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Gene flow and hybridization between numerically imbalanced populations of two duck species in the Falkland Islands. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
Interspecific hybridization is common in plants and animals, particularly in waterfowl (Anatidae). One factor shown to contribute to hybridization is restricted mate choice, which can occur when two species occur in sympatry but one is rare.
Kevin G McCracken, Robert E Wilson
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The impacts of biological invasions

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock, Teun Everts, Neil Angelo S. Abreo, Jamie Bojko, Victor Deklerck, James W. E. Dickey, Ana Clara S. Franco, Emili García‐Berthou, Stelios Katsanevakis, Natalia I. Kirichenko, Stefano Mammola, Martin A. Nuñez, Ben Parker, Riccardo Scalera, Ismael Soto, Diederik Strubbe, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Lorenzo Vilizzi, Tim Adriaens, Paride Balzani, Dagmara Błońska, Elizabeta Briski, Rein Brys, Amy L. Burgess, James E. Byers, Carlos Cano‐Barbacil, Giuseppe Castaldelli, Jaimie T.A. Dick, Victoria Dominguez Almela, Romina D. Dimarco, Margarita Florencio, Antonín Kouba, Melina Kourantidou, Irmak Kurtul, Irene Martín‐Forés, Olivier Morissette, Julian D. Olden, Bruno E. Soares, Jakub Truszkowski, Hugo Verreycken, Marc Kenis, Ronaldo Sousa, J. Robert Britton   +42 more
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Beyond mammals: the evolution of chewing and other forms of oropharyngeal food processing in vertebrates

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Oropharyngeal food processing exhibits a remarkable diversity among vertebrates, reflecting the evolution of specialised ‘processing centres’ associated with the mandibular, hyoid, and branchial arches. Although studies have detailed various food‐processing strategies and mechanisms across vertebrates, a coherent and comprehensive terminology ...
Daniel Schwarz, Maja Mielke, Stephan Handschuh, Anthony Herrel, Patrick Lemell, Léa Da Cunha, Nicolai Konow   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hybridization constrains the evolution of mimicry complexes in woodpeckers

Journal of Avian Biology
The evolution of interspecific mimicry does not always result in perfect resemblance between mimics and models. Differences between members of a mimicry complex can be explained by genetic or developmental constraints.
Jente Ottenburghs, Michaël P. J. Nicolaï   +1 more
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Integrated and closed‐loop biorefinery strategies for efficient waste valorization and biofuel production

The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
Abstract Advancements in biofuel production technologies are essential for reducing global dependence on fossil fuels and addressing their overexploitation. Many valuable components of biomass, such as cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin, remain underused in traditional biorefineries, which typically rely on a single feedstock to produce a primary ...
Marcos Paulo Patta Granado, Prakhar Talwar, Sahil Sahil, Andrea Cressoni De Conti, Sonil Nanda, Janusz A. Kozinski   +5 more
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Artificial Induction of Polyploidy in Blueberry Breeding: A Review

HortScience
Blueberry planted acreage has increased rapidly during the past four decades, and blueberry consumption has kept pace. The environments across blueberry growing regions are highly heterogeneous.
Ye Chu, Paul M. Lyrene
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Powerful yet challenging: mechanistic niche models for predicting invasive species potential distribution under climate change

Ecography, EarlyView.
Risk assessments of invasive species present one of the most challenging applications of species distribution models (SDMs) due to the fundamental issues of distributional disequilibrium, niche changes, and truncation. Invasive species often occupy only a fraction of their potential environmental and geographic ranges, as their spatiotemporal dynamics ...
Erola Fenollosa, Sean E. H. Pang, Natalie J. Briscoe, Antoine Guisan, Roberto Salguero-Gómez   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interpretation of in vitro concentration‐response data for risk assessment and regulatory decision‐making: Report from the 2022 IWGT quantitative analysis expert working group meeting

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis, EarlyView.
Abstract Quantitative risk assessments of chemicals are routinely performed using in vivo data from rodents; however, there is growing recognition that non‐animal approaches can be human‐relevant alternatives. There is an urgent need to build confidence in non‐animal alternatives given the international support to reduce the use of animals in toxicity ...
Marc A. Beal, Guangchao Chen, Kerry L. Dearfield, Min Gi, Bhaskar Gollapudi, Robert H. Heflich, Katsuyoshi Horibata, Alexandra S. Long, David P. Lovell, Barbara L. Parsons, Stefan Pfuhler, John Wills, Andreas Zeller, George Johnson, Paul A. White   +14 more
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Tomtit‐Raven Evolutionary Selector‐Reinforced Attention‐Driven: A High‐Performance and Computationally Efficient Cyber Threat Detection Framework for Smart Grids

Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
Overview of the proposed work. ABSTRACT Identifying cyber threats maintains the security and operational stability of smart grid systems because they experience escalating attacks that endanger both operating data reliability and system stability and electricity grid performance.
Priya R. Karpaga, Praveen Kumar Balachandran, Umawathy Techanamurthy, Muhammad Ammirrul Atiqi Mohd Zainuri   +3 more
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On the intraspecific hybridization of two invasive mosquito species Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus

Юг России: экология, развитие
Aim. To summarise the results of studies of the problem of interspecific hybridization of blood‐sucking mosquitoes Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus and probable consequences of this phenomenon.
N. Yu. Oyun, G. A. Shipulin
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