Browsing by Subject "evolution"
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COMPARATIVE GENOMICS AND THE EVOLUTION OF PATHOGENICITY IN HUMAN PATHOGENIC FUNGI
(2011)Because most fungi have evolved to be free-living in the environment and because the infections they cause are usually opportunistic in nature, it is often difficult to identify specific traits that contribute to fungal ... -
Dispersal and speciation in the avian archipelago
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Zoology, 2022)Islands play a key role in both the evolution of new species and our understanding of that evolution. The colonisation of islands, followed by different levels of gene flow between populations, has produced a diverse ... -
Dispersal capacity predicts both population genetic structure and species richness in reef fishes
(2014)Dispersal is a fundamental species characteristic that should directly affect both rates of gene flow among spatially distributed populations and opportunities for speciation. Yet no single trait associated with dispersal ... -
Ecological selection of siderophore-producing microbial taxa in response to heavy metal contamination
(2018)Some microbial public goods can provide both individual and community-wide benefits, and are open to exploitation by non-producing species. One such example is the production of metaldetoxifying siderophores. Here, we ... -
The ecology and evolution of endemic shrimp in Lake Tanganyika
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Zoology, 2019)An exceptionally diverse group of shrimp species in the genera Atyella, Caridella, Limnocaridina and Macrobrachium is found in Lake Tanganyika, Africa, while the region is otherwise relatively poor in shrimp species. In ... -
The evolutionary pathway to obligate scavenging in Gyps vultures
(PLoS, 2011)The evolutionary pathway to obligate scavenging in Gyps vultures remains unclear. We propose that communal roosting plays a central role in setting up the information transfer network critical for obligate scavengers in ... -
The impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Evolutionary Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Business. Discipline of Business & Administrative Studies, 2022)ic development in most economies, particularly in modern advanced ones. This thesis focuses on how the interplay between FDI and indigenous enterprises in the host location impacts regional economic development. This study ... -
Resource heterogeneity and the evolution of public goods cooperation
(2020)Heterogeneity in resources is a ubiquitous feature of natural landscapes affecting many aspects of biology. However, the effect of environmental heterogeneity on the evolution of cooperation has been less well studied. ... -
Species interactions drive the spread of ampicillin resistance in human-associated gut microbiota
(2021)Background and objectives: Slowing the spread of antimicrobial resistance is urgent if we are to continue treating infectious diseases successfully. There is increasing evidence microbial interactions between and within ...