Data from: Construction of a species-level tree-of-life for the insects and...
While comprehensive phylogenies have proven an invaluable tool in ecology and evolution, their construction is made increasingly challenging both by the scale and structure of publically available...
View ArticleData from: A large fraction of HLA class I ligands are proteasome-generated...
The proteasome generates the epitopes presented on human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I molecules that elicit CD8+ T cell responses. Reports of proteasome-generated spliced epitopes exist, but they...
View ArticleData from: Characterization of a male reproductive transcriptome for...
Rodents of the genus Peromyscus have become increasingly utilized models for investigations into adaptive biology. This genus is particularly powerful for research linking genetics with adaptive...
View ArticleData from: Ignoring spatial effects results in inadequate models for...
Studies focusing on the effects of spatial processes versus environmental filtering on aquatic metacommunities have so far been focused almost entirely on relatively isolated systems, such as sets of...
View ArticleData from: Anthropogenic transport of species across native ranges:...
Human activities are responsible for the translocation of vast amounts of organisms, altering natural patterns of dispersal and gene flow. Most research to date has focused on the consequences of...
View ArticleData from: The relative contribution of species richness and species...
The influence of species diversity on ecosystem functioning has been the subject of many experiments and remains a key question for ecology and conservation biology. However, the fact that diversity...
View ArticleData from: Climate forcing of an emerging pathogenic fungus across a montane...
Changes in the timings of seasonality as a result of anthropogenic climate change are predicted to occur over the coming decades. While this is expected to have widespread impacts on the dynamics of...
View ArticleData from: Phenotypic interactions between tree hosts and invasive forest...
Invasive pathogens can cause considerable damage to forest ecosystems. Lack of coevolution is generally thought to enable invasive pathogens to bypass the defence and/or recognition systems in the...
View ArticleData from: Waiting time to infectious disease emergence
Emerging diseases must make a transition from stuttering chains of transmission to sustained chains of transmission, but this critical transition need not coincide with the system becoming...
View ArticleData from: Timing of rapid diversification and convergent origins of active...
PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Yucca species are ideal candidates for the study of coevolution due to the obligate mutualism they form with yucca moth pollinators (genera Tegeticula and Parategeticula). Yuccas...
View ArticleData from: Factors essential for L,D-transpeptidase-mediated peptidoglycan...
The target of β-lactam antibiotics is the D,D-transpeptidase activity of penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) for synthesis of 4→3 cross-links in the peptidoglycan of bacterial cell walls. Unusual 3→3...
View ArticleData from: Multiple natural enemies cause distance-dependent mortality at the...
Specialised natural enemies maintain forest diversity by reducing tree survival in a density- or distance-dependent manner. Fungal pathogens, insects and mammals are the enemy types most commonly...
View ArticleData from: Anatomy of a cline: dissecting ANTI-predatory adaptations in a...
The scope of anti-predatory adaptation is expected to be greater in warm than in cold environments. High temperatures lower the costs associated with the production and maintenance of energetically...
View ArticleData from: Autosomal and X linked additive genetic variation for lifespan and...
Theory makes several predictions concerning differences in genetic variation between the X chromosome and the autosomes due to male X hemizygosity. The X chromosome should i) typically show relatively...
View ArticleData from: Little white lies: pericarp color provides insights into the...
Weedy rice is a conspecific form of cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.) that infests rice fields and results in severe crop losses. Weed strains in different world regions appear to have originated...
View ArticleData from: Fine-scale assessment of genetic diversity of trembling aspen in...
Background In North America, the last ice age is the most recent event with severe consequences on boreal species’ ranges. Phylogeographic patterns of range expansion in trembling aspen (Populus...
View ArticleData from: Staying close to home? Genetic differentiation of rough-toothed...
Rough-toothed dolphins have a worldwide tropical and subtropical distribution, yet little is known about the population structure and social organization of this typically open-ocean species. Although...
View ArticleData from: Patchy distribution and low effective population size raise...
Aim: Understanding carnivore distribution is important for management decisions that aim to restore naturally-regulated ecosystems and preserve biodiversity. Eastern Wolves, a species at risk in...
View ArticleData from: Comparative cranial myology and biomechanics of Plateosaurus and...
Sauropodomorpha represents an important group of Mesozoic megaherbivores, and includes the largest terrestrial animals ever known. It was the first dinosaur group to become abundant and widespread, and...
View ArticleData from: The structure and distribution of benthic communities on a shallow...
Partially owing to their isolation and remote distribution, research on seamounts is still in its infancy, with few comprehensive datasets and empirical evidence supporting or refuting prevailing...
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