The Ecology and Evolution of Stoichiometric Phenotypes.

Stoichiometric traits of stickleback: Effects of genetic background, rearing environment, and ontogeny

Phenotypes can both evolve in response to, and affect, ecosystem change, but few examples of diverging ecosystem-effect traits have been investigated. Bony armor traits of fish are good candidates for this because they evolve rapidly in some freshwater fish populations, and bone is phosphorus rich and likely to affect nutrient recycling in aquatic ecosystems. Here, we explore how ontogeny, rear...

The effect of time and Co2+ dopant on phase evolution, microstructure and optical properties of CuInS2 nanoparticles synthesized by hydrothermal method

In this research, with use of copper chloride, indium chloride, Thiourea (source of sulfur) and deionized  water as solvent, using hydrothermal method at 180 ° C and at time of 4, 6, 8, 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20 hours, the composition of CuInS2 nanoparticles was synthesized by Stoichiometric ratio of (1: 1: 2), and in the next step, this compound (CuInS2 ( with cobalt additive at 180 ° C and at tim...

Rapid evolution buffers ecosystem impacts of viruses in a microbial food web.

Predation and parasitism often regulate population dynamics, community interactions, and ecosystem functioning. The strength of these top-down pressures is variable, however, and may be influenced by both ecological and evolutionary processes. We conducted a chemostat experiment to assess the direct and indirect effects of viruses on a marine microbial food web comprised of an autotrophic host ...

Comparative Phylogenetic Perspectives on the Evolutionary Relationships in the Brine Shrimp Artemia Leach, 1819 (Crustacea: Anostraca) Based on Secondary Structure of ITS1 Gene

This is the first study on phylogenetic relationships in the genus Artemia Leach, 1819 using the pattern and sequence of secondary structures of internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1). Significant intraspecific variation in the secondary structure of ITS1 rRNA was found in Artemia tibetiana. In the phylogenetic tree based on joined primary and secondary structure sequences, Artemia urmiana and pa...

PHENOTYPIC INTEGRATION Studying the Ecology and Evolution of Complex Phenotypes