Modeling the effect of grazing on carbon and water use efficiencies in grasslands on the Qinghai –Tibet Plateau
Carbon and water use efficiencies (CUE and WUE, respectively) are vital indicators of the adaptability of plants to environmental conditions. However, the effects of grazing and climate change on the spatiotem... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - February 27, 2024 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Xiaotao Huang, Geping Luo, Zhen Ma, Buqing Yao, Yangong Du and Yongsheng Yang Tags: Research Source Type: research
Lateral line system diversification during the early stages of ecological speciation in cichlid fish
The mechanosensory lateral line system is an important sensory modality in fishes, informing multiple behaviours related to survival including finding food and navigating in dark environments. Given its ecolog... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - February 20, 2024 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Duncan E. Edgley, Madeleine Carruthers, Nestory P. Gabagambi, Andrew D. Saxon, Alan M. Smith, Domino A. Joyce, Gr égoire Vernaz, M. Emília Santos, George F. Turner and Martin J. Genner Tags: Research Source Type: research
The natural and human-mediated expansion of a human-commensal lizard into the fringes of Southeast Asia
Human-commensal species often display deep ancestral genetic structure within their native range and founder-effects and/or evidence of multiple introductions and admixture in newly established areas. We inves... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - February 20, 2024 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Benjamin R. Karin, Michael Lough-Stevens, Te-En Lin, Sean B. Reilly, Anthony J. Barley, Indraneil Das, Djoko T. Iskandar, Evy Arida, Todd R. Jackman, Jimmy A. McGuire and Aaron M. Bauer Tags: Research Source Type: research
Linking morphology, performance, and habitat utilization: adaptation across biologically relevant ‘levels’ in tamarins
Biological adaptation manifests itself at the interface of different biologically relevant ‘levels’, such as ecology, performance, and morphology. Integrated studies at this interface are scarce due to practic... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - February 14, 2024 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Patricia Berles, Jan W ölfer, Fabio Alfieri, Léo Botton-Divet, Jean-Pascal Guéry and John A. Nyakatura Tags: Research Source Type: research
Correction: Ecological and phylogenetic aspects of the spring diet of three palaearctic species of swans
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Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - February 14, 2024 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Sergei A. Kouzov, Anna V. Kravchuk, Elena M. Koptseva, Yulia I. Gubelit, Elmira M. Zaynagutdinova and Evgeny V. Abakumov Tags: Correction Source Type: research
Heterogeneity in maternal mRNAs within clutches of eggs in response to thermal stress during the embryonic stage
The origin of variation is of central interest in evolutionary biology. Maternal mRNAs govern early embryogenesis in many animal species, and we investigated the possibility that heterogeneity in maternal mRNA... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - February 12, 2024 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Atsuko Sato, Yukie Mihirogi, Christine Wood, Yutaka Suzuki, Manuela Truebano and John Bishop Tags: Research Source Type: research
A juvenile bird with possible crown-group affinities from a dinosaur-rich Cretaceous ecosystem in North America
Living birds comprise the most speciose and anatomically diverse clade of flying vertebrates, but their poor early fossil record and the lack of resolution around the relationships of the major clades have gre... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - February 9, 2024 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Chase Doran Brownstein Tags: Research Source Type: research
Phylogeography and phenotypic wing shape variation in a damselfly across populations in Europe
Describing geographical variation in morphology of organisms in combination with data on genetic differentiation and biogeography can provide important information on how natural selection shapes such variatio... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - February 3, 2024 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Y. Yildirim, D. Kristensson, D. Outomuro, D. Mikolajewski, P. R ödin Mörch, S. Sniegula and F. Johansson Tags: Research Source Type: research
Ecological and phylogenetic aspects of the spring diet of three palaearctic species of swans
The quality of swans' nutrition at spring migration stopovers is important for their successful breeding. It is of great interest to study the differences in nutrition of different swan species when sharing th... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - February 2, 2024 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Sergei A. Kouzov, Anna V. Kravchuk, Elena M. Koptseva, Yulia I. Gubelit, Elmira M. Zaynagutdinova and Evgeny V. Abakumov Tags: Research Source Type: research
Higher evolutionary dynamics of gene copy number for Drosophila glue genes located near short repeat sequences
During evolution, genes can experience duplications, losses, inversions and gene conversions. Why certain genes are more dynamic than others is poorly understood. Here we examine how several Sgs genes encoding gl... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - February 2, 2024 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Manon Monier, Isabelle Nuez, Flora Borne and Virginie Courtier-Orgogozo Tags: Research Source Type: research
Mitochondrial genomes provide insights into the Euholognatha (Insecta: Plecoptera)
Euholognatha is a monophyletic group within stoneflies comprised by a superfamily Nemouroidea and a family Scopuridae. Based on morphological data, the family-level phylogenetic relationships within Euholognat... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - February 1, 2024 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Jin-Jun Cao, Ying Wang, D ávid Murányi, Jian-Xin Cui and Wei-Hai Li Tags: Research Source Type: research
New information on paleopathologies in non-avian theropod dinosaurs: a case study on South American abelisaurids
Studies on pathological fossil bones have allowed improving the knowledge of physiology and ecology, and consequently the life history of extinct organisms. Among extinct vertebrates, non-avian dinosaurs have ... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - January 31, 2024 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Mattia A. Baiano, Ignacio A. Cerda, Filippo Bertozzo and Diego Pol Tags: Research Source Type: research
Parallels of quantum superposition in ecological models: from counterintuitive patterns to eco-evolutionary interpretations of cryptic species
Superposition, i.e. the ability of a particle (electron, photon) to occur in different states or positions simultaneously, is a hallmark in the subatomic world of quantum mechanics. Although counterintuitive a... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - January 30, 2024 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: David G. Angeler and Hannah B. Fried-Petersen Tags: Research Source Type: research
Comparative genomic analyses provide new insights into evolutionary history and conservation genomics of gorillas
Genome sequencing is a powerful tool to understand species evolutionary history, uncover genes under selection, which could be informative of local adaptation, and infer measures of genetic diversity, inbreedi... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - January 26, 2024 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Tom van der Valk, Axel Jensen, Damien Caillaud and Katerina Guschanski Tags: Research Source Type: research
Colony level fitness analysis identifies a trade-off between population growth rate and dauer yield in Caenorhabditis elegans
In the evolution from unicellular to multicellular life forms, natural selection favored reduced cell proliferation and even programmed cell death if this increased organismal fitness. Could reduced individual... (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology)
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - January 25, 2024 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Hannah Chapman, Kuei Ching Hsiung, Isadora Rawlinson, Evgeniy R. Galimov and David Gems Tags: Research Source Type: research
