Ocean Whitefish (Caulolatilus princeps) is an endemic species in the Galapagos Marine Reserve, Ecuador and is important economically in both the artisanal fishery and as a local food source. However, little is known about ...

Limited research in the U.S. exists exploring Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Clostridium difficile in pool water. Previous studies in Europe and Africa detected MRSA and C. difficile in 7.5% and 50% ...

Organisms coexist either by having similar functional traits that match habitat requirements or by having non-similar traits to reduce competition. A classic study showed that coexisting oak trees in Florida tend to be ...

In Drosophila melanogaster (fruit flies), the protein glycoprotein 93 (gp93) appears to be homologous to the mammalian protein glycoprotein 96 (gp96). As a chaperone, gp96 is required for Toll-like receptor (TLR) and ...

Methylmercury (MeHg) is an environmental pollutant found in the Great Lakes and a known danger to prenatal health. The upper limit considered to be safe is 5.8 ppb for newborns in a blood spot taken at birth. In the Lake ...

In a small number of freshwater lakes around the world, bryophytes have been documented in deep-waters well below the depths of other plant life. However, because of their isolation, very little is known about their ecology, ...

Community assembly is the result of ecological selection processes, dispersal processes, and random drift processes. Selection processes can cause coexisting species to be more similar or more different in traits, depending ...

Community assembly is the result of ecological selection processes, dispersal processes, and random drift processes. Selection processes can cause coexisting species to be more similar or more different in traits, depending ...

Specific leaf area (SLA) is an important trait to analyze when looking at trends in plant investment strategies as it correlates with whole plant growth. Our research looked at three species of sunflowers as a model organism ...

Polyploidy is a condition in which organisms possess multiple sets of chromosomes as a result of nondisjunction events during meiosis. In most organisms, polyploidy results in sterility or lethality, making it difficult ...