Sharon Yalov Handzel,Brian Rikshpun,Nigam Padhiar et al.
Sharon Yalov Handzel et al.
Alignment-free signals in coding sequences provide a scalable route to taxonomic inference, quality control of large phylogenies, and rapid screening of genomic data. We present a model-agnostic framework that represents genomes or coding-s...
Comparative Genomics of Pinna rudis and Pinna nobilis Reveals Conserved and Divergent Features of the Bivalve Defensome [0.03%]
Stéphane Coupé,Mathieu Foulquié,Maite Vázquez Luis et al.
Stéphane Coupé et al.
The fan mussels Pinna nobilis and Pinna rudis have received increasing attention due to the mass mortality events (MMEs) that have severely impacted P. nobilis populations in the last decade. Strikingly, P. rudis was not affected by these e...
Dynamics of Vegetation and Soil in Long-Term Artificial Sand Control Projects in the Ulan Buh Desert [0.03%]
Benmo Li,Dong Wang,Yujie Xue et al.
Benmo Li et al.
Desertification is a severe ecological problem worldwide under global change. China has devoted extensive and effective efforts to desertification prevention and sand control. However, the long-term effectiveness of artificial sand control,...
Geographic Structure Without Co-Divergence: Genomic Insights Into a Highly Specific Symbiosis Between Siphamia Cardinalfish and Their Bioluminescent Symbiont [0.03%]
Emily E Neff,Alison L Gould
Emily E Neff
Symbiotic relationships with microorganisms are fundamental to life on Earth, yet relatively little is known about how these interactions persist through time, how they co-diverge, and to which degree they are genetically constrained. In th...
Laura Bonnefond,David Pinaud,Loïc Bollache et al.
Laura Bonnefond et al.
Understanding predator-prey interactions is crucial for correctly answering many fundamental research questions, given their behavioural, ecological and evolutionary consequences. Such interactions can result in the direct consumption of th...
Red Algae From Insular Environments in the Mexican Atlantic: Taxonomic Diversity, Conservation, and Biogeographic Affinities [0.03%]
Martha Isabel Vilchis,Oscar E Hernández,María Luisa Núñez Resendiz et al.
Martha Isabel Vilchis et al.
One of the most representative groups of the Mexican insular environments is the red algae; although extensive information exists on the insular phycoflora of Mexico, there is no description of the distribution of the group's taxonomic dive...
Gregory F M Jongsma,Narayani Barve,Julie M Allen et al.
Gregory F M Jongsma et al.
Understanding why diversity is unevenly distributed across the globe is central to ecology and evolution. Focusing on Afrobatrachian frogs of the Lower Guinean Forests of western Central Africa, we combined Pleistocene-to-present palaeoclim...
Satellite-Derived NDVI Predicts Forage Availability in a Wild Ungulate System: Ground-Truthing Using Field-Collected Vegetation Biomass [0.03%]
Shane Butt,Kirsty Macphie,Richard S Turner et al.
Shane Butt et al.
Satellite-derived vegetation indices provide a powerful means to quantify habitat variation in long-term ecological studies, but their reliability as proxies for forage availability in wild herbivore populations remains underexplored. We us...
Unveiling Diet Preferences and Their Nutritional Drivers Through Metabarcoding: The Case of Alpine Marmot (Marmota marmota L.) in High Altitude Grazed Pastures [0.03%]
Giorgio Marchesini,Elena Basso,Cristina Pornaro et al.
Giorgio Marchesini et al.
This study employed DNA metabarcoding to investigate the diet composition and foraging strategies of alpine marmots (Marmota marmota L.) across diverse alpine pasture ecosystems throughout the summer season. Fecal samples from nine family u...
Spatial Structure Explains Morphological Variation Better Than Climatic Gradients in the South American Rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) [0.03%]
Mileny Otani,Henrique Caldeira Costa,Cláudio Henrique Zawadzki et al.
Mileny Otani et al.
Morphological variation in vertebrates is often shaped by geographic and climatic factors, yet the applicability of broad-scale ecogeographical rules remains debated, particularly in ectotherms. We investigated how climatic gradients and sp...