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Ecological niche divergence or ecological niche partitioning in a widespread Neotropical bird lineage by Cooper, Jacob C

“…Ecological niche divergence is generally considered to be a facet of evolution that may accompany geographic isolation and diversification in allopatry,…”
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Roles of C/EBP class bZip proteins in the growth and cell competition of Rp ('Minute') mutants in Drosophila by Blanco, Jorge, Cooper, Jacob C, Baker, Nicholas E

“…Reduced copy number of ribosomal protein ( ) genes adversely affects both flies and mammals. encodes a reportedly -specific AT-hook, bZIP protein responsible…”
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Recurrent Losses and Rapid Evolution of the Condensin II Complex in Insects by King, Thomas D, Leonard, Christopher J, Cooper, Jacob C, Nguyen, Son, Joyce, Eric F, Phadnis, Nitin

“…Abstract Condensins play a crucial role in the organization of genetic material by compacting and disentangling chromosomes. Based on studies in a few model…”
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Stable Isotopic Evidence of Mixotrophy in Xylophagaids, Deep-Sea Wood-Boring Bivalves by Voight, Janet R., Cooper, Jacob C., Lee, Raymond W.

“…Deep-sea wood-boring xylophagaid bivalves are thought to ingest only wood and to use nitrogen fixed by their symbiotic microbes. Reconsidering this assumption,…”
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A genomic approach to identify hybrid incompatibility genes by Cooper, Jacob C., Phadnis, Nitin

“…Uncovering the genetic and molecular basis of barriers to gene flow between populations is key to understanding how new species are born. Intrinsic postzygotic…”
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Acknowledging uncertainty in evolutionary reconstructions of ecological niches by Owens, Hannah L., Ribeiro, Vivian, Saupe, Erin E., Cobos, Marlon E., Hosner, Peter A., Cooper, Jacob C., Samy, Abdallah M., Barve, Vijay, Barve, Narayani, Muñoz‐R., Carlos J., Peterson, A. Townsend

“…Reconstructing ecological niche evolution can provide insight into the biogeography and diversification of evolving lineages. However, comparative phylogenetic…”
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Interspecific hybridization explains rapid gorget colour divergence in Heliodoxa hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae) by Eliason, Chad M, Cooper, Jacob C, Hackett, Shannon J, Zahnle, Erica, Pequeño Saco, Tatiana Z, Maddox, Joseph Dylan, Hains, Taylor, Hauber, Mark E, Bates, John M

“…Hybridization is a known source of morphological, functional and communicative signal novelty in many organisms. Although diverse mechanisms of established…”
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Creating individual accessible area hypotheses improves stacked species distribution model performance by Cooper, Jacob C., Soberón, Jorge

“…Aim: Stacked species distribution models (SDMs) are an important step towards estimating species richness, but frequently overpredict this metric and therefore…”
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A new hybrid incompatibility locus between Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila sechellia by Bladen, Jackson, Cooper, Jacob C, Ridges, Jackson T, Guo, Ping, Phadnis, Nitin

“…Abstract Despite the fundamental importance of hybrid incompatibilities to the process of speciation, there are few cases where the evolution and genetic…”
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Hierarchical analyses of community biogeography in the Afromontane highlands by Cooper, Jacob C.

“…The Afromontane mountains are a complex series of highlands that have intermittently been connected by habitat corridors during climatic cycles, resulting in a…”
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Hierarchical analyses of avian community biogeography in the Afromontane highlands by Cooper, Jacob C

“…The Afromontane mountains are a complex series of highlands that have intermittently been connected by habitat corridors during climatic cycles, resulting in a…”
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Multiple lines of evidence indicate ongoing allopatric and parapatric diversification in an Afromontane sunbird (Cinnyris reichenowi) by Cooper, Jacob C., Maddox, J. Dylan, McKague, Kellie, Bates, John M.

“…Africa's montane ecosystems are noteworthy not only for their isolation but for their morphologically similar bird populations that inhabit geographically…”
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Reconstructing Ecological Niche Evolution When Niches Are Incompletely Characterized by Saupe, Erin E., Barve, Narayani, Owens, Hannah L., Cooper, Jacob C., Hosner, Peter A., Peterson, A. Townsend

“…Evolutionary dynamics of abiotic ecological niches across phylogenetic history can shed light on large-scale biogeographic patterns, macroevolutionary rate…”
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Dispersal ability correlates with range size in Amazonian habitat-restricted birds by Capurucho, João M G, Ashley, Mary V, Tsuru, Brian R, Cooper, Jacob C, Bates, John M

“…Understanding how species attain their geographical distributions and identifying traits correlated with range size are important objectives in biogeography,…”
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Parallel Evolution of Sperm Hyper-Activation Ca2+ Channels by Cooper, Jacob C, Phadnis, Nitin

“…Sperm hyper-activation is a dramatic change in sperm behavior where mature sperm burst into a final sprint in the race to the egg. The mechanism of sperm…”
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Modelling potential Pleistocene habitat corridors between Afromontane forest regions by Allen, Kaitlin E., Tapondjou, Walter P., Freeman, Benedictus, Cooper, Jacob C., Brown, Rafe M., Peterson, A. Townsend

“…The unusually high floral and faunal similarity between the different regions of the Afromontane archipelago has been noted by biogeographers since the late…”
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An essential cell cycle regulation gene causes hybrid inviability in Drosophila by Phadnis, Nitin, Baker, EmilyClare P., Cooper, Jacob C., Frizzell, Kimberly A., Hsieh, Emily, de la Cruz, Aida Flor A., Shendure, Jay, Kitzman, Jacob O., Malik, Harmit S.

“…Speciation, the process by which new biological species arise, involves the evolution of reproductive barriers, such as hybrid sterility or inviability between…”
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Climatic refugia and reduced extinction correlate with underdispersion in mammals and birds in Africa by Cooper, Jacob C., Crouch, Nicholas M. A., Ferguson, Adam W., Bates, John M.

“…Macroevolutionary patterns, often inferred from metrics of community relatedness, are often used to ascertain major evolutionary processes shaping communities…”
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Predictable invasion dynamics in North American populations of the Eurasian collared dove Streptopelia decaocto by Ingenloff, Kathryn, Hensz, Christopher M., Anamza, Tashitso, Barve, Vijay, Campbell, Lindsay P., Cooper, Jacob C., Komp, Ed, Jimenez, Laura, Olson, Karen V., Osorio-Olvera, Luis, Owens, Hannah L., Peterson, A. Townsend, Samy, Abdallah M., Simões, Marianna, Soberón, Jorge

“…Species invasions represent a significant dimension of global change yet the dynamics of invasions remain poorly understood and are considered rather…”
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Vocal variation and species limits in the Sclerurus mexicanus complex by Cooper, Jacob C., Cuervo, Andrés M.

“…Phylogeographic analyses have hypothesized that Sclerurus (Furnariidae) populations of the rufous-throated clade (S. rufigularis and S. mexicanus sensu lato)…”
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