P.E.J.acknowledges funding from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft(DFG,German Research Foundation)project number 443701866;SEM imaging was financially supported by the grants XDB26000000 and 41877437(Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Nanjing,China).
The grasses are one of the most diverse plant families on Earth.However,their classification and evolutionary history are obscured by their pollen stenopalynous(similar)morphology.A combination of high-resolution imag...
The genus Saraca L.(Leguminosae)is a universal panacea in herbal medicine.The present study investigates the comparative pollen morphology of four species of Saraca viz.S.asoca(Roxb.)de Wilde,S.declinata(Jack)Miq.,S.i...
Material investigations in architecture often exclude practice implications by narrowly determining the scope and limitations of research.Such limitations are necessary and warranted for open-ended inquiries undertake...
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Conspicuous visual ornaments are frequently incorporated into complex courtship displays that integrate signal com- ponents from multiple sensory modalities. Mature male Schizocosa crassipes (Walckenaer, 1837) wolf ...
Reticulate spore ornamentation in Strobilomyces(Boletaceae,Basidiomycotina) is visible under light microscopy(bright field and phase contrast) up to 1,500×.While some distinctions can be made at this magnification,on...
NSFC Innovation Research Group Program (Grant No. 40621002);MOE Innovative Research Team Program (Grant No. IRT0546);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40502001 and 40872008);the "111" Project (Grant No. B08030)
The evolutionary patterns of Productida (brachiopod) morphology throughout the Permian show that while the percentage proportion of Productida (brachiopod) with strongly concentric and radial ornamentation declined fr...