in part kindly supported by the Croatian Science Foundation(DinDRY project,UIP-2020-02-5385,grant to A.B.).
Insects are suitable model organisms for functional morphology research,especially in the context of exaptation,when the same morphological trait represents an advantage in disparate niches.Phylogenetically distant gr...
supported by the National Key Research and development Program of China(2022YFC3400300);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32122021,32370452,32100367);the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program of CPSF(GZC20233518);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(G2022KY05107);NWPU Scientific Research Initiation Grant(23GH02027);the Financial Fund of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs,China(125C0505)。
Dear Editor,Exaptation is defined as characters evolved for other usages(or for no function at all)and later“coopted”for their current role(Gould and Vrba,1982).Exaptation has occurred in many organisms,sometimes as...
Acknowledgements DAAD and MŠMT supported this study by a shared grant to MA and JJ(DAAD-16-13/2016-2017 and 7AMB16DE003,respectively);CM expresses his gratitude to the Max Planck Partner Group for providing him financial supports at PUCP.PER acknowledges FONDECYT-PERU for funding his research(34-2019-FONDECYT-BM-INC.INV.)。
Among terrestrial orchids,and particularly among the subtribe Orchidinae,flies are underrepresented as pollinators.The European Neotinea ustulata,which developed specialized pollination by tachinid flies,is known to p...
As an advanced theory of evolution,neo-Darwinism broadens the concept of Darwinism,in which natural selection intervenes to ensure that those genes that best meet the need for adaptation to the environment are conserv...
financial support from the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA17010501);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(41621004);support from the NSFC(41822704);the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences;supported by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration Exobiology(EXO14 2-0176);support from the NSFC(41574063);the Natural Environment Research Council(NERC)Independent Research Fellowship(NE/P017266/1);supported by the US National Science Foundation(NSF)(EAR-1423939).
A broad range of organisms;from prokaryotes to higher animals;have the ability to sense and utilize Earth's geomagnetic field-a behavior known as magnetoreception.Although our knowledge of the physiological mechanisms...
The realization that body parts of animals and plants can be recruited or coopted for novel functions dates back to, or even predates the observations of Darwin. S.J. Gould and E.S. Vrba recognized a mode of evolution...
My goal in this paper is to respond to the objection that naturalistic accounts of morality miss the thicker meaning with which we normally imbue ethics. I concur. This should lead us to doubt our thicker concepts, ho...