Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Scholarly Works: Recent submissions

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    • Off-target piRNA gene silencing in Drosophila melanogaster rescued by a transposable element insertion 

      Miller, Danny E.; Dorador, Ana P.; Van Vaerenberghe, Kelley; Li, Angela; Grantham, Emily K.; Cerbin, Stefan; Cummings, Celeste; Barragan, Marilyn; Egidy, Rhonda R.; Scott, Allison R.; Hall, Kate E.; Perera, Anoja; Gilliland, William D.; Hawley, R. Scott; Blumenstiel, Justin P. (Public Library of Science, 2023-02-21)
      Transposable elements (TE) are selfish genetic elements that can cause harmful mutations. In Drosophila, it has been estimated that half of all spontaneous visible marker phenotypes are mutations caused by TE insertions. ...

    • The oldest known bat skeletons and their implications for Eocene chiropteran diversification 

      Rietbergen, Tim B.; van den Hoek Ostende, Lars W.; Aase, Arvid; Jones, Matthew F.; Medeiros, Edward D.; Simmons, Nancy B. (Public Library of Science, 2023-04-12)
      The Fossil Lake deposits of the Green River Formation of Wyoming, a remarkable early Eocene Lagerstätte (51.98 ±0.35 Ma), have produced nearly 30 bat fossils over the last 50 years. However, diversity has thus far been ...

    • Broad-scale factors shaping the ecological niche and geographic distribution of Spirodela polyrhiza 

      Cobos, Marlon E.; Peterson, A. Townsend (Public Library of Science, 2023-05-04)
      The choice of appropriate independent variables to create models characterizing ecological niches of species is of critical importance in distributional ecology. This set of dimensions in which a niche is defined can inform ...

    • Impact of genus (Geotrigona, Melipona, Scaptotrigona) on the targeted 1H-NMR organic profile, and authenticity test by interphase emulsion of honey processed in cerumen pots by stingless bees in Ecuador 

      Vit, Patricia; van der Meulen, Jane; Diaz, Maria; Pedro, Silvia R.M.; Esperança, Isabelle; Zakaria, Rahimah; Beckh, Gudrun; Maza, Favian; Meccia, Gina; Engel, Michael S. (Elsevier, 2023)
      The biodiversity of Ecuadorian stingless bees is almost 200 species. Traditional pot-honey harvest in Ecuador is mostly done from nests of the three genera selected here Geotrigona Moure, 1943, Melipona Illiger, 1806, and ...

    • Mycobacterium leprae in Armadillo Tissues from Museum Collections, United States 

      Romero-Alvarez, Daniel; Garzon-Chavez, Daniel; Jackson, Mary; Avanzi, Charlotte; Peterson, A. Townsend (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2023-03-29)
      We examined armadillos from museum collections in the United States using molecular assays to detect leprosy-causing bacilli. We found Mycobacterium leprae bacilli in samples from the United States, Bolivia, and Paraguay; ...

    • ASM History: Honorary Members 

      Genoways, Hugh H.; McLaren, Suzanne; Timm, Robert M. (2023-04)

    • A nucleation framework for transition between alternate states: Short-circuiting barriers to ecosystem recovery 

      Michaels, Theo K.; Eppinga, Maarten B.; Bever, James D. (Wiley, 2020-05-23)
      The theory of alternate stable states provides an explanation for rapid ecosystem degradation, yielding important implications for ecosystem conservation and restoration. However, utilizing this theory to initiate transitions ...

    • Distinct composition and amplification dynamics of transposable elements in sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.) 

      Cerbin, Stefan; Ou, Shujun; Li, Yang; Sun, Yanni; Jiang, Ning (Wiley, 2022-08-12)
      Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.) is a basal eudicot plant with a unique lifestyle, physiological features, and evolutionary characteristics. Here we report the unique profile of transposable elements (TEs) in the ...

    • Alarm communication predates eusociality in termites 

      Sillam-Dussès, David; Jandák, Vojtěch; Stiblik, Petr; Delattre, Olivier; Chouvenc, Thomas; Balvín, Ondřej; Cvačka, Josef; Soulet, Delphine; Synek, Jiří; Brothánek, Marek; Jiříček, Ondřej; Engel, Michael S.; Bourguignon, Thomas; Šobotník, Jan (Nature Research, 2023-01-21)
      Termites (Blattodea: Isoptera) have evolved specialized defensive strategies for colony protection. Alarm communication enables workers to escape threats while soldiers are recruited to the source of disturbance. Here, we ...

    • Pollinator loss causes rapid adaptive evolution of selfing and dramatically reduces genome‐wide genetic variability 

      Busch, Jeremiah W.; Bodbyl‐Roels, Sarah; Tusuubira, Sharif; Kelly, John K. (Oxford University Press, 2022-09-01)
      Although selfing populations harbor little genetic variation limiting evolutionary potential, the causes are unclear. We experimentally evolved large, replicate populations of Mimulus guttatus for nine generations in ...

    • An explanatory model of temperature influence on flowering through whole-plant accumulation of FLOWERING LOCUS T in Arabidopsis thaliana 

      Kinmonth-Schultz, Hannah A.; MacEwen, Melissa J. S.; Seaton, Daniel D.; Millar, Andrew J.; Imaizumi, Takato; Kim, Soo-Hyung (Oxford University Press, 2019-05-15)
      We assessed mechanistic temperature influence on flowering by incorporating temperature-responsive flowering mechanisms across developmental age into an existing model. Temperature influences the leaf production rate as ...

    • Plant Microbiome: How hungry roots get their microbes 

      Wagner, Maggie R. (eLife Sciences Publications, 2022-09-13)

    • Comparative Analysis of Complete Chloroplast Genomes of Nine Species of Litsea (Lauraceae): Hypervariable Regions, Positive Selection, and Phylogenetic Relationships 

      Song, Weicai; Chen, Zimeng; Shi, Wenbo; Han, Weiqi; Feng, Qi; Shi, Chao; Engel, Michael S.; Wang, Shuo (MDPI, 2022-08-28)
      Litsea is a group of evergreen trees or shrubs in the laurel family, Lauraceae. Species of the genus are widely used for a wide range of medicinal and industrial aspects. At present, most studies related to the gene resources ...

    • An explanatory model of temperature influence on flowering through whole-plant accumulation of FLOWERING LOCUS T in Arabidopsis thaliana 

      Kinmonth-Schultz, Hannah A.; MacEwen, Melissa J. S.; Seaton, Daniel D.; Millar, Andrew J.; Imaizumi, Takato; Kim, Soo-Hyung (Oxford University Press, 2019-05-15)
      We assessed mechanistic temperature influence on flowering by incorporating temperature-responsive flowering mechanisms across developmental age into an existing model. Temperature influences the leaf production rate as ...

    • Safeguarding human–wildlife cooperation 

      van der Wal, Jessica E. M.; Spottiswoode, Claire N.; Uomini, Natalie T.; Cantor, Mauricio; Daura-Jorge, Fábio G.; Afan, Anap I.; Attwood, Mairenn C.; Amphaeris, Jenny; Balasani, Fatima; Begg, Colleen M.; Blair, Cameron J.; Bronstein, Judith L.; Buanachique, Iahaia O.; Cuthill, Rion R. T.; Das, Jewel; Deb, Apurba; Dixit, Tanmay; Dlamini, Gcina S.; Dounias, Edmond; Gedi, Isa I.; Gruber, Martin; Hoffmann, Lilian S.; Holzlehner, Tobias; Isack, Hussein A.; Laltaika, Eliupendo A.; Lloyd-Jones, David J.; Lund, Jess; Machado, Alexandre M. S.; Mahadevan, L.; Moreno, Ignacio B.; Nwaogu, Chima J.; Pereira, Valdomiro L.; Pierotti, Raymond; Rucunua, Seliano A.; dos Santos, Wilson F.; Serpa, Nathalia; Smith, Brian D.; Tolkova, Irina; Tun, Tint; Valle-Pereira, João V. S.; Wood, Brian M.; Wrangham, Richard W.; Cram, Dominic L. (Wiley Open Access, 2022-06-09)
      Human–wildlife cooperation occurs when humans and free-living wild animals actively coordinate their behavior to achieve a mutually beneficial outcome. These interactions provide important benefits to both the human and ...

    • Tail-dependent spatial synchrony arises from nonlinear driver–response relationships 

      Walter, Jonathan A.; Castorani, Max C. N.; Bell, Tom W.; Sheppard, Lawrence W.; Cavanaugh, Kyle C.; Reuman, Daniel C. (Wiley, 2022-03-04)
      Spatial synchrony may be tail-dependent, that is, stronger when populations are abundant than scarce, or vice-versa. Here, ‘tail-dependent’ follows from distributions having a lower tail consisting of relatively low values ...

    • Chromosome-scale genome assembly of the brown anole (Anolis sagrei), an emerging model species 

      Geneva, Anthony J.; Park, Sungdae; Bock, Dan G.; de Mello, Pietro L. H.; Sarigol, Fatih; Tollis, Marc; Donihue, Colin M.; Reynolds, R. Graham; Feiner, Nathalie; Rasys, Ashley M.; Lauderdale, James D.; Minchey, Sergio G.; Alcala, Aaron J.; Infante, Carlos R.; Kolbe, Jason J.; Schluter, Dolph; Menke, Douglas B.; Losos, Jonathan B. (Nature Research, 2022-10-25)
      Rapid technological improvements are democratizing access to high quality, chromosome-scale genome assemblies. No longer the domain of only the most highly studied model organisms, now non-traditional and emerging model ...

    • The Prmt5-Vasa module is essential for spermatogenesis in Bombyx mori 

      Yang, Xu; Chen, Dongbin; Zheng, Shirui; Yi, Meiyan; Wang, Shanshan; Liu, Yongjian; Jing, Lianyan; Liu, Zulian; Yang, Dehong; Liu, Yujia; Tang, Linmeng; Walters, James R.; Huang, Yongping (Public Library of Science, 2023-01-12)

    • Paramutation-like Epigenetic Conversion by piRNA at the Telomere of Drosophila virilis 

      Dorador, Ana P.; Dalikova, Martina; Cerbin, Stefan; Stillman, Chris M.; Zych, Molly G.; Hawley, R. Scott; Miller, Danny E.; Ray, David A.; Funikov, Sergei Y.; Evgen’ev, Michael B.; Blumenstiel, Justin P. (MDPI, 2022-10-09)
      First discovered in maize, paramutation is a phenomenon in which one allele can trigger an epigenetic conversion of an alternate allele. This conversion causes a genetically heterozygous individual to transmit alleles that ...

    • Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamases Producing Escherichia coli in South America: A Systematic Review with a One Health Perspective 

      Bastidas-Caldes, Carlos; Romero-Alvarez, Daniel; Valdez-Vélez, Victor; Morales, Roberto D.; Montalvo-Hernández, Andrés; Gomes-Dias, Cicero; Calvopiña, Manuel (Taylor and Francis Group, 2022-08-04)
      Purpose: Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing (ESBL) Enterobacteriaceae, which includes Escherichia coli, has emerged as a global health threat. ESBL enzymes including CTX-M, TEM, and SHV are the most detected. Here, ...