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Meiotic Adaptation to Genome Duplication in Arabidopsis arenosa by Yant, Levi, Hollister, Jesse D., Wright, Kevin M., Arnold, Brian J., Higgins, James D., Franklin, F. Chris H., Bomblies, Kirsten

“…Whole genome duplication (WGD) is a major factor in the evolution of multicellular eukaryotes, yet by doubling the number of homologs, WGD severely challenges…”
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Sexual-lineage-specific DNA methylation regulates meiosis in Arabidopsis by Walker, James, Gao, Hongbo, Zhang, Jingyi, Aldridge, Billy, Vickers, Martin, Higgins, James D., Feng, Xiaoqi

“…DNA methylation regulates eukaryotic gene expression and is extensively reprogrammed during animal development. However, whether developmental methylation…”
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Meiosis evolves: adaptation to external and internal environments by Bomblies, Kirsten, Higgins, James D., Yant, Levi

“…Meiosis is essential for the fertility of most eukaryotes and its structures and progression are conserved across kingdoms. Yet many of its core proteins show…”
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Drivers of climate change impacts on bird communities by Pearce-Higgins, James W., Eglington, Sarah M., Martay, Blaise, Chamberlain, Dan E.

“…1. Climate change is reported to have caused widespread changes to species' populations and ecological communities. Warming has been associated with population…”
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Vascularized Medial Femoral Condyle Flap Reconstruction for Osseous Defects of the Hand and Wrist by Higgins, James P

“…Vascularized bone flaps from the descending genicular artery system are versatile and effective for the use of recalcitrant nonunions from the tubular bones of…”
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Measuring the success of climate change adaptation and mitigation in terrestrial ecosystems by Morecroft, Michael D, Duffield, Simon, Harley, Mike, Pearce-Higgins, James W, Stevens, Nicola, Watts, Olly, Whitaker, Jeanette

“…Natural and seminatural ecosystems must be at the forefront of efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change. In the urgency of current circumstances,…”
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ZYP1 is required for obligate cross-over formation and cross-over interference in Arabidopsis by France, Martin G., Enderle, Janina, Röhrig, Sarah, Puchta, Holger, Franklin, F. Chris H., Higgins, James D.

“…The synaptonemal complex is a tripartite proteinaceous ultrastructure that forms between homologous chromosomes during prophase I of meiosis in the majority of…”
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Disentangling the relative importance of changes in climate and land-use intensity in driving recent bird population trends by Eglington, Sarah M, Pearce-Higgins, James W

“…Threats to biodiversity resulting from habitat destruction and deterioration have been documented for many species, whilst climate change is regarded as…”
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Collation of a century of soil invertebrate abundance data suggests long-term declines in earthworms but not tipulids by Barnes, Ailidh E, Robinson, Robert A, Pearce-Higgins, James W

“…Large-scale declines in terrestrial insects have been reported over much of Europe and across the world, however, population change assessments of other key…”
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Population decline is linked to migration route in the Common Cuckoo by Hewson, Chris M., Thorup, Kasper, Pearce-Higgins, James W., Atkinson, Philip W.

“…Migratory species are in rapid decline globally. Although most mortality in long-distance migrant birds is thought to occur during migration, evidence of…”
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Climate change vulnerability assessment of species by Foden, Wendy B., Young, Bruce E., Akçakaya, H. Resit, Garcia, Raquel A., Hoffmann, Ary A., Stein, Bruce A., Thomas, Chris D., Wheatley, Christopher J., Bickford, David, Carr, Jamie A., Hole, David G., Martin, Tara G., Pacifici, Michela, Pearce‐Higgins, James W., Platts, Philip J., Visconti, Piero, Watson, James E. M., Huntley, Brian

“…Assessing species' vulnerability to climate change is a prerequisite for developing effective strategies to conserve them. The last three decades have seen…”
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Spatial and habitat variation in aphid, butterfly, moth and bird phenologies over the last half century by Bell, James R., Botham, Marc S., Henrys, Peter A., Leech, David I., Pearce‐Higgins, James W., Shortall, Chris R., Brereton, Tom M., Pickup, Jon, Thackeray, Stephen J.

“…Global warming has advanced the timing of biological events, potentially leading to disruption across trophic levels. The potential importance of phenological…”
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Higher Peripheral Inflammatory Signaling Associated With Lower Resting-State Functional Brain Connectivity in Emotion Regulation and Central Executive Networks by Nusslock, Robin, Brody, Gene H., Armstrong, Casey C., Carroll, Ann L., Sweet, Lawrence H., Yu, Tianyi, Barton, Allen W., Hallowell, Emily S., Chen, Edith, Higgins, James P., Parrish, Todd B., Wang, Lei, Miller, Gregory E.

“…Researchers document bidirectional pathways linking peripheral inflammation and neural circuitries subserving emotion processing and regulation. To extend this…”
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Arabidopsis PCH2 Mediates Meiotic Chromosome Remodeling and Maturation of Crossovers by Lambing, Christophe, Osman, Kim, Nuntasoontorn, Komsun, West, Allan, Higgins, James D, Copenhaver, Gregory P, Yang, Jianhua, Armstrong, Susan J, Mechtler, Karl, Roitinger, Elisabeth, Franklin, F Chris H

“…Meiotic chromosomes are organized into linear looped chromatin arrays by a protein axis localized along the loop-bases. Programmed remodelling of the axis…”
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Passerines may be sufficiently plastic to track temperature-mediated shifts in optimum lay date by Phillimore, Albert B., Leech, David I., Pearce-Higgins, James W., Hadfield, Jarrod D.

“…Projecting the fates of populations under climate change is one of global change biology's foremost challenges. Here, we seek to identify the contributions…”
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Mechanisms underpinning climatic impacts on natural populations: altered species interactions are more important than direct effects by Ockendon, Nancy, Baker, David J, Carr, Jamie A, White, Elizabeth C, Almond, Rosamunde E. A, Amano, Tatsuya, Bertram, Esther, Bradbury, Richard B, Bradley, Cassie, Butchart, Stuart H. M, Doswald, Nathalie, Foden, Wendy, Gill, David J. C, Green, Rhys E, Sutherland, William J, Tanner, Edmund V. J, Pearce‐Higgins, James W

“…Shifts in species' distribution and abundance in response to climate change have been well documented, but the underpinning processes are still poorly…”
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A novel allele of ASY3 is associated with greater meiotic stability in autotetraploid Arabidopsis lyrata by Seear, Paul J, France, Martin G, Gregory, Catherine L, Heavens, Darren, Schmickl, Roswitha, Yant, Levi, Higgins, James D

“…In this study we performed a genotype-phenotype association analysis of meiotic stability in 10 autotetraploid Arabidopsis lyrata and A. lyrata/A. arenosa…”
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Climate change vulnerability for species—Assessing the assessments by Wheatley, Christopher J., Beale, Colin M., Bradbury, Richard B., Pearce‐Higgins, James W., Critchlow, Rob, Thomas, Chris D.

“…Climate change vulnerability assessments are commonly used to identify species at risk from global climate change, but the wide range of methodologies…”
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A Cytological Analysis of Wheat Meiosis Targeted by Virus-Induced Gene Silencing (VIGS) by Desjardins, Stuart, Kanyuka, Kostya, Higgins, James D

“…Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) is a rapid and cost-effective reverse genetic technology that can be used to assess gene function in wheat. This chapter…”
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The sensitivity of breeding songbirds to changes in seasonal timing is linked to population change but cannot be directly attributed to the effects of trophic asynchrony on productivity by Franks, Samantha E., Pearce‐Higgins, James W., Atkinson, Sian, Bell, James R., Botham, Marc S., Brereton, Tom M., Harrington, Richard, Leech, David I.

“…A consequence of climate change has been an advance in the timing of seasonal events. Differences in the rate of advance between trophic levels may result in…”
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