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Intersexual ontogenetic conflict by Rice, W. R., Chippindale, A. K.

“…Evolutionary conflict has been investigated at many levels of organization, from interactions between loci within a genome to the coevolution of species. Here…”
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Evaluation and extension of physical property-porosity models based on minimum solid area by RICE, R. W

“…Physical property-porosity models based on minimum solid areas of idealised stackings of either: (1) spherical particles partially bonded (e.g. sintered), or…”
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Use of normalized porosity in models for the porosity dependence of mechanical properties by RICE, R. W

“…The use of normalized porosity in models for the porosity dependence of mechanical properties is addressed first for the frequently used power law expression…”
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Sexually antagonistic male adaptation triggered by experimental arrest of female evolution by Rice, William R

“…Each sex is part of the environment of the other sex. This may lead to perpetual coevolution between the sexes, when adaptation by one sex reduces fitness of…”
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Comparison of stress concentration versus minimum solid area based mechanical property-porosity relations by RICE, R. W

“…Stress concentrations due to pore shape are questioned as a fundamental determinant of mechanical property--porosity relations, especially elastic…”
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Effects of sugarcane harvest method on microclimate in Florida and Costa Rica by Sandhu, H.S., Gilbert, R.A., Kingston, G., Subiros, J.F., Morgan, K., Rice, R.W., Baucum, L., Shine, J.M., Davis, L.

“…•Studies on three soil types to determine the effect of harvest method on microclimate.•Soil temperature increases at burning were in order of sand…”
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Natural selection and genetic variation for female resistance to harm from males by LINDER, J. E., RICE, W. R.

“…The sexual conflict hypothesis predicts that males evolve traits that exploit the higher parental investment of females, which generates selection for females…”
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Comparison of physical property-porosity behaviour with minimum solid area models by RICE, R. W

“…This paper details the results of an extensive survey of the porosity dependence of the room temperature dependence of various properties of a wide range of…”
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Dangerous Liaisons by Rice, William R.

“…Recent research on Drosophila melanogaster made an importance advance in scientists' understanding of the proximate and ultimate factors responsible for the…”
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The Enemies within: Intergenomic Conflict, Interlocus Contest Evolution (ICE), and the Intraspecific Red Queen by Rice, William R., Holland, Brett

“…Different loci within the genome of a single species can potentially coevolve in a manner that is analogous to the Red Queen process among species. The major…”
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Grain size and porosity dependence of ceramic fracture energy and toughness at 22°C by RICE, R. W

“…A review of the fracture energy and toughness data for dense ceramics at 22 C shows maxima commonly occurring as a function of grain size. Such maxima are most…”
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Remating in Drosophila melanogaster: an examination of the trading‐up and intrinsic male‐quality hypotheses by BYRNE, P. G., RICE, W. R.

“…Female Drosophila melanogaster remate more frequently than necessary to ensure fertilization. We tested whether polyandrous females gain genetic benefits for…”
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Sexy sons from re‐mating do not recoup the direct costs of harmful male interactions in the Drosophila melanogaster laboratory model system by ORTEIZA, N., LINDER, J. E., RICE, W. R.

“…The empirical foundation for sexual conflict theory is the data from many different taxa demonstrating that females are harmed while interacting with males…”
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Sexual Recombination and the Power of Natural Selection by Rice, William R., Chippindale, Adam K.

“…Theory predicts that recombination will increase the effectiveness of natural selection. A Drosophila melanogaster model system was developed that increased…”
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Ceramic tensile strength grain size relations: grain sizes, slopes, and branch intersections by RICE, R. W

“…The use of the average or maximum grain size, G, in G-tensile strength, σ, relations and the resultant character of the σ-G−1/2 plots have been considered…”
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Purification of a Cell-surface Receptor for Surfactant Protein A by Chroneos, Zissis C., Abdolrasulnia, Rasul, Whitsett, Jeffrey A., Rice, W.R., Shepherd, Virginia L.

“…In the present report we have characterized the binding of surfactant protein A (SP-A) to bone marrow-derived macrophages, U937 cells, alveolar macrophages,…”
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Limitations of pore-stress concentrations on the mechanical properties of porous materials by RICE, R. W

“…Severe limitations on pore-stress concentration effects on mechanical properties are shown. First, the porosity dependence of materials with dilute porosities…”
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Production of immortalized distal respiratory epithelial cell lines from surfactant protein C/simian virus 40 large tumor antigen transgenic mice by WIKENHEISER, K. A, VORBROKER, D. K, RICE, W. R, CLARK, J. C, BACHURSKI, C. J, OIE, H. K, WHITSETT, J. A

“…Murine lung epithelial (MLE) cell lines representing the distal bronchiolar and alveolar epithelium were produced from lung tumors generated in transgenic mice…”
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Distinguishing mechanisms for the evolution of co-operation by Bull, J J, Rice, W R

“…The existence of co-operation between species has been cast as a problem to the selfish-gene view of evolution: why does co-operation persist, when it would…”
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Extending Nondirectional Heterogeneity Tests to Evaluate Simply Ordered Alternative Hypotheses by Rice, William R., Gaines, Steven D.

“…Biologists frequently use nondirectional heterogeneity tests when comparing three or more populations because a suitable directional test is unavailable or is…”
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