Category: Ecology and Evolution
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Alien-like Creatures Reveal Aspects About Open Ocean Diversity
Siphonophores reveal that oceanographic partitioning and reproductive isolation between subpopulations occurs in different regions of the open ocean
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Behavioral Fever Helps Fight Parasitic Infections
Infected fruit flies use behavioral fever against deadly parasitoid wasps.
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A Song of Algae and Fungi: The Game of Forming Lichen
Scientists uncover a molecular mechanism in a fungus that is critical to forming the symbiotic relationship that leads to lichen formation with alga
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And into the Forest I Go, to Lose My Mind and Find…More Brewing Yeast!
Scientists isolated yeast from a Finland forest to identify strains that could be useful in making non-alcoholic beer
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Who Needs a Cocoon When You Have a Protective Fungal Coat
Instead of forming a cocoon like a moth, or a chrysalis like a butterfly, a tortoise leaf beetle uses a fungus to protect it during metamorphosis, and in return, propagates the fungal pathogen on host plants
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Some Flowers Evolved to be ‘Pretty in Pink’
Scientists uncovered a new molecular mechanism by which pink flowers evolved
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Revealing the Natural History of Yeast
Scientist uncover more information about the evolution of baker’s yeast
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Been Baking During the Pandemic? Here’s Where Your Yeast Comes From
The story behind the fungus in your dough
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Fungi Learn How to Cope with Drought, But at a Cost
Understanding what climate change will do to belowground ecosystems helps us predict what will happen aboveground, too
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Wasps are Parasitizing Caterpillars Less Often Under Climate Change
Changing interactions could lead to a decline in important ecosystem services like pest control
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