Speciation results from the progressive accumulation of mutations that decrease the
probability of mating between parental populations or reduce the fitness of hybrids—the so-called …

Inferring a realistic demographic model from genetic data is an important challenge to gain
insights into the historical events during the speciation process and to detect molecular …

Ever since Darwin proposed natural selection as the driving force for the origin of species, the
role of adaptive processes in speciation has remained controversial. In particular, a largely …

Glutathione transferases (GST; EC 2.5.1.18) have been involved in many biotic and abiotic
interactions of plants with their environment, but very little information is available on their …

Smart homes equipped with ambient intelligence technology constitute a promising direction
to enable the growing number of elderly to continue to live in their own home as long as …

Latin America has been a pioneer in the implementation of payments for ecosystem
services (PES) and numerous schemes are now in place. However, existing reviews of this …

Ferritins are multimeric iron storage proteins encoded by a four‐member gene family in
Arabidopsis (AtFer1–4). To investigate whether iron sequestration in ferritins is a part of an iron‐…

Selection on codon usage bias is well documented in a number of microorganisms. Whether
codon usage is also generally shaped by natural selection in large organisms, despite their …

Historical trajectories of tree species during the late Quaternary have been well reconstructed
through genetic and palaeobotanical studies. However, many congeneric tree species are …

This article presents an experiment with seniors and people with visual impairment in a
voice-controlled smart home using the Sweet-Home system. The experiment shows some …