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Working memory: Is it the new IQ?
Working memory, our ability to process and remember information, is linked to a range of cognitive activities from reasoning tasks to verbal comprehension. There is also extensive evidence of the r…
Received 01 October 2008 06:10 UTC; Posted 24 October 2008
Posted to: Ecology, Neuroscience
New species from the deep Pacific suggest that carnivorous sponges date back to the Early Jurassic
Some deep-sea poecilosclerid sponges (Porifera) have developed a carnivorous feeding habit that is very surprising in sponges1. As shown by the typical morphology of their spicules, they most pro…
Received 25 September 2008 08:39 UTC; Posted 25 September 2008
Posted to: Ecology, Evolutionary Biology
A bizarre Jurassic maniraptoran from China with elongate ribbon-like feathers
Recent coelurosaurian discoveries have greatly enriched our knowledge of the dinosaur-bird transition, but all reported taxa close to this transition are from relatively well-known coelurosaurian g…
Received 24 September 2008 12:52 UTC; Posted 24 September 2008
Posted to: Developmental Biology, Ecology, Earth & Environment
Community-level analysis of anthropogenic impacts on rocky shore communities in Sri Lanka
Human activities threat seashore communities in many areas of the world and their impacts on coastal ecosystem are a matter of increasing concern. Present study describes the anthropogenic disturba…
Received 22 September 2008 17:02 UTC; Posted 26 September 2008
Posted to: Ecology, Earth & Environment
Preen Gland-Secreted Alkanols Enhance Male Attractiveness in Parrots
The skin glands are widely used in pheromone production throughout the vertebrate worlds. Growing evidences show that birds also have chemical communication, but the uropygial (also called preen or…
Received 16 September 2008 02:39 UTC; Posted 16 September 2008
Posted to: Ecology, Molecular Cell Biology, Neuroscience
Populational analysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains from different appellations of origin and grape varieties by microsatellite analysis.
The objective of the present study was to evaluate populational relationships among Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains isolated from some of the Portuguese most important grapevine varieties in diffe…
Received 11 September 2008 08:42 UTC; Posted 11 September 2008
Posted to: Ecology, Microbiology
Variability and community organization in moderately exposed tropical rocky shore algal communities as influenced by different consumer groups
Tropical rocky shores have been described as diverse and having a complex variety of consumers. This wide array of consumers has been studied to shed light on the different roles of consumers, part…
Received 08 September 2008 00:40 UTC; Posted 15 September 2008
Posted to: Ecology, Earth & Environment
Using Trees: Myrmecocystus Phylogeny and Character Evolution and New Methods for Investigating Trait Evolution and Species Delimitation (PhD Dissertation)
1) Rates of phenotypic evolution have changed throughout the history of life, producing variation in levels of morphological, functional, and ecological diversity among groups. Testing for the pres…
Received 05 September 2008 15:20 UTC; Posted 09 September 2008
Posted to: Ecology, Evolutionary Biology
Towards realising Darwin’s dream: setting the trees free
The fact that all living organisms are related by common descent is one of the central principles of modern biology. Since the early 1990’s the amount of data available to evolutionary biologists …
Received 21 August 2008 20:29 UTC; Posted 22 August 2008
Posted to: Ecology, Bioinformatics
Potential pathways of indole acetic acid (IAA) biosynthesis in Euphorbia abyssinica
Desert candle (Euphorbia abyssinica J.F. Gmel.) (further referred to as EAG) is a succulent tree of dry deciduous and evergreen montane forest, woodland and shrub savanna. It occurs widely throu…
Received 21 August 2008 10:31 UTC; Posted 22 August 2008
Posted to: Ecology, Molecular Cell Biology
