Data from: TipDatingBeast: an R package to assist the implementation of...
Molecular tip-dating of phylogenetic trees is a growing discipline that uses DNA sequences sampled at different points in time to co-estimate the timing of evolutionary events with rates of molecular...
View ArticleData from: Genome scan reveals selection acting on genes linked to stress...
Uncovering genomic regions involved in adaption is a major goal in evolutionary biology. High throughput sequencing now makes it possible to tackle this challenge in non-model species. Yet, despite the...
View ArticleData from: Effects of soil resources on expression of a sexual conflict over...
While environmental factors strongly influence plant growth and reproduction, less is known about environmental effects on sexual selection and sexual conflict. In this study on mixed-mating Collinsia...
View ArticleData from: Radiating despite a lack of character: ecological divergence among...
Quantifying the relationship between form and function can inform use of morphology as a surrogate for ecology. How the strength of this relationship varies continentally can inform understanding of...
View ArticleData from: MC1R variants affect the expression of melanocortin and...
The melanocortin-1-receptor (MC1R) gene influences colouration by altering the expression of genes acting downstream in the melanin synthesis. MC1R belongs to the melanocortin system, a genetic network...
View ArticleData from: Temporal variation in habitat selection breaks the catch-22 of...
Predator avoidance depends on prey being able to discern how risk varies in space and time, but this is made considerably more complicated if risk is simultaneously present from multiple predators....
View ArticleData from: Infection reduces anti-predator behaviors in house finches
Infectious diseases can cause host mortality through direct or indirect mechanisms, including altered behavior. Diminished anti-predator behavior is among the most-studied causes of indirect mortality...
View ArticleData from: How the truffle got its mate: insights from genetic structure in...
The life cycles and dispersal of edible fungi are still poorly known, thus limiting our understanding of their evolution and domestication. The prized Tuber melanosporum produces fruitbodies (fleshy...
View ArticleData from: DNA barcodes of the native ray-finned fishes in Taiwan
Species identification based on the DNA sequence of a fragment of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene in the mitochondrial genome, DNA barcoding, is widely applied to assist in sustainable...
View ArticleData from: Maintenance of age in human neurons generated by microRNA-based...
Aging is a major risk factor in many forms of late-onset neurodegenerative disorders. The ability to recapitulate age-related characteristics of human neurons in culture will offer unprecedented...
View ArticleData from: Comparison of cerebral blood volume and plasma volume in untreated...
Purpose: Plasma volume and blood volume are imaging-derived parameters that are often used to evaluation intracranial tumors. Physiologically, these parameters are directly related, but their two...
View ArticleData from: Microclimate predicts within-season distribution dynamics of...
Aim Climate changes are anticipated to have pervasive negative effects on biodiversity and are expected to necessitate widespread range shifts or contractions. Such projections are based upon the...
View ArticleData from: Experimentally induced repeated anhydrobiosis in the eutardigrade...
Tardigrades represent one of the main animal groups with anhydrobiotic capacity at any stage of their life cycle. The ability of tardigrades to survive repeated cycles of anhydrobiosis has rarely been...
View ArticleData from: Woody plant biomass and carbon exchange depend on elephant-fire...
Elephants and fire are individually well-known disturbance agents within savanna ecosystems, but their interactive role in governing tree-cover dynamics and savanna-forest biome boundaries remain...
View ArticleData from: Invasion success in polyploids: the role of inbreeding in the...
1. As a consequence of founder effects, inbreeding can hamper colonization success: Firstly, in species with self-incompatibility controlled by an S-locus, inbreeding may decrease cross-compatibility,...
View ArticleData from: Effects of species diversity on fine root productivity increase...
There is a growing interest in understanding the relationship between diversity and below-ground productivity due to the critical contribution of below-ground systems to overall terrestrial...
View ArticleData from: Effects of nitrogen deposition on reproduction in a masting tree:...
Relatively little is known about the effects of anthropogenic environmental changes on reproductive ecology of trees. Yet, recruitment is a primary determinant of the long-term dynamics of plant...
View ArticleData from: Lineage diversification of fringe-toed lizards (Phrynosomatidae:...
Multi-locus nuclear DNA data were used to delimit species of fringe-toed lizards of the Uma notata complex, which are specialized for living in wind-blown sand habitats in the deserts of southwestern...
View ArticleData from: Effects of food abundance and early clutch predation on...
Climate change may influence the phenology of organisms unequally across trophic levels and thus lead to phenological mismatches between predators and prey. In cases where prey availability peaks...
View ArticleData from: Predictive modeling of ecological patterns along linear-feature...
1. Ecological patterns and processes often take place within linear-feature networks, and this has implications when analysing the spatial configuration of such patterns or processes across a...
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