Understanding the genetic basis of adaption is a central task in biology. Populations of the honey bee Apis mellifera that inhabit the mountain forests of East Africa differ in behavior and morphology from those inhabiting the surrounding lowland savannahs, which likely reflects adaptation to these habitats. We performed whole genome sequencing on 39 samples of highland and lowland bees from tw...

Urban water systems are impacted by land use within their source watersheds, as it affects raw water quality and thus the costs of water treatment. However, global estimates of the effect of land cover change on urban water-treatment costs have been hampered by a lack of global information on urban source watersheds. Here, we use a unique map of the urban source watersheds for 309 large cities ...

1Department of Human Performance, Minnesota State University, 1400 Highland Center, Mankato, MN 56001, USA 2Discipline of Sport and Exercise Science, Department of Health, UC-Research Institute for Sport and Exercise, University of Canberra, University Dr, Bruce ACT 2617, Australia *Corresponding author Kristen F. Konkol, PhD Department of Human Performance Minnesota State University 1400 Highl...

Spores of the tropical mosses Pyrrhobryum spiniforme, Neckeropsis undulata and N. disticha were characterized regarding size, number per capsule and viability. Chemical substances were analyzed for P. spiniforme and N. undulata spores. Length of sporophyte seta (spore dispersal ability) was analyzed for P. spiniforme. Four to six colonies per species in each site (lowland and highland areas of ...

Tibetan chicken, unlike their lowland counterparts, exhibit specific adaptations to high-altitude conditions. The genetic mechanisms of such adaptations in highland chickens were determined by resequencing the genomes of four highland (Tibetan and Lhasa White) and four lowland (White Leghorn, Lindian, and Chahua) chicken populations. Our results showed an evident genetic admixture in Tibetan ch...

On-site wastewater treatment systems (OWTSs) are widely used in the Southeastern United States for municipal wastewater treatment. As urban and suburban populations increase, the use of OWTSs is expected to further increase. This region heavily depends on surface waters for its water supply, therefore, the impact of OWTSs on surface water quality and quantity must be investigated. Conventional ...

0022-1694/$ see front matter Published by Elsevier doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.05.045 * Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 303 236 4882x313 E-mail address: [email protected] (A.J. Ranalli). We reviewed published studies from primarily glaciated regions in the United States, Canada, and Europe of the (1) transport of nitrate from terrestrial ecosystems to aquatic ecosystems, (2) attenuation of nitrat...

planning of watersheds is indispensable in terms of sustainable development and landscape management. therefore, watershed prioritization and morphometric characterization are important to identify hydrological behavior of the basin for conducting management strategies. in this study, geospatial-statistical approach was used for identifying critical and priority sub-watersheds in the golestan w...

Further characterisation of computed tomographic and clinical features for staging and prognosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in west highland white terriers T 2017, 'Further characterisation of computed tomographic and clinical features for staging and prognosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in west highland white terriers' Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound. Publisher Rights Statement: ...