Thomas, Kate N Gower, David J Bell, Rayna C Fujita, Matthew K Schott, Ryan K Streicher, Jeffrey W
Published in
Proceedings. Biological sciences
Frogs and toads (Amphibia: Anura) display diverse ecologies and behaviours, which are often correlated with visual capacity in other vertebrates. Additionally, anurans exhibit a broad range of relative eye sizes, which have not previously been linked to ecological factors in this group. We measured relative investment in eye size and corneal size f...
cardenes, victor merinero, raúl rubio-ordoñez, álvaro cnudde, veerle garcía-guinea, javier pitcairn, iain k.
It is widely accepted that metamorphism induces a remobilization of iron sulfides, sweeping away original ones while creating new ones. This paper analyzes size distributions of iron sulfides in several samples from the Caples and Torlesse terranes from the Otago Schist (New Zealand) using high-resolution X-ray computed tomography, which allows all...
Day, JJ Martins, FC Tobias, JA Murrell, DJ
Aim Morphological and lineage evolution are predicted to follow different patterns in island and mainland radiations. However, the extent to which these geographical contexts influence evolutionary trajectories remains poorly understood, in part because few studies have focused on species‐rich clades colonizing continents and archipelagos over comp...
YAO, Fengxin SHI, Boyang WANG, Xiaoqi PAN, Da BAI, Ming YAN, Jie CUMBERLIDGE, Neil SUN, Hongying
Published in
Integrative Zoology
One of the most striking radiations in brachyuran evolution is the considerable morphological diversification of the external reproductive structures of primary freshwater crabs: the male first gonopod (G1) and the female vulva (FV). However, the lack of quantitative studies, especially the lack of data on female genitalia, has seriously limited ou...
Hansen Wheat, Christina van der Bijl, Wouter Wheat, Christopher W.
Published in
Evolution Letters
Domesticated animals display suites of altered morphological, behavioral, and physiological traits compared to their wild ancestors, a phenomenon known as the domestication syndrome (DS). Because these alterations are observed to co‐occur across a wide range of present day domesticates, the traits within the DS are assumed to covary within species ...
Tissières, Virginie Geier, Florian Kessler, Barbara Wolf, Eckhard Zeller, Rolf Lopez-Rios, Javier
Published in
Cell Reports
Tissières et al. show that, in comparison to the pentadactyl mouse limb, the expression and regulation of key developmental pathways are altered during pig limb bud development. These changes likely contributed to the morphological evolution of the highly specialized pig limb skeleton, with two weight-bearing and two reduced digits.
McMillan, W. Owen Livraghi, Luca Concha, Carolina Hanly, Joseph J.
Butterfly wing patterns have emerged as exceptional model systems with which to link the developmental and genetic processes that generate morphological variation with the ecological and evolutionary processes that shape this variation in natural populations. Among butterflies, research on species within the genus Heliconius has provided remarkable...
amenuvor, mawusi gao, weilun dongxue, li shao, dongdong
The Volta River in West Africa is one of the most regulated rivers influenced by dams in the world, and the regulation has resulted in substantial impacts on the hydrological alteration and morphological evolution of the Volta River Delta. However, comprehensive analyses of the relevant effects are still lacking to date. In this study, inter-annual...
Majure, Lucas C Baker, Marc A Cloud-Hughes, Michelle Salywon, Andrew Neubig, Kurt M
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American journal of botany
Although numerous phylogenetic studies have been conducted in Cactaceae, whole-plastome datasets have not been employed. We used the chollas to develop a plastome dataset for phylogeny reconstruction to test species relationships, biogeography, clade age, and morphological evolution. We developed a plastome dataset for most known diploid members of...
thuan, duong hai almar, rafael marchesiello, patrick viet, nguyen trung
Although coastal morphology results essentially from underwater sediment transports, the evolution of underwater beach profiles along the diverse coastlines of the world is still poorly documented. Bathymetry inversion from shore-based video cameras set forth a more systematic evaluation and is becoming more commonly used. However, there are limita...
