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Fig. 4.—A in The platypus: evolutionary history, biology, and an uncertain future
Fig. 4.—A) Dorsal and ventral views of the skull of Obdurodon dicksoni from Middle Miocene sediments in the Riversleigh World Heritage area (left image, dorsal view, micro-CT image courtesy T. Rowe, the University of Texas; right image, ventral view, photo Ross Arnett). B) Dentition of O. dicksoni (upper two rows) and Obdurodon insignis (bottom row—Archer et al. 1993). C) A right upper molar (RM2) of Monotrematum sudamericanum (left) compared with a slightly damaged RM2 (right) of O. dicksoni (Pascual et al. 1992b). D) Left dentary fragment with LM1-3, of Steropodon galmani (photo by John Field—Archer et al. 1985). E) Three views of a lower right dentary fragment with RM1-3 of Kollikodon ritchiei. F) Upper left maxillary fragment with LP4 to M4 of K. Ritchie (photo by John Field). G) Right humerus of Kryoryctes cadburyi (photo by Steven Morton—Pridmore et al. 2005). H) Left dentary of Teinolophos trusleri retaining one premolar (of four) and four (of five) molars (composition reconstruction by Peter Trusler—Rich et al. 2016).
Fig. 5 in The platypus: evolutionary history, biology, and an uncertain future
Fig. 5.—Long-term decline in geographic distribution and species' diversity in monotremes and their early descendants. Cretaceous monotremes probably occurred throughout much of eastern Gondwana. By the early Paleocene, ornithorhynchids were geographically as widespread across Gondwana as Patagonia in southern South America. By the late Oligocene/Miocene (25–15 Mya), at least three ornithorhynchids occurred across the continent of Australia but none survived on other continents. Today, the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) maintains an even more restricted area, the river systems of eastern Australia (modified after Archer 1995; Steropodon image by Peter Schouten; Monotrematum image by James McKinnon—Archer 1995; Obdurodon image by Peter Schouten—Pian et al. 2013; Ornithorhynchus artwork by Rod Scott, Australian Geographic Magazine).
Fig. 1.—A in The platypus: evolutionary history, biology, and an uncertain future
Fig. 1.—A platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus returning back to the Upper Tarago River in Victoria, Australia after having been measured and tagged. Photo by Doug Gimesy.
Fig. 2 in The platypus: evolutionary history, biology, and an uncertain future
Fig. 2.—Distribution of the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) based on 11,830 records from Australian state government fauna atlases and the Atlas of Living Australia (www.ala.org.au) between 1760 and 2017.
Fig. 3 in The platypus: evolutionary history, biology, and an uncertain future
Fig. 3.—The number of peer-reviewed publications (gray fill, n = 404) on the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) grouped by year (1960–2017) and stratified by the top ten research areas (color bars) in the Web of Science database with "Ornithorhynchus anatinus" in either title, abstract, keywords, or keywords plus (https://www.isiknowledge.com).
Discussions of the not-so-fit: how ableism limits diverse thought and investigative potential in evolutionary biology
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List of papers reviewed to uncover trends in the use of model systems in infectious disease ecology & evolutionary biology
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Design of tables for the presentation and communication of data in ecological and evolutionary biology
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Data from: Evidence for rapid evolutionary change in an invasive plant in response to biological control
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Field courses narrow demographic achievement gaps in ecology and evolutionary biology
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Figure 4 from: Kaneko N, Wada K (2020) Catalogue of the type material of Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) deposited in the Research Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Tokyo, Japan. ZooKeys 958: 35-89. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.958.52799
Figure 4 Habitus of holotype specimens. AHoplia simillima Miyake BHoplia taiwana Miyake CMaladera hiranoi Miyake DMaladera kusuii Miyake ENematophylla sugiharai Miyake FPseudohoplia shibatai makiharai Miyake GPseudohoplia shibatai matsudai Miyake HParatrichius kyushuensis Miyake.
Figure 3 from: Kaneko N, Wada K (2020) Catalogue of the type material of Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) deposited in the Research Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Tokyo, Japan. ZooKeys 958: 35-89. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.958.52799
Figure 3 Habitus of holotype specimens. AApogonia terminalis Miyake, Yamagushi et Akiyama BApogonia unidentata Miyake, Yamaguchi et Akiyama CDichelomorpha sublineata Miyake DHolomelia gigantea Miyake EHolotrichia loochooana umebayashii Miyake FHolotrichia yamayai Miyake et Yamaguchi GHoplia choui Miyake HHoplia nakanei Miyake.
Figure 2 from: Kaneko N, Wada K (2020) Catalogue of the type material of Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) deposited in the Research Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Tokyo, Japan. ZooKeys 958: 35-89. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.958.52799
Figure 2 Habitus of holotype and neotype specimens. AMalaia toraja Miyake BMimela kitanoi Miyake CMimela marginipennis Miyake DSpinanomala moritai Miyake EPeltonotus morio Burmeister FPeltonotus morio sawaii Miyake GApogonia ohmomoi Miyake HApogonia ovata Miyake et Yamaguchi.
Figure 6 from: Kaneko N, Wada K (2020) Catalogue of the type material of Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) deposited in the Research Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Tokyo, Japan. ZooKeys 958: 35-89. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.958.52799
Figure 6 Habitus of holotype specimens. ADasyvalgus nudis Miyake BDasyvalgus rubrothoracicus Miyake CHybovalgus matsudai Miyake DNeovalgus formosanus Miyake EOreoderus quadrimaculatus Miyake FTarsovalgus hatai Miyake.
Figure 5 from: Kaneko N, Wada K (2020) Catalogue of the type material of Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) deposited in the Research Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Tokyo, Japan. ZooKeys 958: 35-89. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.958.52799
Figure 5 Habitus of holotype specimens. ATibiotrichius vietnamensis Miyake BCharitovalgus banzai Sawada CDasyvalgus annamensis Miyake DDasyvalgus castaneodorsalis Miyake EDasyvalgus decamaculatus Miyake FDasyvalgus flavicauda Miyake GDasyvalgus macacus Miyake HDasyvalgus multicus Miyake.
Figure 1 from: Kaneko N, Wada K (2020) Catalogue of the type material of Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) deposited in the Research Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Tokyo, Japan. ZooKeys 958: 35-89. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.958.52799
Figure 1 Habitus of holotype specimens. ARhyparus kitanoi (Miyake) BAdoretus (Lepadoretus) ubonensis (Miyake, Yamaguchi et Aoki) CAnomala flavoguttata Miyake DAnomala ohmomoi Miyake, Yamaguchi et Aoki EAnomala thailandiana Miyake, Yamaguchi et Akiyama FCallistethus isidai Miyake GMalaia castanoptera Miyake HMalaia macassara Miyake.
Data from: Interpreting the evolutionary regression: the interplay between observational and biological errors in phylogenetic comparative studies
Regressions of biological variables across species are rarely perfect. Usually there are residual deviations from the estimated model relationship, and such deviations commonly show a pattern of phylogenetic correlations indicating that they have biological causes. We discuss the origins and effects of phylogenetically correlated biological variation in regression studies. In particular, we discuss the interplay of biological deviations with deviations due to observational or measurement errors, which are also important in comparative studies based on estimated species means. We show how bias in estimated evolutionary regressions can arise from several sources, including phylogenetic inertia and either observational or biological error in the predictor variables. We show how all these biases can be estimated and corrected for in the presence of phylogenetic correlations. We present general formulas for incorporating measurement error in linear models with correlated data. We also show how alternative regression models, such as major-axis and reduced major-axis regression, which are often recommended when there is error in predictor variables, are strongly biased when there is biological variation in any part of the model. We argue that such methods should never be used to estimate evolutionary or allometric regression slopes.
Data from: What have humans done for evolutionary biology? Contributions from genes to populations
Many fundamental concepts in evolutionary biology were discovered using non-human study systems. Humans are poorly suited to key study designs used to advance this field, and are subject to cultural, technological, and medical influences often considered to restrict the pertinence of human studies to other species and general contexts. Whether studies using current and recent human populations provide insights that have broader biological relevance in evolutionary biology is, therefore, frequently questioned. We first surveyed researchers in evolutionary biology and related fields on their opinions regarding whether studies on contemporary humans can advance evolutionary biology. Almost all 442 participants agreed that humans still evolve, but fewer agreed that this occurs through natural selection. Most agreed that human studies made valuable contributions to evolutionary biology, although those less exposed to human studies expressed more negative views. With a series of examples, we discuss strengths and limitations of evolutionary studies on contemporary humans. These show that human studies provide fundamental insights into evolutionary processes, improve understanding of the biology of many other species, and will make valuable contributions to evolutionary biology in the future.
Figure 1 from: Sánchez-Fernández D, Rizzo V, Bourdeau C, Cieslak A, Comas J, Faille A, Fresneda J, Lleopart E, Millán A, Montes A, Pallares S, Ribera I (2018) The deep subterranean environment as a model system in ecological, biogeographical and evolutionary research. Subterranean Biology 25: 1-7. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.25.23530
Figure 1 Relationship between the temperature inside the cave and the surface (Mean Annual Temperature (°C) of each pixel (0.08° cells).
Figure 19 in The suprageneric groups of the Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): a cladistic re-evaluation and evolutionary biological study
Figure 19. Cladogram resulting from secondary analysis: section 6 (of 9), the Camptotypus genus-group. Note that unlike in the primary analysis (Figure 7) both Hemipimpla and Camptotypus are monophyletic, although the monophyly of Zonopimpla is not supported. The relative positions of Camptotypus + Hemipimpla and Odontopimpla + Clydonium are reversed.
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Allen Brain Atlas
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Annotated Behaviour and Observability Dataset (ABODe)
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DANDI Archive for NWB datasets
DANDI is a BRAIN Initiative archive for publishing and sharing neurophysiology data, including electrophysiology, optophysiology, and behavioral data packaged as NWB and related standards.
International Brain Laboratory public data
The International Brain Laboratory public data releases expose standardized mouse decision-making experiments, including Neuropixels recordings, widefield calcium imaging, behavior, and session metadata accessed through the ONE API.
OpenNeuro
OpenNeuro is a free, open platform for sharing neuroimaging datasets, with public search, dataset pages, and download paths for web, S3, DataLad, and the OpenNeuro CLI.