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PHENOTYPIC EVOLUTION OF MIDDLE AMERICAN TREE FROGS: ALLOMETRIC EFFECTS, AND LARVAL AND ADULT EVOLUTIONARY INDEPENDENCE
(2016-10-25)
The shape and size of vertebrates is shaped by adaptive processes and
phylogenetic relationships, and constrained by mechanical and developmental constraints. We quantified the diversity of the skull using geometric ...
TRACING THE DAWN OF THE ELAPIDAE THROUGH THE MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS AND HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY OF OLD WORLD CORALSNAKES
(2016-12-20)
Much debated since the early 20th century, the evolutionary history and origin of the clinically important family Elapidae is of enormous interest. A persistent lack of higher-level phylogenetic resolution however, has ...
RESPONSE OF MICROBIAL NETWORKS AND MICROBIOMES TO THE FOREST-TO-PASTURE CONVERSION IN AMAZON SOILS
(2016-11-30)
The Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest ecosystem in the world, and an extremely important region ecologically. Due to the growing human needs mainly for cattle ranching and cultivation, the rainforest has ...
Phylogeography of the American Green Treefrog Species Group
(2016-12-08)
The southeastern United States is an important temperate biodiversity hotspot, housing a multitude of endemic species and multiple large rivers fragmenting their ranges. To determine if the Riverine Barriers Hypothesis ...
Insights into the genomic and metabolic adaptations of Termite Associated Verrucomicrobia strains using functional and comparative genomics
(2016-12-16)
The symbiotic gut organisms of termites play an important role in lignocellulose digestion and other related metabolic processes. Previous studies on Diplosphaera colitermitum TAV2, a Verrucomicrobium isolated from the ...
GENETIC BASIS OF MELANIN PIGMENTATION AND SEXUAL DICHROMATISM IN DOMESTIC PIGEONS
(2016-12-09)
Deciphering the genetic basis of pigmentation in domestic pigeons (Columba livia) affords a unique opportunity to connect microevolution to macroevolution. Domestic pigeons have far greater phenotypic diversity than other ...