Evolution, ISSN 0014-3820, 2009, Volume 63, Issue 11, pp. 2848 - 2863
The genetic consequences of climate-driven range fluctuation during the Pleistocene have been well studied for temperate species, but cold-adapted (e.g.,...
interglacial | Intermountain West | Ecological niche model | glaciation | range fluctuation | phylogeography | Climate change | Paleoclimatology | Demography | Evolutionary genetics | Population distributions | Evolution | Climate models | Mountain ranges | Modeling | Population genetics | Range fluctuation | Glaciation | Interglacial | Phylogeography | GLACIAL REFUGIA | MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA SEQUENCES | COMPARATIVE PHYLOGEOGRAPHY | POPULATION-GROWTH | SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS | QUATERNARY ICE-AGES | EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTIONS | GENETICS & HEREDITY | MOLECULAR SEQUENCES | ECOLOGY | GENETIC CONSEQUENCES | Climate | Cold Temperature | Markov Chains | Animals | Lagomorpha - classification | Base Sequence | Lagomorpha - physiology | Phylogeny | DNA Primers | Lagomorpha - genetics | Monte Carlo Method | Altitude | Gene flow | Analysis | Environmental aspects | Climatic changes | Research | Glacial epoch | Niche (Ecology) | Biological diversity
interglacial | Intermountain West | Ecological niche model | glaciation | range fluctuation | phylogeography | Climate change | Paleoclimatology | Demography | Evolutionary genetics | Population distributions | Evolution | Climate models | Mountain ranges | Modeling | Population genetics | Range fluctuation | Glaciation | Interglacial | Phylogeography | GLACIAL REFUGIA | MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA SEQUENCES | COMPARATIVE PHYLOGEOGRAPHY | POPULATION-GROWTH | SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS | QUATERNARY ICE-AGES | EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTIONS | GENETICS & HEREDITY | MOLECULAR SEQUENCES | ECOLOGY | GENETIC CONSEQUENCES | Climate | Cold Temperature | Markov Chains | Animals | Lagomorpha - classification | Base Sequence | Lagomorpha - physiology | Phylogeny | DNA Primers | Lagomorpha - genetics | Monte Carlo Method | Altitude | Gene flow | Analysis | Environmental aspects | Climatic changes | Research | Glacial epoch | Niche (Ecology) | Biological diversity
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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, ISSN 2041-1723, 09/2019, Volume 10, Issue 1, pp. 4091 - 12
Organisms rely upon external cues to avoid detrimental conditions during environmental change. Rapid water loss, or desiccation, is a universal threat for...
EVAPORATIVE WATER-LOSS | EVOLUTION | PHYSICAL CALCULATIONS | GENETIC ADAPTATION | ADAPTIVE PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | AVIAN THERMOREGULATION | STRATUM-CORNEUM | LIPID-COMPOSITION | GAS-EXCHANGE | HEAT TOLERANCE | Temperature | Terrestrial environments | Differentiation (biology) | Environmental changes | Embryogenesis | Water loss | Plasticity | Physiology | Cues | Phenotypes | Tissue engineering | Desiccation | Blood vessels | Acclimatization | Regression analysis | Cell differentiation | Gene expression | Water resistance | Acclimation | Embryonic growth stage | Climate change | Regeneration | Stem cells | Skin | Drying
EVAPORATIVE WATER-LOSS | EVOLUTION | PHYSICAL CALCULATIONS | GENETIC ADAPTATION | ADAPTIVE PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | AVIAN THERMOREGULATION | STRATUM-CORNEUM | LIPID-COMPOSITION | GAS-EXCHANGE | HEAT TOLERANCE | Temperature | Terrestrial environments | Differentiation (biology) | Environmental changes | Embryogenesis | Water loss | Plasticity | Physiology | Cues | Phenotypes | Tissue engineering | Desiccation | Blood vessels | Acclimatization | Regression analysis | Cell differentiation | Gene expression | Water resistance | Acclimation | Embryonic growth stage | Climate change | Regeneration | Stem cells | Skin | Drying
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Journal of Evolutionary Biology, ISSN 1010-061X, 03/2019, Volume 32, Issue 3, pp. 287 - 298
Phenotypes are the target of selection and affect the ability of organisms to persist in variable environments. Phenotypes can be influenced directly by genes...
phylogenetic conservatism | pathogen | phenotypic plasticity | climate | disease ecology | Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis | chytrid | amphibians | CHYTRID FUNGUS | PLANT | CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS | HOST | VIRULENCE | PATHOGEN BATRACHOCHYTRIUM-DENDROBATIDIS | DEVELOPMENTAL PLASTICITY | EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | EVOLUTION | ADAPTATION | GENETICS & HEREDITY | PHYLOGENETIC SIGNAL | ECOLOGY | Fungi | Genotype | Phenotype | Genetic aspects | Phylogeny | Amphibians | Carrying capacity | Temperature | Phenotypes | Life history | Genetic variability | Growth rate | Zoosporangia | Phenotypic variations | Phenotypic plasticity | Genetic diversity | Temperature effects | Plasticity | Host range | Plastic properties | Plastics | Genotypes
phylogenetic conservatism | pathogen | phenotypic plasticity | climate | disease ecology | Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis | chytrid | amphibians | CHYTRID FUNGUS | PLANT | CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS | HOST | VIRULENCE | PATHOGEN BATRACHOCHYTRIUM-DENDROBATIDIS | DEVELOPMENTAL PLASTICITY | EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | EVOLUTION | ADAPTATION | GENETICS & HEREDITY | PHYLOGENETIC SIGNAL | ECOLOGY | Fungi | Genotype | Phenotype | Genetic aspects | Phylogeny | Amphibians | Carrying capacity | Temperature | Phenotypes | Life history | Genetic variability | Growth rate | Zoosporangia | Phenotypic variations | Phenotypic plasticity | Genetic diversity | Temperature effects | Plasticity | Host range | Plastic properties | Plastics | Genotypes
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Journal of Biogeography, ISSN 0305-0270, 01/2015, Volume 42, Issue 1, pp. 65 - 75
Aim To infer the colonization history of reed frog species endemic to the oceanic islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, Hyperolius molleri and H. thomensis, we...
oceanic island biogeography | Congo River | species tree | Príncipe | São Tomé | Gulf of Guinea | long‐distance dispersal | Central Africa | Hyperolius | phylogeography | Oceanic island biogeography | Long-distance dispersal | Phylogeography | Species tree | DIVERSIFICATION | TROPICAL ATLANTIC | GULF | COLONIZATION | EVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS | MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA | MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY | Principe | GUINEA ISLANDS | GENETIC-VARIATION | GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL | long-distance dispersal | SAo Tome | ECOLOGY | DIVERSITY
oceanic island biogeography | Congo River | species tree | Príncipe | São Tomé | Gulf of Guinea | long‐distance dispersal | Central Africa | Hyperolius | phylogeography | Oceanic island biogeography | Long-distance dispersal | Phylogeography | Species tree | DIVERSIFICATION | TROPICAL ATLANTIC | GULF | COLONIZATION | EVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS | MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA | MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY | Principe | GUINEA ISLANDS | GENETIC-VARIATION | GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL | long-distance dispersal | SAo Tome | ECOLOGY | DIVERSITY
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Journal of Evolutionary Biology, ISSN 1010-061X, 10/2019, Volume 32, Issue 10, pp. 1152 - 1162
Inbreeding depression, the reduction in fitness due to mating of related individuals, is of particular conservation concern in species with small, isolated...
relatedness | mating system | gopher tortoise | inbreeding avoidance | microsatellite | Gopherus polyphemus | conservation genetics | reproductive success | Inbreeding depression | Mating behavior | Populations | Wildlife conservation | Hatching | Breeding | Natural populations | Biological evolution | Population studies | Males | Population decline | Progeny | Offspring | Threatened species | Tortoises | Inbreeding | Evolution | Females | Avoidance
relatedness | mating system | gopher tortoise | inbreeding avoidance | microsatellite | Gopherus polyphemus | conservation genetics | reproductive success | Inbreeding depression | Mating behavior | Populations | Wildlife conservation | Hatching | Breeding | Natural populations | Biological evolution | Population studies | Males | Population decline | Progeny | Offspring | Threatened species | Tortoises | Inbreeding | Evolution | Females | Avoidance
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Genetica, ISSN 0016-6707, 4/2018, Volume 146, Issue 2, pp. 125 - 136
Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes encode proteins in the acquired immune response pathway that often show distinctive selection-driven patterns in...
Life Sciences | Human Genetics | Anura | Immunogenetics | Major histocompatibility complex | Agalychnis | Plant Genetics and Genomics | Microbial Genetics and Genomics | Panama | Positive selection | Evolutionary Biology | Animal Genetics and Genomics | MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION | RECOMBINATION | NEUTRALITY | POLYMORPHISM | PHYLOGENETIC-RELATIONSHIPS | NATURAL-SELECTION | DISEASE | GENETICS & HEREDITY | DIVERSITY | STATISTICAL TESTS | Lemurs | Proteins | Genetic aspects | Analysis | Haplotypes | Frogs | Demography | Immune response | Exons | Congeners | Population number | Genetic diversity | Biodiversity | Amphibians | Population genetics | Loci | Species diversity | Demographics | Mitochondria | Signatures | Histocompatibility | Species | Immune system
Life Sciences | Human Genetics | Anura | Immunogenetics | Major histocompatibility complex | Agalychnis | Plant Genetics and Genomics | Microbial Genetics and Genomics | Panama | Positive selection | Evolutionary Biology | Animal Genetics and Genomics | MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION | RECOMBINATION | NEUTRALITY | POLYMORPHISM | PHYLOGENETIC-RELATIONSHIPS | NATURAL-SELECTION | DISEASE | GENETICS & HEREDITY | DIVERSITY | STATISTICAL TESTS | Lemurs | Proteins | Genetic aspects | Analysis | Haplotypes | Frogs | Demography | Immune response | Exons | Congeners | Population number | Genetic diversity | Biodiversity | Amphibians | Population genetics | Loci | Species diversity | Demographics | Mitochondria | Signatures | Histocompatibility | Species | Immune system
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BIOSCIENCE, ISSN 0006-3568, 08/2019, Volume 69, Issue 8, pp. 669 - 680
As science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) classrooms in higher education transition from lecturing to active learning, the frequency of...
QUALITY | gender | in-class interactions | PERFORMANCE | STEM equity | ENVIRONMENT | ACADEMIC SELF-CONCEPT | INTERDEPENDENCE | INSTRUCTOR | ACHIEVEMENT | active learning | class size | GAP | BIOLOGY | GENDER-DIFFERENCES
QUALITY | gender | in-class interactions | PERFORMANCE | STEM equity | ENVIRONMENT | ACADEMIC SELF-CONCEPT | INTERDEPENDENCE | INSTRUCTOR | ACHIEVEMENT | active learning | class size | GAP | BIOLOGY | GENDER-DIFFERENCES
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Evolution, ISSN 0014-3820, 11/2019
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EcoHealth, ISSN 1612-9202, 12/2018, Volume 15, Issue 4, pp. 815 - 826
Chytridiomycosis is an emerging infectious disease of amphibians caused by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), which has led to...
Epizootic | Multi-species | Disease | Abiotic reservoir | Panama | Transmission | Tropical | Chytridiomycosis | Amphibians | Community | BIODIVERSITY | BATRACHOCHYTRIUM-DENDROBATIDIS | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | AMPHIBIAN ASSEMBLAGE | POPULATION DECLINES | DYNAMICS | EMERGING INFECTIOUS-DISEASE | IMPERFECT | EXTINCTION | Mycoses - epidemiology | Animals | Panama - epidemiology | Anura - microbiology | Chytridiomycota - growth & development | Mycoses - veterinary | Animal Husbandry | Chytridiomycota - pathogenicity | Mycoses - transmission | Medical research | Zoos | Disease transmission | Growth | Communicable diseases | Medicine, Experimental | Marine biology | Reservoirs | Panamanian golden frog | Frogs | Pathogens | Shedding | Load distribution | Growth rate | Zoospores | Amphibia | Infections | Reptiles & amphibians | Fungi | Infectious diseases | Skin
Epizootic | Multi-species | Disease | Abiotic reservoir | Panama | Transmission | Tropical | Chytridiomycosis | Amphibians | Community | BIODIVERSITY | BATRACHOCHYTRIUM-DENDROBATIDIS | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | AMPHIBIAN ASSEMBLAGE | POPULATION DECLINES | DYNAMICS | EMERGING INFECTIOUS-DISEASE | IMPERFECT | EXTINCTION | Mycoses - epidemiology | Animals | Panama - epidemiology | Anura - microbiology | Chytridiomycota - growth & development | Mycoses - veterinary | Animal Husbandry | Chytridiomycota - pathogenicity | Mycoses - transmission | Medical research | Zoos | Disease transmission | Growth | Communicable diseases | Medicine, Experimental | Marine biology | Reservoirs | Panamanian golden frog | Frogs | Pathogens | Shedding | Load distribution | Growth rate | Zoospores | Amphibia | Infections | Reptiles & amphibians | Fungi | Infectious diseases | Skin
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Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, ISSN 0962-8452, 12/2018, Volume 285, Issue 1893, p. 20181894
Competition between genotypes is likely to be a key driver of pathogen evolution, particularly following a geographical invasion by distant strains. Theory...
disease ecology | intraspecific competition | chytridiomycosis | BIODIVERSITY | PATHOGEN | HOST | VIRULENCE | EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | FUNGUS BATRACHOCHYTRIUM-DENDROBATIDIS | COMPETITION | BIOLOGY | DYNAMICS | ECOLOGY | EMERGING INFECTIOUS-DISEASE | DIVERSITY
disease ecology | intraspecific competition | chytridiomycosis | BIODIVERSITY | PATHOGEN | HOST | VIRULENCE | EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | FUNGUS BATRACHOCHYTRIUM-DENDROBATIDIS | COMPETITION | BIOLOGY | DYNAMICS | ECOLOGY | EMERGING INFECTIOUS-DISEASE | DIVERSITY
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Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, ISSN 0024-4066, 07/2016, Volume 118, Issue 3, pp. 582 - 597
Facultative or obligate paedomorphosis has evolved several times in Mexican populations of the salamander genus Ambystoma, leading to increased genetic...
gene flow | microsatellites | Amphibia | genetic diversity | salinity | population structure | Population structure | Gene flow | Genetic diversity | Microsatellites | Salinity | LANDSCAPE GENETICS | GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION | DISPERSAL | EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | CONSERVATION | EVOLUTION | ALLELE FREQUENCY DATA | LIFE-HISTORY | POPULATION-STRUCTURE | FACULTATIVE PEDOMORPHOSIS | AXOLOTLS AMBYSTOMA | Amphibians | Biological diversity
gene flow | microsatellites | Amphibia | genetic diversity | salinity | population structure | Population structure | Gene flow | Genetic diversity | Microsatellites | Salinity | LANDSCAPE GENETICS | GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION | DISPERSAL | EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | CONSERVATION | EVOLUTION | ALLELE FREQUENCY DATA | LIFE-HISTORY | POPULATION-STRUCTURE | FACULTATIVE PEDOMORPHOSIS | AXOLOTLS AMBYSTOMA | Amphibians | Biological diversity
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, ISSN 0027-8424, 10/2011, Volume 108, Issue 40, pp. 16705 - 16710
The emerging amphibian disease chytridiomycosis is caused by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). Amphibian populations and species differ...
Frogs | Pathogens | Alleles | Medical genetics | Evolution | Evolutionary genetics | Genetic loci | Infections | Population genetics | Amphibians | Molecular evolution | Experimental infection | Ranidae | Major histocompatibility complex | Emerging infectious disease | MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION | RANA-YAVAPAIENSIS | LOCAL ADAPTATION | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | CHYTRID BATRACHOCHYTRIUM-DENDROBATIDIS | major histocompatibility complex | HOST-PARASITE COEVOLUTION | molecular evolution | emerging infectious disease | POPULATION-STRUCTURE | experimental infection | EMERGING INFECTIOUS-DISEASE | AMPHIBIAN DECLINES | CLASS-II | Genetics, Population | Genetic Association Studies | Selection, Genetic | Dermatomycoses - genetics | Molecular Sequence Data | Genotype | Phylogeny | Sequence Analysis, DNA | Microsatellite Repeats - genetics | Genes, MHC Class II - genetics | Likelihood Functions | Sequence Alignment | Animals | Chytridiomycota | Base Sequence | Cloning, Molecular | Ranidae - microbiology | Survival Analysis | Models, Genetic | Disease Resistance - genetics | Fungi | Disease transmission | Physiological aspects | Genetic aspects | Research | Biological Sciences
Frogs | Pathogens | Alleles | Medical genetics | Evolution | Evolutionary genetics | Genetic loci | Infections | Population genetics | Amphibians | Molecular evolution | Experimental infection | Ranidae | Major histocompatibility complex | Emerging infectious disease | MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION | RANA-YAVAPAIENSIS | LOCAL ADAPTATION | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | CHYTRID BATRACHOCHYTRIUM-DENDROBATIDIS | major histocompatibility complex | HOST-PARASITE COEVOLUTION | molecular evolution | emerging infectious disease | POPULATION-STRUCTURE | experimental infection | EMERGING INFECTIOUS-DISEASE | AMPHIBIAN DECLINES | CLASS-II | Genetics, Population | Genetic Association Studies | Selection, Genetic | Dermatomycoses - genetics | Molecular Sequence Data | Genotype | Phylogeny | Sequence Analysis, DNA | Microsatellite Repeats - genetics | Genes, MHC Class II - genetics | Likelihood Functions | Sequence Alignment | Animals | Chytridiomycota | Base Sequence | Cloning, Molecular | Ranidae - microbiology | Survival Analysis | Models, Genetic | Disease Resistance - genetics | Fungi | Disease transmission | Physiological aspects | Genetic aspects | Research | Biological Sciences
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