Ecological Perspectives on Synthetic Biology: Insights from Microbial Population Biology
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2015 The metabolic capabilities of microbes are the basis for many major biotechnological advances, exploiting microbial diversity by selection or engineering of single strains.
Ana E Escalante +7 more
doaj +1 more source
Mutualistic interactions drive ecological niche convergence in a diverse butterfly community. [PDF]
PLoS Biology, 2008 Ecological communities are structured in part by evolutionary interactions among their members. A number of recent studies incorporating phylogenetics into community ecology have upheld the paradigm that competition drives ecological divergence among ...
Marianne Elias +3 more
doaj +1 more source
Darwinism and Organizational Ecology: A Reply to Reydon and Scholz [PDF]
, 2014 In an earlier article published in this journal I challenge Reydon and Scholz's (2009) claim that Organizational Ecology is a non-Darwinian program.
Aldrich H. E. +3 more
core +1 more source
Evidential Statistics in Model and Theory Development
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Evidential statistics is an important advance in model and theory testing, and scientific reasoning in general, combining and extending key insights from other philosophies of statistics.
Samuel M. Scheiner, Robert D. Holt
doaj +1 more source
The Morphogenesis Of Evolutionary Developmental Biology [PDF]
, 2003 The early studies of evolutionary developmental biology (Evo-Devo) come from several sources. Tributaries flowing into Evo-Devo came from such disciplines as embryology, developmental genetics, evolutionary biology, ecology, paleontology, systematics ...
Gilbert, Scott F.
core +2 more sources
Island time and the interplay between ecology and evolution in species diversification. [PDF]
, 2015 Research on the dynamics of biodiversity has progressed tremendously over recent years, although in two separate directions - ecological, to determine change over space at a given time, and evolutionary, to understand change over time.
Gillespie, Rosemary G
core +1 more source
Intraspecific variation in thermal acclimation and tolerance between populations of the winter ant, Prenolepis imparis. [PDF]
, 2020 Thermal phenotypic plasticity, otherwise known as acclimation, plays an essential role in how organisms respond to short-term temperature changes.
Angilletta M. J. +6 more
core +1 more source
Insights into a long life without cancer: The case of the bowhead whale
Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Long‐lived, large‐bodied organisms have evolved powerful anticancer mechanisms that preserve cellular and tissue integrity across extended lifespans. A recent study by Firsanov et al. shows that greater genome stability is a key factor underlying the remarkable longevity and cancer resistance of one such species, the bowhead whale.
Inés Paniagua, Johanna A. Joyce
wiley +1 more source
Ecology and EvolutionAdaptive radiations of freshwater fishes are based on the partitioning of trophic resources as sympatric forms diverge and end up occupying unique and specialized trophic niches. It remained unknown how these specialists responded to recent human‐induced
Evgeny V. Esin +6 more
doaj +1 more source
Evolutionarily divergent DUF4465 domains have a common vitamin B12‐binding function
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.We show that DUF4465 family proteins, widespread across bacteria from gut microbiomes, hydrothermal vents, and soil, share a common vitamin B12‐binding function. These augmented β‐jellyroll proteins bind vitamin B12 via extended loops. Our findings establish sequence‐diverse DUF4465 proteins as a widespread class of B12‐binding proteins, highlighting ...
Charlea Clarke +4 more
wiley +1 more source