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The evolutionary ecology of the Lygaeidae [PDF]

, 2014
ERB-S was supported by a Natural Environmental Research Council PhD studentship.The Lygaeidae (sensu lato) are a highly successful family of true bugs found worldwide, yet many aspects of their ecology and evolution remain obscure or unknown. While a few
Burdfield-Steel, Emily R., David M. Shuker, Emily R. Burdfield‐Steel, Shuker, David M.   +3 more
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Comparative analysis of morabine grasshopper genomes reveals highly abundant transposable elements and rapidly proliferating satellite DNA repeats

BMC Biology, 2020
Background Repetitive DNA sequences, including transposable elements (TEs) and tandemly repeated satellite DNA (satDNAs), collectively called the “repeatome”, are found in high proportion in organisms across the Tree of Life.
Octavio M. Palacios-Gimenez, Julia Koelman, Marc Palmada-Flores, Tessa M. Bradford, Karl K. Jones, Steven J. B. Cooper, Takeshi Kawakami, Alexander Suh   +7 more
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Capturing genetic variation in crop wild relatives: An evolutionary approach [PDF]

, 2022
Crop wild relatives (CWRs) offer novel genetic resources for crop improvement. To assist in the urgent need to collect and conserve CWR germplasm, we advance here the concept of an “evolutionary” approach.
Paul A. Egan, Anne Muola, Johan A. Stenberg   +2 more
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Floral traits are associated with the quality but not quantity of heterospecific stigmatic pollen loads

BMC Ecology, 2020
Background In flowering communities, plant species commonly share pollinators and therefore plant individuals receive heterospecific pollen (HP). However, the patterns of HP transfers can deviate from patterns of plant-pollinator visitations.
Manon A. Peuker, Hannah Burger, Sabrina Krausch, Ulrich Neumüller, Manfred Ayasse, Jonas Kuppler   +5 more
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Predation affects body shape in the knife livebearer Alfaro cultratus (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae)

Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Livebearing fishes are a common model for studying the effects of predation on prey biology. Numerous studies have found differences in life history, sexual selection, behavior, and morphology between populations of the same species that co‐occur with ...
Diego A. Ardon, Kaitlyn B. Golden, Trevor J. Williams, Mark C. Belk, Jerald B. Johnson   +4 more
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Growth factor gene IGF1 is associated with bill size in the black-bellied seedcracker Pyrenestes ostrinus

Nature Communications, 2018
Pyrenestes finches have a bill size polymorphism thought to be maintained by disruptive selection. Here, the authors identify a single candidate region, including insulin-like growth factor 1, differentiating small and large bill size morphs and a wider ...
Bridgett M. vonHoldt, Rebecca Y. Kartzinel, Christian D. Huber, Vinh Le Underwood, Ying Zhen, Kristen Ruegg, Kirk E. Lohmueller, Thomas B. Smith   +7 more
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Hybridization due to changing species distributions: adding problems or solutions to conservation of biodiversity during global change? [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Due to increasing global change, the rate of hybridization seems to be increasing.Question: Is hybridization adding problems or solutions to the effects of global change on biodiversity?Methods: We divided ourselves into two independent ...
Woodward, Guy (author), Edelaar, Pim (author), Brennan, Adrian C. (author), Moritz, Craig (author), Guelmami, Anis (author), Abbott, Richard J. (author), Muñoz-Fuentes, Violeta (author), Seehausen, Ole (author)   +7 more
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Design-based learning for a sustainable future: student outcomes resulting from a biomimicry curriculum in an evolution course

Evolution: Education and Outreach, 2020
Background National institutes and education initiatives emphasize the need to prepare future biologists to apply discoveries in science towards solving problems that are both social and scientific in nature. Research from socio-scientific, design-based,
Erin Fried, Andrew Martin, Alexa Esler, Antoine Tran, Lisa Corwin   +4 more
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Evolutionary ecology of hares (Lepus spp.) from northwest Africa: the existence of cryptic species and description of a new species (Lepus saharae sp. nov.) [PDF]

, 2019
Objective: We examine the different pressures that lead to the occurrence of new species and thus to their phylogenies. From an evolutionary ecology perspective, we examine the phylogenetic relationships of different lineages, as well as the evolutionary
Donat-Torres, Maria Pilar, Rguibi-Idrisi, Hamid, Urios, Vicente, Soria-Boix, Carmen   +3 more
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The microbiome extends host evolutionary potential

Nature Communications, 2021
The microbiome is becoming recognized as a key determinant of host phenotype. Here, Henry et al. present a framework for building our understanding of how the microbiome also influences host evolution, review empirical examples and research approaches ...
Lucas P. Henry, Marjolein Bruijning, Simon K. G. Forsberg, Julien F. Ayroles   +3 more
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