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Goller, Franz | Motor control of sound frequency in birdsong involves the interaction between air sac pressure and labial tension | Frequency modulation is a salient acoustic feature of birdsong. Its control is usually attributed to the activity of syringeal muscles, which affect the tension of the labia responsible for sound production. We use experimental and theoretical tools to test the hypothesis that for birds producing to... | | 2014-01-01 |
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Parkinson, John Stansfield | Mutational analysis of the P1 phosphorylation domain in E. coli CheA, the signaling kinase for chemotaxis | The histidine autokinase CheA functions as the central processing unit in the Escherichia coli chemotaxis signaling machinery. CheA receives autophosphorylation control inputs from chemoreceptors and in turn regulates the flux of signaling phosphates to the CheY and CheB response regulator proteins... | | 2014-01-01 |
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Cieri, Robert | New insight into the evolution of the vertebrate respiratory system and the discovery of unidirectional airflow in iguana lungs | The generally accepted framework for the evolution of a key feature of the avian respiratory system, unidirectional airflow, is that it is an adaptation for efficiency of gas exchange and expanded aerobic capacities, and therefore it has historically been viewed as important to the ability of birds ... | | 2014-11-17 |
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Coley, Phyllis D. | On tropical forests and their pests | Biologists have long been intrigued by the diversity of tropical forests, where 1 hectare may hold more than 650 tree species-more than in all of Canada and the continental United States. Eco- logical theory suggests that if species are too similar in their resource use, one will out- compete the ot... | | 2014-01-01 |
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Ehleringer, James R. | Patterns of local and nonlocal water resource use across the western U.S. determined via stable isotope intercomparisons | In the western U.S., the mismatch between public water demands and natural water availability necessitates large interbasin transfers of water as well as groundwater mining of fossil aquifers. Here we identify probable situations of nonlocal water use in both space and time based on isotopic compari... | | 2014-01-01 |
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Bohs, Lynn A. | Phylogeny of the carolinense clade of solanum (Solanaceae) inferred from nuclear and plastid DNA sequences | The large and economically important genus Solanum contains ca. 1,400 species distributed worldwide. One of the 12-14 major clades identified in the genus is the Leptostemonum clade, or the "spiny solanums." Previous molecular phylogenetic studies have identified 14 major clades in the spiny solanum... | | 2014-01-01 |
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Capecchi, Mario R. | Sepp1UF forms are N-terminal selenoprotein P truncations that have peroxidase activity when coupled with thioredoxin reductase-1 | Mouse selenoprotein P (Sepp1) consists of an N-terminal domain (residues 1-239) that contains 1 selenocysteine (U) as residue 40 in a proposed redox-active motif (-UYLC-) and a Cterminal domain (residues 240-361) that contains 9 selenocysteines. Sepp1 transports selenium from the liver to other tiss... | | 2014-01-01 |
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Farmer, Colleen G. | Unidirectional pulmonary airflow patterns in the savannah monitor lizard | The unidirectional airflow patterns in the lungs of birds have long been considered a unique and specialized trait associated with the oxygen demands of flying, their endothermic metabolism1 and unusual pulmonary architecture2,3. However, the discovery of similar flow patterns in the lungs of crocod... | | 2014-02-20 |
