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Copy number variants and selective sweeps in natural populations of the house mouse (Mus musculus domesticus) [PDF]
Frontiers in Genetics, 2014 Copy–number variants (CNVs) may play an important role in early adaptations, potentially facilitating rapid divergence of populations. We describe an approach to study this question by investigating CNVs present in natural populations of mice in the ...
Jarosław eBryk +2 more
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The impact of environmental factors on phenotypic diversity of natural populations of Polyspora in China [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceBackgroundPlant phenotypic diversity is not solely determined by genetic variation but is also shaped by the combined effects of environmental factors. Polyspora, a genus within the Theaceae family, consists of evergreen trees or shrubs widely recognized
Changle Ma +11 more
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Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 2022 Tree cavities are an essential habitat component for wildlife species across diverse taxa, from insects to large mammals. Many of these species are imperiled by loss of cavities.
Edmund J. Zlonis +2 more
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Natural selection and population dynamics [PDF]
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2006 To what extent, and under which circumstances, are population dynamics influenced by concurrent natural selection? Density dependence and environmental stochasticity are generally expected to subsume any selective modulation of population growth rate, but theoretical considerations point to conditions under which selection can have an appreciable ...
Ilik, Saccheri, Ilkka, Hanski
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Ecology and Evolution, 2021 The wild tomato species Solanum chilense is divided into geographically and genetically distinct populations that show signs of defense gene selection and differential phenotypes when challenged with several phytopathogens, including the oomycete causal ...
Parvinderdeep S. Kahlon +3 more
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Evolutionary biology studies on the Iris pumila clonal plant: Advantages of a good model system, main findings and directions for further research [PDF]
Archives of Biological Sciences, 2012 Evolutionary studies on the dwarf bearded iris, Iris pumila L., a perennial clonal monocot with hermaphroditic enthomophylous flowers, have been conducted during the last three decades on plants and populations from the Deliblato Sands in Serbia.
Tarasjev A. +2 more
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Translocated populations are genetically similar to natural populations and populations resulting from natural colonizations [PDF]
PLoS ONEJosé F. Meléndez-Cal-y-Mayor +6 more
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Phage–host coevolution in natural populations
Nature Microbiology, 2022 Coevolution between bacteriophages (phages) and their bacterial hosts occurs through changes in resistance and counter-resistance mechanisms. To assess phage-host evolution in wild populations, we isolated 195 Vibrio crassostreae strains and 243 vibriophages during a 5-month time series from an oyster farm and combined these isolates with existing V ...
Piel, Damien +19 more
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Epigenetics in natural animal populations [PDF]
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2017 AbstractPhenotypic plasticity is an important mechanism for populations to buffer themselves from environmental change. While it has long been appreciated that natural populations possess genetic variation in the extent of plasticity, a surge of recent evidence suggests that epigenetic variation could also play an important role in shaping phenotypic ...
J. Hu, R. D. H. Barrett
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Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Disturbance can induce some dams to abandon their neonates, whereas others continue parental investment. Understanding the variability of the dam–neonate bond and parental investment of large, mobile species, reclusive during calving, such as moose ...
Glenn D. DelGiudice +4 more
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