Lisa A Treidel,Colin D Meiklejohn,Kristi L Montooth
Lisa A Treidel
Dispersal strategies are critical life history traits influencing bio-geographical, ecological, and evolutionary patterns and processes including range-expansion and contractions, abiotic and biotic interactions, and rates of speciation. Ye...
Tim Caro,Lauren Gellately,Natasha Howell et al.
Tim Caro et al.
Rodents constitute a large proportion of extant mammal species and are mostly a uniform brown-gray coloration to avoid detection by predators. A minority, however, have longitudinal dorsal stripes, the function of which is unknown. Using a ...
Geographic isolation after admixture generates a distinct lineage in an Atlantic Forest bird [0.03%]
Rafael D Lima,Fernanda Bocalini,Vitor Gomes et al.
Rafael D Lima et al.
Although traditionally viewed as opposing divergence, hybridization can have diverse evolutionary outcomes. Yet its role in lineage divergence remains unclear. To investigate this process, we examined the evolutionary history of the Black-c...
Kamila A Mata,Jonathan A Rader
Kamila A Mata
Organismal responses to changing thermal conditions can manifest in adaptive changes to numerous traits, but as yet, a systematic understanding of which traits are more labile than others is lacking. A recent study by Zilio et al. (2026) de...
Evolutionary novelties in cranial kinesis promote the diversification of nesting strategies, foraging behavior and diet during the adaptive radiation of ovenbird-woodcreeper family (Furnariidae) [0.03%]
Manuel I Stefanini,Raúl O Gómez,Claudia P Tambussi et al.
Manuel I Stefanini et al.
The evolution of different cranial kinesis types in modern birds has likely driven some spectacular adaptive radiations. However, in certain taxonomic groups, the functional role of new kinesis types remains unclear. This is the case of fur...
Phenotypic crypticity despite strong phylogenetic divergence: diversification dynamics in a species complex of Arabian Pristurus geckos [0.03%]
Thore Koppetsch,Bernat Burriel-Carranza,Elizabeth Glynne et al.
Thore Koppetsch et al.
Absence of phenotypic differentiation can challenge the study of diversification by concealing evolutionary divergence through morphological similarity. Such cryptic species diversity is found particularly often in extreme environments, inc...
Body size evolution and the co-occurrence of stream-dwelling frogs in the Western Ghats of India [0.03%]
Kartik Shanker,Varun R Torsekar,S P Vijayakumar et al.
Kartik Shanker et al.
The evolution of body size and its role in structuring communities has long been of interest. Here, we investigated the relationship between body size, phylogeny and spatial patterns of distribution in three aquatic frog genera that have un...
Joshua P Jahner,Matthew L Forister,Thomas L Parchman et al.
Joshua P Jahner et al.
Investigations into the genetic basis of color polymorphism have played a key role in our understanding of genetic architecture and the evolution of mating systems. Sulphur butterflies (Colias) have been models in this field, but also conta...
Variable yet ubiquitous: Hierarchical scaling of head functional morphology in lizards [0.03%]
变量却普遍：蜥蜴头部功能形态的层级缩放关系
Pablo Vicent-Castelló,Dean Adams,Claudia Amaranta Sicilia-Cebrián et al.
Pablo Vicent-Castelló et al.
Understanding how form-function relationships scale across levels of biological organization is essential for uncovering the mechanisms driving morphological and performance diversity. We examined the association between head shape and bite...
Bryan Wu,Călin C Guet
Bryan Wu
Upon infecting a bacterial cell, temperate phages make a decision between lysis and lysogeny. While research has previously explored how phages sense environmental information to make this choice, most studies have focused on modelling know...