Molecular Species Concepts Species biology plays a critical role in modern phylogeneticsDavis, Jerrold I
But pinning down the definition of a species isn't just an academic exercise — many of the world's conservation policies are structured around species as the de facto unit of conservation. Ultimately, it poses more existential questions as well. If there are four species of giraffe...
Symbiotic relationships are the signature of life on earth, and evolutionary biology has to include the species community within the metaorganism as a central unit of selection. “Biology has entered a new era with the capacity to understand that an organism’s genetics and fitness are inclusive ...
Blood group ABH reactive material is also found in many animal species. A and H active glycosphingolipids have been isolated from the intestine of dogs,40,41 and rats,42 as well as from hog gastric mucosa.43 In some cases, the substances contain B-like determinants lacking the H-specific...
The term monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance (MGRS) was introduced by the International Kidney and Monoclonal Gammopathy Research Group (IKMG) in 2012. The IKMG met in April 2017 to refine the definition of MGRS and to update the diagnostic crite
(fruit, seed, and/or nut eater) at the archosaur-to-bird transition. The evolutionary shift of the CALB to herbivory may have essentially made them become a low-level consumer and, consequently, subject to relatively high predation risk from potential predators such as gliding non-avian mani...
OTUs are akin to molecular microbial species and are commonly based on 97% or 99% sequence identity levels. A single representative sequence is chosen from each cluster, and the count of sequences in the cluster can be used to compute the relative proportion of the corresponding OTU in the ...
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Due to the low resolution at the species level afforded by 16S, only studies using metagenomics were included in the species-level synthesis. Due to the heterogeneity and incomparability of processing and sequencing methodology, a meta-analysis was not conducted. Quality assessment We used the ...
Current machine learning classifiers have successfully been applied to whole-genome sequencing data to identify genetic determinants of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), but they lack causal interpretation. Here we present a metabolic model-based machine l