Methylation and merriment: an exploration of epigenetic mechanisms underlying play behaviour [0.03%]
甲基化与欢乐：探究表观遗传机制在玩耍行为中的作用
Robert J Malka,Marcos Arranz,Ignacio Baselga-Carretero
Robert J Malka
Species from octopi to humans engage in play. This review examines how epigenetic mechanisms, such as DNA methylation, may regulate play behaviour across taxa. We frame play through historical definitions, categorizing it into object, locom...
Michael S Reichert,Eleanor M Caves
Michael S Reichert
Communication and sociality are intimately related, as many important social processes are mediated by communication between signal senders and receivers. Despite recent advances in social network analysis, animal communication networks rem...
Víctor A Tallada,Víctor Carranco
Víctor A Tallada
In recent years, complex technological capabilities have evolved, driven by the need to solve complex and integrative biological questions through global analyses. New equipment allows the scaling up and automation of processes which previo...
Placental crises: disruptive selection and maternal under-investment as the foundations of mammalian placental evolution and dysfunction [0.03%]
胎盘危机：作为哺乳动物胎盘进化和功能障碍基础的干扰选择和母体投资不足
Davis Laundon,Neil J Gostling,Ian G Reddin et al.
Davis Laundon et al.
Among the vertebrates, mammals are notable for the dominance of live birth and placental nutrition. The structural diversity of the mammalian placenta is remarkable, despite sharing a single common ancestor and conserved physiological funct...
The nature of gain curves [0.03%]
增益曲线的性质
Martin Burd
Martin Burd
Gain curves have been a staple of sex allocation theory for decades. They represent patterns in which fitness is obtained from resource investments in reproductive functions. The monotonic forms that have been used for gain curves can repre...
Richard M Bateman,Alan R T Spencer,Jason Hilton
Richard M Bateman
The seed is an essential stage in the life history of gymnospermous and angiospermous plants, facilitating both their survival and dispersal. We reappraise knowledge of the evolutionary history of the gymnospermous seed, from its origin in ...
Sébastien Mirolo,Alice Ledent,Juana M González-Mancebo et al.
Sébastien Mirolo et al.
Endemism, a hallmark of island biodiversity, reaches its lowest levels among bryophytes compared with other land plants. Whether this pattern reflects low diversification rates, and why, or whether it is a result of loss of endemicity due t...
The myth of the metabolic baseline: sleep-wake cycles undermine a foundational assumption in organismal biology [0.03%]
代谢基线的神话：睡眠-觉醒周期破坏了生物体生物学中的一个基础假设
Helena Norman,Daphne Cortese,Amelia Munson et al.
Helena Norman et al.
Basal and standard metabolic rate (BMR and SMR) are cornerstones of physiological ecology and are assumed to be relatively fixed intrinsic properties of organisms that represent the minimum energy required to sustain life. However, this ass...
Reading hominin life history in fossil bones and teeth: methods to test hypotheses regarding its evolution [0.03%]
从化石骨骼和牙齿解读人类祖先的生命历程：测试其进化假说的方法
Paola Cerrito,Judith M Burkart,Carel van Schaik
Paola Cerrito
Human life history is derived compared to that of our closest living relatives, the great apes. It has been suggested that these derived traits are causally related to aspects of our ecology, social behaviour and cognitive abilities. Howeve...
Beyond mammals: the evolution of chewing and other forms of oropharyngeal food processing in vertebrates [0.03%]
超越哺乳动物：脊椎动物取食咀嚼的进化及其他口腔咽喉区食物加工形式
Daniel Schwarz,Maja Mielke,Stephan Handschuh et al.
Daniel Schwarz et al.
Oropharyngeal food processing exhibits a remarkable diversity among vertebrates, reflecting the evolution of specialised 'processing centres' associated with the mandibular, hyoid, and branchial arches. Although studies have detailed variou...