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Use of secondary diversity data to improve diversity estimates at multiple geographic scales
Studying the patterns and properties of biological diversity at multiple geographic scales is essential to answering biogeographical and...
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Geographic Drivers of Genetic and Plumage Color Diversity in the Blue-Crowned Manakin
Investigating parallel roles of geography and environmental heterogeneity in diversification provides insights on how neutral and selective forces...
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Large-scale geographic patterns and environmental and anthropogenic drivers of wetland plant diversity in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
BackgroundThe geographic patterns of plant diversity in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) have been widely studied, but few studies have focused on...
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Serpentine environment prevails over geographic distribution in sha** the genetic diversity of Medicago lupulina L.
Edaphic conditions of serpentine soils, naturally rich in heavy metals, act as a strong selection pressure that shapes specific metal-tolerant...
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Hierarchical diversity partitioning of microscopic epibiont community on intertidal molluscan shells and inert surfaces over three geographic regions in Japan
Microscopic epibionts on molluscan shells are a component of the biodiversity of intertidal coastal areas. Because molluscan shells are discrete...
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Genetic Diversity and Geographic Expansion in Syagrus coronata (Mart) Becc. (Arecaceae), A Highly Exploited Palm Endemic to the Brazilian Semiarid Region: Suggestion for Conservation Policies
The Brazilian semiarid region presents a rainy season, characterized by irregular precipitation, and a dry season. In turn, the palm tree Syagrus...
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Assessing genetic, racial, and geographic diversity among Ethiopian sorghum landraces and implications for heterotic potential for hybrid sorghum breeding
The wealth of sorghum genetic resources in Africa has not been fully exploited for cultivar development in the continent. Hybrid cultivars developed...
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Comprehensive analysis of geographic and breed-purpose influences on genetic diversity and inherited disease risk in the Doberman dog breed
BackgroundPublicly available phenotype data and genoty** array data from two citizen science projects: “Doberman Health Surveys” and “The Doberman...
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Direct and indirect effects of geographic and environmental factors on ant beta diversity across Amazon basin
Understanding the direct and indirect effects of niche and neutral processes in structuring species diversity is particularly challenging because...
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Tracing the geographic origins of two forms of Opuntia ficus-indica cultivated in Argentina using haplotype diversity patterns, and cytogenetic and morphological analyses
Opuntia ficus-indica , commonly known as prickly-pear, tuna, or nopal, is a cactus species of economic significance. It is widely cultivated for its...
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Geographic diversity in Helicobacter pylori oipA genotype between Korean and United States isolates
Helicobacter pylori outer membrane inflammatory protein A (OipA) was originally named for its role in inducing inflammation in the host, as evidenced...
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The Mitochondrial Genetic Diversity of the Olive Field Mouse Abrothrix olivacea (Cricetidae; Abrotrichini) is Latitudinally Structured Across Its Geographic Distribution
Although the mitochondrial diversity of Abrothrix olivacea has been widely studied, the phylogeographic structure and the historical demography of...
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Diversity Patterns in Macroecological Assemblages
In this chapter, we discuss other patterns that can be obtained from assemblages from a macroecological perspective, expanding the reasoning of the...
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Structure and Dynamics of Geographic Ranges
Species’ geographic ranges are the basic unit for many macroecological and biogeographical analyses. In this chapter, we start by discussing the...
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Genetic diversity and differentiation analysis reveals geographical structure characteristics of Dermatophagoides farinae (Acari: Pyroglyphidae)
Dermatophagoides farinae (Acari: Pyroglyphidae) has been reported as one of the major sources of indoor allergens that trigger allergic disease in...
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Genetic diversity and gene expression diversity shape the adaptive pattern of the aquatic plant Batrachium bungei along an altitudinal gradient on the Qinghai–Tibet plateau
It is an intriguing issue of evolutionary biology how genetic diversity and gene expression diversity shape the adaptive patterns. Comparative...
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Drivers of diversity of arable plant communities in one of their european conservation hotspots
The changes of agriculture led to deep transformations of arable plant diversity. The features of arable plant communities are determined by many...
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Genome Sequence-Based Features of Wheat Genetic Diversity
Common wheat is a hexaploid species crop that is widely recognized as an important staple food crop. The establishment of a gold standard reference...
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The association between crop diversity and children’s dietary diversity: multi-scalar and cross-national comparisons
Food insecurity is rising across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where undernourishment continues to affect a large portion of the population, particularly...
