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  • Evolution of wood anatomical characters in Nepenthes and close relatives of Caryophyllales 
    Schwallier, Rachel; Gravendeel, Barbara; de Boer, Hugo; Nylinder, Stephan; van Heuven, Bertie Joan; Sieder, Anton; Sumail, Sukaibin; van Vugt, Rogier; Lens, Frederic (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    Background and AimsNepenthes attracts wide attention with its spectacularly shaped carnivorous pitchers, cultural value and horticultural curiosity. Despite the plant’s iconic fascination, surprisingly little anatomical ...
  • Evolutionary analysis of the female-specific avian W chromosome 
    Smeds, Linnea; Warmuth, Vera; Bolivar, Paulina; Uebbing, Severin; Burri, Reto; Suh, Alexander; Nater, Alexander; Bures, Stanislav; Garamszegi, Laszlo Z.; Hogner, Silje; Moreno, Juan; Qvarnström, Anna; Ruzic, Milan; Sæther, Stein Are; Sætre, Glenn-Peter; Torok, Janos; Ellegren, Hans (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
    The typically repetitive nature of the sex-limited chromosome means that it is often excluded from or poorly covered in genome assemblies, hindering studies of evolutionary and population genomic processes in non-recombining ...
  • Evolutionary divergences in Luscinia svecica subspecies complex - New evidence supporting the uniqueness of the Iberian bluethroat breeding populations 
    Garcia, Javier; Johnsen, Arild; Fuertes, Benito; Suarez-Seoane, Susana (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    The assessment of evolutionary divergences within subspecies complexes provide an effective short-cut for estimating intraspecific genetic diversity, which is relevant for conservation actions. We explore new evidence ...
  • Evolutionary history and leaf succulence as explanations for medicinal use in aloes and the global popularity of Aloe vera 
    Grace, Olwen M; Buerki, Sven; Symonds, Matthew R; Forest, Félix; van Wyk, Abraham E; Smith, Gideon F; Klopper, Ronell R; Bjorå, Charlotte S; Neale, Sophie; Demissew, Sebsebe; Simmonds, Monique S; Rønsted, Nina (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
    Background Aloe vera supports a substantial global trade yet its wild origins, and explanations for its popularity over 500 related Aloe species in one of the world’s largest succulent ...
  • Evolutionary history of Serpulaceae (Basidiomycota): molecular phylogeny, historical biogeography and evidence for a single transition of nutritional mode 
    Skrede, Inger; Engh, Ingeborg B; Binder, Manfred; Carlsen, Tor; Kauserud, Håvard; Bendiksby, Mika (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2011)
    Background The fungal genus Serpula (Serpulaceae, Boletales) comprises several saprotrophic (brown rot) taxa, including the aggressive house-infecting dry rot fungus Serpula lacrymans. Recent phylogenetic ...
  • Evolutionary Implications of the microRNA- and piRNA Complement of Lepidodermella squamata (Gastrotricha) 
    Fromm, Bastian; Tosar, Juan Pablo; Aguilera, Felipe; Friedlaender, Marc R.; Bachmann, Lutz; Hejnol, Andreas (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    Gastrotrichs—’hairy bellies’—are microscopic free-living animals inhabiting marine and freshwater habitats. Based on morphological and early molecular analyses, gastrotrichs were placed close to nematodes, but recent ...
  • Evolvability A Unifying Concept in Evolutionary Biology? 
    Müller, Gerd B.; Pradeu, Thomas; Schäfer, Katrin; Hansen, Thomas F.; Pélabon, Christophe; Houle, David; Pavličev, Mihaela; de la Rosa, Laura Nuño; Villegas, Cristina; Love, Alan C.; Brigandt, Ingo; Wagner, Günter P.; Bourg, Salomé; Le Rouzic, Arnaud; Hallgrímsson, Benedikt; Aponte, J. David; Vidal-Garcia, Marta; Richbourg, Heather; Green, Rebecca; Young, Nathan M.; Cheverud, James M.; Calof, Anne L.; Lander, Arthur D.; Marcucio, Ralph S.; Wagner, Andreas; Sztepanacz, Jacqueline L.; Clo, Josselin; Opedal, Øystein H.; Morrissey, Michael B.; Reid, Jane M.; Voje, Kjetil L.; Grabowski, Mark; Holstad, Agnes; Porto, Arthur; Tsuboi, Masahito; Bolstad, Geir H.; Armbruster, W. Scott; Galis, Frietson; Jablonski, David (Book / Bok / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
    Essays on evolvability from the perspectives of quantitative and population genetics, evolutionary developmental biology, systems biology, macroevolution, and the philosophy of science. Evolvability—the capability of ...
  • Evolvability in the fossil record 
    Love, Alan; Grabowski, Mark Walter; Houle, David; Liow, Lee Hsiang; Porto, Arthur Guimaraes Carvalho; Tsuboi, Masahito; Voje, Kjetil Lysne; Hunt, Gene (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    Abstract The concept of evolvability—the capacity of a population to produce and maintain evolutionarily relevant variation—has become increasingly prominent in evolutionary biology. Paleontology has a long history ...
  • Evolvability predicts macroevolution under fluctuating selection 
    Holstad, Agnes; Voje, Kjetil L.; Opedal, Øystein Hjorthol; Bolstad, Geir Hysing; Bourg, Salome Cassandra Sarah; Hansen, Thomas Fredrik; Pelabon, Christophe (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2024)
    Heritable variation is a prerequisite for evolutionary change, but the relevance of genetic constraints on macroevolutionary timescales is debated. By using two datasets on fossil and contemporary taxa, we show that ...
  • An expanded mammal mitogenome dataset from Southeast asia 
    Salleh, Faezah Mohd; Ramos-Madrigal, Jazmín; Peñaloza, Fernando; Liu, Shanlin; Sinding, Mikkel Holger Strander; Patel, Riddhi P.; Martins, Renata; Lenz, Dorina; Fickel, Jörns; Roos, Christian; Shamsir, Mohd Shahir; Azman, Mohammad Shahfiz; Lim, Burton K.; Rossiter, Stephen J.; Wilting, Andreas; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    Southeast (SE) Asia is 1 of the most biodiverse regions in the world, and it holds approximately 20% of all mammal species. Despite this, the majority of SE Asia's genetic diversity is still poorly characterized. The growing ...
  • Experimental constraints on melting temperatures in the MgO–SiO2 system at lower mantle pressures 
    Baron, Marzena Anna; Lord, Oliver T.; Myhill, Robert; Thomson, Andrew R.; Wang, Weiwei; Trønnes, Reidar G; Walter, Michael J. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    Eutectic melting curves in the system MgO–SiO2 have been experimentally determined at lower mantle pressures using laser-heated diamond anvil cell (LH-DAC) techniques. We investigated eutectic melting of bridgmanite plus ...
  • Experimental evidence for ovarian hypofunction in sparrow hybrids 
    Eroukhmanoff, Fabrice; Rowe, Melissah; Cramer, Emily R A; Haas, Fredrik; Hermansen, Jo S; Runemark, Anna; Johnsen, Arild; Sætre, Glenn-Peter (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
    Background Postzygotic isolation in the form of reduced viability and/or fertility of hybrids may help maintain species boundaries in the face of interspecific gene flow. Past hybridization events between ...
  • Experimental heatwaves negatively impact sperm quality in the zebra finch 
    Hurley, Laura L.; McDiarmid, Callum S; Friesen, Christopher R.; Griffith, Simon C.; Rowe, Melissah (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
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  • Experimental manipulation of sexual traits in barn swallow populations—No evidence for divergent sexual selection 
    Lifjeld, Jan Terje (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
    Safran et al. (2016a) manipulated two sexual traits (ventral plumage coloration and tail streamer length) in male barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) and reported divergent effects on paternity change between two study ...
  • Expert perspectives on global biodiversity loss and its drivers and impacts on people 
    Isbell, Forest; Balvanera, Patricia; Mori, Akira S; He, Jin-Sheng; Bullock, James M; Regmi, Ganga Ram; Seabloom, Eric W; Ferrier, Simon; Sala, Osvaldo E; Guerrero-Ramírez, Nathaly R; Tavella, Julia; Larkin, Daniel J; Schmid, Bernhard; Outhwaite, Charlotte L; Pramual, Pairot; Borer, Elizabeth T; Loreau, Michel; Omotoriogun, Taiwo Crossby; Obura, David O; Anderson, Maggie; Portales-Reyes, Cristina; Kirkman, Kevin; Vergara, Pablo M; Clark, Adam Thomas; Komatsu, Kimberly J; Petchey, Owen L; Weiskopf, Sarah R; Williams, Laura J; Collins, Scott L; Eisenhauer, Nico; Trisos, Christopher H; Renard, Delphine; Wright, Alexandra J; Tripathi, Poonam; Cowles, Jane; Byrnes, Jarrett EK; Reich, Peter B; Purvis, Andy; Sharip, Zati; O’Connor, Mary I; Kazanski, Clare E; Haddad, Nick M; Soto, Eulogio H; Dee, Laura E; Díaz, Sandra; Zirbel, Chad R; Avolio, Meghan L; Wang, Shaopeng; Ma, Zhiyuan; Liang, Jingjing; Farah, Hanan C; Johnson, Justin Andrew; Miller, Brian W; Hautier, Yann; Smith, Melinda D; Knops, Johannes MH; Myers, Bonnie JE; Harmáčková, Zuzana V; Cortés, Jorge; Harfoot, Michael BJ; Gonzalez, Andrew; Newbold, Tim; Oehri, Jacqueline; Mazón, Marina; Dobbs, Cynnamon; Palmer, Meredith S (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
    Despite substantial progress in understanding global biodiversity loss, major taxonomic and geographic knowledge gaps remain. Decision makers often rely on expert judgement to fill knowledge gaps, but are rarely able to ...
  • Exploring the evolutionary origin of floral organs of Erycina pusilla, an emerging orchid model system 
    Dirks-Mulder, Anita; Butôt, Roland; van Schaik, Peter; Wijnands, Jan W P M; van den Berg, Roel; Krol, Louie; Doebar, Sadhana; van Kooperen, Kelly; de Boer, Hugo; Kramer, Elena M; Smets, Erik F; Vos, Rutger A; Vrijdaghs, Alexander; Gravendeel, Barbara (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    Background Thousands of flowering plant species attract pollinators without offering rewards, but the evolution of this deceit is poorly understood. Rewardless flowers of the orchid Erycina pusilla have an ...
  • Exploring the value of museum data for use in species distribution modeling: Data limitations and how to tackle them 
    Støa, Bente (Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2014)
  • Extra‐pair mating in a passerine bird with highly duplicated major histocompatibility complex class II: Preference for the golden mean 
    Rekdal, Silje Larsen; Anmarkrud, Jarl Andreas; Lifjeld, Jan Terje; Johnsen, Arild (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    Genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) are essential in vertebrate adaptive immunity, and they are highly diverse and duplicated in many lineages. While it is widely established that pathogen‐mediated selection ...
  • Extreme diversity in the songs of Spitsbergen's bowhead whales 
    Stafford, K.M.; Lydersen, Christian; Wiig, Øystein; Kovacs, Kit M. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    Almost all mammals communicate using sound, but few species produce complex songs. Two baleen whales sing complex songs that change annually, though only the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) has received much research ...
  • Extreme fractionation in a granite-pegmatite system documented by quartz chemistry: The case study of Tres Arroyos (Central Iberian Zone, Spain) 
    Garate-Olave, I.; Müller, Axel; Roda-Robles, E.; Gil-Crespo, P.P.; Pesquera, A. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    The Tres Arroyos granite–pegmatite system is located in the SW margin of the Nisa-Alburquerque Variscan batholith. Two granitic facies (monzogranite and marginal leucogranite) and three types of aplite–pegmatite dykes ...