It Was Trapped In Amber For 100 Million Years
A remarkably preserved crab trapped in amber is forcing scientists to rethink when amphibious crabs first evolved. Here’s…
Tardigrade communities in pristine, drained and restored pine mire forests | BMC Ecology and Evolution
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (CBD/COP/15/L.25). 2022. https://www.cbd.int/doc/decisions/cop-15/cop-15-dec-04-en.pdf Zak D, McInnes RJ. A call…
X-LDR: an atlas of linkage disequilibrium across species | Genome Biology
Overview of the studyDatasets The study surveyed human and nonhuman samples (Table 1). Human samples included 1KG samples, unrelated…
Evolutionary trends in the vertebral morphology of extant Delphinidae | BMC Ecology and Evolution
Disentangling the processes that drive the evolution of complex biological structures is a major aim of evolutionary biology.…
Convergent genome evolution shaped the emergence of terrestrial animals
Kenrick, P., Wellman, C. H., Schneider, H. & Edgecombe, G. D. A timeline for terrestrialization: consequences for the…
Reconstruction of pectoral musculature in non-avialan paravians and basal birds: implications in the acquisition of flapping flight | BMC Ecology and Evolution
Of the pectoral musculature, we have selected the five muscles (i.e., mm. deltoideus scapularis/major, pectoralis, supracoracoideus, coracobrachialis brevis…
Artificial permanent ponds are valuable for bats: a comparison with temporary ponds in a Mediterranean region | BMC Ecology and Evolution
Comparison between permanent and temporary ponds This study assesses the bat use of permanent vs temporary ponds by…
SPAmix: a scalable, accurate, and universal analysis framework for large-scale genetic association studies in admixed populations | Genome Biology
Model residuals of linear regression and logistic regression Linear regression and logistic regression are regular models to fit…
Early evolution of the stonefly lineage (Insecta, Plecoptera) revealed by a new diversity of Carboniferous stem-group species | BMC Ecology and Evolution
Individual morphological characters and their phylogenetic significance Several morphological characters observed in Carbonoperlidae support the attribution to the…
A novel gene expression stability metric to unveil homeostasis and regulation | Genome Biology
K-proportion and gene homeostasis Z-Index identify regulatory genes As cells of the same type and in the same…
Incorporating additive genetic effects and linkage disequilibrium information to discover gene-environment interactions using BV-LDER-GE | Genome Biology
Model overview We consider the following model to incorporate both additive and interaction effects: $${Y}_{i}={\sum }_{j=1}^{M}{G}_{ji}{\beta }_{j}+{\sum }_{j=1}^{M}{S}_{ji}{\gamma…
This Bug Waves at You in the Forest. The Reason Surprised Scientists
Matador bug, Bitta alipes (former Anisoscelis alipes), a leaf-footed bug (family Coreidae) with impressive, large, colorful flags on…