Innate Nectar Plant Attraction Is Primarily Visually‐Guided but Olfactory‐Stimulated in North American Monarch Butterflies by Darene A. E. Assadia, Delbert A. Green II

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“Age of risk” shapes simpler multimodal communication in the juvenile plains zebra (Equus quagga) by Severine B. S. W. Hex, Daniel I. Rubenstein

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Genome assembly of an endemic butterfly (Minois aurata) shed light on the genetic mechanisms underlying ecological adaptation to arid valley habitat by Wenqian Hu, Yi Wang, Xiaoxiao Chen, Jialong Huang, Jingge Kuang, Lei Wang, Kangshan Mao, Liang Dou

“…However, the adaptive evolutionary mechanisms of organism in the arid valley remain poorly understood. …”
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Can whole genome sequencing resolve taxonomic ambiguities in fungi? The case study of Colletotrichum associated with ferns by Andrea Menicucci, Salvatore Iacono, Madalena Ramos, Madalena Ramos, Chiara Fiorenzani, Natalia Aparecida Peres, Lavern Wayne Timmer, Antonio Prodi, Riccardo Baroncelli, Riccardo Baroncelli

“…High-quality genome assemblies were obtained, with 98.3% of genes assigned to orthogroups, indicating strong genomic conservation. …”
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Optimal Scheduling Method for Power Generation of Cascade Reservoirs Based on RLDE Algorithm by CHEN Jia-wen, ZHU Xin, TANG Zheng-yang, SHEN Ke-yan, CHEN Xiao-lin, QIN Hui

“…[Methods] The RLDE algorithm improved the standard DE algorithm through three key strategies: chaotic mapping to enhance initial solution quality, Q-learning-based adaptive parameter adjustment, and a variable step-size strategy. …”
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Writing the future of biogeography by Brian McGill, Miguel Araújo, Janet Franklin, H. Peter Linder, Michael N Dawson

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Using Plant DNA Barcodes and Functional Traits to Assess Community Assembly of Quercus Forests at Different Scales in the Semiarid Loess Plateau of China by YongFu Chai, TingTing Tian, Luyao Wang, Junxin Wei, Yao Xu, Peiliang Liu, Chengcheng Xiang, Ming Yue

“…ABSTRACT Trait and evolutionary differences among coexisting species are increasingly used to comprehend the processes shaping communities. …”
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Dissecting genomes of multiple yak populations: unveiling ancestry and high-altitude adaptation through whole-genome resequencing analysis by Sheikh Firdous Ahmad, Munish Gangwar, Amit Kumar, Amod Kumar, Mahesh Shivanand Dige, Girish Kumar Jha, Gyanendra Kumar Gaur, Triveni Dutt

“…The study included 105 individuals from three distinct yak populations i.e., Indian yak (n = 29); Chinese yak (n = 61) and wild yak (n = 15), hypothesized to be related along the evolutionary timescale. …”
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Comparison and clinical analysis of pathological types of primary glomerular diseases in North Henan and Hainan by Shang Rui-hua, Zhu Yong-jun, Lin Zi-Yan, Ma Dong-hong, Ma Yuan-yuan, Ji Meng, Hou Yu-long, Guo Ming-hao

“…Objective To retrospectively review the compositions and evolutionary characteristics of primary glomerular diseases in North Henan and Hainan over the last 12 years.Methods A comparative analysis was conducted for 3985 cases of primary glomerular disease diagnosed by renal biopsy.From January 2008 to December 2019,the relevant clinicopathological data were divided into three groups according to the periods of 2008-2011,2012-2015 and 2016-2019.Then the changing trend of pathological type of disease was analyzed.Results The male-to-female radio was 1.22∶1 in North Henan area.MN（membranous nephropathy）was the most common type,accounting for around 40.1%.Its incidence has declined recently.The incidence of MN rose from 1.74% to 56.5%（2008-2017）and declined from 56.5% to 51.0%（2017-2019）.However,it has remained the most important pathological type in primary renal diseases.IgAN（IgA nephropathy）ranked second,accounting for around 26.0%.Among the 160 patients in Hainan,the ratio of male-to-female was around 1.25∶1.IgAN and MsPGN（mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis）accounted for 36.3% and 17.5% respectively.The peak age of incidence was between 19 to 40 years.It indicated that the disease predominated in young-aged group and the average age was（39.55±16.91）and（33.8±12.1）years respectively at two centers.MN patients were clustered in middle-aged group while MCD（minimal change disease）,MsPGN and IgAN were more common in young-aged group.A comparison of primary glomerulonephritis among three groups in northern Henan showed statistical significance（P<0.05）while a comparison of minor degenerative nephropathy among three groups in Hainan showed statistical significance（P<0.05）.Nephrotic syndrome was a major clinical manifestation in renal biopsy patients in both regions and latent glomerulonephritis was the rarest clinical manifestation.IgAN was the most common pathological type of nephritis.MN was the most common type of nephrotic syndrome.Conclusions MN was the most common one in North Henan.Since 2017,the composition ratios of MN and MCD have shown a downward trend while other pathological types remain basically unchanged.IgAN was the most common in Hainan,followed by MsPGN and MN.IgAN showed an upward trend and MCD showed a downward trend.The incidence rate of MN in North Henan was higher than that in Hainan.…”
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New Insights Into the Reservoir Landslide Deformation Mechanism From InSAR and Numerical Simulation Technology by Guoshi Liu, Bin Wang, Qian Sun, Jun Hu, Lei-Lei Liu, Wanji Zheng, Liye Zou

“…The complete deformation time series reveals three independent components of landslide movement and their trigger factors geometrically. …”
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Mitochondrial genome assembly of the Chinese endemic species of Camellia luteoflora and revealing its repetitive sequence mediated recombination, codon preferences and MTPTs by Xu Xiao, Zhaohui Ran, Chao Yan, Weihao Gu, Zhi Li

“…Phylogenetic reconstruction using mitochondrial PCGs positioned C. luteoflora in closest evolutionary proximity to Camellia sinensis var. sinensis. …”
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The Role of Apelin in the Functioning of the Reproductive System by A. O. Shpakov, K. V. Derkach

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The number of immune defence and counter-defence systems sustained in the arms race between prokaryotes and viruses by Yaroslav Ispolatov, Anna Lekontseva, Konstantin Severinov

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Mistakes can stabilise the dynamics of rock-paper-scissors games. by Maria Kleshnina, Sabrina S Streipert, Jerzy A Filar, Krishnendu Chatterjee

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High Fish Biomass and Low Nutrient Enrichment Synergistically Enhance Stability in a Seagrass Meta‐Ecosystem by Maximilian H. K. Hesselbarth, Jacob E. Allgeier

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The ectoparasitic seal louse, Echinophthirius horridus, relies on a sealed tracheal system and spiracle closing apparatus for underwater respiration by Anika Preuss, Thomas Schwaha, Alexander Kovalev, David Ebmer, Insa Herzog, Kristina Lehnert, Corvin Grass, Freya Sandberg, Elias Hamann, Marcus Zuber, Thomas van de Kamp, Stanislav N. Gorb

“…Abstract Marine mammals host a diverse array of parasites engaged in a continuous evolutionary arms race. However, our understanding of the biology of parasitic insects associated with marine mammals, particularly their adaptations to challenging marine environments, remains limited. …”
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Assembly-free reads accurate identification (AFRAID) approach outperforms other methods of DNA barcoding in the walnut family (Juglandaceae) by Yanlei Liu, Kai Chen, Lihu Wang, Xinqiang Yu, Chao Xu, Zhili Suo, Shiliang Zhou, Shuo Shi, Wenpan Dong

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Contextualising samples: supporting reference genomes of European biodiversity through sample and associated metadata collection by Astrid Böhne, Rosa Fernández, Jennifer A. Leonard, Ann M. McCartney, Seanna McTaggart, José Melo-Ferreira, Rita Monteiro, Rebekah A. Oomen, Olga Vinnere Pettersson, Torsten H. Struck

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Čím se lišíme a co máme společné? Lidská sexualita v evoluční perspektivě by Jan Havlíček, Martina Konečná

“…All of the addressed phenomena are interpreted in the evolutionary perspective.…”
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The emergence and evolution of gene expression in genome regions replete with regulatory motifs by Timothy Fuqua, Yiqiao Sun, Andreas Wagner

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