Vladimir M Zakharov,Ilya E Trofimov
Vladimir M Zakharov
Fluctuating asymmetry as a special kind of asymmetry can be defined as deviations from a known predetermined ratio of the parts of morphological structure under study. As a special type of phenotypic variability fluctuating asymmetry is a m...
Christian Peter Klingenberg
Christian Peter Klingenberg
Studies of shape asymmetry have become increasingly abundant as the methods of geometric morphometrics have gained widespread use. Most of these studies have focussed on fluctuating asymmetry and have largely obtained similar results as mor...
Spatial patterns in ecological systems: from microbial colonies to landscapes [0.03%]
生态系统的空间格局：从微生物聚落到景观
Ricardo Martinez-Garcia,Corina E Tarnita,Juan A Bonachela
Ricardo Martinez-Garcia
Self-organized spatial patterns are ubiquitous in ecological systems and allow populations to adopt non-trivial spatial distributions starting from disordered configurations. These patterns form due to diverse nonlinear interactions among o...
God playing dice, revisited: determinism and indeterminism in studies of stochastic phenotypic variation [0.03%]
重温上帝掷骰子吗？决定论与随机性在探讨表型变异中的作用
Dmitry Lajus
Dmitry Lajus
Empirical studies of phenotypic variation show that genetic and environmental heterogeneity account for only part of it. Usually, the magnitude of the residual variation is comparable with that of the genetic component, while notably exceed...
How 'omics technologies can drive plant engineering, ecosystem surveillance, human and animal health [0.03%]
组学技术如何推动植物工程、生态系统监测及人类和动物健康领域的发展
Bhavna Hurgobin,Mathew G Lewsey
Bhavna Hurgobin
'Omics describes a broad collection of research tools and techniques that enable researchers to collect data about biological systems at a very large, or near-complete, scale. These include sequencing of individual and community genomes (ge...
Omics-based ecosurveillance for the assessment of ecosystem function, health, and resilience [0.03%]
组学支持的生态系统监视在评估生态系统功能、健康和恢复力方面的应用
David J Beale,Oliver A H Jones,Utpal Bose et al.
David J Beale et al.
Current environmental monitoring efforts often focus on known, regulated contaminants ignoring the potential effects of unmeasured compounds and/or environmental factors. These specific, targeted approaches lack broader environmental inform...
Translational multi-omics microbiome research for strategies to improve cattle production and health [0.03%]
用于改善牛产量和健康的转化多组学微生物组研究策略
Yixin Wang,Le Luo Guan
Yixin Wang
Cattle microbiome plays a vital role in cattle growth and performance and affects many economically important traits such as feed efficiency, milk/meat yield and quality, methane emission, immunity and health. To date, most cattle microbiom...
The ease and complexity of identifying and using specialized metabolites for crop engineering [0.03%]
作物工程中专业化代谢产物的识别和利用的简便性和复杂性
Anna Jo Muhich,Amanda Agosto-Ramos,Daniel J Kliebenstein
Anna Jo Muhich
Plants produce a broad variety of specialized metabolites with distinct biological activities and potential applications. Despite this potential, most biosynthetic pathways governing specialized metabolite production remain largely unresolv...
Applications of cell- and tissue-specific 'omics to improve plant productivity [0.03%]
细胞和组织特异性组学在提高植物产量方面的应用
Bhavna Hurgobin,Mathew G Lewsey
Bhavna Hurgobin
The individual tissues and cell types of plants each have characteristic properties that contribute to the function of the plant as a whole. These are reflected by unique patterns of gene expression, protein and metabolite content, which en...
Emerging insights on effects of sharks and other top predators on coral reefs [0.03%]
关于鲨鱼及其他顶级捕食者对珊瑚礁影响的新见解
Stuart A Sandin,Beverly J French,Brian J Zgliczynski
Stuart A Sandin
Predation is ubiquitous on coral reefs. Among the most charismatic group of reef predators are the top predatory fishes, including sharks and large-bodied bony fishes. Despite the threat presented by top predators, data describing their rea...