However, their effects have not been studied yet, particularly from observational evidence. For example, buildings cast shadows on trees, directly reducing the heating of tree canopies during the daytime while constraining the evapotranspiration due to reduced direct solar radiation17. Building clusters ...
Assis, S.; Carvalho, S. 2012. Evolutionism and the teaching of science: How Portugal has been playing with the big tree of evolution. Evolution: Education and Outreach, 5: 445-452.Assis, S., & Carvalho, S. (2012). Evolutionism and the Teaching of Science: How Portugal Has Been "...
Most fresh bananas belong to the Cavendish and Gros Michel subgroups. Here, we report chromosome-scale genome assemblies of Cavendish (1.48 Gb) and Gros Michel (1.33 Gb), defining three subgenomes, Ban, Dh and Ze, with Musa acuminata ssp. banksii, malaccensis and zebrina as their ma...
Syncarpea from the Big-bracted group (BB) and subgen. Kraniopsis from the BW group. The former is missing C. multinervosa, closely related to C. kousa Hance, and C. elliptica (Chun) Q. Y. Xiang & Bouf- ford, closely related to C. capitata Wall. Subgenus Kraniopsis consists of ...
Retrotransposons are highly prevalent in most animals and account for more than 35% of the human genome. However, the prevalence, biogenesis mechanism and
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the deep history of life from its origins on a young planet to the incredible Cambrian explosion, presenting a compelling new explanation for the emergence of biological novelty. The very latest discoveries in paleontology – many of them made by the author and his students – are integrated ...
MAFF and KACC group together, but PXO99A is clearly distinct and considerably more distant from MAFF and KACC than they are from one another (Additional file 1). The tree was confirmed by another tree built with all the sequenced Xanthomonas genomes and rooted with Xylella fastidiosa (...
Evolution is considered the unifying concept in biology and is also a key theory underlying many areas of human knowledge. Teaching evolution from as early as kindergarten allows children to better understand concepts related with the biological world and prevents the development of negative feelings an...
Over 90% of global yam production comes from the ‘yam belt’ (Nigeria, Benin, Ghana, Togo, and Cote d’Ivoire) in West Africa, where yam’s importance is demonstrated by its vital role in traditional culture, rituals, and religion3,4,5. While yams are primarily dioecious, and hence ...