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262 datasets found

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Deepak_Xylophis

Alignments of DNA sequence data used in phylogenetic analysis
Veerappan Deepak; Sara Ruane; David J Gower Research License not specified

Deepak_Blythia_Herpetoreas

DNA sequence alignments
Veerappan Deepak Research Creative Commons Attribution

Ontogenetic development of the holocephalan dentition

Among the cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichthyes), the Holocephali are unique in that teeth are absent both in ontogeny and adult regenerative growth. Instead, the holocephalan...
Zerina Johanson Research Creative Commons Attribution

Evolutionary transitions in broad tapeworms (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidea)

Broad tapeworms (Diphyllobothriidea Kuchta, Scholz, Brabec and Bray, 2008) are wildlife parasites whose adults are capable of infecting a wide range of freshwater, marine and...
Natalia Fraija-Fernández; Andrea Waeschenbach; Andrew Briscoe; Suzanne Hocking et al. Research License not specified

Pangolin georeferencing

Data from paper: Using natural history collections to investigate changes in pangolin (Pholidota: Manidae) geographic ranges through time.. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10843...
Emily Buckingham; Jake Curry; Charles Emogor; Louise Tomsett; Natalie Cooper Research Creative Commons Attribution

A biological nano-foam: the wall of coniferous bisaccate pollen

The outer layer of the pollen grain, the exine, plays a key role in the survival of terrestrial plant life. However, the exine structure in different groups of plants remains...
Ruxandra Cojocaru; Oonagh Mannix; Stephen Stukins; Alexandra Pacureanu; Giles Miller; Marie Capron Research Creative Commons Attribution

Lyell Collection - List of specimens

Lyell Collection with identifications, and specimen numbers
Consuelo Sendino Collections Creative Commons Attribution

List of publications with NHM fossil sponges

The NHM Porifera Collection contains almost 3000 referenced individuals as hand specimens and thin sections. From these, more than 2000 are figured and the rest are cited in...
Consuelo Sendino; John A Cooper Collections Creative Commons Attribution

Dinosaur evolutionary rates were not in decline prior to the K-Pg boundary

Data from Bonsor et al. Dinosaur evolutionary rates were not in decline prior to the K-Pg boundary. Royal Society Open Science. 7: 201195. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201195...
Joe Bonsor; Paul Barrett; Tom Raven; Natalie Cooper Research Creative Commons Attribution

Intraspecific variation in harbour porpoise cochleae

Data from paper Intraspecific variation in harbour porpoise ( Phocoena phocoena ) cochleae and its implications for comparative studies across odontocetes. Martins MCI, Park T,...
Maria Clara Iruzun Martins; Travis Park; Natalie Cooper Research Creative Commons Attribution

Supplementary Material: Intraspecific size variation in planktonic foraminife...

The size structure of plankton communities is an important determinant of their functions in marine ecosystems. However, few studies have quantified how organism size varies...
Marina Costa Rillo; Giles Miller; Michal Kucera; Thomas Ezard Collections Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike

Morelloid Solanum species from Argentina

All specimen data used in the following publication: Knapp S, Chiarini F, Cantero JJ, Barboza GE (2020) The Morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in Argentina:...
Sandra Knapp Research Creative Commons CCZero

New Solanum from the Pacific

Specimens used in the article describing new Solanum species from the Pacific: MClelland DHR, Nee M, Knapp S (2020) New names and status for Pacific spiny species of Solanum...
Sandra Knapp Collections Creative Commons CCZero

Diversification analyses in Solanum

Solanum botanical records and diversification rates used in the analyses in Echeverría-Londoño et al. 2020). Code developed for the analyses can be accessed on Git Hub...
Sandra Knapp Research Creative Commons Attribution

Phylogenetic reconstruction of early diverging tapeworms (Order: Caryophyllid...

Tapeworms of the order Caryophyllidea are the earliest diverging ‘true’ tapeworms (Eucestoda) and parasitise almost exclusively cypriniform and siluriform fishes. They are...
Tomáš Scholz; Andrea Waeschenbach; Mikuláš Oros; Jan Brabec; Tim Littlewood Research License not specified

Maddock_rostratus

DNA sequence alignments; AFLP data; Morphological data; Mantel tests R script and matrices; BEAST xml files
Simon Maddock; RA A Nussbaum; Julie Day; L Latta et al. Research Creative Commons Attribution

Clayton Herbarium

John Clayton (1694-1773) was a notable early collector of plant specimens in North America. From 1720 until his death, he was Clerk to the Court of Gloucester County in...
Charles E Jarvis Collections CC-BY-SA-4.0

An influence of environmental variability on insects wing shape: a case stud...

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Rungtip Wonglersak; Phillip Fenberg; Peter Langdon; Stephen J Brooks; Benjamin Price Research Creative Commons Attribution

Mesocosms

Chironomids are a useful group for investigating body size responses to warming temperature, due to their high local abundance, sensitivity to environmental change and trophic...
Rungtip Wonglersak; Phillip Fenberg; Peter Langdon; Stephen J Brooks; Benjamin Price Research Creative Commons Attribution

Temperature-body size responses in insects: a case study of British Odonata

Body size is highly correlated with physiological traits, fitness, and trophic interactions. These traits are subject to change if there are widespread reductions of body size...
Rungtip Wonglersak; Phillip Fenberg; Peter Langdon; Stephen J Brooks; Benjamin Price Research Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike