Geographical distributions of terrestrial or freshwater taxa that are broken up by oceans can
be explained by either oceanic dispersal or vicariance in the form of fragmentation of a …

The article offers information on Aggregatibacter (Actinobacillus) actinomycetemcomitans
which is considered one of the causes of periodontitis. It says that A …

Microbiomes are vast communities of microorganisms and viruses that populate all natural
ecosystems. Viruses have been considered to be the most variable component of …

Termites have colonized many habitats and are among the most abundant animals in
tropical ecosystems, which they modify considerably through their actions. The timing of their …

Vertebrate palaeontology is a lively field, with new discoveries reported every week... and
not only dinosaurs! This new edition reflects the international scope of vertebrate …

Studies of molecular evolutionary rates have yielded a wide range of rate estimates for
various genes and taxa. Recent studies based on population-level and pedigree data have …

Millions of human genomes and exomes have been sequenced, but their clinical
applications remain limited due to the difficulty of distinguishing disease-causing mutations …

Current hypotheses that use visually guided reaching and grasping to explain orbital
convergence, visual specialization, and brain expansion in primates are open to question …

In spite of their relatively small size as a group of insects, dung beetles have attracted an
inordinate amount of scientific interest over the years, starting with the work of the French …

With genomic data, alignments can be assembled that greatly increase the number of
informative sites for analysis of molecular divergence dates. Here, we present an estimate of …