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Size-assortative mating and sexual size dimorphism are predictable from simple mechanics of mate-grasping behavior

open access: yesBMC Evolutionary Biology, 2010
Background A major challenge in evolutionary biology is to understand the typically complex interactions between diverse counter-balancing factors of Darwinian selection for size assortative mating and sexual size dimorphism.
Jablonski Piotr G   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Surprise Marketing

open access: yesPsychology &Marketing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Surprise marketing, characterized by unexpected tactics such as blind boxes and spontaneous discounts, captivates consumers by sparking curiosity and participation. Despite increasing industry use, scholarly research remains fragmented and limited.
Xin‐Jean Lim   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intergenerational Economic Mobility and Assortative Mating [PDF]

open access: yes
We use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and the British Household Panel Survey to estimate the extent of intergenerational economic mobility in a framework that highlights the role played by assortative mating.
John Ermisch   +2 more
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Can sexual selection and disassortative mating contribute to the maintenance of a shell color polymorphism in an intertidal marine snail?

open access: yesCurrent Zoology, 2012
Littorina fabalis is an intertidal snail commonly living on the brown algae Fucus vesiculosus and showing frequent shell-color polymorphisms in the wild. The evolutionary mechanism underlying this polymorphism is currently unknown.
E. ROLÁN-ALVAREZ, M.SAURA, A. P. DIZ, M. J. RIVAS, M. ALVAREZ, B. Cortés, A. de COO, D. ESTÉVEZ, L. IGLESIAS
doaj  

Engineering compact Physalis peruviana (goldenberry) to promote its potential as a global crop

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Goldenberry (Physalis peruviana) produces sweet, nutritionally rich berries, yet like many minor crops, is cultivated in limited geographical regions and has not been a focus of breeding programs for trait enhancement. Leveraging knowledge of plant architecture‐related traits from related species, we used CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated gene editing to generate a
Miguel Santo Domingo   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Speciation with gene flow

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Biodiversity is threatened by human activities, with extinction debt accumulating rapidly. Many of these activities change the connectivity of populations, fragmenting existing population systems or bringing previously isolated populations or species into contact.
Zhiqin Long   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) emergence patterns, survival, and injury in blended refuges and pure stands of short‐stature corn and tall corn

open access: yesPest Management Science, EarlyView.
Graphical Abstract Text: This study compared corn rootworm (Diabrotica spp.) emergence patterns and injury between short‐stature corn and tall corn to help inform corn rootworm management strategies in short‐stature corn Abstract BACKGROUND Short‐stature corn became commercially available in the United States in 2025 and has several desirable qualities
Devin L. Radosevich   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Changes in educational assortative mating in contemporary Spain [PDF]

open access: yes
This article analyses patterns and trends in educational assortative mating of the Spanish women born between 1920 and 1969 using data from the 2001 Spanish Census. By means of loglinear models we examine the following issues: i) intensity and changes in
Albert Esteve, Clara Cortina
core  

An ecological role for assortative mating under infection? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
ReviewThis is the final version of the article. Available from Springer Verlag via the DOI in this record.Wildlife diseases are emerging at a higher rate than ever before meaning that understanding their potential impacts is essential, especially for ...
Bayer-Wilfert, L   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Review on enhancing clinical decision support system using machine learning

open access: yesCAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Clinical decision‐making is a complex patient‐centred process. For an informed clinical decision, the input data is very thorough ranging from detailed family history, environmental history, social history, health‐risk assessments, and prior relevant medical cases.
Anum Masood   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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