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The study of adaptive molecular evolution in natural populations has been severely limited by the difficulty of linking genetic variation to phenotypic variation to fitness effects. Most studies connecting genotype, phenotype, and...
The process of adaptive evolution is complex, determined in part by the set of beneficial mutations available to adapting populations, the distribution of their effects, and the extents to which pleiotropy and epistasis impact the...
Comparing patterns of spatial genetic structure across co-distributed species is critical to making inferences about the factors influencing population divergence, persistence, and change over time. The fields of phylogenetics and...
The revolution in next-generation DNA sequencing technologies is leading to explosive data growth in genomics, posing a significant challenge to the computing infrastructure and software algorithms for genomics analysis. Various big data...
Nesting distributions of animals vary from isolated individuals to large colonies of breeding individuals and they can be influenced by numerous factors, including environmental conditions, relatedness and social interactions. Parrots...
Fertilization is a complex process, and gamete traits can affect the rate at which sperm and egg collide and fuse, making them prime targets for selection. This is particularly true for broadcast spawners, whose fertilization success...
Diseases such as tuberculosis, chronic pneumonia, and inner ear infections are caused by bacterial biofilms. Biofilms can form on any surface such as teeth, floors, or drains. Many studies show that it is much more difficult to kill the...
The Pine Barrens treefrog (Hyla andersonii) is restricted to three isolated (disjunct) regions in the eastern United States: New Jersey, North and South Carolina, and the Florida panhandle and southern Alabama. It is a seepage bog...
Regular emergence and re-emergence of viral pathogens emphasizes the importance of understanding viral biogeography and migration. Single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) viruses are among the least understood groups of microbial pathogens, yet the...
Evolutionary Dynamics of the Interacting Gamete Recognition Proteins Sperm Bindin and Its Egg Receptor EBR1 in the Purple Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus Purpuratus)
Gamete recognition proteins (GRPs) mediate the fusion of gametes by determining whether sperm and eggs are compatible during fertilization and are key players involved in reproduction, reproductive isolation and speciation in diverse...
DNA replication in mammalian cells occurs in a defined temporal order during S phase, known as the replication timing (RT) programme. Replication timing is developmentally regulated and correlated with chromatin conformation and local...
In the North Pacific, seamounts are important ecological hotspots for deep-sea species found below 200 m. Connectivity of deep-sea fauna in this area is of great interest to fisheries and conservation management for possible restoration...
Plants are host to a diverse array of non-pathogenic microbes including bacteria and fungi which may act as an "extended phenotype" that provides fitness benefits throughout the life cycle of the plant. These microbial communities...
The ecological and evolutionary factors influencing whether hermaphrodites inbreed or outbreed via self-fertilization or outcrossing has long been a theoretical and empirical focus. Recent theory predicts that the conditions favoring the...
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