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Loss, persistence and reversal of phenotypic traits

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The irreversibility of complex trait loss has long been a tenet of evolutionary biology. However, this idea is increasingly at odds with the numerous documented exceptions across the Tree of Life. We synthesise this growing body of evidence across a diverse array of taxa and traits, exploring the evolutionary conditions that enable ...
Giobbe Forni, Giuseppe Fusco, Filippo Nicolini, Heather Bruce, Andrea Luchetti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

On the importance of including both sexes in animal studies – insights from home‐cage monitoring

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A review of behavioural studies using home‐cage monitoring (HCM) systems revealed that over 61% of studies used only male subjects, with only 24% including both sexes, despite evidence of substantial behavioural differences between male and female animals. This bias could influence the outcomes of biomedical research.
Maša Čater, Adam Dušek, Aleksandra Bartelik, Silvia Mandillo, Elisabetta Golini, Mara Rigamonti, Rasneer Sonia Bains, Hamish Forrest, Marion Rivalan, Melissa Long, Anna Kiryk, Lars Lewejohann, Nuno Henrique Franco   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

The case for stronger regulation of deceptive nutrition-related claims on unhealthy food.

PLoS Medicine
Deceptive nutrition-related claims are pervasive on unhealthy packaged foods. This Perspective describes the potential for these claims to harm consumer health and advocates for tighter regulation of misleading claims to empower individuals to make more ...
Marissa G Hall, Anna H Grummon
doaj   +1 more source

Orchard netting impacts on biodiversity leading to cascading effects at the ecosystem level

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agriculture must ensure food production without further compromising the ecosystem functions upon which it depends. Agricultural practices should therefore avoid harming farmland biodiversity, especially of taxa that supply the key ecosystem services (e.g.
Corrado Alessandrini, Karan Sethi, Emanuela Granata, Ekaterina Mogilnaia, Valeria Vitangeli, Giovanni Zanfei, Chiara Fedrigotti, Paolo Biella, Dino Scaravelli, Luigi Marchesi, Péter Batáry, Diego Rubolini, Paolo Pedrini, Mattia Brambilla   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evidence for adaptive explanations of semelparity in animals

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Semelparity, the reproductive strategy of reproducing once, is widespread but uncommon in animals. Classes of models to explain the evolution of semelparity are based either on age structure and mortality schedules – demographic models in which high post‐reproductive mortality risk favours high reproductive effort and semelparity results from ...
Diana O. Fisher, Roberto Salguero‐Gómez   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health and nutrition claims for infant formula: international cross sectional survey.

BMJ, 2023
Cheung KY, Petrou L, Helfer B, Porubayeva E, Dolgikh E, Ali S, Ali I, Archibald-Durham L, Brockway MM, Bugaeva P, Chooniedass R, Comberiati P, Cortés-Macías E, D'Elios S, Feketea G, Hsu P, Kana MA, Kriulina T, Kunii Y, Madaki C, Omer R, Peroni D, Prokofiev J, Simpson MR, Shimojo N, Siziba LP, Genuneit J, Thakor S, Waris M, Yuan Q, Zaman S, Young BE, Bugos B, Greenhawt M, Levin ME, Zheng J, Boyle RJ, Munblit D.   +37 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Green Is the New Gold: Redefining Opulent Lifestyle Through Organic Food Purchases

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Prior studies based on the Theory of Planned Behavior mostly examined the effects of health and environmental concerns on organic food consumption; however, few addressed the paradoxical relationships in the context of opulent or symbolic decorum.
Neha Sharma, Swati Singh, Agnieszka Kabalska, Ralf Wagner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Applying a Systems Thinking Approach to Circular Economy Transitions: Insights From the Use of a Sociotechnical Systems Approach Within the UK Hospitality Sector

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite more than 20 years of research into sustainable tourism, the environmental impact of the UK hospitality sector remains high. A growing body of research into the concept of a circular economy (CE) demonstrates that transitioning to this way of working has significant benefits both for the environment and business outcomes.
Danielle Farrow, Hannah Collis, Fiona Charnley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Global overview of government-endorsed nutrition labeling policies of packaged foods: a document review

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionNutrition labeling provides nutritional information about nutrients present in a food product. It is commonly applied to packaged foods and beverages, where the information can be presented on the back or front of the pack as the nutrient ...
Ummay Afroza, Ahmad Khairul Abrar, Abira Nowar, Sheikh Mohammad Mahbubus Sobhan, Nicole Ide, Sohel Reza Choudhury   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Examining Nutrition and Health Claims on Food Products

, 2013
Objectives: The EU, in the field of marking-labeling of food products, actively applies Regulations 1924/2006 and 432/2012 which harmonize the list of nutrition and approved health claims found оп food products. In Serbia there are по health claim rules, and Regulation оп labeling and marking of packaged foods ("Sl. list SCG" по. 4/2004, 12/2004 and 48/
Zarić, Danica, Rakin, Marica, Franković, M., Stamenković-Đoković, M., Bulatović, Maja   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources