Sorghum is ranked the fifth most produced food crop in the world, and is a dietary staple for over 500 million people in over 30 countries. It is the second most produced food crop in Africa, where cultivation of local ...

Various stressors such as higher temperatures, grazing by sea urchins, and anthropogenic effects may threaten kelp forests around the world. Conservation efforts can benefit from an understanding of current and historic ...

Hybridization is an important evolutionary force. It may lead to the formation of new, adaptive genotypes, or even the formation of a new species. However, it also may lead to replacement, or merging of species. Hybridization ...

The dry rot fungus Serpula lacrymans is known as one of the most aggressive fungal house invaders in temperate regions. Recent genetic and phylogeographic studies have shed light on the distribution, colonisation and ...

Reproductive barriers between diverging taxa are necessary for speciation to occur. Premating barriers are thought to be of especially great importance, such as plumage colour which is often used in species recognition and ...

The Black Death pandemic swept through Europe during the Middle Ages leading to high mortality from plague, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. How the disease was transmitted in Europe is not fully elucidated, and ...