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Plasma Breakdown Optimization Calculation Based on Improved Particle Swarm Algorithm for TT-1 Device
In the Tokamak discharge experiment, obtaining the largest possible null field region is a necessary condition for the smooth breakdown of the plasma, and adjusting the poloidal field coil current is key to ac...
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Open AccessNatural selection and genetic diversity maintenance in a parasitic wasp during continuous biological control application
Aphidius gifuensis is a parasitoid wasp and primary endoparasitoid enemy of the peach potato aphid, Myzus persicae. Artificially reared, captive wasps of this species have been extensively and effectively used to...
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Open AccessChromosome-level genome assembly of bean flower thrips Megalurothrips usitatus (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
Bean flower thrips Megalurothrips usitatus is a staple pest of cowpea and other legumes and causes dramatic economic losses. Its small size allows for easy concealment, and large reproductive capacity easily lead...
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Open AccessEvolution and diversification of Mountain voles (Rodentia: Cricetidae)
The systematics of the Cricetid genus Neodon have long been fraught with uncertainty due to sampling issues and a lack of comprehensive datasets. To gain better insights into the phylogeny and evolution of Neodon
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Open AccessA super pan-genomic landscape of rice
Pan-genomes from large natural populations can capture genetic diversity and reveal genomic complexity. Using de novo long-read assembly, we generated a graph-based super pan-genome of rice consisting of a 251...
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Data-driven-based event-triggered optimal control of unknown nonlinear systems with input constraints
This paper is concerned with event-triggered control problem for unknown nonlinear systems with input constraints. By introducing a nominal system and a discounted cost function, the original event-triggered c...
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Real-time line-structured light measurement system based on Scheimpflug principle
A measurement system based on the Scheimpflug principle is designed in this paper to solve the problem of difficulty in clear imaging due to excessively small depth of field in line-structured light close-rang...
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Open AccessGenomic insights into the conservation status of the world’s last remaining Sumatran rhinoceros populations
Small populations are often exposed to high inbreeding and mutational load that can increase the risk of extinction. The Sumatran rhinoceros was widespread in Southeast Asia, but is now restricted to small and...
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Million-year-old DNA sheds light on the genomic history of mammoths
Temporal genomic data hold great potential for studying evolutionary processes such as speciation. However, sampling across speciation events would, in many cases, require genomic time series that stretch well...
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Open AccessBeyond Drosophila: resolving the rapid radiation of schizophoran flies with phylotranscriptomics
The most species-rich radiation of animal life in the 66 million years following the Cretaceous extinction event is that of schizophoran flies: a third of fly diversity including Drosophila fruit fly model organi...
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Open AccessEfficient COI barcoding using high throughput single-end 400 bp sequencing
Over the last decade, the rapid development of high-throughput sequencing platforms has accelerated species description and assisted morphological classification through DNA barcoding. However, the current hig...
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Using full-length metabarcoding and DNA barcoding to infer community assembly for speciose taxonomic groups: a case study
How insect communities are assembled in nature remains largely unknown. In particular, whether habitat filtering or competition serves as the main mechanism in forming insect communities is rarely subject to a...
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Open AccessFour myriapod relatives – but who are sisters? No end to debates on relationships among the four major myriapod subgroups
Phylogenetic relationships among the myriapod subgroups Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Symphyla and Pauropoda are still not robustly resolved. The first phylogenomic study covering all subgroups resolved phylogenetic r...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Phylogenomic analysis sheds light on the evolutionary pathways towards acoustic communication in Orthoptera
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
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Open AccessCorrection to: An integrative phylogenomic approach to elucidate the evolutionary history and divergence times of Neuropterida (Insecta: Holometabola)
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
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Open AccessPhylogenomic analysis sheds light on the evolutionary pathways towards acoustic communication in Orthoptera
Acoustic communication is enabled by the evolution of specialised hearing and sound producing organs. In this study, we performed a large-scale macroevolutionary study to understand how both hearing and sound ...
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Open AccessCorrection to: The genome sequence of the grape phylloxera provides insights into the evolution, adaptation, and invasion routes of an iconic pest
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
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Open AccessGenomic architecture of endogenous ichnoviruses reveals distinct evolutionary pathways leading to virus domestication in parasitic wasps
Polydnaviruses (PDVs) are mutualistic endogenous viruses inoculated by some lineages of parasitoid wasps into their hosts, where they facilitate successful wasp development. PDVs include the ichnoviruses and b...
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Open AccessThe genome sequence of the grape phylloxera provides insights into the evolution, adaptation, and invasion routes of an iconic pest
Although native to North America, the invasion of the aphid-like grape phylloxera Daktulosphaira vitifoliae across the globe altered the course of grape cultivation. For the past 150 years, viticulture relied on ...
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Open AccessAn integrative phylogenomic approach to elucidate the evolutionary history and divergence times of Neuropterida (Insecta: Holometabola)
The latest advancements in DNA sequencing technologies have facilitated the resolution of the phylogeny of insects, yet parts of the tree of Holometabola remain unresolved. The phylogeny of Neuropterida has be...
