Spatial impacts on gene flow may hinder linking phylogeographic data to macroevolutionary patterns [0.03%]
Ethan Fisher Gyllenhaal,Lukas J Musher
Ethan Fisher Gyllenhaal
Biogeography relies on estimates of phylogeny and gene flow to test hypotheses. Established theory posits: (i) gene flow varies non-randomly with respect to geography and (ii) gene flow can mislead phylogenetic inference. These findings, of...
Cássia Siqueira Cesar,Vitória Horvath Miranda,Elielson Rodrigo Silveira et al.
Cássia Siqueira Cesar et al.
Organisms are constantly at risk of being infected by pathogens such as viruses, which can impose substantial fitness costs on hosts. In insects, viral infections are widespread, yet the magnitude of their effects on host fitness and the fa...
Population-scale long-read DNA sequencing: peering under the hood of the new evolutionary genomics [0.03%]
Scott V Edwards,Heng Li
Scott V Edwards
Population-scale long-read DNA sequencing (PLRS) is rapidly reshaping our understanding of genomic variation in humans and non-model species. In this Darwin Review, we first recount the expansion of the PLRS concept and its twin paradigm, t...
Rachel M Petersen,Robert L Tennyson,Tan Bee Ting A/P Tan Boon Huat et al.
Rachel M Petersen et al.
Early life environments can have long-lasting impacts on health and fitness, but the evolutionary significance of these effects remains debated. Two major classes of explanations have been proposed: developmental constraint (DC) explanation...
From inexperience to proficiency: age-related improvements shape the use of novel anthropogenic food subsidies in a long-lived bird [0.03%]
Bruno Herlander Martins,Aldina M A Franco,Andrea Soriano-Redondo et al.
Bruno Herlander Martins et al.
Worldwide, humans have altered ecosystems not only by reducing and changing the distribution of resources but also by providing new foraging opportunities to wildlife. However, little is known about the early-life development and maintenanc...
Detecting stabilizing dynamics in biased biodiversity time series using Haar fluctuation analysis [0.03%]
Wyatt Petryshen,Pincelli M Hull,David A Vasseur
Wyatt Petryshen
Characterizing how biodiversity has changed through Earth's history and uncovering the processes that have driven those changes remain a significant challenge. Haar fluctuation analysis, a recently developed time-series method, has been sug...
Chase Doran Brownstein,Christopher Thomas Griffin
Chase Doran Brownstein
Over 230 million years of Earth's history, dinosaurs became a major terrestrial animal clade and produced one of the most species-rich living tetrapod lineages: birds. Yet, largely because of uncertainty surrounding the phylogeny of early d...
Zoe T Self Davies,Aimee L Savage,James R Usherwood
Zoe T Self Davies
The gaits of bipedal and quadrupedal animals are well characterized, while, with few naturally occurring tripedal gaits, little is understood regarding locomotion on three legs. Canine amputees provide a unique perturbation into the study o...
Sofia Mafalda Pereira,Suthirote Meesawat,Suchinda Malaivijitnond et al.
Sofia Mafalda Pereira et al.
Social animals rely on socio-cognitive skills to monitor their social environment and make informed decisions. Yet, visual attention to others' interactions in real-life scenes remains understudied, despite evidence for dedicated neuronal n...
Mylène Dutour,Grace Blackburn
Mylène Dutour
Quantity discrimination is an important aspect of numerical cognition that is utilized across taxa in various ecological contexts, including foraging and predator avoidance. Recent research has identified that the developing young of severa...