Abstract The Weberian apparatus is a hearing specialization unique to the otophysan fishes, and an unexpected degree of morphological variation exists in species of the Noturus catfishes. Our aim in this study is to investigate relationships between morphological variations and ecology that may drive this variation.
J. C. Hoeflich, Juan Liu
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Robust phylogenetic tree-based microbiome association test using repeatedly measured data for composition bias. [PDF]
Kim K, Won S.
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Widespread interspecific phylogenetic tree incongruence between mosquito-borne and insect-specific flaviviruses at hotspots originally identified in Zika virus. [PDF]
Gaunt MW+5 more
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Constructing (Almost) Phylogenetic Trees from Developmental Sequences Data [PDF]
Ronnie Bathoorn, Arno Siebes
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Morphology and function of pinniped necks: The long and short of it
Abstract Terrestrial vertebrates from at least 30 distinct lineages in both extinct and extant clades have returned to aquatic environments. With these transitions came numerous morphological adaptations to accommodate life in water. Relatively little attention has been paid to the cervical region when tracking this transition.
Justin Keller+3 more
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Urban biotic homogenization: Approaches and knowledge gaps
Abstract Urbanization is restructuring ecosystems at an unprecedented pace, with complex and profound consequences for life on Earth. One of the hypothesized trajectories of urban ecosystems and species communities is biotic homogenization, possibly leading to very similar species assemblages in cities across the globe.
Sophie Lokatis, Jonathan M. Jeschke
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Phylogenetic Tree Instability After Taxon Addition: Empirical Frequency, Predictability, and Consequences For Online Inference. [PDF]
Collienne L+3 more
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Combinatorial characterization of a certain class of words and a conjectured connection with general subclasses of phylogenetic tree-child networks. [PDF]
Pons M, Batle J.
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Abstract The oval window (OW) is an opening connecting the inner and middle ear. Its area has been shown to consistently scale with body mass (BM) in primates, and has been used alongside semi‐circular canal (SCC) size to differentiate Homo sapiens and fossil hominins, including Paranthropus robustus.
Ruy Fernandez, José Braga
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Counting Cherry Reduction Sequences in Phylogenetic Tree-Child Networks is Counting Linear Extensions. [PDF]
Coronado TM, Pons JC, Riera G.
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