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Geometric morphometric analysis of skull morphology reveals loss of phylogenetic signal at the generic level in extant lagomorphs (Mammalia: Lagomorpha)

, 2015
The intergeneric phylogeny of Lagomorpha had been controversial for a long time before a robust phylogeny was reconstructed based on seven nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences.
D. Ge, Lu Yao, L. Xia, Zhaoqun Zhang, Qisen Yang   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Bifidobacterium Breve Yang08 Alleviates Atopic Dermatitis By Enriching Akkermansia Muciniphila and Inhibiting Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Formation In Mice

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A novel Bifidobacterium breve strain, Yang08, is isolated to counter its depletion in atopic dermatitis. In mice, live Yang08 requires an intact gut microbiota to exert protection, specifically enriching Akkermansia muciniphila and potently inhibiting pathogenic neutrophil activation and NETosis in the skin.
Yanqiang Shi, Shuang He, Chengyi Li, Hung Chan, Zhenfeng Liu, Bin Yang, Qing Li   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Global DNA cytosine methylation as an evolving trait: phylogenetic signal and correlated evolution with genome size in angiosperms

Frontiers in Genetics, 2015
DNA cytosine methylation is a widespread epigenetic mechanism in eukaryotes, and plant genomes commonly are densely methylated. Genomic methylation can be associated with functional consequences such as mutational events, genomic instability or altered ...
C. Alonso, R. Pérez, P. Bazaga, C. Herrera   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Phylogenetic and kinematic constraints on avian flight signals

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2019
Many birds vocalize in flight. Because wingbeat and respiratory cycles are often linked in flying vertebrates, birds in these cases must satisfy the respiratory demands of vocal production within the physiological limits imposed by flight. Using acoustic triangulation and high-speed video, we found that avian vocal production in flight exhibits a ...
K. S. Berg, S. Delgado, A. Mata-Betancourt   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Bioenergy Cropping Reduces the Spatiotemporal Scaling of Soil Bacterial Biodiversity

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Consistent with patterns observed in plant and animal communities, soil bacterial communities exhibit significant species–time–area and phylogenetic–time–area relationships independent of nested structure. Bioenergy cropping significantly reduces the spatiotemporal scaling rates, particularly in sandy loam soils.
Zhencheng Ye, Jialiang Kuang, Colin T. Bates, Arthur Escalas, Daliang Ning, Liyou Wu, Suo Liu, Sihang Deng, Jiesi Lei, Xiangwen Chen, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge, Malay Saha, Lauren Hale, Gangsheng Wang, Renmao Tian, Ying Fu, Yu Tang, Mary Firestone, Jizhong Zhou, Yunfeng Yang   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

AMF, phylogeny, and succession: specificity of response to mycorrhizal fungi increases for late‐successional plants

Ecosphere, 2016
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal communities are important to plant community productivity and diversity; however, the importance of AM fungal composition to community dynamics remains largely unknown.
Liz Koziol, James D. Bever
doaj   +1 more source

Disproportionate Cochlear Length in Genus Homo Shows a High Phylogenetic Signal during Apes’ Hearing Evolution

PLoS ONE, 2015
Changes in lifestyles and body weight affected mammal life-history evolution but little is known about how they shaped species’ sensory systems. Since auditory sensitivity impacts communication tasks and environmental acoustic awareness, it may have ...
J. Braga, Jean-Michel Loubes, D. Descouens, J. Dumoncel, J. Thackeray, J. Kahn, F. de Beer, A. Ribéron, K. Hoffman, P. Balaresque, E. Gilissen   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Targeted Mitochondrial ECSIT Overexpression Attenuates MASH by Increasing OTUD3 Expression

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Mitochondrial ECSIT expression is reduced during MASH pathogenesis. Overexpression of mitochondrial ECSIT mitigates steatohepatitis and maintains hepatic metabolic homeostasis. Mechanistically, ECSIT enhances intramitochondrial OTUD3 expression to stabilize SIRT3 through deubiquitination, thus preserving mitochondrial function and impeding disease ...
Yuqing Jiang, Tingting Tong, Pengxi Shi, Xiaofan Chen, Chenhao Wang, Qingyuan Weng, Sihan Chen, Linli Que, Qi Chen, Yuehua Li, Qiang Zhu, Jiantao Li   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

A phylogenetic evaluation of non‐random medicinal plants selection around an African biosphere reserve

People and Nature
Theory in ethnobiology suggests that the selection of medicinal plants by local people in a given region is not random and evolutionary closely related species may have similar medicinal uses.
Jacob K. Moutouama, Orou G. Gaoue
doaj   +1 more source

Phylogenetic Signals in DNA Composition: Limitations and Prospects [PDF]

Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2009
The concept of genome signature allows sequence comparisons without alignment. It relies on the premise that oligonucleotide compositions of DNA segments from the same or closely related genomes tend to be more similar than those from distantly related genomes.
openaire   +2 more sources