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Zoology
Luis Fernando Hidalgo-Licona, Maria Guadalupe Gutierrez-Mayen, Cesar Antonio Sandoval-Ruiz, Anibal Diaz De La Vega-Perez, Jorge Guillermo Chollet-Villalpando
Summary: This study assessed the relationship between morphological variability in populations of Pituophis deppei and the ecogeographic conditions of the biogeographic provinces they inhabit. The results indicate that the distribution of P. deppei is divided into four distinct regions associated with different ecogeographic conditions, with low overlap among the provinces. Niche conservatism and divergence were supported by the analysis. Morphological variation primarily correlated with the geographical locations. The findings have important implications for understanding the ecological characteristics and evolutionary mechanisms of P. deppei in Mexico.
ICHTHYOLOGY AND HERPETOLOGY
(2022)
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Zoology
Carina Siutz, Thomas Ruf, Stefanie Monecke, Eva Millesi
Summary: Common hamsters are hibernators facing population decline and critically endangered status, with a validated method developed to estimate body fat proportions noninvasively in the field through morphometric measurements. The method has high accuracy in predicting body fat values and could be applicable to other rodent species after validation.
JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY
(2022)
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Anthropology
Samantha L. Cox
Summary: This study aims to quantify shape variation in the pelvis of Medieval Danish skeletons. Results show significant sexual dimorphism and shape variation in pelvic features, highlighting the importance of pelvic anatomy evolution and sexual dimorphism. The relationship between body mass and shape suggests that body size and composition may affect bone shape.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
(2021)
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Plant Sciences
Xi Chen, Yuanyi Qin, Dongrui Jia
Summary: By integrating phylogenetic construction with fruit morphometric study, we verified the predation selection hypothesis and elucidated the fruit type evolution of Lithocarpus.
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Zoology
Jesus Molinari, Eliecer Gutierrez, Burton K. Lim
Summary: The nectar-feeding bats of the genus Anoura, widely distributed in South and Central America, show geographic variation and size difference influenced by ecogeographic barriers.
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Iara Del Pilar Solar Diaz, Gleb Strauss Borges Junqueira, Valdecy Aparecida Rocha Cruz, Chiara Albano Araujo de Oliveira, Henrique Nunes de Oliveira, Gregorio Miguel Ferreira de Camargo, Raphael Bermal Costa
Summary: PCA was applied to evaluate genetic variability and relationship between morphometric traits in Campolina horses and propose an index based on an aggregate genotype for selection. PC1 explained a large proportion of genetic variance, with traits related to body size showing higher heritabilities and strong genetic correlations. The HPC1 index combining breeding values from different traits can identify the best animals for selection.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL BREEDING AND GENETICS
(2021)
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Ecology
Seth T. Rankins, Randy W. DeYoung, David B. Wester, Aaron M. Foley, J. Alfonso Ortega-S, Timothy E. Fulbright, David G. Hewitt, Landon R. Schofield, Tyler A. Campbell
Summary: This study examines the influence of ecoregion and soil boundaries on the body size differences in ungulates and the role of nutrition in driving these differences. The research focuses on white-tailed deer in South Texas and investigates the relationship between forage quantity, forage quality, and body/antler size differences. The findings indicate that forage quantity does not drive the ecogeographic variation in physical traits of white-tailed deer, but the role of forage quality, specifically plant diversity, remains inconclusive.
RANGELAND ECOLOGY & MANAGEMENT
(2023)
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Biophysics
Erik Brynskog, Johan Iraeus, P. Matthew Reed, Johan Davidsson
Summary: This study found that overall anthropometric variables can only explain 29% of the variance in pelvis geometry, with important shape variations not captured by these variables. This suggests that these unaccounted for shape variations could have significant implications for injury prediction in traffic safety analysis.
JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Eva Alexandra Bischof, Nils Schlueter, Jens Lehmann
Summary: This study quantifies the allometric processes and morphologic disparity of beyrichitine ammonoids using geometric morphometric methods. The results suggest that morphologic disparity and intraspecific variation are likely the result of deviations in the ontogenetic allometric growth pattern (heterochrony).
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Karol Bibrowicz, Tomasz Szurmik, Katarzyna Ogrodzka-Ciechanowicz, Zuzana Hudakova, Bartlomiej Gasienica-Walczak, Piotr Kurzeja
Summary: Symmetry is crucial for correct body posture, and the positioning of the pelvic girdle plays a significant role in it. The study aimed to measure the selected landmarks of the pelvic girdle and analyze the occurrence of spatial pelvic asymmetry in young adults. Measurements were performed using an inclinometer on a sample of 300 individuals, and the authors' clinical classification was used to analyze the asymmetries.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
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Ecology
Lynn Siefferman, Alexandra B. B. Bentz, Kimberly A. A. Rosvall
Summary: Most animals in the northern hemisphere undergo range shifts towards north, but a tree swallow in the eastern United States is undergoing a southward range shift. This case study provides unique ecological insights on organism adaptation in a changing world. The study found that female birds in the southern expansion sites exhibited traits that contradicted the general latitudinal patterning. This suggests that pioneering traits may override other well-established latitudinal patterns as a unique ecogeographic rule of phenotypic variation.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY
(2023)
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Ji Na Kim, Hee Jin Park, So Yeon Won, Minchul Kim, Seok Woo Hong, Eugene Kim, Se Jin Park, Yong Taek Lee
Summary: This study retrospectively analyzed incidental findings on WB-MRI around the hip in a preventive health screening. The results showed a substantial prevalence of clinically significant and less significant incidental findings, with avascular necrosis of the femoral head being one of the most common findings. An understanding of the prevalence of incidental findings is important for radiologists and clinicians when interpreting and explaining WB-MRI results.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY
(2022)
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Plant Sciences
Hao Tong, Amol N. Nankar, Jintao Liu, Velichka Todorova, Daniela Ganeva, Stanislava Grozeva, Ivanka Tringovska, Gancho Pasev, Vesela Radeva-Ivanova, Tsanko Gechev, Dimitrina Kostova, Zoran Nikoloski
Summary: Genomic selection using genetic markers and machine learning methods can predict morphological and color-related traits of Solanaceous fruits, aiding in shortening breeding cycles and improving efficiency in selecting high-performance lines.
HORTICULTURE RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Mathematics
Kuen-Suan Chen, Yin-Yin Huang, Ruey-Chyn Tsaur, Nei-Yu Lin
Summary: Fuzzy portfolio models have been widely studied to understand risk preferences, especially in terms of excess and shortage investment dimensions. Different risk preferences, such as risk-seeking, risk-neutral, and risk-averse, require different degrees of excess and shortage investment. The proposed model suggests that risk-seekers prefer excess investment in securities with higher return rates and shortage investment in securities with lower return rates. Three experiments demonstrate the effectiveness of the model, revealing that risk preferences influence fuzzy portfolio selections under different dimensions. Lower s values are recommended for risk-seekers, with t > s, while s = t is recommended for risk-neutral investors and t < s for risk-averse investors.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Angele Jeanty, Laurent Bouby, Vincent Bonhomme, Francois Balfourier, Clement Debiton, Camille Dham, Sarah Ivorra, Jerome Ros, Allowen Evin
Summary: Barley is a major cereal crop with thousands of varieties that can be classified into different categories based on their subspecies and type. This study explores the morphological diversity of barley grains and their relationship to sowing time and environmental conditions. The findings have implications for studying archaeological barley seeds and understanding the evolution of barley diversity.
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Anthropology
Helen K. Kurki, Sarah-Louise Decrausaz
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
(2016)
Article
Anthropology
Marina Elliott, Helen Kurki, Darlene A. Weston, Mark Collard
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2016)
Article
Anthropology
Marina Elliott, Helen Kurki, Darlene A. Weston, Mark Collard
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2016)
Article
Anthropology
Stephanie E. Calce, Helen K. Kurki, Darlene A. Weston, Lisa Gould
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
(2017)
Article
Anthropology
Stephanie E. Calce, Helen K. Kurki, Darlene A. Weston, Lisa Gould
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Paleontology
Stephanie E. Calce, Helen K. Kurki, Darlene A. Weston, Lisa Gould
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PALEOPATHOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Anthropology
Helen K. Kurki, Susan Pfeiffer, Deano D. Stynder
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
(2012)
Article
Anthropology
Marina Elliott, Helen Kurki, Darlene A. Weston, Mark Collard
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
(2014)
Article
Anthropology
Helen K. Kurki
JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION
(2011)
Article
Paleontology
Helen K. Kurki
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PALEOPATHOLOGY
(2011)
Article
Paleontology
Susan Pfeiffer, L. Elizabeth Doyle, Helen K. Kurki, Lesley Harrington, Jaime K. Ginter, Catherine E. Merritt
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PALEOPATHOLOGY
(2014)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Mariel Young, Daniel Richard, Mark Grabowski, Benjamin M. Auerbach, Bernadette S. de Bakker, Jaco Hagoort, Pushpanathan Muthuirulan, Vismaya Kharkar, Helen K. Kurki, Lia Betti, Lyena Birkenstock, Kristi L. Lewton, Terence D. Capellini
Summary: In this study, researchers used functional genomics to investigate the developmental genetic mechanisms of human pelvic shape and identified a key gestational window when human-specific morphology becomes recognizable. They found evidence of ancient selection and genetic constraint on regulatory sequences involved in ilium expansion and growth, and showed that variation in iliac traits is reduced in humans compared to African apes.
Article
Anthropology
Helen K. Kurki, Sydney Holland, Marla MacKinnon, Libby Cowgill, Benjamin Osipov, Lesley Harrington
Summary: There are differences in cross-sectional geometric (CSG) properties derived from solid contours compared to true contours (including endosteal and periosteal surfaces) in individuals during growth and development. Although the correlations are high, the error range of solid CSG properties is not within an acceptable range compared to true CSG properties. Periosteal contours alone should not be used to calculate CSG properties during growth and development.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Anatomy & Morphology
Helen K. Kurki
ANATOMICAL RECORD-ADVANCES IN INTEGRATIVE ANATOMY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
(2017)