A social niche breadth score reveals niche range strategies of generalists and specialists [0.03%]
一种生态位广度得分揭露了泛化种及特化种的生态位策略
F A Bastiaan von Meijenfeldt,Paulien Hogeweg,Bas E Dutilh
F A Bastiaan von Meijenfeldt
Generalists can survive in many environments, whereas specialists are restricted to a single environment. Although a classical concept in ecology, niche breadth has remained challenging to quantify for microorganisms because it depends on a...
Xiaoyu Shan,Akshit Goyal,Rachel Gregor et al.
Xiaoyu Shan et al.
Recent studies have shown that microbial communities are composed of groups of functionally cohesive taxa whose abundance is more stable and better-associated with metabolic fluxes than that of any individual taxon. However, identifying the...
Multiple intermolecular interactions facilitate rapid evolution of essential genes [0.03%]
多种分子间相互作用促进必需基因的快速进化
Huei-Yi Lai,Yen-Hsin Yu,Yu-Ting Jhou et al.
Huei-Yi Lai et al.
Essential genes are commonly assumed to function in basic cellular processes and to change slowly. However, it remains unclear whether all essential genes are similarly conserved or if their evolutionary rates can be accelerated by specific...
Marian Turner
Marian Turner
Sea change [0.03%]
沧海桑田
Current levels of microplastic pollution impact wild seabird gut microbiomes [0.03%]
当前的微塑料污染水平影响野生海鸟肠道微生物群
Gloria Fackelmann,Christopher K Pham,Yasmina Rodríguez et al.
Gloria Fackelmann et al.
Microplastics contaminate environments worldwide and are ingested by numerous species, whose health is affected in multiple ways. A key dimension of health that may be affected is the gut microbiome, but these effects are relatively unexplo...
Christina A Del Carpio,Ashlyn T Ford,Eva S Horna Lowell et al.
Christina A Del Carpio et al.
Biological anthropology must reassess museum collections for a more ethical future [0.03%]
生物人类学必须重新评估馆藏以求更加道德的未来
Chris Stantis,Carlina de la Cova,Dorothy Lippert et al.
Chris Stantis et al.
Xi Yang,Dennis Baldocchi,Hualei Yang
Xi Yang