Leafhoppers evade predators using nanostructured brochosomes that reduce ultraviolet reflectance through morphology shaped by four novel structural proteins originating from evolutionary duplication–divergence processes.
Shinichi Nakagawa, William K Cornwell, Corey T Callaghan
Analysis of 3 billion bird observations finds no intrinsic abundance-occupancy relationship, overturning a famous macroecological rule and redefining approaches to biodiversity assessment and conservation.
Elizabeth J Fay, Kolya Isterabadi ... Matthew D Daugherty
Combining phylogenetic analyses and functional assays to study the receptor interacting protein kinase family reveals conserved and non-conserved functions in immune signaling across vertebrates.
Bird species with higher plasma glucose show comparatively lower albumin glycation, suggesting the evolution of glycation resistance mechanisms, and terrestrial carnivores present higher glycation than omnivores.
Paleodemographic analyses in a hypothesis-testing framework show that the major life-history trait of seasonal migration has strong effects on long-term effective population sizes in a clade of songbirds.
Simon Rethemeier, Sonja Fritzsche ... Vera S Hunnekuhl
Genetic labeling and molecular analyses characterize the dynamics of embryonic central complex-forming type II neuroblast lineages in Tribolium castaneum.
William R Thomas, Troy Richter ... Liliana M Davalos
Adaptive gene expression in the common shrew hypothalamus connects energy homeostasis with reversible brain size changes in response to seasonal environmental challenges.
A shared molecular basis of proteoglycan accumulation, driven by Wnt signaling, underlies the parallel evolution of hypertrophied lips in East African cichlids.
