Methodological advances for hypothesis‐driven ethnobiology

OG Gaoue, JK Moutouama, MA Coe… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ethnobiology as a discipline has evolved increasingly to embrace theory‐inspired and
hypothesis‐driven approaches to study why and how local people choose plants and …

Genomic epidemiology as a public health tool to combat mosquito-borne virus outbreaks

S Pollett, JR Fauver, I Maljkovic Berry… - The Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Next-generation sequencing technologies, exponential increases in the availability of virus
genomic data, and ongoing advances in phylogenomic methods have made genomic …

Online repositories of photographs and videos provide insights into the evolution of skilled hindlimb movements in birds

C Gutiérrez-Ibáñez, C Amaral-Peçanha… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
The ability to manipulate objects with limbs has evolved repeatedly among land tetrapods.
Several selective forces have been proposed to explain the emergence of forelimb …

Parameters influencing the development of highly conductive and efficient biofilm during microbial electrosynthesis: the importance of applied potential and inorganic …

P Izadi, JM Fontmorin, A Godain, EH Yu… - npj Biofilms and …, 2020 - nature.com
Cathode-driven applications of bio-electrochemical systems (BESs) have the potential to
transform CO2 into value-added chemicals using microorganisms. However, their …

Factors influencing terrestriality in primates of the Americas and Madagascar

TM Eppley, S Hoeks, CA Chapman… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Among mammals, the order Primates is exceptional in having a high taxonomic richness in
which the taxa are arboreal, semiterrestrial, or terrestrial. Although habitual terrestriality is …

Unified changes in cell size permit coordinated leaf evolution

TJ Brodribb, GJ Jordan, RJ Carpenter - New Phytologist, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The processes by which the functions of interdependent tissues are coordinated as lineages
diversify are poorly understood. Here, we examine evolutionary coordination of vascular …

Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 variants during the first two years of the pandemic in Colombia

C Jimenez-Silva, R Rivero, J Douglas… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Background The emergence of highly transmissible SARS-CoV-2 variants has led to surges
in cases and the need for global genomic surveillance. While some variants rapidly spread …

Bio. Phylo: a unified toolkit for processing, analyzing and visualizing phylogenetic trees in Biopython

E Talevich, BM Invergo, PJA Cock, BA Chapman - BMC bioinformatics, 2012 - Springer
Background Ongoing innovation in phylogenetics and evolutionary biology has been
accompanied by a proliferation of software tools, data formats, analytical techniques and …

Multiple-stressor effects on stream invertebrates: DNA barcoding reveals contrasting responses of cryptic mayfly species

JN Macher, RK Salis, KS Blakemore, R Tollrian… - Ecological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Most freshwater ecosystems are subject to multiple anthropogenic stressors, which
commonly reduce biodiversity across all levels. Existing freshwater bioassessment …

Predicting extinction risk of Brazilian Atlantic Forest angiosperms

TCC Leao, CR Fonseca, CA Peres… - Conservation …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding how plant life history affects species vulnerability to anthropogenic
disturbances and environmental change is a major ecological challenge. We examined how …