Predicting potential recovery of the endangered bromeliad Tillandsia utriculata: An agent-based modeling approach. by Alexandra M Campbell, Anna C Kula, Rachel S Jabaily, Brad Oberle, Brian Sidoti, Alex Capaldi, Erin N Bodine

“…Some rare species may persist through rapid evolution to tolerate or escape new threats, but representing the underlying ecological and evolutionary processes at the appropriate scale is analytically and computationally challenging. …”
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Stabilization mechanism accommodating genome length variation in evolutionarily related viral capsids by Jennifer M. Podgorski, Joshua Podgorski, Lawrence Abad, Deborah Jacobs-Sera, Krista G. Freeman, Colin Brown, Graham F. Hatfull, Antoni Luque, Simon J. White

“…Here we characterize a capsid reinforcement mechanism in two evolutionary-related actinobacteriophages that modifies the length of a stabilization protein to accommodate a larger genome while maintaining the same capsid size. …”
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Modulation optimization method for seven-level SHEPWM inverter based on EPSO algorithm by Renzheng Wang, Yuncheng Zhang, Ying Chen, Zhenyao Xin, Di Fan

“…The solution speed is about three times that of PSO, which achieves fast and highly accurate convergence, with a small error in the output of inverter, and better harmonic distortion rate than the standard requirement.…”
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Long-Lasting Bisexual Lures for Assessing Moth Biodiversity and Monitoring Alien Species in Zoos and Botanical Gardens: Case Study in Zoo of Debrecen (NE Hungary) by Szabolcs Szanyi, Csenge Lelle Kovács, Miklós Tóth, Ottó Lincz, Gergely Sándor Nagy, Zoltán Varga, Antal Nagy

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New oribatid mite (Acari, Oribatida) records in the Antarctic Peninsula region by Habriel Hushtan, Kateryna Hushtan, Pavlo Kovalenko, Anton Puhovkin, Peter Convey, Iryna Kozeretska

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Freshwater cyclopids (Crustacea: Copepoda) first recorded in South America – arguments for and against their non-native status by M. Hołyńska, M. Świsłocka-Cutter, C. López, M. Karpowicz

“…Morphology-based identification of A. trajani is confirmed by three molecular markers, the nuclear 18S ribosomal DNA and the mitochondrial 12S rRNA and COI genes. …”
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Failure Mechanism of Sandy Soil Slopes Under High-Angle Normal Bedrock-Fault Dislocation: Physical Model Tests by Jianke Ma, Jianyi Zhang, Yijie Song, Ziyi Feng, Jing Tian, Jun Gu, Xiaobo Li

“…The main results were as follows: (i) The evolutionary process of the instability mechanism could be divided into three stages: crack damage stage (Stage I), crack expansion and penetration stage (Stage II), and slope instability stage (Stage III). …”
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Partial sequence analysis and relative expression of the HSP70 gene of Vasconcellea pubescens by Fabio Marcelo Idrovo Espín, Tiffany Cevallos Vilatuña

“…The plantlets were exposed to three temperatures 25° C (control), 45 °C and 55 °C (stress temperatures) for 4 hours. …”
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An amphioxus Gli gene reveals conservation of midline patterning and the evolution of hedgehog signalling diversity in chordates. by Sebastian M Shimeld, Marcel van den Heuvel, Rebecca Dawber, James Briscoe

“…However we also show that the single amphioxus Gli gene produces two distinct transcripts encoding different proteins. We utilise three tests of Gli function to examine the transcription regulatory capacities of these different proteins, demonstrating one has activating activity similar to Gli2, while the other acts as a weak repressor, similar to Gli3.…”
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The genetic basis of pollinator adaptation in a sexually deceptive orchid. by Shuqing Xu, Philipp M Schlüter, Ueli Grossniklaus, Florian P Schiestl

“…In this study, we identify genes that are likely involved in alkene biosynthesis, encoding stearoyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP) desaturases (SAD), in three closely related Ophrys species, O. garganica, O. sphegodes, and O. exaltata. …”
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Genomic and Gene-Expression Comparisons among Phage-Resistant Type-IV Pilus Mutants of Pseudomonas syringae pathovar phaseolicola. by Mark Sistrom, Derek Park, Heath E O'Brien, Zheng Wang, David S Guttman, Jeffrey P Townsend, Paul E Turner

“…Despite the popularity of Pph/phage Φ6 as a model system in evolutionary biology, Pph resistance to phage Φ6 remains poorly characterized. …”
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Application of Immune Complement Algorithm to NSL-KDD Intrusion Detection Dataset by Mafaz Khalil Alanezi, Najlaa Aldabagh

“…</span> <span>This Paper presents a description of an intrusion detection approach modeled on the basis of three bio-inspired concepts namely, Negative selection, Positive selection and complement system. …”
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Metabolic reconstruction identifies strain‐specific regulation of virulence in Toxoplasma gondii by Carl Song, Melissa A Chiasson, Nirvana Nursimulu, Stacy S Hung, James Wasmuth, Michael E Grigg, John Parkinson

“…To understand the potential contribution of metabolism to strain‐specific infectivity differences, we present a constraint‐based metabolic model of the opportunistic parasite, Toxoplasma gondii. Dominated by three clonal strains (Type I, II, and III demonstrating distinct virulence profiles), T. gondii exhibits a remarkably broad host range. …”
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Structural alterations in a component of cytochrome c oxidase and molecular evolution of pathogenic Neisseria in humans. by Marina Aspholm, Finn Erik Aas, Odile B Harrison, Diana Quinn, Ashild Vik, Raimonda Viburiene, Tone Tønjum, James Moir, Martin C J Maiden, Michael Koomey

“…Three closely related bacterial species within the genus Neisseria are of importance to human disease and health. …”
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The First Report of Rhino DNA in Thailand: A Possible Extinct Indian Javan Subspecies, <i>Rhinoceros sondaicus inermis</i> by Yada Katanyuphan, Pipad Krajaejun, Athiwat Wattanapituksakul, Wunrada Surat

“…The Javan rhino is a critically endangered species that has become extinct in several Asian countries, including Thailand. There are three Javan rhino subspecies: <i>Rhinoceros sondaicus sondaicus</i>, <i>R. s. annamiticus</i>, and <i>R. s. inermis</i>, and the first two subspecies existed in Thailand decades ago. …”
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What can we infer about mutation calling by using time‐series mutation accumulation data and a Bayesian Mutation Finder? by Takahiro Maruki, April Ozere, Jack Freeman, Melania E. Cristescu

“…Abstract Accurate estimates of mutation rates derived from genome‐wide mutation accumulation (MA) data are fundamental to understanding basic evolutionary processes. The rapidly improving high‐throughput sequencing technologies provide unprecedented opportunities to identify single nucleotide mutations across genomes. …”
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phylospatial: An R package for spatial phylogenetic analysis with quantitative community data by Matthew M. Kling

“…The package processes all three data types in a common framework, while handling them in distinct ways at key points in the analysis pipeline. …”
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Wild or Introduced? Investigating the Genetic Landscape of Cacao Populations in South America by Matheus Colli‐Silva, James Edward Richardson, José Rubens Pirani, Antonio Figueira

“…Here, we investigate genomic diversity, population structure, and domestication signals in three groups using RAD‐sequencing: Upper Amazonian populations (including Contamana, Marañón, Iquitos and Nanay), the Guiana population, and the Amelonado variety introduced into Eastern Brazil in the 18th century. …”
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Enhanced Gaining-Sharing Knowledge-based algorithm by Mohammed Adnan Jawad, Heba Sayed Mohamed Roshdy, Ali Wagdy Mohamed

“…We also performed numerical experiments on 29 test problem sets in 10, 30, 50, and 100 dimensions from the Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) 2017 benchmark. The results were compared with three GSK variant algorithms, seven state-of-the-art algorithms, and GSK alongside components of the eGSK algorithm. …”
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Cognitive and Psychological Aspects in Academic Entrepreneur Identity and Entrepreneurial Intention: A Systematic Literature Review by José Iran Batista de Melo Filho, Ezequiel Alves Lobo, Samuel Façanha Câmara, Paulo Torres Junior, Rafaela Cajado Magalhães

“…Results: four clusters were identified, three interconnected through citations and one isolated. …”
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