Search Results - "LIU, ALEXANDER G."

Resolving MISS conceptions and misconceptions: A geological approach to sedimentary surface textures generated by microbial and abiotic processes by Davies, Neil S., Liu, Alexander G., Gibling, Martin R., Miller, Randall F.

“…The rock record contains a rich variety of sedimentary surface textures on siliciclastic sandstone, siltstone and mudstone bedding planes. In recent years, an…”
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Taste Quality Representation in the Human Brain by Avery, Jason A, Liu, Alexander G, Ingeholm, John E, Riddell, Cameron D, Gotts, Stephen J, Martin, Alex

“…In the mammalian brain, the insula is the primary cortical substrate involved in the perception of taste. Recent imaging studies in rodents have identified a…”
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Reconstructing the reproductive mode of an Ediacaran macro-organism by Mitchell, Emily G., Kenchington, Charlotte G., Liu, Alexander G., Matthews, Jack J., Butterfield, Nicholas J.

“…The Ediacaran macrofossil Fractofusus reveals a complex life history of multigenerational, stolon-like asexual reproduction, interspersed with dispersal of…”
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Animal Evolution: Only Rocks Can Set the Clock by Pisani, Davide, Liu, Alexander G.

“…Molecular clocks have become the method of choice to date the tree of life. A new study demonstrates that there are limits to their precision, which may only…”
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Taste Metaphors Ground Emotion Concepts Through the Shared Attribute of Valence by Avery, Jason A., Liu, Alexander G., Carrington, Madeline, Martin, Alex

“…“Parting is such sweet sorrow.” Taste metaphors provide a rich vocabulary for describing emotional experience, potentially serving as an adaptive mechanism for…”
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The dynamic influence of microbial mats on sediments; fluid escape and pseudofossil formation in the Ediacaran Longmyndian Supergroup, UK by Menon, Latha R, McIlroy, Duncan, Liu, Alexander G, Brasier, Martin D

“…Microbial mats are thought to have been widespread in marine settings before the advent of bioturbation, and the range of their influence on sediments is…”
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'Conga lines' of Ediacaran fronds: insights into the reproductive biology of early metazoans by Delahooke, Katie M, Liu, Alexander G, Stephenson, Nile P, Mitchell, Emily G

“…Late Ediacaran strata from Newfoundland, Canada (~574-560 Ma) document near-census palaeocommunities of some of the earliest metazoans. Such preservation…”
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FRAMBOIDAL PYRITE SHROUD CONFIRMS THE ‘DEATH MASK' MODEL FOR MOLDIC PRESERVATION OF EDIACARAN SOFT-BODIED ORGANISMS by LIU, ALEXANDER G

“…The mechanisms by which soft-bodied organisms were preserved in late Ediacaran deep-marine environments are revealed by petrographic and geochemical…”
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The origin of animals: Can molecular clocks and the fossil record be reconciled? by Cunningham, John A., Liu, Alexander G., Bengtson, Stefan, Donoghue, Philip C. J.

“…The evolutionary emergence of animals is one of the most significant episodes in the history of life, but its timing remains poorly constrained. Molecular…”
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Filamentous Connections between Ediacaran Fronds by Liu, Alexander G., Dunn, Frances S.

“…Fossils of the Ediacaran macrobiota (∼571–539 mya) record phylogenetically diverse marine palaeocommunities, including early animals, which pre-date the…”
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Ediacaran developmental biology by Dunn, Frances S., Liu, Alexander G., Donoghue, Philip C. J.

“…ABSTRACT Rocks of the Ediacaran System (635–541 Ma) preserve fossil evidence of some of the earliest complex macroscopic organisms, many of which have been…”
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A new Cambrian frondose organism; "Ediacaran survivor" or convergent evolution? by Hu, Shixue, Zhao, Fangchen, Liu, Alexander G, Zhu, Maoyan

“…Guangweia cheni gen. et sp. nov. is an exceptionally preserved frond-like fossil from the early Cambrian Guanshan Biota of SW China, which shares morphological…”
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Viewing images of foods evokes taste quality-specific activity in gustatory insular cortex by Avery, Jason A., Liu, Alexander G., Ingeholm, John E., Gotts, Stephen J., Martin, Alex

“…Previous studies have shown that the conceptual representation of food involves brain regions associated with taste perception. The specificity of this…”
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Palaeolatitudinal distribution of the Ediacaran macrobiota by Boddy, Catherine E, Mitchell, Emily G, Merdith, Andrew, Liu, Alexander G

“…Macrofossils of the late Ediacaran Period (c. 579-539 Ma) document diverse, complex multicellular eukaryotes, including early animals, prior to the Cambrian…”
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A late-Ediacaran crown-group sponge animal by Wang, Xiaopeng, Liu, Alexander G., Chen, Zhe, Wu, Chengxi, Liu, Yarong, Wan, Bin, Pang, Ke, Zhou, Chuanming, Yuan, Xunlai, Xiao, Shuhai

“…Sponges are the most basal metazoan phylum 1 and may have played important roles in modulating the redox architecture of Neoproterozoic oceans 2 . Although…”
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Naturalistic food categories are driven by subjective estimates rather than objective measures of food qualities by Carrington, Madeline, Liu, Alexander G, Candy, Caroline, Martin, Alex, Avery, Jason

“…Food-related studies often categorize foods using criteria such as fat and sugar content (e.g., high-fat, high-sugar foods; low-fat, low-sugar foods), and use…”
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The importance of neutral over niche processes in structuring Ediacaran early animal communities by Mitchell, Emily G., Harris, Simon, Kenchington, Charlotte G., Vixseboxse, Philip, Roberts, Lucy, Clark, Catherine, Dennis, Alexandra, Liu, Alexander G., Wilby, Philip R., Williams, John

“…The relative influence of niche vs. neutral processes in ecosystem dynamics is an on‐going debate, but the extent to which they structured the earliest animal…”
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Haootia quadriformis n. gen., n. sp., interpreted as a muscular cnidarian impression from the Late Ediacaran period (approx. 560 Ma) by Liu, Alexander G., Matthews, Jack J., Menon, Latha R., McIlroy, Duncan, Brasier, Martin D.

“…Muscle tissue is a fundamentally eumetazoan attribute. The oldest evidence for fossilized muscular tissue before the Early Cambrian has hitherto remained moot,…”
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Integrated records of environmental change and evolution challenge the Cambrian Explosion by Wood, Rachel, Liu, Alexander G., Bowyer, Frederick, Wilby, Philip R., Dunn, Frances S., Kenchington, Charlotte G., Cuthill, Jennifer F. Hoyal, Mitchell, Emily G., Penny, Amelia

“…The ‘Cambrian Explosion’ describes the rapid increase in animal diversity and abundance, as manifest in the fossil record, between ~540 and 520 million years…”
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Quantitative study of developmental biology confirms Dickinsonia as a metazoan by Hoekzema, Renee S., Brasier, Martin D., Dunn, Frances S., Liu, Alexander G.

“…The late Ediacaran soft-bodied macroorganism Dickinsonia (age range approx. 560–550 Ma) has often been interpreted as an early animal, and is increasingly…”
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