Mohd Waqas,Romain Weppe,Vincent Lazzari et al.
Mohd Waqas et al.
The land-to-water transition of cetacean mammals is a case study illustrating morphological transformation over time. The earliest cetaceans, still able to walk on land, document spectacular transitional states of their skull and body, allo...
Simon Harold
Simon Harold
Stefanie Heinicke,Karim Zantout,Hjalmar S Kühl et al.
Stefanie Heinicke et al.
Understanding how species are exposed to different types of extreme events is an emerging priority to inform biodiversity conservation under climate change. Using climate impact projections and species range data, we predict changes in expo...
Madicken Åkerman,Ana Cristina R Gomes,David Wheatcroft et al.
Madicken Åkerman et al.
Animals deploy a wide range of anti-predator adaptations, often combining multiple strategies into a 'defence portfolio'. However, why certain defences evolve together whereas others are mutually exclusive remains unclear. Here we use a phy...
Dynamic reorganization of three-dimensional genome architecture during Populus diversification [0.03%]
Tingting Shi,Tao Long,Jiali Wu et al.
Tingting Shi et al.
Advancements in sequencing technology enable the investigation of genomic information within its three-dimensional (3D) spatial structure, offering new insights into genome organization and function. However, the role of higher-order chroma...
Fast range shifts [0.03%]
快速的分布位移
Walter Andriuzzi
Walter Andriuzzi
Multicellularity for free [0.03%]
免费的多细胞性
Daniel B Mills,Carl Simpson
Daniel B Mills
Daniel Jorge,Merlijn Staps,Yuriy Pichugin et al.
Daniel Jorge et al.
The evolution of multicellularity required nascent multicellular life to persist in a unicellular world. Because grouping usually comes with steep costs, multicellularity had to confer some benefits. While direct benefits-in which cells in ...
J C McElwain,W J Matthaeus
J C McElwain
CAM photosynthesis may have conferred an advantage during the Permian-Triassic mass extinction event [0.03%]
蔓越莓光合作用可能在二叠纪- Triassic大规模灭绝事件中占有优势
Zhen Xu,Jason Hilton,Jianxin Yu et al.
Zhen Xu et al.
The Permian-Triassic mass extinction represents the most severe loss of biodiversity in Earth history and profoundly reorganized terrestrial ecosystems. On land, this crisis was followed by a marked floral turnover, with herbaceous lycophyt...