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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Glenn Hartelius, Lora T. Likova, Christopher W. Tyler
Summary: This study provides evidence for a novel cognitive process involving a somatic seat of attention that is under voluntary control and provides access to different emotional resources. The study explores the idea that attention can be associated with a localized representation in the body image, which has been previously studied using subjective techniques. The research shows that the seat of attention can be situated in different ways within the body, resulting in different attentional stances. The study also demonstrates that changes in attentional stance are linked to differences in cognitive skill, emotional temperament, self-construal, and social and moral attitudes. EEG results confirm that neural activity associated with the voluntary control of attentional stances can be reliably measured and that different locations of the seat of attention are objectively associated with specific emotional states.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Richard C. Connora, Michael Krutzen, Simon J. Allen, William B. Sherwin, Stephanie L. King
Summary: Efforts to understand human social evolution often involve comparisons with nonhuman primates. However, a group of bottlenose dolphins in Shark Bay, Western Australia, exhibit chimpanzee-like traits, including a fission-fusion grouping pattern and strategic male alliances. The study reveals a large and differentiated alliance network among male dolphins, with connections to males outside of their alliance network. The duration of consortship with females is dependent on connections with third-order allies, indicating that alliances between groups increase reproductive success.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Michael J. Cormier, Jonathan R. Belyeu, Brent S. Pedersen, Joseph Brown, Johannes Koester, Aaron R. Quinlan
Summary: With the rapid increase in genomic data, researchers face challenges in integrating datasets and annotations. By developing the fast and reproducible GGD method, researchers can install standardized data recipes easily, saving time and improving research reproducibility.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
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Immunology
Rabai Bouderhem
Summary: This paper addresses the legal aspects and consequences of COVID-19 on vaccine manufacturing and fair access. International health law needs to be strengthened to address global health crises, and both the WHO and WTO should consider vaccines as global public goods. The role of the WHO in global health policy needs to be strengthened, and intellectual property waivers should be granted on vaccines during pandemics. New rules and mechanisms are needed to facilitate and guarantee the manufacturing and access of vaccines.
Review
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Franziska Hemmerling, Joern Piel
Summary: Bacteria are a rich source of natural products with potential therapeutic applications. Advances in sequencing technology and computational tools have revealed diverse and chemically distinct natural products in previously unstudied bacteria, which have important implications for drug discovery.
NATURE REVIEWS DRUG DISCOVERY
(2022)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ewelina M. Malecka, Daria Sobanska, Mikolaj Olejniczak
Summary: Bacterial small RNAs in association with the chaperone protein Hfq play a crucial role in regulating the expression of target mRNAs. This regulation involves sponge RNAs that sequester sRNAs affecting their regulatory output. Hfq facilitates the annealing of sponge RNAs to targeted sRNAs, suggesting a complex but efficient regulation mechanism.
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
(2021)
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Ecology
Tom Ratz, Katerina Kremi, Lyndon Leissle, Jon Richardson, Per T. T. Smiseth
Summary: The study found that sex differences in parental care in burying beetles were more pronounced when resources were limited, with males extending their care duration on larger carcasses, suggesting that access to more resources leads to increased cooperation between caring parents.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
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Biology
Austin H. Patton, Emilie J. Richards, Katelyn J. Gould, Logan K. Buie, Christopher H. Martin
Summary: This study investigates the complex relationship between fitness and genotype or phenotype using the adaptive radiation of pupfishes as a model system. By analyzing genomic data and conducting field experiments, the researchers identify single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with fitness and construct genotypic fitness networks. They find that introgression and de novo mutations can alter the shape of the fitness landscape and facilitate the evolution of novelty.
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Environmental Sciences
Junwei Peng, Hong Liu, Yang Hu, Yang Sun, Qin Liu, Jiangang Li, Yuanhua Dong
Summary: This study investigates the assembly processes of bacterial communities in grasslands with different degrees of degradation. The results show that with increased grassland degradation, bacterial richness decreases while functional gene richness increases. Different phyla exhibit distinct response strategies.
LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT
(2022)
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Plant Sciences
Biswajit Samal, Subhadeep Chatterjee
Summary: The study revealed the important role of quorum sensing in phytopathogens, facilitating Xanthomonas campestris colonization in cabbage leaves and triggering chlorosis, promoting systemic infection. The quorum sensing response in the Xanthomonas group maximizes population fitness, triggering host chlorophagy at specific stages and establishing systemic infection.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2021)
Review
Microbiology
Tiffany B. Taylor, Matthew J. Shepherd, Robert W. Jackson, Mark W. Silby
Summary: At the gene level, mutation is the raw material for natural selection, while at the gene regulatory network (GRN) level, crosstalk provides opportunities for genetic innovation and adaptation. Various genetic and environmental features can increase the potential for crosstalk and rewiring of GRNs, which can be selected if they provide fitness benefits. This article identifies factors that facilitate crosstalk and rewiring, and discusses the impact of GRN features on evolution.
CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Qi-Long Qin, Zhi-Bin Wang, Hai-Nan Su, Xiu-Lan Chen, Jie Miao, Xiu-Juan Wang, Chun-Yang Li, Xi-Ying Zhang, Ping-Yi Li, Min Wang, Jiasong Fang, Ian Lidbury, Weipeng Zhang, Xiao-Hua Zhang, Gui-Peng Yang, Yin Chen, Yu-Zhong Zhang
Summary: Researchers have found that a piezotolerant bacterium has a two-step metabolic pathway to adapt to high hydrostatic pressure by utilizing trimethylamine, which improves growth and survival rates under such conditions.
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Mathematics
Haodong Niu, Keyu Li, Juan Wang
Summary: In this paper, an improved spatial prisoner's dilemma game model is proposed, allowing the focal player to access the strategy of other agents beyond their nearest neighbors with a specified probability. The results of numerical simulations show that a moderate value of n can promote the evolution of cooperation and an increase in q will intensify the dilemma of cooperators. There is an optimal product of n x c to cause the emergence of cooperation under the specific simulation setup. Overall, these results contribute to understanding the evolution of cooperation within a structured population.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Julia A. Schwartzman, Ali Ebrahimi, Grayson Chadwick, Yuya Sato, Benjamin R. K. Roller, Victoria J. Orphan, Otto X. Cordero
Summary: This study demonstrates how a marine bacterium, Vibrio splendidus 12B01, forms clonal multicellular groups to collectively harvest carbon under carbon-limited conditions. The groups phenotypically differentiate into two sub-populations with differential nitrogen-source availability, and populations with a high proportion of carbon-storing individuals propagate more readily on carbon polymers.
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Physiology
Jose Ricardo Paula, Tiago Repolho, Alexandra S. Grutter, Rui Rosa
Summary: Cleaning symbiosis has beneficial effects on clients' ecophysiology, but ocean acidification can decrease cleaners' motivation to inspect clients. In this study, damselfish with access to cleaning stations showed a negative metabolic response to parasite infection, while fish without access to cleaners had a decreased aerobic scope after an acclimation period to high CO2.
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
(2022)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Mariann Landsberger, Sylvain Gandon, Sean Meaden, Clare Rollie, Anne Chevallereau, Helene Chabas, Angus Buckling, Edze R. Westra, Stineke van Houte
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Ecology
Daniel Padfield, Angus Buckling, Ruth Warfield, Chris Lowe, Gabriel Yvon-Durocher
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Ecology
Siobhan O'Brien, Elze Hesse, Adela Lujan, David J. Hodgson, Andy Gardner, Angus Buckling
Article
Ecology
Peter Stilwell, Chris Lowe, Angus Buckling
JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Biology
Xin-Feng Zhao, Angus Buckling, Quan-Guo Zhang, Elze Hesse
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2018)
Correction
Multidisciplinary Sciences
C-Elisa Schaum, A. Buckling, N. Smirnoff, D. J. Studholme, G. Yvon-Durocher
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2018)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
C. -Elisa Schaum, A. Buckling, N. Smirnoff, D. J. Studholme, G. Yvon-Durocher
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2018)
Article
Biology
Quan-Guo Zhang, Han-Shu Lu, Angus Buckling
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2018)
Article
Microbiology
Aimee K. Murray, Lihong Zhang, Xiaole Yin, Tong Zhang, Angus Buckling, Jason Snape, William H. Gaze
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Ecology
Meaghan Castledine, Angus Buckling, Daniel Padfield
JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Biology
Lauri Mikonranta, Angus Buckling, Matti Jalasvuori, Ben Raymond
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Microbiology
Lisa van Sluijs, Stineke van Houte, John van Der Oost, Stan J. J. Brouns, Angus Buckling, Edze R. Westra
FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS
(2019)
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Ecology
Miguel A. Fortuna, Matthew A. Barbour, Luis Zaman, Alex R. Hall, Angus Buckling, Jordi Bascompte
Article
Biology
Elze Hesse, Daniel Padfield, Florian Bayer, Eleanor M. van Veen, Christopher G. Bryan, Angus Buckling
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2019)
Article
Biology
Tatiana Dimitriu, Lauren Marchant, Angus Buckling, Ben Raymond
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2019)