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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Ecology

    Molecular mechanisms of microbiome modulation by the eukaryotic secondary metabolite azelaic acid

    Ahmed A Shibl, Michael A Ochsenkühn ... Shady A Amin
    Characterization of the molecular mechanisms that enable azelaic acid, a secondary metabolite produced by photosynthetic organisms, to promote or inhibit different bacterial populations.
    1. Ecology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Non-invasive real-time genomic monitoring of the critically endangered kākāpō

    Lara Urban, Allison K Miller ... Andrew Digby
    The application of real-time genomics by long-read nanopore sequencing to environmental samples creates a new trajectory for non-invasive genomics-based monitoring of critically endangered wildlife.
    1. Ecology
    2. Neuroscience

    Mouthparts of the bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) exhibit poor acuity for the detection of pesticides in nectar

    Rachel H Parkinson, Jennifer Scott ... Geraldine A Wright
    Bees are at risk of consuming harmful pesticides found in nectar because they cannot detect them using their mouthparts.
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Sensory collectives in natural systems

    Hannah J Williams, Vivek H Sridhar ... Amanda D Melin
    A synthetic, prospective article considers how the fields of sensory ecology and collective behaviour can combine when considering animal collective movements and interactions, and how these fields can inspire each other to advance understanding of animal behaviour, adaptation and evolution.
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    miR-252 targeting temperature receptor CcTRPM to mediate the transition from summer-form to winter-form of Cacopsylla chinensis

    Songdou Zhang, Jianying Li ... Xiaoxia Liu
    The first comprehensive study on the regulation mechanism of miR-252 and temperature receptor CcTRPM on insect seasonal polyphenism will also conducive to designing a new method for pest control.
    1. Ecology

    Delayed postglacial colonization of Betula in Iceland and the circum North Atlantic

    David J Harning, Samuel Sacco ... Gifford H Miller
    Following the last deglaciation in the North Atlantic, DNA evidence shows Betulaceae colonization was consistently delayed compared to Salicaceae, which may serve as an analog for modern global warming.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Ecology

    100 years of anthropogenic impact causes changes in freshwater functional biodiversity

    Niamh Eastwood, Jiarui Zhou ... Luisa Orsini
    High-throughput systemic approaches on long-term trends identify the environmental factors that cause loss of biodiversity and disrupt ecosystem functions.
    1. Ecology

    Meta-analysis reveals glucocorticoid levels reflect variation in metabolic rate, not ‘stress’

    Blanca Jimeno, Simon Verhulst
    Glucocorticoids are assumed to reflect 'stress,' but they increase proportionally to the increase in metabolic rate induced by stressors, leading us to propose that glucocorticoids reflect metabolic rate, not stress.
    1. Ecology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Adulis and the transshipment of baboons during classical antiquity

    Franziska Grathwol, Christian Roos ... Gisela H Kopp
    The first sequenced mitogenome of a mummified non-human primate connects an Egyptian baboon dated to ca. 800–540 BCE to modern baboon populations in Eritrea, Ethiopia, and eastern Sudan, providing evidence for Egyptian–Adulite trade centuries earlier than current archaeological evidence.