funding provided by NSF-DEB:2105033 and NSF-IOS:2019799;Michael A.D.Goodisman and USDA:2023-67012-39886 to Sarah E.Orr.
Females of many species are polyandrous.However,polyandry can give rise to conflict among individuals within families.We examined the level of polyandry and paternity skew in the common eastern yellowjacket wasp,Vespu...
supported by the Chengdu Science and Technology Program(No.2022-YF05-02026-SN).
Formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded(FFPE)tissues provide a wealth of pathological information crucial for clinical and forensic examinations.Formalin induces robust complexes between DNA and proteins,impacting DNA ex...
We thank the following organizations for their financial support:the Québec Centre for Biodiversity Science(QCBS)and the Northern Scientific Training Program(NSTP)to K.Coombs,the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada(NSERC;grant number 303807)to R.Weladji,and NORDFORSK(project number 76915)to O.Holand and K.Rod.
In polygynous systems,such as that exhibited by reindeer Rangifer tarandus,mate choice can be difficult to disentangle from male intrasexual competition because male behavior may constrain female choice.Multiple matin...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31472018,31672302).
Among mammals,mothers provide maternal care and protection starting from gestation and they ensure nutritional supply via lactation after birth(Clutton-Brock 1991).However,in social mammals,infants may also be cared f...
This study was supported by grants from the National Youth Top-notch Talent of Ten Thousand Program(WRQB2019);the Youth Science and Technology Innovation Leader of Ten Thousand Program(2018RA2102).
Mutations might challenge the paternity index calculation in forensic identification.While many studies have focussed on the autosomal short tandem repeats(A-STR),the mutation status of sex chromosomes and single nucl...
Financial support was provided by CONACyT(Ciencia Básica,project no.156725);Instituto Politécnico Nacional(IPN)’s Secretaría de Investigación y Posgrado(SIP-IPN Project No.20170604 and Project No.20200094).
Ectophylla alba is a tent-making bat that roosts in mixed-sex clusters comprising adults and offspring.Our goal was to determine the genetic identity of individuals belonging to different roosting groups.We tested the...
Purpose: The purpose is to identify what difficulties fathers have with the roles of fatherhood during pregnancy and early infancy, and to make apparent what their educational support...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41371073 and 41671040).
Aims Most flowering plants engage in mutualisms with animals to move pollen between individuals,and it is expected that pollinators play an essential role in the evolution of selfing,yet few studies have deter-mined h...
A work's theme, significance, thought and influence are embodied by the characters' personality and behavior. Thus, the protagonists appear to be particularly important. They represent the main ideas of the work and...