The extent to which the sequence and timing of important events on Earth have influenced
biological evolution through geological time is a matter of ongoing debate. In this context …

Major ecological transitions are thought to fuel diversification, but whether they are
contingent on the evolution of certain traits called key innovations 1 is unclear. Key …

The functional traits of species depend both on species' evolutionary characteristics and
their local environmental conditions and opportunities. The temperature-size rule (TSR), gill …

Classification of the tremendous diversity of ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii) began with the
designation of taxonomic groups on the basis of morphological similarity. Starting in the late …

Abstract The Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) genes encode proteins that initiate
the adaptive immune response by presenting pathogen‐derived antigenic peptides to T …

Abstract The Deep Numerical Analysis for Climate (DNA-Climate) is a pilot project to
develop an Earth system model on a kilometer-scale horizontal mesh. The acronym “DNA” is …

Rising temperatures, drought, and oxygen depletion may be the greatest threats to aquatic
animals in the twenty-first century. As a robust body of literature suggests, large-bodied fish …

Aim Global interspecific body size distributions have been suggested to be shaped by
selection pressures arising from biotic and abiotic factors such as temperature, predation …

In contrast to the rich collections of articulated spiny-rayed fishes from early Late Cretaceous
and Eocene Lagerstätten, similar skeletal remains are sparse in Maastrichtian–Paleocene …

The late Quaternary is characterized by the extinction of many terrestrial megafauna, which
included tortoises (Family: Testudinidae). However, limited information is available on how …