EVOLUTION OF EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENTAL PERIOD IN THE MARINE BIRD FAMILIES ALCIDAE AND SPHENISCIDAE: ROLES FOR NUTRITION AND PREDATION?

Evolution of embryonic developmental period in the marine bird families Alcidae and Spheniscidae: roles for nutrition and predation?

Abstract Background Nutrition and predation have been considered two primary agents of selection important in the evolution of avian life history traits.The relative importance of these natural selective forces in the evolution of avian embryonic developmental period (EDP) remain poorly resolved, perhaps in part because research has tended to focus

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Mapping the footprints of COVID-19 pandemic

The new member of the coronavirus family created havoc in the world in few days of its discovery and was declared as a pandemic by March 2020.The enveloped, single-stranded RNA virus was first identified in a patient with dry cough, pain, and weakness for the past1 week with unknown etiology in Wuhan.The coronavirus soon spread across the globe in

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Resistance to sap-sucking insects in modern-day agriculture

Plants and herbivores have co-evolved in their natural habitats for about 350 million years, but since the domestication of crops, plant resistance against insects has taken a different turn.With the onset of monoculture-driven modern vegemite pop art agriculture, selective pressure on insects to overcome resistances has dramatically increased.Ther

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