Synthesizing trait observations and knowledge across the Tree of Life remains a grand challenge for biodiversity science. Species traits are widely used in ecological and evolutionary science, and new data and
The year 2023 marks the mid-point of the 15-year period envisaged to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, targets for global development adopted in September 2015 by all United Nations Member States. To help track where we are on this journey, and to amplify success stories, in this ...
aACRE is supported by a core consortium of nine international partners: University of Southern Queensland, Australia; the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administraon (NOAA) Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the Unive...
a gigantic glowing copper high-rise is materializing on top of one of the highest landmarks in Melbourne, while there are plans for a high-rise on stilts to front the entrance into Ivanhoe. These are for the private market. Meanwhile this morning,the...
In 2008 we initiated a project to sequence the genomes of some of the Darwin’s finches (Additional file1). In particular, we were motivated to perform a whole genome analysis of the large ground finchG. magnirostrisbecause of the evolutionary importance of the entire clade of Darwin’s fin...
27,28,29 Distyly in Linum has been studied since Darwin,6,7 revealing dimorphism not only in flower structure6,7,27 but also in pollen color and exine sculpturing, and stigma surface.8,30 Although molecular studies have led to the identification of candidate S-locus genes,31,32 the distyly...
New research from a consortium led by Royal Holloway, University of London, has identified the first genetic link for Cerebral Venous Thrombosis (CVT): an uncommon form of stroke affecting mostly young individuals, and primarily women. Brain connections mean some people lack visual imagery Medical ...
Haeckel E (1866) Generelle Morphologie der Organismen allgemeine Grundzuge der organischen Formen-Wissenschaft, mechanisch begrundet durch die von Charles Darwin reformirte Descendenz-Theorie von Ernst Haeckel: Allgemeine Entwickelungsgeschichte der Organismen kritische Grundzuge der mechanischen Wissenschaft...
The swallowtail butterfly Papilio polytes holds a special place in the study of mimicry. Alfred Russel Wallace, most famous for his co-discovery with Charles Darwin of evolution by natural selection1, also made many other fundamental insights, one of which was his discovery of female-limited mim...
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