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Quantitative analysis of macroevolutionary patterning in technological evolution: Bicycle design from 1800 to 2000 [PDF]

, 2009
Book description: This volume offers an integrative approach to the application of evolutionary theory in studies of cultural transmission and social evolution and reveals the enormous range of ways in which Darwinian ideas can lead to productive ...
Lake, MW, Venti, J
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Evolutionary Ecology of Prokaryotic Immune Mechanisms. [PDF]

, 2016
Published onlineJournal ArticleReviewBacteria have a range of distinct immune strategies that provide protection against bacteriophage (phage) infections.
Agrawal A, Benson N, Blower TR, Champness WC, Erni B, Esquinas-Rychen M, Hershey AD, Kahmann R, Lenski RE, Mochizuki A, Nordstro K, Sharp PM, Smith HW, Tollrian R, Tyson GW, Weitz J   +15 more
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Intrabandgap States Engineering in Functionalized Nanodiamond to Generate Solvated Electrons for Photocatalysis Under Solar Illumination

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The negative electron affinity of diamond allows to emit highly reductive electrons. By introducing intra‐bandgap states and an optimized electron transfer mechanism by surface functionalization with Ru(bpy)3, the formation of solvated electrons is achieved upon solar irradiation.
Benjamin Kiendl, Arsène Chemin, Adam H. Day, Rocio B. Rodriguez, Sneha Choudhury, Franziska Buchner, Kaan Atak, Christoph Merschjann, Emina Hadzifejzovic, Tim D. W. Claridge, Karin Larsson, Amélie Venerosy, Mailis M. Lounasvuori, Natalia Zabarska, Boyan Iliev, Thomas J. S. Schubert, Hugues A. Girard, Jean‐Charles Arnault, John S. Foord, Tristan Petit, Anke Krueger   +20 more
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Novel Megaptera novaeangliae (Humpback whale) haplotype chromosome-level reference genome

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The sequencing of a kidney sample (KW2013002) from a stranded Megaptera novaeangliae (Humpback whale) calf is the first chromosome-level reference genome for this species1.
Maria-Vittoria Carminati, Vlonjat Lonnie Gashi, Ruiqi Li, Daniel Jacob Klee, Sara Rose Padula, Ajay Manish Patel, Andy Dick Yee Tan, Jacqueline Mattos, Nolan Kane   +8 more
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Chance promoter activities illuminate the origins of eukaryotic intergenic transcriptions

Nature Communications, 2023
It is debated whether the pervasive intergenic transcription from eukaryotic genomes has functional significance. Here, Xu et al. find that only 1–5% of yeast intergenic transcription is unattributable to chance promoter activity or neighboring gene ...
Haiqing Xu, Chuan Li, Chuan Xu, Jianzhi Zhang   +3 more
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An evolutionary ecology of individual differences [PDF]

, 2013
publication-status: Publishedtypes: ArticleIndividuals often differ in what they do. This has been recognised since antiquity. Nevertheless, the ecological and evolutionary significance of such variation is attracting widespread interest, which is ...
Bell, AM, Bolnick, DI, Dall, SRX, Ratnieks, FLW   +3 more
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Micro and Nanostructural Diversity of Lizard Osteoderm Capping Tissue in Relation to Mechanical Performance

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study shows that lizard osteoderm capping tissue is a hyper‐mineralized hydroxyapatite layer consistently covering the superficial osteoderm surface in those species studied here, yet it varies greatly in morphology, nanostructure, and mechanical performance across species.
Adrian Rodriguez‐Palomo, Marius Didziokas, Malene Siri Berg Jacobsen, Thorbjørn Erik Køppen Christensen, Innokenty Kantor, Mads Ry Vogel Jørgensen, Klaus Pagh Almtoft, Jesper Skovhus Thomsen, Anthony Herrel, Catherine J.A. Williams, Henrik Birkedal   +10 more
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Bacteriome Diversity of Soil Islands Associated With Bromeliads From Ironstone Outcrops in the Brazilian Pantanal

International Journal of Microbiology
Knowledge about the diversity and distribution of microorganisms in natural environments is essential for understanding the dominant microbial groups and predicting their ecological functions. This study is aimed at describing the bacteriome diversity in
Fernanda M. R. Godoy, Gecele M. Paggi, Aline P. Lorenz, Jeferson V. Ramos, Daniel G. Franco, Fernando M. L. Calarge, Nayara F. L. Garcia, Marcus V. S. Urquiza, Jolimar A. Schiavo, Nalvo F. Almeida, Marivaine S. Brasil   +10 more
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Carry‐over effects on reproduction in food‐supplemented wintering great tits

Journal of Avian Biology, 2022
Bird winter‐feeding has become a popular backyard activity around the world, particularly in northern regions of Europe and America with cold winters.
Juli Broggi, Hannah Watson, Johan Nilsson, Jan‐Åke Nilsson   +3 more
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Mechanical generation of networks with surplus complexity

, 2014
In previous work I examined an information based complexity measure of networks with weighted links. The measure was compared with that obtained from by randomly shuffling the original network, forming an Erdos-Renyi random network preserving the ...
Standish, Russell
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