Did the end-Cretaceous mass extinction event, by eliminating non-avian dinosaurs and most
of the existing fauna, trigger the evolutionary radiation of present-day mammals? Here we …

Snakes are limbless predators, and many species use venom to help overpower relatively
large, agile prey. Snake venoms are complex protein mixtures encoded by several multilocus …

The proliferation of DNA data is revolutionizing all fields of systematic research. DNA
barcode sequences, now available for millions of specimens and several hundred thousand …

Given the global continuous rise, artificial light at night is often considered a driving force
behind moth population declines. Although negative effects on individuals have been shown, …

Web services have become a key technology for bioinformatics, since life science databases
are globally decentralized and the exponential increase in the amount of available data …

In scientific research, integration and synthesis require a common understanding of where
data come from, how much they can be trusted, and what they may be used for. To make such …

Mycorrhizal symbiosis between soil fungi and land plants is one of the most widespread
and ecologically important mutualisms on earth. It has long been hypothesized that the …

Background BioHackathon 2010 was the third in a series of meetings hosted by the Database
Center for Life Sciences (DBCLS) in Tokyo, Japan. The overall goal of the BioHackathon …

Background This paper outlines the methodology, study population and response rate of a
third large Dutch population-based cross-sectional serosurvey carried-out in 2016/2017, …

Mycorrhizal fungi are central to the biology of land plants. However, to what extent mycorrhizal
shifts – broad evolutionary transitions in root‐associated fungal symbionts – are related to …