. Plants have developed a variety of defence strategies against herbivores. One possible strategy is the induced production of metabolites following herbivore attack. Plant-associated microorganisms...
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