We tested for effects of tree species richness, tree phylogenetic and functional diversity, and species and phylogenetic composition on species and phylogenetic diversity of both host and parasitoid ...

“Humans and fish aren’t close evolutionary cousins,” Siek said. “We’re part of the same phylum called Chordata. We share a ...

PCR products were sequenced at BGI (China). Divergence times of Cypraeidae were estimated based on the same data set used for phylogenetic reconstruction. An uncorrelated relaxed molecular clock model ...

Background: Wolbachia is the most abundant bacterial endosymbiont among insects. It can play a prominent role in the development, reproduction and immunity of its given insect host. To date, Wolbachia ...

Note: The ice trees at Zao Onsen Ski Resort, known as juhyo in Japanese, are also often referred to as "snow monsters" in English. Japanese original Easy Japanese news is taken from the Mainichi ...

It is especially beautiful on days when snow falls on the frozen water and cherry tree branches ... Japanese original Easy Japanese news is taken from the Mainichi Shogakusei Shimbun, a newspaper ...