The Dynamics of Long Terminal Repeat Retrotransposon Proliferation and Decay Drive the Evolution of Genome Size Variation in Capsicum by Qian Liu, Pinbo Liu, Shenghui Wang, Jian Yang, Liangying Dai, Jingyuan Zheng, Yunsheng Wang

“…Notably, the integrity and transcriptional activity of LTR-RTs decline over evolutionary time; older insertions exhibit greater structural degradation and reduced activity, reflecting their dynamic nature. …”
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Variations of Aberrant Volume, Activity, and Network Connectivity of Hippocampus in Adolescent Male Rats Exposed to Juvenile Stress by Aoling Cai, Danhao Zheng, Fanyong Xu, Fei Wang, Sreedharan Sajikumar, Jie Wang

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Seasonal variation in gut microbiota of migratory wild raptors: a case study in white-tailed eagles by Xiaoqi Ouyang, Yu Guan, Jianchi Pei, Jianping Ge, Hongfang Wang, Lei Bao

“…While the temporal dynamics of gut microbiota in wild birds across migration seasons have garnered increasing attention, research on the seasonal variation in wild raptors remains limited despite their distinct gut microbiota structures. …”
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Parent-of-origin testing of prenatal copy number variations: a retrospective study of 167 family cases by Yuefang Liu, Yuan Peng, Zhe Liang, Qiong Pan

“…Abstract Low-penetrance pathogenic copy number variations (CNVs), variation of uncertain significance (VUS) CNVs and likely pathogenic CNVs present a challenge for prenatal diagnosis. …”
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Genomic variation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical respiratory isolates with de novo resistance to a bacteriophage cocktail by Stephanie A. Fong, George Bouras, Ghais Houtak, Roshan Nepal, Sholeh Feizi, Sandra Morales, Alkis J. Psaltis, Peter-John Wormald, Sarah Vreugde

“…Comparison of whole genome sequencing between the recovered BIMs and their respective vehicle control-treated phage-sensitive isolates revealed structural variants in two strains, and several small variants in all three strains. …”
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Morphological and genetic diversity assessment of cultivated Thymus satureioides (endemic species) of Morocco by Zoubida Belmahi, Khadija Bakhy, Fatima Gaboun, Rabha Abdelwahd, Karim Saghir, Soumiya Ouedrhiri, Hamid Khamar, Hanaa Abdelmoumen, Majid Mounir, Ghizlane Diria

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Impact Numerical Simulation of Steel Sheet Pile Foundation Pit Excavation on Underlying Metro Tunnels by HAN Yufeng, XU Qianwei, HUANG Tong, HE Xiang, DUAN Luo, YANG Ge, GUO Yukun

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Screening and Assessment of Genetic Diversity of Rice (<i>Oryza sativa</i> L.) Germplasm in Response to Soil Salinity Stress at Germination Stage by Alia Anwar, Javaria Tabassum, Shakeel Ahmad, Muhammad Ashfaq, Adil Hussain, Muhammad Asad Ullah, Nur Shuhadah Binti Mohd Saad, Abdelhalim I. Ghazy, Muhammad Arshad Javed

“…Model- and distance-based population structures both inferred the presence of three clusters in the studied rice germplasm. …”
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Use of Tense-Aspect Forms in Cordis Project Reports by Jana Kuzmina

“…The obtained results claim that reports have a rigid generic macro-structure. It explains the use of the selected tense-aspect forms to express the commu­ni­cative aim in both types of reports; however, periodic reports demonstrate higher variation due to the involvement of a different discourse community. …”
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Soil nutrient availability affects tundra plant community composition and plant–vole interactions by Nicole Williamson, Matthew Suchocki, Laura Gough

“…We examined how four levels of long-term (16 years) nutrient addition in moist acidic tundra affected plant community structure and the abundance of Eriophorum vaginatum, the preferred forage for tundra voles (Microtus oeconomus). …”
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Liquid flows induced in a rotating drum with different fill ratios by Daeun Lee, Jaebeen Lee, Seok Min Choi, Sangtak Lee, Hyungmin Park

“…Abstract In the present study, we experimentally investigate the liquid flow induced in a rotating drum (cylindrical tank with a short aspect ratio) aligned horizontally, focusing on the variation in the time-averaged and fluctuating flow structures with different fill ratios. …”
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Stability Evaluation Method for Rock Slope-Anchorage Systems Based on Genetic Algorithms and Discrete Element Analysis by Peng Xia, Bowen Zeng, Yiheng Pan

“…The discrete element method is employed to obtain multi-field data related to the rock slope anchorage system, including slope displacement, pre-stress in anchorage structures, and displacement metrics. The genetic algorithm is utilized for efficient optimization, enabling the identification of numerical model parameters that best align with field monitoring data and actual engineering conditions. …”
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Teachers’ conceptions of the role of mathematics in STEM higher education by Ebba Koerfer, Giulia Polverini, Maja Elmgren, Lars-Henrik Eriksson, Lisa Freyhult, Roger B. Herbert, Felix M. Ho, Andreas Solders, Anna Eckerdal

“…Our study aims to contribute to this research by performing a phenomenographic analysis of semi-structured interviews with 16 teachers at a Swedish university. …”
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Genetic and Phenotypic Divergence in a Dung Beetle 50 Years After Its Introduction to Australia by Boikhutso Lerato Rapalai, Leigh W. Simmons, Theodore A. Evans, W. Jason Kennington

“…In this study, morphological variation and population genetic structure were assessed in the African dung beetle Digitonthophagus gazella, a species that was intentionally introduced to Australia for biological control in 1968 and subsequently spread widely across the northern part of the continent. …”
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Spatio-temporal Matrix Factorization Based Air Quality Inference by Keyong HU, Xiaolan GUO, Guoxiao LIU, Xin YANG, Xupeng WANG

“…This study proposes a matrix factorization-based approach to infer air quality by analyzing a real air quality dataset and discovering the low-rank structure of the air quality matrix. This approach fuses knowledge from the low-rank structure, air quality measurements, and various spatio-temporal features. …”
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Genetic relationship analysis and core collection construction of Eucalyptus grandis from Dongmen improved variety base: the largest eucalypt germplasm resource in China by Chenhe Li, Lei Zhang, Zhibang Peng, Xia Li, Zhao Liu, Te Lu, Xiangyang Kang, Jun Yang

“…The polymorphism information content (PIC) was employed to assess genetic diversity, yielding a mean value of 0.707. Genetic structure analysis was conducted on 492 individuals from 13 combined populations, revealing three clusters as the most suitable number. …”
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High Diversity and Low Genetic Differentiation Among Geographic Populations of <i>Myotis yumanensis</i> in Western Canada by Xingyuan Su, Nicolas Popescu, Chadabhorn Insuk, Cori Lausen, Jianping Xu

“…Effective management of the disease in <i>M. yumanensis</i> requires an understanding of its population structure to identify possible routes and barriers of disease transmission. …”
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Niche modelling and landscape genetics of the yellow‐legged hornet (Vespa velutina): An integrative approach for evaluating central–marginal population dynamics in Europe by Cayetano Herrera, M. Alice Pinto, Mar Leza, Iris Alemany, José A. Jurado‐Rivera

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Theoretical study of the sequence-dependent distribution of Na+ ions around DNA by Hui-ting Xu, Xiao-wei Jiang, Yu-jie Song, Bin Gu

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Coupled Multivariate Analyses Reveal Separate Climate and Local Drivers of Temporal and Spatial Change in a Coastal Marine Ecosystem by Tyler R. Abruzzo, Michael G. Frisk, Liam Butler, Matthew Sclafani, Paul Nunnenkamp, Rachel Sysak, Robert M. Cerrato

“…In this study, the temporal and spatial structure and trends in the mobile invertebrate and fish assemblage of the Peconic Estuary were identified. …”
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