Body size is central to ecology at levels ranging from organismal fecundity to the functioning
of communities and ecosystems. Understanding temperature‐induced variations in body …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) refers to the genetic material that can be extracted from bulk
environmental samples such as soil, water, and even air. The rapidly expanding study of …

The analysis of food webs and their dynamics facilitates understanding of the mechanistic
processes behind community ecology and ecosystem functions. Having accurate techniques …

Background Microbial communities (microbiota) influence human and animal disease and
immunity, geochemical nutrient cycling and plant productivity. Specific groups, including …

Sewage treatment plants (STPs) have repeatedly been suggested as “hotspots” for the
emergence and dissemination of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. A critical question still …

Abstract The Jiaozhou Bay as a model marine ecosystem in China has been intensively
investigated over the last 90 years. However, detailed phytoplankton community …

The ribosome, the integration point for protein synthesis in the cell, is conventionally
considered a homogeneous molecular assembly that only passively contributes to gene …

Introduction The PCR-based analysis of homologous genes has become one of the most
powerful approaches for species detection and identification, particularly with the recent …

Ribosomal DNA (rDNA) copy number variation (CNV) has major physiological implications
for all organisms, but how it varies for fungi, an ecologically ubiquitous and important group …

Some notable exceptions aside, eukaryotic genomes are distinguished from those of
Bacteria and Archaea in a number of ways, including chromosome structure and number …