Limitations of eDNA analysis for Carcinus maenas abundance estimations
Environmental DNA (eDNA) is an effective tool for the detection and monitoring of presence or absence of rare and invasive species. These techniques have been extended to quantify biomass in vertebrates, parti... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - February 7, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Ariella M. Danziger, Zachary H. Olson and Markus Frederich Tags: Research Source Type: research
Context dependent variation in corticosterone and phenotypic divergence of Rana arvalis populations along an acidification gradient
Physiological processes, as immediate responses to the environment, are important mechanisms of phenotypic plasticity and can influence evolution at ecological time scales. In stressful environments, physiolog... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - February 5, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Mausbach Jelena, Laurila Anssi and R äsänen Katja Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Spatio-temporal variation of bacterioplankton community structure in the Pearl River: impacts of artificial fishery habitat and physicochemical factors
Artificial fishery habitat has been widely used in fishery resource protection and water habitat restoration. Although the bacterioplankton plays an important ecological role in fisheries ecosystems, the effec... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - February 3, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Sheng Bi, Han Lai, Dingli Guo, Xuange Liu, Gongpei Wang, Xiaoli Chen, Shuang Liu, Huadong Yi, Yuqin Su and Guifeng Li Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Molecular evolution of hatching enzymes and their paralogous genes in vertebrates
Hatching is identified as one of the most important events in the reproduction of oviparous vertebrates. The genes for hatching enzymes, which are vital in the hatching process, are conserved among vertebrates... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - February 2, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Tatsuki Nagasawa, Mari Kawaguchi, Kohki Nishi and Shigeki Yasumasu Tags: Research Source Type: research
Environmental differences explain subtle yet detectable genetic structure in a widespread pollinator
The environment is a strong driver of genetic structure in many natural populations, yet often neglected in population genetic studies. This may be a particular problem in vagile species, where subtle structur... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - February 1, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Marcel Gl ück, Julia C. Geue and Henri A. Thomassen Tags: Research Source Type: research
Long-term individualized monitoring of sympatric bat species reveals distinct species- and demographic differences in hibernation phenology
Hibernation allows species to conserve energy and thereby bridge unfavorable environmental conditions. At the same time, hibernation imposes substantial ecological and physiological costs. Understanding how hi... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - January 28, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Frauke Meier, Leo Grosche, Christine Reusch, Volker Runkel, Jaap van Schaik and Gerald Kerth Tags: Research Source Type: research
Tree regeneration characteristics in limestone forests of the Cat Ba National Park, Vietnam
This study investigated forest regeneration dyna... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - January 15, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Van Vien Pham, Christian Ammer, Peter Annigh öfer and Steffi Heinrichs Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Toward an understanding of the chemical ecology of alternative reproductive tactics in the bulb mite (Rhizoglyphus robini)
Under strong sexual selection, certain species evolve distinct intrasexual, alternative reproductive tactics (ARTs). In many cases, ARTs can be viewed as environmentally-cued threshold traits, such that ARTs c... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - January 8, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Adam N. Zeeman, Isabel M. Smallegange, Emily Burdfield Steel, Astrid T. Groot and Kathryn A. Stewart Tags: Research article Source Type: research
The evolution of insect visual opsin genes with specific consideration of the influence of ocelli and life history traits
Visual opsins are expressed in the compound eyes and ocelli of insects and enable light detection. Three distinct phylogenetic groups of visual opsins are found in insects, named long (LW), short (SW) and ultr... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - January 7, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Quentin Guignard, Jeremy D. Allison and Bernard Slippers Tags: Research Source Type: research
Cardiac physiology and metabolic gene expression during late organogenesis among F. heteroclitus embryo families from crosses between pollution-sensitive and -resistant parents
The teleost fish Fundulus heteroclitus inhabit estuaries heavily polluted with persistent and bioaccumulative chemicals. While embryos of parents from polluted sites are remarkably resistant to toxic sediment and... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - January 7, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Goran Bozinovic, Zuying Feng, Damian Shea and Marjorie F. Oleksiak Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Relationships between male secondary sexual traits, physiological state and offspring viability in the three-spined stickleback
Sexual signals produced by males play a central role in sexual selection, but the relationship between these traits and the quality of the bearer are often ambiguous. Secondary sexual traits may represent gene... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - January 7, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Violette Chiara, Alberto Velando and Sin-Yeon Kim Tags: Research Source Type: research
Woody species composition and community types of Hangadi Watershed, Guji Zone, Ethiopia
This study was conducted to investigate compositio... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - December 28, 2021 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Berhanu Tamiru, Teshome Soromessa, Bikila Warkineh, Gudina Legesse and Merga Belina Tags: Research Source Type: research
Transcriptomics provides a robust framework for the relationships of the major clades of cladobranch sea slugs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia), but fails to resolve the position of the enigmatic genus Embletonia
The soft-bodied cladobranch sea slugs represent roughly half of the biodiversity of marine nudibranch molluscs on the planet. Despite their global distribution from shallow waters to the deep sea, from tropica... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - December 28, 2021 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Dario Karmeinski, Karen Meusemann, Jessica A. Goodheart, Michael Schroedl, Alexander Martynov, Tatiana Korshunova, Heike W ägele and Alexander Donath Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Extensive loss of Wnt genes in Tardigrada
Wnt genes code for ligands that activate signaling pathways during development in Metazoa. Through the canonical Wnt (cWnt) signaling pathway, these genes regulate important processes in bilaterian development... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - December 27, 2021 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Raul A. Chavarria, Mandy Game, Briana Arbelaez, Chloe Ramnarine, Zachary K. Snow and Frank W. Smith Tags: Research Source Type: research
Occasional long-distance dispersal may not prevent inbreeding in a threatened butterfly
To set up successful conservation measures, detailed knowledge on the dispersal and colonization capacities of the focal species and connectivity between populations is of high relevance. We developed species-... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - December 27, 2021 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Annelore De Ro, An Vanden Broeck, Leen Verschaeve, Ilf Jacobs, Filiep T ’Jollyn, Hans Van Dyck and Dirk Maes Tags: Research Source Type: research
