In previous papers it was reported that a Robertsonian translocation (centric fusion) affected external phenotype in the grasshopper Leptysma argentina and that thorax height was the target of adult viability selection. ...

The use of multiple regression analysis to quantify the regime and strength of natural selection in nature has been an influential approach in evolutionary biology over the last 36 years. However, many studies fail to ...

Service-Oriented Computing promotes building applications by consuming and reusing Web Services. However, the selection of adequate Web Services given a client application is still a major challenge. The effort of assessing ...

Most studies on pollinator-mediated selection have been performed in generalized rather than specialized pollination systems. This situation has impeded evaluation of the extent to which selection acts on attraction or ...

A new optimization strategy for multivariate partial-least-squares (PLS) regression analysis is described. It was achieved by integrating three efficient strategies to improve PLS calibration models: (1) variable selection ...

In this paper, we present a simulation of artificial selection of maize thatcan be used as a bridging case for the subsequent introduction of naturalselection in school. The proposed simulation takes up essential ...

Throughout human evolutionary history, large-scale migrations have led to intermixing (i.e., admixture) between previously separated human groups. Although classical and recent work have shown that studying admixture can ...

Population differentiation has proved to be effective for identifying loci under geographically localized positive selection, and has the potential to identify loci subject to balancing selection. We have previously ...

Sexual size dimorphism is biased toward males in most mammalian species. The most common explanation is precopulatory intramale sexual selection. Large males win fights and mate more frequently. In artiodactyls, previous ...