Baptism of Fire: Modeling the Effects of Prescribed Fire on Lyme Disease by Emily Guo, Folashade B. Agusto

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Natural selection and evolution: evolving concepts by Andre J. van Wijnen, Eric Lewallen

“… Many recent studies in evolutionary biology have expanded and refined definitions of biological evolution and natural selection. …”
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Delimitation of Funga as a valid term for the diversity of fungal communities: the Fauna, Flora & Funga proposal (FF&F) by Francisco Kuhar, Giuliana Furci, Elisandro Ricardo Drechsler-Santos, Donald H. Pfister

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Homopteran Attendance by Wasps and Ants: The Stochastic Nature of Interactions by Deborah K. Letourneau, Jae C. Choe

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A New Species of Afrotropical Ants in the Genus Bothroponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae) by Abdulmeneem M. A. Joma, William P. Mackay

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Toward Sustainable Biocultural Ecotourism: An Integrated Spatial Analysis of Cultural and Biodiversity Richness in Colombia by Alejandra Echeverri, Natasha M. Batista, Stacie Wolny, Guido A. Herrera‐R, Federico Andrade‐Rivas, Allison Bailey, Anaid Cardenas‐Navarrete, Armando Dávila Arenas, Andres Felipe Díaz‐Salazar, Katherine Victoria Hernandez, Kelley E. Langhans, Bryam E. Mateus‐Aguilar, Dallas Levey, Andrew Neill, Oliver Nguyen, Andres Felipe Suárez‐Castro, Felipe Zapata, Natalia Ocampo‐Peñuela

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A continuous phenotype space model of RNA virus evolution within a host by Andrei Korobeinikov, Conor Dempsey

“…Due to their very high replication and mutation rates, RNA virusescan serve as an excellent testing model for verifying hypothesis andaddressing questions in evolutionary biology.In this paper, we suggest a simple deterministic mathematical modelof the within-host viral dynamics, where a possibility for random mutations incorporates.This model assumes a continuous distribution of viral strainsin a one-dimensional phenotype space where random mutations aremodelled by Brownian motion (that is, by diffusion).Numerical simulations show that randommutations combined with competition for a resource result in evolutiontowards higher Darwinian fitness: a stable pulse traveling waveof evolution, moving towards higher levels of fitness,is formed in the phenotype space.The advantage of this model, compared with the previously constructedmodels, is that this model is mechanistic and is based on commonlyaccepted model of virus dynamics within a host, and thus it allowsan incorporation of features of the real-life host-virus system such as immuneresponse, antiviral therapy, etc.…”
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Conceptualizing Human Microbiota: From Multicelled Organ to Ecological Community by Betsy Foxman, Deborah Goldberg, Courtney Murdock, Chuanwu Xi, Janet R. Gilsdorf

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Preface to Special Issue in Honor of Carlos Castillo-Chavez by Simon A. Levin

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Tinctoride A, a New Hopan-Type Triterpenoic Peracid from the Thallus of Lichen Parmotrema Tinctorum (Despr. ex Nyl.) Hale by Le-Thuy-Thuy-Trang Hoang, Thanh-Nha Tran, Thi-Phi-Giao Vo, Hoang-Vinh-Truong Phan, Phan-Si-Nguyen Dong, Dinh-Tri Mai, Ngoc-An Nguyen, Thi-Minh-Suong Huynh, Hong Truong Luu, Tien-Dung Le, Minh-Trung Dao, Van-Kieu Nguyen

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Provision of essential resources as a persistence strategy in food webs by Raatz, Michael

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The Relevance of HLA Sequencing in Population Genetics Studies by Alicia Sanchez-Mazas, Diogo Meyer

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Functional Evaluations in the Monitoring of the River Ecosystem Processes: The Adige River as a Case Stu by M.G. Braioni, G. Salmoiraghi, F. Bracco, M. Villani, A. Braioni, L. Girelli

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Colour polymorphism and conspicuousness do not increase speciation rates in Lacertids by de Solan, Thomas, Sinervo, Barry, Geniez, Philippe, David, Patrice, Crochet, Pierre-André

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Hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis at 7–12 mbar by Methanosarcina barkeri under simulated martian atmospheric conditions by Rachel L. Harris, Andrew C. Schuerger

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Optimal Control and Temperature Variations of Malaria Transmission Dynamics by Folashade B. Agusto

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Spectral Estimation of Soil Properties in Siberian Tundra Soils and Relations with Plant Species Composition by Harm Bartholomeus, Gabriela Schaepman-Strub, Daan Blok, Roman Sofronov, Sergey Udaltsov

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PPARγ Signaling Mediates the Evolution, Development, Homeostasis, and Repair of the Lung by Virender K. Rehan, John S. Torday

“…By exploiting such deep cell-molecular functional homologies as targets for leveraging lung homeostasis, we have discovered that we can effectively prevent and/or reverse the deleterious effects of these pathogenic agents, demonstrating the utility of evolutionary biology for the prevention and treatment of chronic lung disease. …”
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The proximate regulation of prosocial behaviour: towards a conceptual framework for comparative research by Kathrin S. Kopp, Patricia Kanngiesser, Rahel K. Brügger, Moritz M. Daum, Anja Gampe, Moritz Köster, Carel P. van Schaik, Katja Liebal, Judith M. Burkart

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A chromosome-level genome assembly of the cabbage aphid Brevicoryne brassicae by Jun Wu, Guomeng Li, Zhimou Lin, Yangzhi Zhang, Wenyuan Yu, Rong Hu, Shuai Zhan, Yazhou Chen

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