The question of why some groups of organisms have diversified more than others has fascinated biologists since the early days of phylogenetics. The success of particular clades has often been attributed to the evolution of novel traits or key innovations conferring an evolutionary advantage1,2, and ...
Entomopathogenic fungi, with particular focus on hypocrealean ascomycetes, are unique among entomopathogenic microorganisms due to their mode of action through the cuticle which gives them a significant advantage in integrated pest management strategies; conidia of EPF adhere to the cuticle, germinate, pen...
The biological species (biospecies) concept applies only to sexually reproducing species, which means that until sexual reproduction evolved, there were no biospecies. On the universal tree of life, biospecies concepts therefore apply only to a relatively small number of clades, notably plants and...
Science teachers can use examples and concepts from evolutionary medicine to teach the three concepts central to evolution: common descent, the processes or mechanisms of evolution, and the patterns produced by descent with modification. To integrate medicine into common ancestry, consider how the evolu...
Purpose of different structures of plants Skills Practiced Use these assessment tools to test out these skills: Critical thinking- apply relevant concepts to examine information regarding the structures of plants in a different light Information recall- access the knowledge you have gained regarding diffe...
Plants and phytophagous insects account for the majority of the documented species of terrestrial organisms1,2. To explain the high diversity of insects, a long held hypothesis states that their diversification is directly related to that of plants3,4. More than half a century ago, Ehrlich and ...
The most widely accepted concept for species is the biological species concept [16]; however, this is hard to apply for asexually reproducing organisms, such as for thelytokous thrips. Instead, concepts such as the evolutionary species concept [87] or a unified species concept (as proposed by...
Biological Theory | Definition & Examples Biology | Definition, Concepts & Fields What are the Branches of Biology? Start today. Try it now Life Science: Middle School 35 chapters | 241 lessons Ch 1. Introduction to Life Science Ch 2. Characteristics & Chemicals of... Ch 3. The Pa...
All ideas, concepts and real life objects are related to each other by sixteen logical opporators. If one knows these opporators then one can think logically. If one does not, then one is just making it up as one goes along. Test your level of logical skill. Can you make the pin bal...
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