Ecology and Conservation: Recent submissions
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Overexpression of the UDP-glycosyltransferase UGT34A23 confers resistance to the diamide insecticide chlorantraniliprole in the tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta
(Elsevier, 26 June 2023)The tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta, is an invasive crop pest that has evolved resistance to many of the insecticides used for its control. To facilitate the investigation of the underpinning mechanisms of resistance in ... -
Author Correction: Mothers with higher twinning propensity had lower fertility in pre-industrial Europe
(Nature Research, 25 November 2022)In this article the funding from Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) – project number 491292795 was omitted. The original article has been corrected. -
Low interspecific variation and no phylogenetic signal in additive genetic variance in wild bird and mammal populations
(Wiley, 5 November 2023)Evolutionary adaptation through genetic change requires genetic variation and is a key mechanism enabling species to persist in changing environments. Although a substantial body of work has focused on understanding how ... -
Lepidopteran Synteny Units reveal deep chromosomal conservation in butterflies and moths
(Oxford University Press (OUP) / Genetics Society of America, 13 June 2023)DNA is compacted into individual particles or chromosomes that form the basic units of inheritance. However, different animals and plants have widely different numbers of chromosomes. This means that we cannot readily tell ... -
The cultural evolution of sociopolitical organization
(Oxford University Press, 16 August 2023)One of broadest patterns of sociopolitical evolution over the last 12,000 years is the trend towards increasingly larger societies with more centralized and complex governance institutions. This chapter outlines how ...