Europeans support large carnivore recovery while opposing both further population growth and hunting
After the cessation of centuries-long eradication efforts throughout Europe, large carnivores have made a remarkable return over the…
360 million-year-old sea predator found to be smaller and much stronger than once thought
About 360 million years ago, a huge armored fish patrolled a shallow sea that once covered what is…
Benchmarking deep learning methods for biologically conserved single-cell integration | Genome Biology
A unified benchmarking framework for single-cell integration To systematically evaluate various loss functions, we established a unified benchmarking…
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…
ParaRef: a decontaminated reference database for parasite detection in ancient and modern metagenomic datasets | Genome Biology
Blake DP, Betson M. One health: parasites and beyond. Parasitology. 2017;144:1–6. PubMed Google Scholar Coulter JBS. Global importance…
iNOME-seq: in vivo simultaneous genome-wide mapping of chromatin accessibility, nucleosome positioning, DNA-binding protein sites, and DNA methylation in Arabidopsis | Genome Biology
Plant lines and growth conditions The plant lines used in this study were derived from A. thaliana wild-type…
151-million-year-old fly changes what we know about insect evolution |
A remarkable fossil discovery in China is rewriting our understanding of insect evolution. Scientists have identified a 151-million-year-old…
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…
Inbreeding does not reduce major histocompatibility complex diversity in the banded mongoose | BMC Ecology and Evolution
Bitarello BD, De Filippo C, Teixeira JC, Schmidt JM, Kleinert P, Meyer D, Andres AM. Signatures of long-term…