A systematic search for DNA methyltransferase polymorphisms
... located between PEG3 and USP29). No clear association between polymorphisms and DNA methylation values at these loci were observed. This was true for both allele-based and genotype-based association analysis (Supplementary Material, Tables S2 and 3). We then asked whether a given extended haplotype ...
... located between PEG3 and USP29). No clear association between polymorphisms and DNA methylation values at these loci were observed. This was true for both allele-based and genotype-based association analysis (Supplementary Material, Tables S2 and 3). We then asked whether a given extended haplotype ...
The Red Queen Hypothesis, first introduced by Leigh Van
... question to Fisher (1930) and, especially, to Muller (1932), who developed a defense of the advantage of sex based on species selection. Muller argued that recombination through sexual reproduction allowed the immediate introduction into the same lineage of favorable mutations occurring in two diffe ...
... question to Fisher (1930) and, especially, to Muller (1932), who developed a defense of the advantage of sex based on species selection. Muller argued that recombination through sexual reproduction allowed the immediate introduction into the same lineage of favorable mutations occurring in two diffe ...
Sex and the Single Guppy
... Sex and the Single Guppy The purpose of this activity is to analyze how guppy populations change over time. The simulation activity allows you to start with a pool of guppies and your choice of predators, you will be able to watch what happens to your guppy population and how the introduction of pre ...
... Sex and the Single Guppy The purpose of this activity is to analyze how guppy populations change over time. The simulation activity allows you to start with a pool of guppies and your choice of predators, you will be able to watch what happens to your guppy population and how the introduction of pre ...
Fusobacterium pseudonecrophorurn Is a Synonym for Fusobacten
... while biovar C was “biochemically similar to the other two biovars,” it was distinct in genetic terms and was “worthy of species designation.” This species was first described in 1927 from puerperal infection of women and named Actinomyces pseudonecrophorus (5). Subsequently, it was renamed Sphaerop ...
... while biovar C was “biochemically similar to the other two biovars,” it was distinct in genetic terms and was “worthy of species designation.” This species was first described in 1927 from puerperal infection of women and named Actinomyces pseudonecrophorus (5). Subsequently, it was renamed Sphaerop ...
Identification of genes from flat oyster Ostrea
... minimum set of information that researcher should provide for their quantitative real time PCR data [8]. The ideal housekeeping gene should present a stable mRNA expression and should be minimally regulated under experimental conditions [9-12]. 18S ribosomal RNA, glyceraldehyde-3 phosphate-dehydroge ...
... minimum set of information that researcher should provide for their quantitative real time PCR data [8]. The ideal housekeeping gene should present a stable mRNA expression and should be minimally regulated under experimental conditions [9-12]. 18S ribosomal RNA, glyceraldehyde-3 phosphate-dehydroge ...
The Marine Outcomes Monitoring framework
... driven primarily by socio-economic, political and opportunistic reasoning because such an ad hoc and biased framework may mean critical biodiversity components are missed. Instead site selection must take on a data driven approach that guides effective conservation of species, areas and biodiversity ...
... driven primarily by socio-economic, political and opportunistic reasoning because such an ad hoc and biased framework may mean critical biodiversity components are missed. Instead site selection must take on a data driven approach that guides effective conservation of species, areas and biodiversity ...
Unifying Themes of Bird Conservation: Implications to JV`s
... Science-based advances in conservation theory Technological advances in conservation methodologies ...
... Science-based advances in conservation theory Technological advances in conservation methodologies ...
Ecological roles and conservation challenges of social, burrowing
... or family group (Figure 4). Each mound, and often also the colony, provides distinctive habitat that supports plant and animal assemblages that differ from those in the surrounding grassland (Branch et al. 2002; Komonen et al. 2003; Davidson and Lightfoot 2006). Although their colonies and mounds ma ...
... or family group (Figure 4). Each mound, and often also the colony, provides distinctive habitat that supports plant and animal assemblages that differ from those in the surrounding grassland (Branch et al. 2002; Komonen et al. 2003; Davidson and Lightfoot 2006). Although their colonies and mounds ma ...
pdf - New Zealand Ecological Society
... estimate of 0.29. Occupancy, extinction and colonisation probabilities were habitat specific, varying according to tussock or a modified pasture matrix. Colonisation probability was higher in tussock than in pasture, whereas extinction probability was higher in pasture. Derived model-averaged estima ...
... estimate of 0.29. Occupancy, extinction and colonisation probabilities were habitat specific, varying according to tussock or a modified pasture matrix. Colonisation probability was higher in tussock than in pasture, whereas extinction probability was higher in pasture. Derived model-averaged estima ...
Conservation strategies for remnant turtle populations: the
... overheating and desiccation. One subadult female died at the fence of EBNR in the spring of 1991 and an adult female at the fence at TSNR in the spring of 1995. A necessary remedial action was, therefore, the construction of small (3x1.5m) artificial ponds along the fences, in particular in corners ...
... overheating and desiccation. One subadult female died at the fence of EBNR in the spring of 1991 and an adult female at the fence at TSNR in the spring of 1995. A necessary remedial action was, therefore, the construction of small (3x1.5m) artificial ponds along the fences, in particular in corners ...
beyond the ecological: biological invasions alter natural selection on
... abundance of other exotic (or native) community members. For simplicity, here I focus on a native plant species’ interactions with an exotic plant and an exotic herbivore. The predicted evolutionary response of the native species to one of the exotics will be affected by the second exotic species (i ...
... abundance of other exotic (or native) community members. For simplicity, here I focus on a native plant species’ interactions with an exotic plant and an exotic herbivore. The predicted evolutionary response of the native species to one of the exotics will be affected by the second exotic species (i ...
Agents of selection
... Eurosta mortality within the gall can result from a number of selective agents. 1. Parasitoid wasps: You studied these killers in Biol 109. Parasitoids are insects that lay their eggs in or on a host, and the resulting larvae consume the host, always resulting in host death – which distinguishes the ...
... Eurosta mortality within the gall can result from a number of selective agents. 1. Parasitoid wasps: You studied these killers in Biol 109. Parasitoids are insects that lay their eggs in or on a host, and the resulting larvae consume the host, always resulting in host death – which distinguishes the ...
Chapter 10 - Lakeland Regional High School
... Coral Reefs and Coastal Ecosystem • Reefs provide millions of people with food, tourism revenue, coastal protection, and sources of new chemicals, but are poorly studied and not as well protected by laws as terrestrial areas are. • Nearly 60 percent of Earth’s coral reefs are threatened by human act ...
... Coral Reefs and Coastal Ecosystem • Reefs provide millions of people with food, tourism revenue, coastal protection, and sources of new chemicals, but are poorly studied and not as well protected by laws as terrestrial areas are. • Nearly 60 percent of Earth’s coral reefs are threatened by human act ...
Special Feature - Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve
... structured ecological inquiry over two millennia of Western science. This dialectic concerns the tension between those who seek to explain nature by studying its parts and those who seek to explain nature by studying whole-system behavior. Philosophers and historians argue that such a dialectic gene ...
... structured ecological inquiry over two millennia of Western science. This dialectic concerns the tension between those who seek to explain nature by studying its parts and those who seek to explain nature by studying whole-system behavior. Philosophers and historians argue that such a dialectic gene ...
asymmetrical pollen success in ipomopsis
... tenuituba M vs. GR aggregata S; Table 2). This resulted in eight cross types: four competitive cross types (2 sites 3 2 alleles; Table 2) and four noncompetitive cross types (2 species 3 2 alleles). All fruits were collected before dehiscence, and seeds counted. Seeds from noncompetitive crosses wer ...
... tenuituba M vs. GR aggregata S; Table 2). This resulted in eight cross types: four competitive cross types (2 sites 3 2 alleles; Table 2) and four noncompetitive cross types (2 species 3 2 alleles). All fruits were collected before dehiscence, and seeds counted. Seeds from noncompetitive crosses wer ...
A meta-analysis of biotic resistance to exotic plant invasions
... the most severe treatment for X E . In addition, when studies crossed their manipulation of resident species competition with resource addition, herbivory, or other factors, we used the results from only those treatments with ambient levels of resource availability, herbivory, etc. The meta-analysis ...
... the most severe treatment for X E . In addition, when studies crossed their manipulation of resident species competition with resource addition, herbivory, or other factors, we used the results from only those treatments with ambient levels of resource availability, herbivory, etc. The meta-analysis ...
A metaanalysis of biotic resistance to exotic plant invasions
... the most severe treatment for X E . In addition, when studies crossed their manipulation of resident species competition with resource addition, herbivory, or other factors, we used the results from only those treatments with ambient levels of resource availability, herbivory, etc. The meta-analysis ...
... the most severe treatment for X E . In addition, when studies crossed their manipulation of resident species competition with resource addition, herbivory, or other factors, we used the results from only those treatments with ambient levels of resource availability, herbivory, etc. The meta-analysis ...
Relative importance of resource quantity, isolation and habitat
... are often closely correlated (Krauss et al. 2003a, b). The a priori expectation that habitat isolation is of great importance in conservation issues and the use of several isolation measurements may contribute to an overestimation of this parameter. The dispersal abilities of butterflies seem to be ...
... are often closely correlated (Krauss et al. 2003a, b). The a priori expectation that habitat isolation is of great importance in conservation issues and the use of several isolation measurements may contribute to an overestimation of this parameter. The dispersal abilities of butterflies seem to be ...
Annual Reviews of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
... Under density compensation the loss or decline of stress-intolerant species can be rapidly compensated by the growth of other species. Thus, an important consequence of density compensation is the maintenance of total community density or biomass, even in the face of species extinctions. The first ca ...
... Under density compensation the loss or decline of stress-intolerant species can be rapidly compensated by the growth of other species. Thus, an important consequence of density compensation is the maintenance of total community density or biomass, even in the face of species extinctions. The first ca ...
Network ecology: topological constraints on ecosystem dynamics
... in this paragraph will be defined and explained later.) First, it was argued that food chains are seldom longer than four or five steps, for various reasons including thermodynamic efficiency (88), population dynamics (125; 85) or body size constraints (40). Second, it was found that both omnivores ...
... in this paragraph will be defined and explained later.) First, it was argued that food chains are seldom longer than four or five steps, for various reasons including thermodynamic efficiency (88), population dynamics (125; 85) or body size constraints (40). Second, it was found that both omnivores ...
Partitioning the effects of eco-evolutionary feedbacks on
... stability, accounting for the relative time scales of ecological and evolutionary processes. Determining when an ecosystem of interacting species is stable is of fundamental importance in ecology, offering insight into how the ecosystem will respond to inevitable perturbations. A stable system is ab ...
... stability, accounting for the relative time scales of ecological and evolutionary processes. Determining when an ecosystem of interacting species is stable is of fundamental importance in ecology, offering insight into how the ecosystem will respond to inevitable perturbations. A stable system is ab ...
The concept of overgrazing and its role in management of
... cies, the term overgrazing implies grazing above a level at which other aspects of biodiversity is threatened, i.e., when grazing is in conflict with conservation efforts. Sometimes nature conservationists have a more narrow focus. For example, an extensive report about grazing and overgrazing in S ...
... cies, the term overgrazing implies grazing above a level at which other aspects of biodiversity is threatened, i.e., when grazing is in conflict with conservation efforts. Sometimes nature conservationists have a more narrow focus. For example, an extensive report about grazing and overgrazing in S ...
Cohort Dynamics Give Rise to Alternative Stable Community States.
... 2004). For example, overfishing in marine ecosystems has in several cases led to sudden shifts in ecosystem state that may hamper the reestablishment of large predatory fish, such as collapsed cod populations in the northwest Atlantic and Baltic Sea (Myers and Worm 2003; Casini et al. 2009). Underst ...
... 2004). For example, overfishing in marine ecosystems has in several cases led to sudden shifts in ecosystem state that may hamper the reestablishment of large predatory fish, such as collapsed cod populations in the northwest Atlantic and Baltic Sea (Myers and Worm 2003; Casini et al. 2009). Underst ...