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Genetic hitchhiking, mitonuclear coadaptation, and the origins of mt DNA barcode gaps
Ecology and Evolution, 2020 DNA barcoding based on mitochondrial (mt) nucleotide sequences is an enigma. Neutral models of mt evolution predict DNA barcoding cannot work for recently diverged taxa, and yet, mt DNA barcoding accurately delimits species for many bilaterian animals ...
Geoffrey E. Hill
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The Role of Causal Processes in the Neutral and Nearly Neutral Theories [PDF]
, 2007 In this paper, we will consider how the neutral and nearly neutral theories of molecular evolution differ from each other as a means for addressing causal processes associated with random drift and natural selection.
Michael R. Dietrich +6 more
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Latitudinal phytoplankton distribution and the neutral theory of biodiversity [PDF]
, 2012 Aim Recent studies have suggested that global diatom distributions are not limited by dispersal, in the case of both extant species and fossil species, but rather that environmental filtering explains their spatial patterns.
Chust, Guillem +8 more
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Biogeographic Drivers of Evolutionary Radiations
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Some lineages radiate spectacularly when colonizing a region, but others do not. Large radiations are often attributed to species’ adaptation into niches, or to other drivers, such as biogeography including dispersal ability and spatial structure of the ...
Ran Tao, Lawren Sack, James Rosindell
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The edge of neutral evolution in social dilemmas [PDF]
, 2009 The functioning of animal as well as human societies fundamentally relies on cooperation. Yet, defection is often favorable for the selfish individual, and social dilemmas arise.
Reichenbach, Tobias +2 more
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Fine‐scale substrate heterogeneity in green roof plant communities: The constraint of size
Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Heterogeneity–diversity relationship (HDR) is commonly shown to be positive in accordance with classic niche processes. However, recent soil‐based studies have often found neutral and even negative HDRs. Some of the suggested reasons for this discrepancy
Amiel Vasl +3 more
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Insects, 2019 The evaluation of the effects of environmental factors on natural communities has been one of the principal approaches in ecology; although, over the past decade, increasing importance has been given to spatial factors.
José Max Barbosa Oliveira-Junior +1 more
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Numerical solutions of neutral stochastic functional differential equations [PDF]
, 2008 This paper examines the numerical solutions of neutral stochastic functional differential equations (NSFDEs) $d[x(t)-u(x_t)]=f(x_t)dt+g(x_t)dw(t)$, $t\geq 0$.
Wu, Fuke +5 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019 Fire is a keystone process that drives patterns of biodiversity globally. In frequently burned fire-dependent ecosystems, surface fire regimes allow for the coexistence of high plant diversity at fine scales even where soils are uniform.
E. Louise Loudermilk +9 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 Revealing temporal patterns of community assembly processes is important for understanding how microorganisms underlie the sustainability of agroecosystem.
Wenjing Liu +8 more
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