Teredinidae are obligate xylophagous bivalves that colonize drift wood. They display a highly derived anatomy with a reduced shell; most of their body consists of soft tissues. Consequently, fossil teredinids mostly correspond to burrows, shells or small terminal aragonite structures called ‘pallets’. We report, from mid‐Cretaceous logs of the Envi...
Published in Developmental biology
A challenge for evolutionary research is to uncover how new morphological traits evolve the coordinated spatial and temporal expression patterns of genes that govern their formation during development. Detailed studies are often limited to characterizing how one or a few genes contributed to a trait’s emergence, and thus our knowledge of how entire...
During the Neolithic, between 5500 and 2200 calBC, the Elbe-Saale region in central Germany was densely inhabited. Throughout this period, exogenous influences brought new knowledge and innovative productions to this crossroad area. From the Linear Pottery to the Beaker Culture, people settled in this fertile region with its loess and chernozem soi...
Published in American journal of botany
Inferring the evolution of characters in Isoëtes has been problematic, as these plants are morphologically conservative and yet highly variable and homoplasious within that conserved base morphology. However, molecular phylogenies have given us a valuable tool for testing hypotheses of character evolution within the genus, such as the hypothesis of...
PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Inferring the evolution of characters in Isoëtes has been problematic, as these plants are morphologically conservative and yet highly variable and homoplasious within that conserved base morphology. However, molecular phylogenies have given us a valuable tool for testing hypotheses of character evolution within the genus, such...
Published in BMC Evolutionary Biology
BackgroundAntennae are multi-segmented appendages and main odor-sensing organs in insects. In Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies), antennal morphologies have diversified according to their ecological requirements. While diurnal butterflies have simple, rod-shaped antennae, nocturnal moths have antennae with protrusions or lateral branches on each a...
Common life-history aspects among independent lineages often result in the repeated evolution of suites of adaptive traits, or "syndromes'. Such syndromes can be key avenues to understand relationships between morphological and ecological traits, but are rarely tested due to insufficient trait shift repetitions. We use a hyperdiverse lineage to inv...
Published in Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B
The influences of an NH4F additive content and calcination time on the morphological evolution of α-Al2O3 were investigated by using commercial γ-Al2O3 precursor as raw material. The results showed that the morphological evolution of α-Al2O3 was highly related to the addition of NH4F, the additive content, and the calcination time. Square-like α-Al...
Published in Journal of Geographical Sciences
Elucidating the influence of dams on fluvial processes can inform river protection and basin management. However, relatively few studies have focused on how multiple factors interact to affect the morphological evolution of meandering reaches. Using hydrological and topographical data, we analyzed the factors that influence and regulate the meander...
Published in ACS applied materials & interfaces
An interface stabilizer based on alkylation-functionalized fullerene derivatives, [6, 6]-Phenyl-C61-butyric acid (3,5-bis(octyloxy)phenyl)methyl ester (PCB-C8oc), was successfully synthesized and applied for the active layer of Organic Photovoltaics (OPVs). The PCB-C8oc can replace part of the phenyl-C61-buty-ric acid methyl ester (PCBM) and be dis...
