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Zoology
Fionn O. Marcaigh, David J. Kelly, Darren P. O'connell, Kangkuso Analuddin, Adi Karya, Jennifer Mccloughan, Ellen Tolan, Naomi Lawless, Nicola M. Marples
Summary: Birds of the Indo-Pacific region have provided important insights for biologists. This study focuses on two sunbird species, the olive-backed sunbird and the black sunbird, and reveals a strong phylogeographic structure. The olive-backed sunbird should be recognized as multiple species due to genetic divergence between different regions. The black sunbird also shows unrecognized population structure despite weak plumage divergence.
ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Evolutionary Biology
Lauren G. Ashman, Seunggwan Shin, Andreas Zwick, Adam Slipinski, Duane D. McKenna
Summary: Utilizing phylogenomic data and beetle fossil record, we reconstructed the phylogeny and historical biogeography of Australasian longhorn beetles in the subfamily Lamiinae. Our study revealed an unexpected mix of ancient Gondwanan and recent Asian origins for Australian Lamiinae, and confirmed rampant nonmonophyly at the tribal level among the Australasian genera of Lamiinae.
SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Dennis Alejandro Escolastico-Ortiz, Lars Hedenaes, Dietmar Quandt, Doerte Harpke, Juan Larrain, Michael Stech, Juan Carlos A. Villarreal
Summary: Increasing evidence suggests that widely distributed bryophytes in the Northern Hemisphere may represent separate evolutionary lineages. This study aims to determine the genetic diversity of a widespread moss species and its response to Quaternary glaciations.
BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Jillian Schat, Yi-Ming Weng, Roman Yu Dudko, David H. Kavanaugh, Lan Luo, Sean D. Schoville
Summary: Limited evidence of ecological selection on functional traits was found. Instead, reproductive and genetic divergence evolved among isolated populations in both species complexes, suggesting niche conservatism may be a common outcome in alpine species diversification.
JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Chinta Sidharthan, K. Praveen Karanth
Summary: This study aims to investigate the origins and dispersal pathways of typhlopoids in India. Results indicate that Gerrhopilus is an ancient lineage, while the other three genera are more recent arrivals from Africa and Asia. Biogeographic reconstructions suggest an East Gondwanan origin for typhlopoids, with India harboring a combination of ancient and more recently dispersed lineages.
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
Article
Evolutionary Biology
David T. Bilton, Manfred A. Jaech, Ignacio Ribera, Emmanuel F. A. Toussaint
Summary: This article presents a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study of the diverse moss beetle genera in the family Hydraenidae. The research suggests that these beetles originated in Africa and Madagascar during the mid-Cretaceous, and their biogeographic history in the Southern Hemisphere was shaped by both vicariant and dispersal processes as well as extinctions. The study also reveals multiple shifts in habitat occupancy across the phylogeny, including the independent origins of terrestrial and humicolous taxa in different regions.
SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Lisieux Fuzessy, Fernando A. O. Silveira, Laurence Culot, Pedro Jordano, Miguel Verdu
Summary: Seed dispersal benefits plants and frugivores, potentially driving co-evolution; phylogenetic congruences suggest shared evolutionary history between primates and plants; consistent eco-evolutionary dynamics with co-phylogenetic signals emerging independently across different regions.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Salma Izati Sinar Mashuri, Muhd Firdaus Kasim, Noor Haida Mohd Kaus, Yie Hua Tan, Aminul Islam, Umer Rashid, N. Asikin-Mijan, Jeyashelly Andas, Y. H. Taufiq-Yap, Muhamad Kamil Yaakob, Wan Izhan Nawawi Wan Ismail, Mohd Lokman Ibrahim
Summary: This study aimed to synthesize a low-energy consumption photocatalyst by introducing CdS heterojunction to ZnO photocatalyst. The ZnO/CdS photocatalyst with reduced bandgap operates under a 21-Watt LED visible light source and completely degrades 100 mg/L methylene blue solution. The reusability of Z3C1 demonstrates the potential of CdS in wastewater treatment by enhancing visible light absorption and delaying recombination of electron-hole pairs.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Akito Y. Kawahara, Caroline Storer, Ana Paula S. Carvalho, David M. Plotkin, Fabien L. Condamine, Mariana P. Braga, Emily A. Ellis, Ryan A. St Laurent, Xuankun Li, Vijay Barve, Liming Cai, Chandra Earl, Paul B. Frandsen, Hannah L. Owens, Wendy A. Valencia-Montoya, Kwaku Aduse-Poku, Emmanuel F. A. Toussaint, Kelly M. Dexter, Tenzing Doleck, Amanda Markee, Rebeccah Messcher, Y-Lan Nguyen, Jade Aster T. Badon, Hugo A. Benitez, Michael F. Braby, Perry A. C. Buenavente, Wei-Ping Chan, Steve C. Collins, Richard A. Rabideau Childers, Even Dankowicz, Rod Eastwood, Zdenek F. Fric, Riley J. Gott, Jason P. W. Hall, Winnie Hallwachs, Nate B. Hardy, Rachel L. Hawkins Sipe, Alan Heath, Jomar D. Hinolan, Nicholas T. Homziak, Yu-Feng Hsu, Yutaka Inayoshi, Micael G. A. Itliong, Daniel H. Janzen, Ian J. Kitching, Krushnamegh Kunte, Gerardo Lamas, Michael J. Landis, Elise A. Larsen, Torben B. Larsen, Jing V. Leong, Vladimir Lukhtanov, Crystal A. Maier, Jose I. Martinez, Dino J. Martins, Kiyoshi Maruyama, Sarah C. Maunsell, Nicolas Oliveira Mega, Alexander Monastyrskii, Ana B. B. Morais, Chris J. Mueller, Mark Arcebal K. Naive, Gregory Nielsen, Pablo Sebastian Padron, Djunijanti Peggie, Helena Piccoli Romanowski, Szabolcs Safian, Motoki Saito, Stefan Schroeder, Vaughn Shirey, Doug Soltis, Pamela Soltis, Andrei Sourakov, Gerard Talavera, Roger Vila, Petr Vlasanek, Houshuai Wang, Andrew D. Warren, Keith R. Willmott, Masaya Yago, Walter Jetz, Marta A. Jarzyna, Jesse W. Breinholt, Marianne Espeland, Leslie Ries, Robert P. Guralnick, Naomi E. Pierce, David J. Lohman
Summary: Butterflies are believed to have evolved alongside plants and dispersed globally in response to geological events, according to a new comprehensive phylogenetic study. The study sequenced genes from nearly 2,300 butterfly species and reconstructed a phylogenomic tree representing 92% of all genera, resulting in the reclassification of 36 butterfly tribes. The research also revealed that butterflies first fed on Fabaceae plants and originated in the Americas.
NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2023)
Article
Evolutionary Biology
Zi-Wei Yin, Liang Lu, Shuhei Yamamoto, Margaret K. Thayer, Alfred F. Newton, Chen-Yang Cai
Summary: Within the Staphylinidae beetle family, Dasycerinae is a small and cryptic subfamily characterized by limited knowledge on its early diversification, evolutionary history, and biogeography. By studying a diverse dasycerine fauna from mid-Cretaceous northern Myanmar, researchers were able to gain insights into the subfamily's characteristics and evolution.
Article
Evolutionary Biology
Harald Letsch, Sabrina Simon, Paul B. Frandsen, Shanlin Liu, Ryuichiro Machida, Christoph Mayer, Bernhard Misof, Oliver Niehuis, Xin Zhou, Benjamin Wipfler
Summary: The study investigates the biogeographic distribution and phylogenetic relationships of stoneflies using a combination of transcriptomic and Sanger sequence data, suggesting that extant stoneflies originated in the Northern Hemisphere approximately 265 million years ago and two stonefly groups dispersed to Gondwana before their extinction on the northern continents.
SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Karen Mendez-Camacho, Omar Leon-Alvarado, Daniel R. Miranda-Esquivel
Summary: The study evaluated the age of formation of the Amazon fluvial system through molecular phylogenetic and biogeographic data, revealing that dispersals to the Amazon basin occurred from 16.2-10.4 Ma and taxa covered most of the basin between 12.2-6.2 Ma. Vicariant barriers were also identified, with the Tocantins and Madeira rivers playing key roles. Some taxa were found to be fitted to the Old Amazon model despite evidence supporting the Young Amazon model.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Samuel C. Bernardes, Kristina von Rintelen, Thomas von Rintelen, Almir R. Pepato, Timothy J. Page, Mark de Bruyn
Summary: The study revisited trends in species exchange in the Indian Ocean, indicating that ecological transformations have presented opportunities for migrants to establish themselves, with roles of donating and receiving migrants shifting multiple times.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Caue S. Borlina, Benjamin P. Weiss, James F. J. Bryson, Xue-Ning Bai, Eduardo A. Lima, Nilanjan Chatterjee, Elias N. Mansbach
Summary: Astronomical observations and isotopic measurements of meteorites suggest that substructures are common in protoplanetary disks and may also have existed in the solar nebula. Paleomagnetic measurements of chondrules in CO carbonaceous chondrites indicate the presence of a higher intensity magnetic field in the outer solar system, compared to the inner solar system, suggesting significant mass loss from the disk associated with a major disk substructure.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yuan Chen, Erhao Ge, Liqiong Zhou, Juan Du, Ruth Mace
Summary: Inequality between the sexes is a widespread issue both at home and in society. One possible reason for this could be the dispersal of one sex after marriage, which creates gender-specific differences in relatedness to the group. To investigate the impact of sex-biased dispersal on inequality in the sexual division of labor, this study takes advantage of the diverse ecology and social structures in southwest China. By using wearable fitness trackers and validated readings, the researchers found that participants' daily step count was positively correlated with time spent in high-energy activities, such as agriculture and animal husbandry work, and negatively correlated with low-energy activities, such as leisure and relaxation. Comparative analysis revealed that being female and dispersing after marriage were two characteristics that led to an unfavorable division of workload, supporting the hypothesis that males have greater bargaining power when they remain in their natal home.