Data from: Local context drives infection of grasses by vector-borne...
Host characteristics commonly determine infection risk, but infection can also be mediated by regional- or local-scale variation in the biotic and abiotic environment. Experiments can clarify the...
View ArticleData from: Effects of divergent migratory strategies on access to resources...
Populations of large herbivores frequently display divergent migratory strategies, a likely consequence of the trade-off between the costs and benefits of migration. Globally, physical and...
View ArticleData from: Hidden diversity within the lizard genus Liolaemus: genetic vs...
Currently, Liolaemus is the second most species-rich reptile genus in the world (257 species), and predictions of its real diversity suggest that it may be the most diverse genus. Originally, Liolaemus...
View ArticleData from: Phylogenomic analysis of yellowjackets and hornets (Hymenoptera:...
The phylogenetic relationships among genera of the subfamily Vespinae (yellowjackets and hornets) remain unclear. Yellowjackets and hornets constitute one of the only two lineages of highly eusocial...
View ArticleData from: On fitness and partial migration in a large herbivore – migratory...
Partially migratory populations comprise both resident and migratory individuals. These tactics may coexist if their demographic contribution to future generations (i.e. fitness) are equal or vary...
View ArticleData from: Matrix context and patch quality jointly determine diversity in a...
The biodiversity of a habitat patch is predicted to be driven in part by interactions between patch quality and landscape context (i.e., type of regional matrix), but these interactions are rarely...
View ArticleData from: Assessing polar bear (Ursus maritimus) population structure in the...
Defining subpopulations using genetics has traditionally used data from microsatellite markers to investigate population structure; however, single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have emerged as a...
View ArticleData from: Whole-chloroplast analysis as an approach for fine-tuning the...
The critically endangered Wollemia nobilis W.G. Jones, K.D. Hill & J.M. Allen is endemic to Wollemi National Park north of Sydney (Australia). All known wild individuals are restricted to four...
View ArticleData from: Temporal genetic stability in natural populations of the waterflea...
Studies monitoring changes in genetic diversity and composition through time allow a unique understanding of evolutionary dynamics and persistence of natural populations. However, such studies are...
View ArticleData from: Consequences of sibling rivalry across life in a passerine bird
Many studies have assessed the costs of sibling rivalry in systems where offspring always have competitors, but conclusions about sibling rivalry in these species are restricted to interpreting the...
View ArticleData from: Do macrophylogenies yield stable macroevolutionary inferences? an...
Advances in the generation, retrieval and analysis of phylogenetic data have enabled researchers to create phylogenies that contain many thousands of taxa. These "macrophylogenies" – large trees that...
View ArticleData from: DNA barcoding of tuberous Orchidoideae: a resource for...
Tubers of terrestrial orchids are harvested and traded from the eastern Mediterranean to the Caspian Sea for the traditional product Salep. Over-exploitation of wild populations and increased...
View ArticleData from: Draft assembly of elite inbred line PH207 provides insights into...
Intense artificial selection over the last 100 years has produced elite maize (Zea mays) inbred lines that combine to produce high-yielding hybrids. To further our understanding of how genome and...
View ArticleData from: A computational method for sharp interface advection
We devise a numerical method for passive advection of a surface, such as the interface between two incompressible fluids, across a computational mesh. The method is called isoAdvector, and is developed...
View ArticleData from: A REFUGEE CAMP IN THE CENTER OF EUROPE: CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS...
Background In the summer of 2015, the exodus of Syrian war refugees and saturation of refugee camps in neighboring countries led to the influx of asylum-seekers in European countries, including...
View ArticleData from: Pinpointing genes underlying annual/perennial transitions with...
Background Transitions between perennial and an annual life history occur often in plant lineages, but the genes that control whether a plant is an annual or perennial are largely unknown. To identify...
View ArticleData from: Toxin-resistant isoforms of Na+/K+-ATPase in snakes do not closely...
Toads are chemically defended by bufadienolides, a class of cardiotonic steroids that exert toxic effects by binding to and disabling the Na+/K+-ATPases of cell membranes. Some predators, including a...
View ArticleData from: Postural stability margins as a function of support surface slopes
This investigation examined the effects of slope of the surface of support (35°, 30°, 20°, 10° Facing(Toe) Down, 0° Flat and 10°, 20°, 25° Facing (Toe) Up) and postural orientation on the margins of...
View ArticleData from: Strategic use of affiliative vocalizations by wild female baboons
Although vocal production in non-human primates is highly constrained, individuals appear to have some control over whether to call or remain silent. We investigated how contextual factors affect the...
View ArticleData from: De novo transcriptome assembly and polymorphism detection in two...
This article reports the de novo transcriptomes of two highly divergent evolutionary units of the Iberian endemic Bosca’s newt, Lissotriton boscai. These two units are distributed allopatrically but...
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