Reviewers in 2023
Biol Lett. 2024 Mar;20(3):20240070. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0070. Epub 2024 Mar 27.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38531415 | PMC:PMC10965317 | DOI:10.1098/rsbl.2024.0070 (Source: Biology Letters)
Source: Biology Letters - March 26, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: David Beerling Source Type: research
The tolerance of a keystone ecosystem engineer to extreme heat stress is hampered by microplastic leachates
Biol Lett. 2024 Mar;20(3):20230457. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0457. Epub 2024 Mar 27.ABSTRACTPlastic pollution and ongoing climatic changes exert considerable pressure on coastal ecosystems. Unravelling the combined effects of these two threats is essential to management and conservation actions to reduce the overall environmental risks. We assessed the capacity of a coastal ecosystem engineer, the blue mussel Mytilus edulis, to cope with various levels of aerial heat stress (20, 25, 30 and 35°C) after an exposure to substances leached from beached and virgin low-density polyethylene pellets. Our results revealed a significa...
Source: Biology Letters - March 26, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Marine Uguen Sylvie M Gaudron Katy R Nicastro Gerardo I Zardi Nicolas Spilmont Sol ène Henry Laurent Seuront Source Type: research
Convergently evolved placental villi show multiscale structural adaptations to differential placental invasiveness
Biol Lett. 2024 Mar;20(3):20240016. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0016. Epub 2024 Mar 27.ABSTRACTDespite having a single evolutionary origin and conserved function, the mammalian placenta exhibits radical structural diversity. The evolutionary drivers and functional consequences of placental structural diversity are poorly understood. Humans and equids both display treelike placental villi, however these villi evolved independently and exhibit starkly different levels of invasiveness into maternal tissue (i.e. the number of maternal tissue layers between placental tissue and maternal blood). The villi in these species therefore s...
Source: Biology Letters - March 26, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Davis Laundon Bram G Sengers James Thompson Shelley E Harris Olivia Beasley Philip J Basford Orestis L Katsamenis Patricia Goggin Emilie Derisoud Diana Fanelli Carlotta Bocci Francesco Camillo Justine Shotton Georgina Constable-Dakeyne Neil J Gostling Pas Source Type: research
Functionally mediated cranial allometry evidenced in a genus of rock-wallabies
Biol Lett. 2024 Mar;20(3):20240045. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0045. Epub 2024 Mar 27.ABSTRACTIn assessments of skeletal variation, allometry (disproportionate change of shape with size) is often corrected to examine size-independent variation for hypotheses relating to function. However, size-related trade-offs in functional demands may themselves be an underestimated driver of mammalian cranial diversity. Here, we use geometric morphometrics alongside dental measurements to assess craniodental allometry in the rock-wallaby genus Petrogale (all 17 species, 370 individuals). We identified functional aspects of evolutionary all...
Source: Biology Letters - March 26, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: D Rex Mitchell Sally Potter Mark D B Eldridge Meg Martin Vera Weisbecker Source Type: research
Post-Cambrian survival of the tubicolous scalidophoran < em > Selkirkia < /em >
Biol Lett. 2024 Mar;20(3):20240042. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0042. Epub 2024 Mar 27.ABSTRACTScalidophoran worms represent common infaunal components of early and middle Cambrian Burgess Shale-type fossil biotas. Early scalidophorans resemble extant priapulids based on overall morphology, but the genus Selkirkia represents the earliest record of tube dwelling for the group. Despite its ubiquitous presence in exceptional marine deposits, whether the exclusively Cambrian occurrence of Selkirkia reflects its entire evolutionary history or is affected by taphonomic biases remains unresolved. Here, we demonstrate the post-Cambrian...
Source: Biology Letters - March 26, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Karma Nanglu Javier Ortega-Hern ández Source Type: research
Reviewers in 2023
Biol Lett. 2024 Mar;20(3):20240070. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0070. Epub 2024 Mar 27.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38531415 | PMC:PMC10965317 | DOI:10.1098/rsbl.2024.0070 (Source: Biology Letters)
Source: Biology Letters - March 26, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: David Beerling Source Type: research
The tolerance of a keystone ecosystem engineer to extreme heat stress is hampered by microplastic leachates
Biol Lett. 2024 Mar;20(3):20230457. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0457. Epub 2024 Mar 27.ABSTRACTPlastic pollution and ongoing climatic changes exert considerable pressure on coastal ecosystems. Unravelling the combined effects of these two threats is essential to management and conservation actions to reduce the overall environmental risks. We assessed the capacity of a coastal ecosystem engineer, the blue mussel Mytilus edulis, to cope with various levels of aerial heat stress (20, 25, 30 and 35°C) after an exposure to substances leached from beached and virgin low-density polyethylene pellets. Our results revealed a significa...
Source: Biology Letters - March 26, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Marine Uguen Sylvie M Gaudron Katy R Nicastro Gerardo I Zardi Nicolas Spilmont Sol ène Henry Laurent Seuront Source Type: research
Convergently evolved placental villi show multiscale structural adaptations to differential placental invasiveness
Biol Lett. 2024 Mar;20(3):20240016. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0016. Epub 2024 Mar 27.ABSTRACTDespite having a single evolutionary origin and conserved function, the mammalian placenta exhibits radical structural diversity. The evolutionary drivers and functional consequences of placental structural diversity are poorly understood. Humans and equids both display treelike placental villi, however these villi evolved independently and exhibit starkly different levels of invasiveness into maternal tissue (i.e. the number of maternal tissue layers between placental tissue and maternal blood). The villi in these species therefore s...
Source: Biology Letters - March 26, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Davis Laundon Bram G Sengers James Thompson Shelley E Harris Olivia Beasley Philip J Basford Orestis L Katsamenis Patricia Goggin Emilie Derisoud Diana Fanelli Carlotta Bocci Francesco Camillo Justine Shotton Georgina Constable-Dakeyne Neil J Gostling Pas Source Type: research
Functionally mediated cranial allometry evidenced in a genus of rock-wallabies
Biol Lett. 2024 Mar;20(3):20240045. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0045. Epub 2024 Mar 27.ABSTRACTIn assessments of skeletal variation, allometry (disproportionate change of shape with size) is often corrected to examine size-independent variation for hypotheses relating to function. However, size-related trade-offs in functional demands may themselves be an underestimated driver of mammalian cranial diversity. Here, we use geometric morphometrics alongside dental measurements to assess craniodental allometry in the rock-wallaby genus Petrogale (all 17 species, 370 individuals). We identified functional aspects of evolutionary all...
Source: Biology Letters - March 26, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: D Rex Mitchell Sally Potter Mark D B Eldridge Meg Martin Vera Weisbecker Source Type: research
Post-Cambrian survival of the tubicolous scalidophoran < em > Selkirkia < /em >
Biol Lett. 2024 Mar;20(3):20240042. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0042. Epub 2024 Mar 27.ABSTRACTScalidophoran worms represent common infaunal components of early and middle Cambrian Burgess Shale-type fossil biotas. Early scalidophorans resemble extant priapulids based on overall morphology, but the genus Selkirkia represents the earliest record of tube dwelling for the group. Despite its ubiquitous presence in exceptional marine deposits, whether the exclusively Cambrian occurrence of Selkirkia reflects its entire evolutionary history or is affected by taphonomic biases remains unresolved. Here, we demonstrate the post-Cambrian...
Source: Biology Letters - March 26, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Karma Nanglu Javier Ortega-Hern ández Source Type: research
Reviewers in 2023
Biol Lett. 2024 Mar;20(3):20240070. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0070. Epub 2024 Mar 27.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38531415 | PMC:PMC10965317 | DOI:10.1098/rsbl.2024.0070 (Source: Biology Letters)
Source: Biology Letters - March 26, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: David Beerling Source Type: research
The tolerance of a keystone ecosystem engineer to extreme heat stress is hampered by microplastic leachates
Biol Lett. 2024 Mar;20(3):20230457. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0457. Epub 2024 Mar 27.ABSTRACTPlastic pollution and ongoing climatic changes exert considerable pressure on coastal ecosystems. Unravelling the combined effects of these two threats is essential to management and conservation actions to reduce the overall environmental risks. We assessed the capacity of a coastal ecosystem engineer, the blue mussel Mytilus edulis, to cope with various levels of aerial heat stress (20, 25, 30 and 35°C) after an exposure to substances leached from beached and virgin low-density polyethylene pellets. Our results revealed a significa...
Source: Biology Letters - March 26, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Marine Uguen Sylvie M Gaudron Katy R Nicastro Gerardo I Zardi Nicolas Spilmont Sol ène Henry Laurent Seuront Source Type: research
Convergently evolved placental villi show multiscale structural adaptations to differential placental invasiveness
Biol Lett. 2024 Mar;20(3):20240016. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0016. Epub 2024 Mar 27.ABSTRACTDespite having a single evolutionary origin and conserved function, the mammalian placenta exhibits radical structural diversity. The evolutionary drivers and functional consequences of placental structural diversity are poorly understood. Humans and equids both display treelike placental villi, however these villi evolved independently and exhibit starkly different levels of invasiveness into maternal tissue (i.e. the number of maternal tissue layers between placental tissue and maternal blood). The villi in these species therefore s...
Source: Biology Letters - March 26, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Davis Laundon Bram G Sengers James Thompson Shelley E Harris Olivia Beasley Philip J Basford Orestis L Katsamenis Patricia Goggin Emilie Derisoud Diana Fanelli Carlotta Bocci Francesco Camillo Justine Shotton Georgina Constable-Dakeyne Neil J Gostling Pas Source Type: research
Functionally mediated cranial allometry evidenced in a genus of rock-wallabies
Biol Lett. 2024 Mar;20(3):20240045. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0045. Epub 2024 Mar 27.ABSTRACTIn assessments of skeletal variation, allometry (disproportionate change of shape with size) is often corrected to examine size-independent variation for hypotheses relating to function. However, size-related trade-offs in functional demands may themselves be an underestimated driver of mammalian cranial diversity. Here, we use geometric morphometrics alongside dental measurements to assess craniodental allometry in the rock-wallaby genus Petrogale (all 17 species, 370 individuals). We identified functional aspects of evolutionary all...
Source: Biology Letters - March 26, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: D Rex Mitchell Sally Potter Mark D B Eldridge Meg Martin Vera Weisbecker Source Type: research
Post-Cambrian survival of the tubicolous scalidophoran < em > Selkirkia < /em >
Biol Lett. 2024 Mar;20(3):20240042. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0042. Epub 2024 Mar 27.ABSTRACTScalidophoran worms represent common infaunal components of early and middle Cambrian Burgess Shale-type fossil biotas. Early scalidophorans resemble extant priapulids based on overall morphology, but the genus Selkirkia represents the earliest record of tube dwelling for the group. Despite its ubiquitous presence in exceptional marine deposits, whether the exclusively Cambrian occurrence of Selkirkia reflects its entire evolutionary history or is affected by taphonomic biases remains unresolved. Here, we demonstrate the post-Cambrian...
Source: Biology Letters - March 26, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Karma Nanglu Javier Ortega-Hern ández Source Type: research
