Deserts are among the harshest environments on Earth. The multiple ages of different
deserts and their global distribution provide a unique opportunity to study repeated …

Baboons (genus Papio) are a morphologically and behaviorally diverse clade of catarrhine
monkeys that have experienced hybridization between phenotypically and genetically …

Desert organisms have evolved physiological, biochemical and genomic mechanisms to
survive the extreme aridity of desert environments. Studying desert-adapted species …

Background Environmental conditions vary among deserts across the world, spanning from
hyper-arid to high-elevation deserts. However, prior genomic studies on desert adaptation …

The structure of the genome shapes the distribution of genetic diversity and sequence
divergence. To investigate how the relationship between chromosome size and …

The multiple realizability thesis (MRT) is an important philosophical and psychological
concept. It says any mental state can be constructed by multiple realizability (MR), meaning …

Phenotypes associated with metabolism and water retention are thought to be key to the
adaptation of desert species. However, knowledge on the genetic changes and selective …

Availability of food resources is an important driver of survival. Populations must either
relocate or adapt to persist in environments where food availability is changing. An optimal …

The harsh and dry conditions of desert environments have resulted in genomic adaptations,
allowing for desert organisms to withstand prolonged drought, extreme temperatures, and …

Metabolism is a complex phenotype shaped by natural environmental rhythms, as well as
behavioral, morphological and physiological adaptations. Metabolism has been historically …