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Leach’s storm-petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous), a long-lived seabird shows flexible, condition-dependent, feeding strategies in response to poor chick condition
BackgroundParent-offspring conflict represents the sensitive balance of resource allocation between self-maintenance and reproduction. Two strategies...
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RIBAP: a comprehensive bacterial core genome annotation pipeline for pangenome calculation beyond the species level
Microbial pangenome analysis identifies present or absent genes in prokaryotic genomes. However, current tools are limited when analyzing species...
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Petrography and tectono-provenance of the Barail Group of rocks, Belt of Schuppen, India
The study area, a part of the Belt of Schuppen in Nagaland (India), is represented by Laisong, Jenam and Renji Formations of the Oligocene Barail...
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Finds of Skulls of Juvenile Kurdalagonus maicopicus (Cetacea, Cetotheriidae) in the Upper Miocene of the Republic of Adygea
AbstractFragments of two skulls of young cetotheriid baleen whales were described from the Fortep’yanka 2 locality (Russia, Republic of Adygea,...
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Duplication, recombination and weak selection shape evolution at the MHC class II SLA-DRB1 locus in wild boars from the western Balkans
The Eurasian wild boar ( Sus scrofa ), having faced a population size reduction during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, is now...
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Plants of Different Monocot Families Differ in Nitrogen and Phosphorus Contents in Leaves
AbstractThe folia content of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) were studied in five monocot families: Amaryllidaceae, Cyperaceae, Iridaceae,...
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Extant and extinct bilby genomes combined with Indigenous knowledge improve conservation of a unique Australian marsupial
Ninu (greater bilby, Macrotis lagotis ) are desert-dwelling, culturally and ecologically important marsupials. In collaboration with Indigenous...
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How (not) to Talk to a Plant: An Application of Automata Theory to Plant Communication
Plants are capable of a range of complex interactions with the environment. Over the last decade, some authors have used this as evidence to argue...
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The black honey bee genome: insights on specific structural elements and a first step towards pangenomes
BackgroundThe honey bee reference genome, HAv3.1, was produced from a commercial line sample that was thought to have a largely dominant Apis...
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Integrating environmental gradients into breeding: application of genomic reactions norms in a perennial species
Global warming threatens the productivity of forest plantations. We propose here the integration of environmental information into a genomic...
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Do body size and habitat shape call frequencies of Brazilian hylids (Amphibia: Anura)?
Despite acoustic signals playing a fundamental role on animal behavior and reproduction, our understanding of the mechanisms driving their evolution...
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Morphology of cuticular structures in the ant genus Strumigenys (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Ants in the genus Strumigenys have an assortment of structures that appear to hold environmental debris that acts as camouflage to facilitate their...
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Factors influencing the distribution of the endangered hispid hare in Bardia National Park, Nepal
The hispid hare, an endangered elusive mammal that dwells in the tall grasslands of the Himalayan foothills across in Nepal, India, and Bhutan is...
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Does female control and male mating system predict courtship investment and mating outcomes? A comparative study in five widow spider species (genus Latrodectus) tested under similar laboratory conditions
BackgroundMale courtship investment may evolve in response to the male’s expectation of future mating opportunities or the degree of female control...
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Allele-specific binding variants causing ChIP-seq peak height of histone modification are not enriched in expression QTL annotations
BackgroundGenome sequence variants affecting complex traits (quantitative trait loci, QTL) are enriched in functional regions of the genome, such as...
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Digging into boring bryozoans: new characters and new species of Immergentiidae
Immergentia is an endolithic genus of ctenostome bryozoans and the sole member of the Immergentiidae. Etchings of their typical spindled-shaped and...
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Livestock predation, crop raiding, and community attitudes towards sustainable wildlife conservation in and around Mankira Forest, Southwest Ethiopia
Crop raiding and livestock predation negatively impact the views of the local community towards wildlife conservation. Farmers across the African...
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A newly discovered bacterial symbiont in the aphid microbiome identified through 16S rRNA sequencing
Microbiome insect research has grown rapidly over the last years thanks to advances in next-generation sequencing. The bacterial microbiome...
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Tree phytochemical diversity and herbivory are higher in the tropics
A long-standing but poorly tested hypothesis in plant ecology and evolution is that biotic interactions play a more important role in producing and...
