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    • 9-Genes Reinforce the Phylogeny of Holometabola and Yield Alternate Views on the Phylogenetic Placement of Strepsiptera 

      McKenna, Duane D; Farrell, Brian Dorsey (Public Library of Science, 2010)
      Background: The extraordinary morphology, reproductive and developmental biology, and behavioral ecology of twisted wing parasites (order Strepsiptera) have puzzled biologists for centuries. Even today, the phylogenetic ...
    • Evolutionary Entropy Determines Invasion Success in Emergent Epidemics 

      Rhodes, Christopher J.; Demetrius, Lloyd A. (Public Library of Science, 2010)
      Background: Standard epidemiological theory claims that in structured populations competition between multiple pathogen strains is a deterministic process which is mediated by the basic reproduction number (R0) of the ...
    • Favorable Climate Change Response Explains Non-Native Species' Success in Thoreau's Woods 

      Willis, Charles G.; Ruhfel, Brad R; Primack, Richard B.; Miller-Rushing, Abraham J.; Losos, Jonathan; Davis, Charles (Public Library of Science, 2010)
      Invasive species have tremendous detrimental ecological and economic impacts. Climate change may exacerbate species invasions across communities if non-native species are better able to respond to climate changes than ...
    • Graveyards on the Move: The Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Dead Ophiocordyceps-Infected Ants 

      Pontoppidan, Maj-Britt; Himaman, Winanda; Hywel-Jones, Nigel L.; Boomsma, Jacobus J.; Hughes, David Peter (Public Library of Science, 2009)
      Parasites are likely to play an important role in structuring host populations. Many adaptively manipulate host behaviour, so that the extended phenotypes of these parasites and their distributions in space and time are ...
    • Local-Scale Patterns of Genetic Variability, Outcrossing, and Spatial Structure in Natural Stands of Arabidopsis thaliana 

      Bomblies, Kirsten; Yant, Levi; Laitinen, Roosa A.; Kim, Sang-Tae; Hollister, Jesse Dylan; Warthmann, Norman; Fitz, Joffrey; Weigel, Detlef (Public Library of Science, 2010)
      As Arabidopsis thaliana is increasingly employed in evolutionary and ecological studies, it is essential to understand patterns of natural genetic variation and the forces that shape them. Previous work focusing mostly on ...
    • Melanism in Peromyscus Is Caused by Independent Mutations in Agouti 

      Kingsley, Evan Prentice; Manceau, Marie C.; Wiley, Christopher D.; Hoekstra, Hopi E. (Public Library of Science, 2009)
      Identifying the molecular basis of phenotypes that have evolved independently can provide insight into the ways genetic and developmental constraints influence the maintenance of phenotypic diversity. Melanic (darkly ...
    • Optimal Drug Synergy in Antimicrobial Treatments 

      Torella, Joseph; Chait, Remy Paul; Kishony, Roy (Public Library of Science, 2010)
      The rapid proliferation of antibiotic-resistant pathogens has spurred the use of drug combinations to maintain clinical efficacy and combat the evolution of resistance. Drug pairs can interact synergistically or antagonistically, ...
    • Spatial Pattern Enhances Ecosystem Functioning in an African Savanna 

      Pringle, Robert Mitchell; Doak, Daniel F.; Brody, Alison K.; Jocqué, Rudy; Palmer, Todd M. (Public Library of Science, 2010)
      The finding that regular spatial patterns can emerge in nature from local interactions between organisms has prompted a search for the ecological importance of these patterns. Theoretical models have predicted that ...
    • Within and between Whorls: Comparative Transcriptional Profiling of Aquilegia and Arabidopsis 

      Voelckel, Claudia; Borevitz, Justin O.; Hodges, Scott A.; Baxter, Ivan; Kramer, Elena M. (Public Library of Science, 2010)
      Background: The genus Aquilegia is an emerging model system in plant evolutionary biology predominantly because of its wide variation in floral traits and associated floral ecology. The anatomy of the Aquilegia flower is ...