Fungi are actually in their own taxonomic kingdom, meaning they've got something going on that's very different from every other type of organism on Earth. The immediately obvious thing that sets fungi apart from everyone else is that they reproduce exclusively via spores, little bits of DNA ...
While it is widely acknowledged that Darwin’s descriptions of females were gender-biased, gender bias in current sexual selection research is less recognized. An examination of the history of sexual selection research shows prevalent male precedence—that research starts with male-centered investigations...
Tree anteater has a go at the awkward expression game. This completed my tour of the museum; there were 2 more floors of specimens but they were closed for, sigh, say it with me… health and safety reasons. Balconies from which toddlers or pensioners or drunken undergrads could accidentally...
Are tree frogs reptiles or amphibians? Did amphibians evolve into reptiles? Did amphibians evolve from reptiles? Did amphibians evolve before reptiles? Are amphibians different from reptiles? What do reptiles, amphibians and mammals have in common? Are reptiles in the phylum Chordata? Are earthworms ...
A willow tree is classified as a deciduous tree, which means that it sheds its leaves once a year, usually in the fall. The willow tree is in the Salicaceae family, grows up to 70 feet tall, and has a lifespan of about 30 years....
(1) ECM species occur in darker habitats owing to their symbiosis with tree species that form forests; and because forests are darker and thus colder than open fields or grasslands, at least during the daytime, ECM species might have evolved darker mushroom phenotypes to enhance warming by ...
2019). Mutualistic interactions are ubiquitous in ecological systems, yet they have historically been short-changed relative to competitive interactions in ecological textbooks due to a number of biases ranging from taxonomic to political (Bronstein 2015). And there are many many more ways our ...
Taxonomic classification was performed with Blastn+ [32], using Silva 132 database [33]. Finally, a phylogenetic tree was inferred from ASV sequences using FastTree 2 [34]. Statistical analysis Statistical analyses were performed using R (v 4.0.4) [35] and specialized packages: phyloseq (v....
First, we obtained data on the number of insect species present in the British Isles, encompassing both Great Britain and Ireland (N = 24,043) for 31 insect groups (Barnard, 2011), allowing us to develop an analysis of potential taxonomic bias within the insects listed by policies. Next, ...
One theory for the evolution of intelligence is based on the idea that cognitive ability evolved as a means of navigating complex social situations. The idea is that it takes a lot of brain power to recognize many individuals and interact with them accordingl...