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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Xiaochun Wang, Guangxue Chen, Ling Cai, Ren'ai Li, Minghui He
Summary: A simple photopolymerization approach was used to prepare a new type of transparent conductive polymer fiber, poly(PDES) fiber, which exhibits excellent stability in harsh environments and outstanding mechanical and sensing properties. The knitted poly(PDES) fibers can be used to create sensors for stable and accurate monitoring of human movements.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Robert E. Rollins, Kozue Sato, Minoru Nakao, Mohammed T. Tawfeeq, Fernanda Herrera-Mesias, Ricardo J. Pereira, Sergey Kovalev, Gabriele Margos, Volker Fingerle, Hiroki Kawabata, Noemie S. Becker
Summary: Vector-borne pathogens can expand geographically and cause new diseases through host and vector shifts. In this study, the evolutionary history of three Borrelia genospecies was reconstructed using 142 Eurasian isolates, and it was found that each genospecies has an Asian origin but displayed unique substructuring and evolutionary response to the colonization of Europe. The pattern of allele sharing between continents supports the concept of host adaptation being important for pathogen dispersal.
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Ecology
Davide Ciccarese, Gabriele Micali, Benedict Borer, Chujin Ruan, Dani Or, David R. Johnson
Summary: This study explores the growth and spatial self-organization of microbial co-cultures and reveals the emergence of rare and highly localized clusters, referred to as spatial jackpot events, that help stabilize the composition of the microbial community under fluctuating environmental conditions. A mechanistic agent-based mathematical model is used to understand the underlying mechanisms for the formation of these spatial jackpot events.
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Evolutionary Biology
Marie Rescan, Nicolas Leurs, Daphne Grulois, Luis-Miguel Chevin
Summary: This study provides experimental evidence for the evolution of acclimation effects in response to environmental predictability. Higher predictability led to lower optimal salinities and stronger acclimation effect of past environment on current fitness. Plasticity evolution was related to the evolution of intracellular glycerol in this species. However, the direction of plasticity evolution did not match theoretical predictions.
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Ecology
Alejandra Rodriguez-Verdugo, Martin Ackermann
Summary: The study showed that in a constant commensal environment, two species can coexist, but in a fluctuating environment, one species is likely to go extinct, which was highly deterministic. This extinction was driven by adaptive mutations in a small set of genes.
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Ecology
Yu Lei, Qiang Liu
Summary: The study found niche expansion in non-native populations of the Asian openbill, primarily due to the tolerance of colder and wetter environments, with potential distribution concentrated on equatorial islands. Recommendations include considering source populations when analyzing alien species and further application of the tolerance niche concept, as well as the need for standard measurement frameworks for analyzing the tolerance niche.
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Thomas F. Carlin, Jennifer L. Bufford, Philip E. Hulme, William K. Godsoe
Summary: In this study, climatic niche shifts of three weed species were compared between their native range and three introduced ranges. The presence and direction of climatic niche shifts were found to be inconsistent between the introduced ranges for each species. However, niche shifts within an introduced range were qualitatively similar among species.
BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS
(2023)
Review
Biodiversity Conservation
Catherine Fahey, Akihiro Koyama, Pedro M. Antunes
Summary: This study investigates the interaction between invasive plants and pathogens and proposes a framework for predicting the vulnerability of invasive plants to novel pathogens based on plant traits. The researchers reviewed literature data and found that plant height, leaf nitrogen content, seed mass, specific leaf area, and leaf dry matter content can be used to predict pathogen effects. More trait data for invasive plants are needed to improve the predictive capacity of the framework in the future.
BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Yin Wen, Qing Ye, Cristian Roman-Palacios, Hui Liu, Guilin Wu
Summary: Understanding how plants respond to thermal stress is crucial for predicting plant responses and community dynamics in natural ecosystems under climate change scenarios. This study compared the evolutionary rates of physiological tolerance to extreme temperatures with the corresponding rates of climatic niche in three major vascular plant groups. The results showed that physiological cold tolerance evolves faster than heat tolerance in all three groups. The coldest climatic-niche temperatures also evolve faster than the warmest climatic-niche temperatures. Additionally, the evolutionary rates of physiological cold tolerance were faster than the rates of change in climatic niches.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2023)
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Physics, Multidisciplinary
Santosh Kumar Kudtarkar, Renu Dhadwal
Summary: This work investigates a bistable system induced by noise in the presence of environmental fluctuations. The system transitions between two environmental states at a specified rate and has absorbing boundaries in one state while switching between two metastable states in the other. The model exhibits noise-induced switching behavior at small values of a system parameter, with a bimodal probability distribution that becomes unimodal at large values of the parameter. The exact eigenvalues, steady-state solutions, and mean switching time between metastable states are calculated and compared with simulation results.
PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Zulema Nunez-Tobajas, Juan Carlos Senar, Ruth Rodriguez-Pastor, Jose G. Carrillo-Ortiz, Laura Cardador
Summary: As population density increases, individuals start using sub-optimal resources to compensate for the limitation of the preferred ones. However, shifts in nesting resource selection can occur during biological invasions.
DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Xiuqin Lin, Chungkun Shih, Yinmeng Hou, Xiaoxiao Shu, Meihua Zhang, Junhua Hu, Jianping Jiang, Feng Xie
Summary: The research found that there are six clades in Scutiger boulengeri, with obvious niche divergences caused by niche expansion in three of the clades. In the studied system, niche expansion is more common than filling novel environmental conditions, and certain key climatic factors and morphological traits may be associated with niche expansion.
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Yan Xu, Hongli Wang, Sunil Kumar Sahu, Linzhou Li, Hongping Liang, Gerd Gunther, Gane Ka-Shu Wong, Barbara Melkonian, Michael Melkonian, Huan Liu, Sibo Wang
Summary: The Pedinophyceae, a class of small uniflagellate algae, have a genome similar to the core chlorophytes and are adapted to survive in temporary habitats. Studying gene family evolution and transcriptomic responses to abiotic stresses provide insights into the adaptive mechanisms of these algae.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Peiru Shi, Yufeng Wang, Kening Wan, Chao Zhang, Tianxi Liu
Summary: This study presents a hydrophobicity-constrained association strategy for fabricating a liquid-free ion-conducting fluorinated elastomer (ICFE) with superior stretchability, ionic conductivity, and resistance to harsh environments. The ICFE demonstrated high room-temperature ionic conductivity and superior damage-tolerant performances with ultrastretchability, large toughness, antifatigue ability, and high-efficiency self-healability. The ICFE also showed extreme temperature tolerance and unique underwater resistance. The ICFE was applied to a skin-inspired sensor, exhibiting impressive capacitive sensing performance and excellent durability.
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Jiliang Cheng, Jun Li, Zheng Zhang, Huan Lu, Guoqi Chen, Beibei Yao, Yingxue Dong, Ling Ma, Xiaoxiao Yuan, Jingxuan Xu, Ying Zhang, Weimin Dai, Xianghong Yang, Lifang Xue, Yu Zhang, Chaobin Zhang, Rodney Mauricio, Gary Peng, Shuijin Hu, Bernal E. Valverde, Xiaoling Song, Yi Li, Marc Stift, Sheng Qiang
Summary: This study identified a correlation between autopolyploidy and the global expansion of Solidago canadensis from temperate to hot-summer climates in introduced regions. The research demonstrated a negative correlation between ploidy levels and latitude, as well as a positive correlation with average temperature, indicating the key role of ploidy in plant growth and reproduction under different climate conditions.
ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS
(2021)
Article
Biology
Johannes Cairns, Lutz Becks, Matti Jalasvuori, Teppo Hiltunen
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2017)
Article
Evolutionary Biology
Roghaieh Ashrafi, Matthieu Bruneaux, Lotta-Riina Sundberg, Katja Pulkkinen, Janne Valkonen, Tarmo Ketola
EVOLUTIONARY APPLICATIONS
(2018)
Article
Ecology
Kati Saarinen, Jouni Laakso, Leena Lindstrom, Tarmo Ketola
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2018)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Torsten Nygaard Kristensen, Tarmo Ketola, Ilkka Kronholm
ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
(2020)
Article
Ecology
Ilkka Kronholm, Tarmo Ketola
Article
Biology
Carita Lindstedt, Antti Miettinen, Dalial Freitak, Tarmo Ketola, Andres Lopez-Sepulcre, Elina Maentylae, Hannu Pakkanen
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2018)
Article
Biology
Neda N. Moghadam, Tarmo Ketola, Cino Pertoldi, Simon Bahrndorff, Torsten N. Kristensen
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Evolutionary Biology
Kati Saarinen, Leena Lindstrom, Tarmo Ketola
BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Ecology
Neda N. Moghadam, Karendeep Sidhu, Pauliina A. M. Summanen, Tarmo Ketola, Ilkka Kronholm
Article
Ecology
Merja Elo, Tarmo Ketola, Atte Komonen
Summary: The study found that stochasticity explained most of the species co-occurrences, with environmental filtering explaining the non-random co-occurrences across different grassland types. While road verges may not fully compensate for traditional meadows and pastures, they could serve as corridors connecting remaining rural biotopes for ground beetles.
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Ecology
Martta Liukkonen, Ilkka Kronholm, Tarmo Ketola
Summary: As climate change accelerates and habitats free from anthropogenic impacts diminish, populations are forced to migrate or to adapt quickly. Research shows that slower environmental change can improve population growth efficiency even in extreme conditions, but at the cost of long-term survival under extreme conditions.
JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Biology
Tarmo Ketola, Michael Briga, Terhi Honkola, Virpi Lummaa
Summary: The study found that the structure of social populations can impact the risk of infectious diseases, with different effects observed for different diseases at varying population sizes.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Matthieu Bruneaux, Ilkka Kronholm, Roghaieh Ashrafi, Tarmo Ketola
Summary: The study investigated the potential contributions of genetic and adenine methylation changes to phenotypic adaptation in bacterium Serratia marcescens. Results showed that both genetic and adenine methylation changes have the potential to contribute to phenotypic adaptation, but any environmentally induced epigenetic change would likely be unstable.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Matthieu Bruneaux, Roghaieh Ashrafi, Ilkka Kronholm, Elina Laanto, Anni-Maria Ormala-Tiznado, Juan A. Galarza, Chen Zihan, Mruthyunjay Kubendran Sumathi, Tarmo Ketola
Summary: Viruses play a crucial role in ecosystems and impact global biogeochemical cycles. Prophages, commonly found in bacterial genomes, can enter a lytic cycle triggered by environmental conditions. This study examines the effect of temperature on the interactions between prophages and other biological levels and finds that temperature influences the virulence of a pathogenic bacterium and the release rates of prophages. The changes in bacterial outer cell wall structure may explain this phenomenon.
Article
Ecology
Tarmo Ketola, Ilkka Kronholm
Summary: This study investigated the differences in evolutionary potential of the bacterium Serratia marcescens in constant and fluctuating environments. The results showed that strains that evolved in fluctuating environments exhibited larger environmental variation, indicating that adaptation to fluctuations has decreased the visibility of genetic variation to natural selection.
JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
(2023)