Data from: Multi-locus sequence data illuminate demographic drivers of...
Background: During the Pleistocene, shifts of species distributions and their isolation in disjunct refugia led to varied outcomes in how taxa diversified. Some species diverged, others did not. Here,...
View ArticleData from: Task-switching is associated with temporal delays in Temnothorax...
The major evolutionary transitions often result in reorganization of biological systems, and a component of such reorganization is that individuals within the system specialize on performing certain...
View ArticleData from: Time to extinction in deteriorating environments
Habitat degradation and destruction are the predominant drivers of population extinction, but there is little theory to guide the analysis of population viability in deteriorating environments. To...
View ArticleData from: Senegal flapshell turtle (Cyclanorbis senegalensis) in Ethiopia...
Based on DNA sequences derived from two hatchlings from the Alwero river, Gambela Region, Cyclanorbis senegalensis is recorded for the first time for western Ethiopia. Previously published DNA...
View ArticleData from: Seedling recruitment in subalpine grassland forbs: predicting...
Environmental cueing that restricts seed germination onto times and places where mortality risk is relatively low may have considerable selective advantage. The predictive power of lab germination...
View ArticleData from: Dissection of signaling modalities and courtship timing reveals a...
Courtship signalling, necessary for the recognition of potential mates, is often complex, using many modalities with multiple components. Drosophila courtship comprises chemical, tactile, visual and...
View ArticleData from: Population connectivity and phylogeography of the Mediterranean...
The genetic structure and population connectivity of the Mediterranean endemic speckled skate Raja polystigma were investigated in 10 population samples (N = 232) at 7 exon-primed nuclear...
View ArticleData from: Fossil evidence of the avian vocal organ from the Mesozoic
From complex songs to simple honks, birds produce sounds using a unique vocal organ called the syrinx1, 2. Located close to the heart at the tracheobronchial junction, vocal folds or membranes attached...
View ArticleData from: A cost efficient and simple protocol to enrich prey DNA from...
Molecular analysis of predator gut content is a popular tool to uncover food web structure and has greatly profited from the emergence of next-generation sequencing technology. However, the molecular...
View ArticleData from: Drop spreading with random viscosity
We examine theoretically the spreading of a viscous liquid drop over a thin film of uniform thickness, assuming the liquid’s viscosity is regulated by the concentration of a solute that is carried...
View ArticleData from: Symmetry-breaking phase transitions in highly concentrated semen
New experimental evidence of self-motion of a confined active suspension is presented. Depositing fresh semen sample in an annular shaped microfluidic chip leads to a spontaneous vortex state of the...
View ArticleData from: Insecticide resistance mediated by an exon skipping event
Many genes increase coding capacity by alternate exon usage. The gene encoding the insect nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) α6 subunit, target of the bio-insecticide spinosad, is one example of...
View ArticleData from: Spatio-temporal genetic structure and the effects of long-term...
Environmental gradients have been shown to disrupt gene flow in marine species, yet their influence in structuring populations at depth remains poorly understood. The Cape hakes (Merluccius paradoxus...
View ArticleData from: Influence of plant-pollinator interactions on the assembly of...
Understanding how ecological processes structure species assemblages is a central issue in community ecology. While the influence of plant-pollinator interactions on each other's evolution is well...
View ArticleData from: Ecological and genetic determinants of plasmid distribution in...
Bacterial plasmids are important carriers of virulence and antibiotic resistance genes. Nevertheless, we know little of the determinants of plasmid distribution in bacterial populations. Here we...
View ArticleData from: Multispecies genetic structure and hybridization in the Betula...
Boreal and cool temperate forests are the major land cover of Northern Eurasia and information about continental-scale genetic structure and past demographic history of species is obviously important...
View ArticleData from: The influence of locus number and information content on species...
Perhaps the most important recent advance in species delimitation has been the development of model-based approaches to objectively diagnose species diversity from genetic data. Additionally, the...
View ArticleData from: Forty years of seagrass population stability and resilience in an...
Coasts and estuaries contain among the most productive and ecologically important habitats in the world and face intense pressure from current and projected human activities, including coastal...
View ArticleData from: Community assembly and drivers of phytoplankton functional structure
1. We analysed the functional composition of coastal phytoplankton communities (n=7941) along the gradient from marine to brackish waters of the Baltic Sea, using species-specific morphological and...
View ArticleData from: Linear reaction norms of thermal limits in Drosophila: predictable...
1. Thermal limits of ectotherms have been studied extensively and are believed to be evolutionary constrained, leaving ectotherms at risk under future climate change. Phenotypic plasticity may extend...
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