• These data have been extensively used to investigate how species are changing their phenology over time and in response to annual variation in temperature (Lee et al. (researchgate.net)
  • Variation in the ability of different Anopheles species to transmit malaria -- known as "vectorial capacity" -- are determined by many factors, including feeding and breeding preferences, as well as their immune responses to infections. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Species diversity can be inferred using multiple data types, however, results based on genetic data can be at odds with patterns of phenotypic variation. (mdpi.com)
  • Using computer simulations based on Brownian motion, I demonstrate that the expected value of Kmult remains at 1.0 as trait variation among species is increased or decreased, and as the number of trait dimensions is increased. (datadryad.org)
  • By contrast, estimates of phylogenetic signal found with a squared-change parsimony procedure for multivariate data change with increasing trait variation among species and with increasing numbers of trait dimensions, confounding biological interpretations. (datadryad.org)
  • The pappus has long been described as simple, but Hood & Semple (2003) reported variation in pappus bristle traits with the more primitive conditions being double or sometimes triple. (uwaterloo.ca)
  • Diagnostic morphological traits include pelage coloration, qualitative aspects of craniodental morphology, and a distinctive range of morphometric variation. (amnh.org)
  • Subspecific variation: - No trait varies within this species. (palmweb.org)
  • We are also interested in how within species variation enables and facilitates adaptation, knowledge that is crucial for management of insect populations that can adapt and survive in a changing climate. (lu.se)
  • Broadly, my research strives to identify how variation arises and the processes by which it sorts into new species, as well as which ecological settings and factors that promote these processes. (lu.se)
  • Increasingly, the collections are also used to extract DNA and thus enable studies of species' relationships, distribution history and population genetics, or to investigate the expression, variation or change of different genes over time. (lu.se)
  • Podarcis virescens is a lizard species of a moderate size, although it can be significantly larger than other lizards in the Podarcis genus such as Podarcis carbonelli. (wikipedia.org)
  • Podarcis lizards vary greatly in color and build so Podarcis virescens does not completely share appearance traits with other species of the same genus. (wikipedia.org)
  • Podarcis virescens was accepted as a species by the Taxonomic Committee of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica in 2020 after a series of studies on the Podarcis genus of lizards. (wikipedia.org)
  • Podarcis virescens are closely related to other lizard species, especially other lizards in the Podarcis genus. (wikipedia.org)
  • Podarcis virescens is a lizard species in the Podarcis genus which includes many lizard species found in the Mediterranean region. (wikipedia.org)
  • In this system, each organism is given a unique combination of two names, one for the genus, which is a group of related species, and one for the species. (missouri.edu)
  • Scientific names (Genus + species) are denoted in italics, by convention, so they are easily recognizable in publications, as illustrated in the paragraph above. (missouri.edu)
  • The nominate genus Apatelodes contains much of the subfamily's diversity with more than 50 described species and many new species (sorted as such) existing in collections. (bioone.org)
  • Cornwallis L (1975) The comparative ecology of eleven species of wheatear (genus Oenanthe ) in S.W. Iran. (springer.com)
  • Goldenrods are members of the genus Solidago L. (Compositae: Astereae), which includes about 139 species world wide (Semple and Beck 2021): 115 species native to Canada and the United States, 8-9 species native to Mexico, and 12-14 species native to South America, the Azores, Europe and Asia. (uwaterloo.ca)
  • The genus was once thought to include the Grass-leaved Goldenrods , but these belong in the genus Euthamia , with 4-13 species native to eastern North America and one native to western North America depending upon whose treatment is followed. (uwaterloo.ca)
  • We describe a new species of the didelphid marsupial genus Monodelphis from Brazil, where it appears to be widely distributed in the states of Pará, Mato Grosso, Rondônia, and Acre. (amnh.org)
  • The trumpetfishes are three species of highly specialized, tubularly-elongated marine fishes in the genus Aulostomus , of the monogeneric family Aulostomidae . (wikipedia.org)
  • Most of the modifications have been conducted on food species, such as Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), tilapia (genus) and common carp (Cyprinus carpio). (pfeiffertheface.com)
  • During domestication key genes underlying traits important to Neolithic agriculture were targeted by selection. (blogspot.com)
  • The introduced genes cannot spread to closely related species since wild relatives of maize are not present in Europe. (cogem.net)
  • The researchers carried out interspecies gene comparisons with the Anopheles and other insects, to identify equivalent genes in each species and highlight potentially important differences. (sciencedaily.com)
  • We wanted to find out how normal ageing is being governed by genes and what effect these genes have on other traits, such as immunity. (birmingham.ac.uk)
  • Sterility can also be caused by selective breeding, where a selected trait is closely linked to genes involved in sex determination or fertility. (wikipedia.org)
  • The fish, which have been engineered with extra genes to make them grow more quickly, pass on this trait to the hybrid offspring. (pfeiffertheface.com)
  • It seems few genes are involved in confering regeneration capabilities to an organism, same goes for negligible senescense, as organisms with either of these have closely related species that do not posses such traits. (fightaging.org)
  • Several biological, physiological and ecological traits may thus be involved ( Fig. 1 ), although we still know little about the mechanisms underlying the complex nature of range shifts 16 . (nature.com)
  • These species collectively compose a group that closely aligns with the anatomy and ecological traits of the oldest hominins or humanoid species known to us. (primatology.net)
  • After genetic and morphological studies, it was found that there was enough molecular and morphological difference to establish Podarcis virescens as its own species. (wikipedia.org)
  • We investigated patterns of habitat segregation and morphological differentiation in syntopic, closely related turdid birds of the alpine zone of the Central Himalayas. (springer.com)
  • The ordination of each species in morphological space closely matched its distribution in ecological space (microhabitat, foraging strategies). (springer.com)
  • Striking associations of morphology with ecology were not only evident for single traits but were also found in multidimensional comparisons: between-species Euclidian distances in ecology calculated from 19 habitat properties were in most cases equivalent to morphological distances calculated from 20 traits. (springer.com)
  • In addition, in one of the two study areas species locations in the plane spanned by DFA axes of habitat use mirrored their positions in the morphological multivariate space. (springer.com)
  • The observed distributions of the species in ecological and morphological space are interpreted as being mainly attributable to individualistic responses to the specific constraints of the alpine environment. (springer.com)
  • Specifically, I am interested in how parasites influence the evolution of sexual traits across closely related populations. (colorado.edu)
  • My research has shown that different sexual traits in at least two of the populations are signaling information to females about the costly parasites in a male's territory. (colorado.edu)
  • There are no reasons to assume that the introduced traits will allow 4114 maize to establish feral populations. (cogem.net)
  • Domestication of dogs has led to dark-colored coats in wolves, which has proven to be a valuable trait for wolf populations as their arctic habitat shrinks," Musiani said. (science20.com)
  • This species involves multiple ploidy-levels, and different populations are highly variable in floral scent and morphology, and in the propensity to form asexual propagation bodies (root bulbils). (lu.se)
  • These detailed studies involving so many species were facilitated by large-scale computational evolutionary genomic analyses led by Robert Waterhouse from the University of Geneva Medical School and the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Steve has lectured extensively on human-induced evolutionary change, has used genetic detective work to identify whales, seahorses, rockfish and sharks for sale in retail markets, and is developing genomic methods to help find ocean species resistant to climate change. (stanford.edu)
  • Such mechanisms can include genomic traits of fungi and hosts, and the environmental context of interactions. (arizona.edu)
  • We combine genomic, evolutionary and ecological studies to ask and answer questions about the distribution, diversification and conservation of biodiversity within and among species, and in particular how these patterns and processes are affected by the interaction between plants and insects. (lu.se)
  • We investigate the direct effects of polyploidization on phenotypic traits of importance for plant-insect interactions (e.g. floral scent and morphology), using different ploidy-types of the plant Lithophragma bolanderi as model. (lu.se)
  • Biological and geographical factors which may predispose a given psyllid species for successful colonization of North America are unknown, which hinders efforts to develop a list of psyllid traits which predict invasiveness. (usda.gov)
  • Biological and geographical traits correlated with arrival and establishment of non-native species have shifted through time. (usda.gov)
  • Nora Besansky, O'Hara Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame and a member of the University's Eck Institute for Global Health, has led an international team of scientists in sequencing the genomes of 16 Anopheles mosquito species from around the world. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Here, we investigate whether species traits and their underlying phylogenetic constraints explain altitudinal shifts at the trailing and leading edges of stream fish species ranges. (nature.com)
  • To investigate lifespan, the researchers compared the longevity of four species of nematode worm (Caenorhabditis elegans, Caenorhabditis briggsae, Caenorhabditis remanei and Caenorhabditis brenneri) and also the expression of DAF-16. (birmingham.ac.uk)
  • We demonstrate that these shifts are related to dissimilar mechanisms: whereas range retractions show some support for phylogenetic clustering due to a high level of conservatism in thermal safety margins, range expansions are underpinned by both evolutionarily conserved and labile traits, notably trophic position and life-history strategy, hence decreasing the strength of phylogenetic signal. (nature.com)
  • Throughout their evolutionary (that is, phylogenetic) history, species have been continuously exposed to climate fluctuations. (nature.com)
  • Conservatism of range shifts at the leading and trailing edges of distribution can be expected to be driven by the degree of phylogenetic clustering of traits involved in responding to climate change 5 . (nature.com)
  • Phylogenetic signal is the tendency for closely related species to display similar trait values due to their common ancestry. (datadryad.org)
  • Several methods have been developed for quantifying phylogenetic signal in univariate traits and for sets of traits treated simultaneously, and the statistical properties of these approaches have been extensively studied. (datadryad.org)
  • However, methods for assessing phylogenetic signal in high-dimensional multivariate traits like shape are less well developed, and their statistical performance is not well characterized. (datadryad.org)
  • Overall these findings demonstrate that Kmult provides a useful means of evaluating phylogenetic signal in high-dimensional multivariate traits. (datadryad.org)
  • To determine the occurrence, abundance, taxonomic diversity, and phylogenetic diversity of endohyphal bacteria among tropical seed-associated fungi, my coauthors and I used PCR and fluorescence microscopy to screen members of two common orders of seed-associated fungi, comparing their communities to those in closely related foliar endophytic fungi. (arizona.edu)
  • Approximately 5.3 Mya, the Zanclean Flood ended the Messinan salinity crisis which led to increased diversification in lizard species, including Podarcis lizards. (wikipedia.org)
  • In these networks, we study plant and insect trait evolution, and the role of trait diversification for gene flow and local adaptation. (lu.se)
  • We also examined differences in broad-scale habitat features at woodlots to determine predictors of species occurrence across sites. (biorxiv.org)
  • Besansky and her fellow researchers investigated the genetic differences between the deadly parasite-transmitting species and their harmless (but still annoying) cousins. (sciencedaily.com)
  • They also looked for differences in the activity of DAF-16 in each of the four species and found that they were all quite distinct in this respect. (birmingham.ac.uk)
  • And, importantly, the differences in DAF-16 corresponded exactly to differences in longevity, stress resistance and imunity in the four species - in general more DAF-16 activity means longer life, increased stress resistance and better immunity against some but not all diseases. (birmingham.ac.uk)
  • The fact that subtle differences in DAF-16 between species seem to have such an impact on ageing and health is very interesting and may explain how differences in lifespan and related traits have arisen during evolution. (birmingham.ac.uk)
  • However, in addition to the length differences between the species, the only chromosome pair with a satellite on the short arm is different: it is found on chromosome pair #2 in S. lidii and on a slightly shorter chromosome, pair # 4, in S. vespertilio. (conicet.gov.ar)
  • A separate team announced today that, by analyzing serrations and microwear patterns on the teeth of several Late Cretaceous theropods - bipedal, carnivorous dinosaurs - differences between species suggested they went for different prey, even though their method of killing the animal was the same. (discovermagazine.com)
  • however, hybridization may be limited to areas where climate and habitat is suitable for both species. (biorxiv.org)
  • Discriminant function analysis of 19 habitat structure parameters and comparisons of additional habitat features revealed that the species were distributed along gradients of vegetation height and vegetation density. (springer.com)
  • In terms of habitat preferences the species of the guild investigated formed three subsets: shrubbery species ( Erithacus pectoralis, E. chrysaeus and Hodgsonius phoenicuroides ), species preferring open areas with higher surface roughness ( Phoenicurus frontalis, Chaimarrornis leucocephalus ) and the high-altitude species Grandala coelicolor . (springer.com)
  • On my walk I found a dozen species sharing the same habitat and apparently competing for the same resources-primarily access to sunlight. (bit-player.org)
  • If there is some single combination of traits that works best for leaves growing in a particular habitat, I would expect evolution to find it. (bit-player.org)
  • The dark coloring may also aid the survival of the species as wolf habitat is affected by climate change in the future, the study suggests. (science20.com)
  • It is somewhat ironic that a trait that was created by humans may now prove to be beneficial for wolves as they deal with human-caused changes to their habitat," Musiani said. (science20.com)
  • Therefore, while climate change brings many difficulties in establishing a general understanding of species vulnerability, these findings emphasize how combining trait-based approaches in light of the species evolutionary history may offer new opportunities in facing conservation challenges. (nature.com)
  • Many insect species are undergoing rapid population decline in recent decades due to anthropogenic changes to natural landscapes and climate. (lu.se)
  • The Nordic collections are used today primarily to clarify which species have been present at a certain place at a certain time, for example, to be able to study how changes in the environment and climate have affected the flora over the past 200 years and to document newly immigrated potentially invasive species. (lu.se)
  • The first whole specimen that was vouchered and shown to be the new species was collected in Bulls Bay in July of 2001. (southernfriedscience.com)
  • This is seen through the genomes of the two species which are significantly related. (wikipedia.org)
  • Scientists have sequenced the genomes of 16 Anopheles mosquito species from around the world. (sciencedaily.com)
  • These results offer new insights into how these species are related to each other and how the dynamic evolution of their genomes may contribute to their flexibility to adapt to new environments and to seek out human blood. (sciencedaily.com)
  • To address these questions, researchers sequenced the genomes of 16 Anopheles species. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Overall, Podarcis virescens were found to have a lower body temperature than other two lizard species which were Lacerta schreiberi and Timon lepidus. (wikipedia.org)
  • These genetic changes formed the Podarcis lizard species found today, one of which is Podarcis virescens. (wikipedia.org)
  • Podarcis virescens have definitively been found to be a separate species than other Podarcis lizards, including Podarcis carbonelli, with a divergence time of 3.9 Mya. (wikipedia.org)
  • In barn swallows, I have found evidence that sexual traits have evolved to advertise valuable information to females about local parasites. (colorado.edu)
  • The former is a widespread moth found across much of eastern North America ( Covell 2005 ), while the latter is principally a Mexican species that reaches its northernmost limit in southeastern Arizona ( Franclemont 1973 ). (bioone.org)
  • The evolutionists "found that the 50 species [with an appendix, out of 361 mammals] are scattered so widely across the tree that the structure must have evolved independently at least 32 times, and perhaps as many as 38 times. (icr.org)
  • They compared these traits in fish around the world, from Norway to southern Chile, and found that when different regions had similar environments, fish had similar traits even though the species were not closely related. (dal.ca)
  • The Couch's Kingbird is a highly adaptable species, found in a variety of habitats including open woodlands, forest edges, and urban areas. (articleinsider.com)
  • Subsequently, other strains similar to previously studied Lagenidium species were found to be associated with infections in dogs, cats, and humans ( 5 - 7 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Trumpetfishes are found in tropical waters worldwide, with two species in the Atlantic and one in the Indo-Pacific. (wikipedia.org)
  • Scientists from Canada have found that transgenic Atlantic salmon can cross-breed with a closely related species - the brown trout. (pfeiffertheface.com)
  • To explore the influence of endohyphal bacteria on fungal phenotypes important for interactions with seeds, my coauthors and I examined a single fungus-bacterium pair consisting of a member of a well-known group of pathogenic fungi found to harbor an endohyphal bacterium closely related to those with known chitinolytic activity. (arizona.edu)
  • The comprehensive study also brings to light the potential connection between Anadoluvius turkae and other species, such as Ouranopithecus found in Greece and Graecopithecus found in Bulgaria. (primatology.net)
  • Just as Xa blocked canker formation when coinfiltrated with Xc in sweet orange leaves, two polymorphic XaFliC peptides designated flgIII-20 and flgIII-27, not related to flg22 or flgII-28 but found in many Xanthomonas species, were sufficient to protect sweet orange plants from Xc infection. (bvsalud.org)
  • Thus, although about half the world's human population is at risk of malaria, most fatalities occur in sub-Saharan Africa, home of the major vector species, Anopheles gambiae . (sciencedaily.com)
  • We selected species from Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America that represent a range of evolutionary distances from Anopheles gambiae , a variety of ecological conditions, and varying degrees of vectorial capacity," Besansky said. (sciencedaily.com)
  • For example, if they can identify ways to improve reef fish health in a well-studied area like Australia, similar methods are likely to work in parts of Africa or the Caribbean where fish have similar traits. (dal.ca)
  • While Tilapia is often raised in fish farms around the globe, the species is native to the Middle East and Africa. (pfeiffertheface.com)
  • This astonishing find, estimated to have lived around 8.7 million years ago, provides compelling evidence that tailless and bipedal Anadoluvius species potentially originated in Europe before spreading to Africa, weaving a unique tale within the tapestry of humanoid evolution. (primatology.net)
  • The discovery of the Anadoluvius turkae fossil, believed to be approximately 8.7 million years old, stands as a testament to the idea that European regions played a pivotal role in the emergence of humanoid species before their migration to Africa. (primatology.net)
  • This realization challenges the notion that African primates and the earliest humanoid species solely originated in Africa, suggesting a more intricate journey of evolution. (primatology.net)
  • Many species exhibit discontinuous distributions in North America likely caused by multiple introductions. (usda.gov)
  • Intriguingly, fully-grown naked mole-rats (NMRs) exhibit many traits typical of neonatal rodents. (frontiersin.org)
  • We study spatial patterns in plant signalling and defence traits and insect host- /and nectar plant preference, and how these interactions are affected by the nature of the plant-insect relationship (antagonistic/mutualistic), by the specificity of the interaction, and by the geographic context at landscape- and continent scales. (lu.se)
  • Therefore, our study systems often include multiple plant- and insect species that form small interaction networks. (lu.se)
  • Newly developed genome resources advance Nasonia for genetic research, accelerate mapping and cloning of quantitative trait loci, and will ultimately provide tools and knowledge for further increasing the utility of parasitoids as pest insect-control agents. (lu.se)
  • Malaria parasites are transmitted to humans by only a few dozen of the many hundreds of species of Anopheles mosquitoes, and of these, only a handful are highly efficient disease-vectors. (sciencedaily.com)
  • In the Darwinian models, apes and humans are closely related and share a relatively recent common ancestor. (reasons.org)
  • These species are fairly similar as they all inhabit slightly different regions of the Iberian Peninsula and share other traits such as their appearance and behavior. (wikipedia.org)
  • The similarity of falcons with hawks may be an example of 'convergent evolution' where two unrelated species develop similar physical traits. (parrotmag.com)
  • Infections of mammals by species in the phylum Oomycota taxonomically and molecularly similar to known Lagenidium giganteum strains have increased. (cdc.gov)
  • But they contest the Darwinian principle "that species with shared ancestry will have similar cognitive abilities. (reasons.org)
  • 4 In particular, they point out that from an evolutionary perspective "the appearance of similar [cognitive] abilities in distantly related species [with respect to purely physical attributes], but not necessarily in closely related ones, illustrates that cognitive traits cannot be neatly arranged in an evolutionary scale of relatedness. (reasons.org)
  • Each of these subspecies use different sexual traits to select their mates: plumage color in Colorado, tail streamers in the Czech Republic, and both color and tail in Israel. (colorado.edu)
  • Secondary contact of closely related species may lead to hybridization if reproductive isolation is incomplete. (biorxiv.org)
  • Thus, areas of secondary contact between recently diverged species are required to study the evolution of reproductive barriers due to reinforcement. (biorxiv.org)
  • In addition, although both species show a number of derived reproductive traits, like heterandry, zygomorphy, and andromonoecy, they retain the presumptively more generalized symmetrical karyotypes. (conicet.gov.ar)
  • Researchers at USDA-ARS Wapato in Washington, in collaboration with scientists from Washington State University, the Naturhistorisches Museum of Basel Switzerland, and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services conducted an extensive historical survey of the literature documenting arrival, host plant use, geographic origin, and life history traits of non-native psyllid species in North America. (usda.gov)
  • Evolutionary researchers organize all of these basic forms onto a preconceived "tree of life" that supposedly shows how closely related each form might be to another, assuming all creatures share common ancestry. (icr.org)
  • Fish species and reef habitats separated by thousands of kilometres and millions of years of evolution appear to have striking similarities, researchers at Dalhousie University suggest in a new paper that could provide a blueprint for how fish communities can be expected to change in the future. (dal.ca)
  • With its distinctive appearance and unique behavioral traits, the Couch's Kingbird has piqued the interest of bird enthusiasts and researchers alike. (articleinsider.com)
  • The researchers focused on Dromaeosaurus, Saurornitholestes and Troodon, all somewhat closely related and all from the back half of the Cretaceous, roughly 66-100 million years ago. (discovermagazine.com)
  • As researchers continue to unearth more fossils and explore new dimensions of our past, the story of Anadoluvius turkae remains an enduring testament to the intricate journey of humanoid species across time and continents. (primatology.net)
  • Other things that in recent years have attracted researchers to the Nordic herbarium are among other things the possibilities to obtain from the collections unique information about the phenology of species (like flowering time), chemical contents (like environmental toxins) and parasites (like micro-fungi and bile-forming insects), and how these have changed over time and space. (lu.se)
  • If threatened or endangered status is an issue now, and there are cryptic species within those taxa, than by simple math, things are in far worse shape. (southernfriedscience.com)
  • Permits or certificates should only be granted if the relevant authorities are satisfied that certain conditions are met, above all that trade will not be detrimental to the survival of the species in the wild. (coastalwiki.org)
  • The literature survey showed that at least 46 species of psyllids are introductions in North America, and that arrival dates back to the early 1800s by a European species that feeds on pear trees. (usda.gov)
  • We summarize species composition of the non-native psyllid fauna in North America and review detection records, current distributions, host use, life histories, and geographical sources. (usda.gov)
  • Monodelphis saci, new species, belongs to the subgenus Mygalodelphys, and analyses of DNA sequence data suggest that it is most closely related to M. handleyi, M. osgoodi, and M. peruviana. (amnh.org)
  • A morphometric karyotype analysis was performed on the two Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum species of the Canary Islands (S. lidii and S. vespertilio) to understand patterns of chromosome differentiation, taxonomic relationships and evolutionary implications. (conicet.gov.ar)
  • 2007 as "two or more distinct species erroneously classified and hidden under one species name"] thing. (southernfriedscience.com)
  • However, no general consensus has so far emerged about the mechanisms involved and the role of phylogeny in shaping species responses has been poorly explored. (nature.com)
  • However, even closely related fungi can have opposing effects on seeds of particular plants, such that mechanisms influencing host-specific effects require further attention. (arizona.edu)
  • 2004). Semple and Beck (2021) placed the species back into Solidago as S. sect. (uwaterloo.ca)
  • Northern ( Glaucomys sabrinus (Shaw, 1801)) and southern ( Glaucomys volans (Linnaeus, 1758)) flying squirrels are two species that diverged in allopatry during the early - mid Pleistocene within separate glacial refugia ( Arbogast 2007 ). (biorxiv.org)
  • In the 1700s, Carl Linnaeus, a Swedish physician and botanist, popularized a naming system in which a species is identified with two Latin names, Latin being the scientific language of the time. (missouri.edu)
  • It also includes so-called "look-alike species", i.e. species whose specimens in trade look like those of species listed for conservation reasons (see Article II, paragraph 2 of the Convention). (coastalwiki.org)
  • What does the new species of hammerhead mean for shark science and conservation? (southernfriedscience.com)
  • The discovery of a cryptic species within a species already known to be Endangered raises conservation concerns. (southernfriedscience.com)
  • Credit Victoria Arbour/Current Biology) The relative width and curviness varies between the species, but the key thing here's the denticles: Dromaeosaurus, like Gorgosaurus, has squarish-denticles, while those of Saurornitholestes are more pointy. (discovermagazine.com)
  • The development of agriculture is closely associated with the domestication of wheat, one of the earliest crop species. (blogspot.com)
  • Centuries-long phenology data also exist for other plant and animal species across Japan Primack et al. (researchgate.net)
  • Conversely, the same common name may refer to completely different species. (missouri.edu)
  • To do that, we looked at a gene that we already knew to be involved in the ageing process, called DAF-16, to see how it may determine the different rates of ageing in different species. (birmingham.ac.uk)
  • Falcons don't appear to be as closely related to the hawks and eagles that we always thought were their close relatives. (parrotmag.com)
  • In 2019, with enormous thanks to our Norwegian donors, our partners concluded a 6-year effort to collect crop wild relatives, and we were able to continue to support the pre-breeding programs that will put key traits from these wild species in the hands of breeders and farmers. (croptrust.org)
  • We wanted to understand the evolutionary links between this exceptional living group, and their Mesozoic relatives, including well-known extinct species like T. rex, Triceratops, and Stegosaurus,' said Dr. Roger Benson of Oxford University's Department of Earth Sciences, who led a study on the connection between birds and dinosaurs. (zmescience.com)
  • We also investigated the minimum promoter regulated by CsLOB1, and this region and LOB1 domain were conserved among citrus species and relatives, which suggests that the interaction PthA4-CsLOB1-CsLIEXP1 is conserved in citrus species and relatives. (bvsalud.org)
  • However, studies have shown that many fungi also harbor endosymbionts than can influence their functional traits. (arizona.edu)
  • The Psylloidea (Hemiptera) comprise ~3800 species of small sap-feeding insects known as psyllids or jumping plant-lice. (usda.gov)
  • We report here genome sequences and comparative analyses of three closely related parasitoid wasps: Nasonia vitripennis, N. giraulti, and N. tongicomis. (lu.se)
  • Scientists in Canada, France and Australia studied fish communities by looking at certain traits - their body sizes, behaviours, habitats and diets. (dal.ca)
  • However, of the almost 500 different Anopheles species, only a few dozen can carry the parasite and only a handful of species are responsible for the vast majority of transmissions. (sciencedaily.com)
  • This can be evident from the divergence of isolating traits. (biorxiv.org)
  • International trade in specimens of Appendix-II species may be authorized by the granting of an export permit or re-export certificate. (coastalwiki.org)
  • We gathered sequences and specimens from other known species and didn't find a match - that's what got us on the whole cryptic species [defined by Bickford et al. (southernfriedscience.com)
  • Other traits predicting invasiveness include geographic origin, shown by an overrepresentation in psyllids arriving from Australia or South America. (usda.gov)
  • Currently, my main research activities include studies of mating-system and floral evolution in the neotropical vine Dalechampia, and studies of the role of species interactions in structuring the spatial and temporal dynamics of communities. (lu.se)
  • Taxonomic notes: - Geonoma divisa is related to two other species within the G. stricta clade - G. longivaginata and G. ferruginea, both from Central America. (palmweb.org)
  • Our collections are mainly used in taxonomic research to clarify species boundaries, relationships and which name should be used. (lu.se)
  • The family Psyllidae is overrepresented in the pool of exotics (52% of exotic species) relative to global psyllid diversity while Triozidae (at 11% of exotic species) is underrepresented. (usda.gov)
  • Research into the stress resistance and immunity of the four species involved exposing them to high temperature, heavy metals and a range of bacterial and fungal diseases. (birmingham.ac.uk)
  • He will attempt to land each of the 20 native trout species in their historical ranges of the 12 states in the West . (tu.org)
  • At least 35 species of fish are currently being genetically engineered around the world, including trout, catfish, tilapia, striped bass, flounder, and many species of salmon. (pfeiffertheface.com)
  • This remarkable find is overturning traditional perspectives on the origins of humanoid species, shedding light on a complex narrative that challenges preconceived notions. (primatology.net)
  • Dr Driggers recalls that "at the time I was collecting samples from various species of sharks for life history studies and also collecting tissues for Dr. [Joseph] Quattro's genetics work. (southernfriedscience.com)
  • Life History ( LH ) theory predicts that psychosocial traits will be selected to cluster into functionally coherent and coordinated suites of coadapted behavioral tactics. (bvsalud.org)
  • Use what you read to write a paragraph explaining what skills or physical traits the species needed to do the amazing thing. (nieonline.com)
  • In addition to their physical traits, Couch's Kingbirds also have unique vocalizations that play a crucial role in their communication and territorial defense. (articleinsider.com)
  • As of 2013, approximately 50 species of fish have been subject to genetic modification. (pfeiffertheface.com)
  • In 2006, Dr. Quattro and his team published a paper entitled "Genetic evidence of cryptic speciation within hammerhead sharks ," showing that there may be a previously-unknown species hiding within scalloped hammerheads. (southernfriedscience.com)
  • Steve's first science book for non-scientists The Evolution Explosion explored how human accelerate evolutionary change in the species around us. (stanford.edu)
  • To assess the influence of endohyphal bacteria with respect to the outcomes of seed-fungus interactions, my coauthors and I examined six fungus-bacterium pairs and their interactions with the seeds of five tropical pioneer tree species. (arizona.edu)
  • Getting enough high-quality DNA samples for all species was a challenging process and we had to design and apply novel strategies to overcome the difficulties associated with high levels of DNA sequence variations, especially from the wild-caught sample," Neafsey said. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The future of the dingo could hinge on the question of whether it should be officially classified as a unique species or just another wild dog. (mercinewyork.com)
  • A dingo is a wild dog of the species canis lupus dingo thought to be related to the wolf. (mercinewyork.com)
  • Sink Your Teeth Into This Let's start by taking a gander at the slightly ducky-looking fella at the top of this post (technically, it's Saurornitholestes, one of the species included in the study). (discovermagazine.com)
  • In the comparison below, included in the study, dinosaur teeth from the three species studied are scaled to be the same size, at crown height, with each other and the tooth of a less closely related coelurosaur, Gorgosaurus, included for illustrative purposes. (discovermagazine.com)
  • This study underscores the importance of maintaining the ability to culture Vibrio species to aid in accurate diagnoses. (cdc.gov)