Climate change impacts and adaptation in U.S. Rocky Mountain high-elevation ecosystems by Meagan F. Oldfather, Alyson Ennis, Brian W. Miller, Kyra Clark-Wolf, Imtiaz Rangwala, Hailey Robe, Caitlin Littlefield

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High-throughput method characterizes hundreds of previously unknown antibiotic resistance mutations by Matthew J. Jago, Jake K. Soley, Stepan Denisov, Calum J. Walsh, Danna R. Gifford, Benjamin P. Howden, Mato Lagator

“…We find that multi-drug and antibiotic-specific resistance are acquired through categorically different types of mutations, and that minor genotypic differences significantly influence evolutionary routes to resistance. By quantifying mutation frequency with single base pair resolution, QMS-seq informs about the underlying mechanisms of resistance and identifies mutational hotspots within genes. …”
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Performance and limitations of linkage-disequilibrium-based methods for inferring the genomic landscape of recombination and detecting hotspots: a simulation study by Raynaud, Marie, Gagnaire, Pierre-Alexandre, Galtier, Nicolas

“…Using simulations, we specifically assessed the impact of methodological (sample size, phasing errors, block penalty) and evolutionary parameters (effective population size (Ne),  demographic history, mutation to recombination rate ratio) on inferred map quality. …”
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THE THIRD LEVEL OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: CHARACTERISTICS OF SUB-STATE ACTORS by S. P. Arteev

“…In addition to long-term evolutionary processes, we should not forget about the position of Russia in the last few years. …”
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The Epistemological Status of Charisma in Historical Macrosociology by D. V. Kataev, V. O. Kalinina

“…In its turn, the reconstruction and systematization of approaches of Weberian historical macrosociology allows us to clarify the boundaries and possibilities of the category's application. Thus, the evolutionary-theoretical perspective defines the heuristic potential of charisma in terms of reflecting the dynamics of cultural and value orientations in the process of emergence and consolidation of social order and institutional structures. …”
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Bacterial Diversity Associated with Terrestrial and Aquatic Snails by Konstantinos Apostolou, Canella Radea, Alexandra Meziti, Konstantinos Ar. Kormas

“…The opposite happens for other animals, such as snails, in both the wild and farmed species. Snails are evolutionary old animals, with complex ecophysiological roles, living in rich microbial habitats such as soil and sediments or water. …”
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Russian University Cities: Expectations vs. Reality by I. D. Turgel, K. D. Bugrov, A. D. Oykher

“…To address specific research questions, methods of comparative, evolutionary and economic-statistical analysis are used. …”
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Hybrid breeding boosted molecular genetics in rye by R. Schlegel

“…They are not only associated with individual chromosome or segments but also efficiently used for comparative mapping (evolutionary studies) introgression monitoring, QTL tagging, and marker-assisted selection.…”
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Computer analysis shows differences between mitochondrial miRNAs and other miRNAs by P. S. Vorozheykin, I. I. Titov

“…The identified differences between mitomiRs and other miRNAs may help uncover the mode of miRNA delivery into mitochondria, indicate the evolutionary conservation and importance of mitomiRs in the regulation of mitochondrial function and metabolism, and generally show that mitomiRs are not randomly encountered miRNAs. …”
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Digit ratio in the common spadefoot toad Pelobates fuscus (Anura: Mesobatrachia: Pelobatidae): patterns and correlations by M. Frątczak, M. Kaczmarski, Ł. Jankowiak, J. Klessa, K. Bielicki, B. Lyskov, P. Tryjanowski

“…Digit ratio (DR or 2D:4D), an indicator based on the relative length of the second and fourth digits, has been linked to embryonic sex hormone levels and is regarded as a biomarker for ontogenetic changes and evolutionary traits across species. While DR patterns often display a sex bias, they vary among taxa: in most mammals and tailed amphibians, females exhibit higher 2D:4D ratio than males, whereas in birds and reptiles, the trend is reversed. …”
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Human Genomic Loci Important in Common Infectious Diseases: Role of High-Throughput Sequencing and Genome-Wide Association Studies by Gerald Mboowa, Ivan Sserwadda, Marion Amujal, Norah Namatovu

“…Human populations are constantly locked in evolutionary arms races with pathogens; therefore, identification of common infectious disease-associated genomic variants/markers is important in therapeutic, vaccine development, and screening susceptible individuals in a population. …”
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Multi-objective Newton-Raphson-based optimizer for fractional-order control of PEM fuel cells by Mahmoud S. AbouOmar, Sami El Ferik

“…Results demonstrate the competitive capabilities of the proposed MONRBO algorithm compared to established algorithms including the Nondominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm-II (NSGA-II), Multi-objective Evolutionary Algorithm based on Decomposition (MOEA-D), and Multi-objective Particle Swarm Optimization with Crowding Distance (MOPSO-CD). …”
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New insights into the DNA extraction and PCR amplification of minute ascomycetes in the genus Laboulbenia (Pezizomycotina, Laboulbeniales) by Warre Van Caenegem, Danny Haelewaters

“…New and approachable molecular developments will benefit the study of Laboulbeniales, helping to elucidate the true diversity and evolutionary relationships of these peculiar microfungi.…”
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Exploring the evolution of structure growth in the universe with field-fluid interactions through dynamical stability analysis by Anirban Chatterjee, Abhijit Bandyopadhyay, Debasish Majumdar

“…This model effectively captures the evolutionary features of the universe across its various phases at both the background and perturbation levels. …”
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Assessment of soil classification based on cone penetration test data for Kaifeng area using optimized support vector machine by Hanliang Bian, Zhongxun Sun, Jiahan Bian, Zhaowei Qu, Jianwei Zhang, Xiangchun Xu

“…In conclusion, integrating evolutionary algorithms with SVM for soil classification offers a promising approach to enhancing the efficiency and accuracy of soil analysis in engineering applications.…”
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Seven Guiding Principles for Building Fellowship in SoTL by Anita Acai, Mandy Frake, Melanie Hamilton, Patrick Maher, Roselynn Verwoord, Cherie Woolmer

“…These principles include: (1) create space, (2) avoid and resist formal roles, (3) maintain confidentiality and build trust, (4) allow members to self-determine their level of engagement, (5) embrace a group process that is emergent and organic, (6) find congruence in values, and (7) acknowledge the evolutionary nature of the collective. When considered as a meaningful process of community building and engagement, these principles may be useful points of discussion, reflection, and as Felten (2013) states in relation to his Principles for Good Practices in SoTL, to “...articulate a vision of scholarship that enhances, perhaps even transforms, teaching and learning in higher education” (p. 121). …”
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Genome assembly of the grassland caterpillar Gynaephora qinghaiensis by Youpeng Lai, Shan Xiao, Minggang Qin, Xinhai Ye, Fang Wang, Qi Fang

“…The availability of the reference genome could provide genetic resources to uncover adaptive evolutionary mechanisms of grassland caterpillars to high-altitude environments and contributes to the development of integrated pest management strategies.…”
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Effect of single ethanol administration on behavior and the consumption and preference of ethanol in tame and aggressive rats by R. V. Kozhemyakina, S. G. Shikhevich, A. Cagan, R. G. Gulevich

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Combining and congruence evaluation of phylogenetic signals from different genes based on geometric approach by V. M. Efimov, V. Yu. Kovaleva, Yu. N. Litvinov

“…Several variability directions reflecting evolutionary events of different scale are visualized in a joint genetic space. …”
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Diagnosis of the mechanisms of different types of discordances between phylogenies inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial markers by A. A. Poroshina, D. Y. Sherbakov, T. E. Peretolchina

“…We propose and justify a set of criteria for detecting how two evolutionary trees may differ, with a special focus on comparing a tree inferred from nuclear DNA to one from mitochondrial DNA. …”
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