Browsing Institutt for naturhistorie by Title

Now showing items 523-542 of 1245

    • Genomes of Pleistocene Siberian Wolves Uncover Multiple Extinct Wolf Lineages 

      Ramos-Madrigal, Jazmín; Sinding, Mikkel Holger Strander; Carøe, Christian; Mak, Sarah Siu Tze; Niemann, Jonas; Samaniego Castruita, José A.; Fedorov, Sergey; Kandyba, Alexander; Germonpré, Mietje; Bocherens, Hervé; Feuerborn, Tatiana R.; Pitulko, Vladimir V.; Pavlova, Elena Y.; Nikolskiy, Pavel A.; Kasparov, Aleksei K.; Ivanova, Varvara V.; Larson, Greger; Frantz, Laurent A.F.; Willerslev, Eske; Meldgaard, Morten; Petersen, Bent; Sicheritz-Pontén, Thomas; Bachmann, Lutz; Wiig, Øystein; Hansen, Anders J.; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Gopalakrishnan, Shyam (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Extant Canis lupus genetic diversity can be grouped into three phylogenetically distinct clades: Eurasian and American wolves and domestic dogs.1 Genetic studies have suggested these groups trace their origins to a wolf ...

    • Genomic adaptations and evolutionary history of the extinct scimitar-toothed cat, Homotherium latidens 

      Barnett, Ross; Westbury, Michael V; Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela; Vieira, Filipe G.; Jeon, Sungwon; Zazula, Grant; Martin, Michael David; Ho, Simon Y.W.; Mather, Niklas; Gopalakrishnan, Shyam; Ramos-Madrigal, Jazmín; de Manuel, Marc; Zepeda-Mendoza, Marie Lisandra; Antunes, Agostinho; Carmona Baez, Aldo; De Cahsan, Binia; Larson, Greger; O'Brien, Stephen J.; Eizirik, Eduardo; Johnson, Warren E.; Koepfli, Klaus-Peter; Wilting, Andreas; Fickel, Jörns; Dalén, Love; Lorenzen, Eline D.; Marques-Bonet, Tomas; Hansen, Anders J.; Zhang, Guojie; Bhak, Jong; Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Homotherium was a genus of large-bodied scimitar-toothed cats, morphologically distinct from any extant felid species, that went extinct at the end of the Pleistocene [1, 2, 3, 4]. They possessed large, saber-form serrated ...

    • Genomic analyses show extremely perilous conservation status of African and Asiatic cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) 

      Prost, Stefan; Machado, Ana Paula; Zumbroich, Julia; Preier, Lisa; Mahtani-Williams, Sarita; Meissner, Rene; Guschanski, Katerina; Brealey, Jaelle; Rodríguez Fernandes, Carlos; Vercammen, Paul; Hunter, Luke T. B.; Abramov, Alexei V.; Plasil, Martin; Horin, Petr; Godsall-Bottriell, Lena; Bottriell, Paul; Dalton, Desire Lee; Kotze, Antoinette; Burger, Pamela Anna (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      We live in a world characterized by biodiversity loss and global environmental change. The extinction of large carnivores can have ramifying effects on ecosystems like an uncontrolled increase in wild herbivores, which in ...

    • The genomic basis of the plant island syndrome in Darwin’s giant daisies 

      Cerca, José; Petersen, Bent; Lazaro-Guevara, José Miguel; Rivera-Colón, Angel G.; Birkeland, Siri; Vizueta, Joel; Li, Siyu; Li, Qionghou; Loureiro, João; Kosawang, Chatchai; Jaramillo Díaz, Patricia; Rivas-Torres, Gonzalo; Fernández-Mazuecos, Mario; Vargas, Pablo; McCauley, Ross; Petersen, Gitte; Santos-Bay, Luisa; Wales, Nathan; Catchen, Julian M.; Machado, Daniel; Nowak, Michael; Suh, Alexander; Sinha, Neelima R.; Rostgaard Nielsen, Lene; Seberg, Ole; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Leebens-Mack, James H.; Rieseberg, Loren H.; Martin, Michael David (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The repeated, rapid and often pronounced patterns of evolutionary divergence observed in insular plants, or the ‘plant island syndrome’, include changes in leaf phenotypes, growth, as well as the acquisition of a perennial ...

    • Genomic context determines the effect of DNA methylation on gene expression in the gut epithelium of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) 

      Katirtzoglou, Aikaterini; Hansen, Søren B.; Sveier, Harald; Martin, Michael David; Brealey, Jaelle C.; Limborg, Morten T. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      The canonical view of DNA methylation, a pivotal epigenetic regulation mechanism in eukaryotes, dictates its role as a suppressor of gene activity, particularly within promoter regions. However, this view is being challenged ...

    • Genomic evidence refutes the hypothesis that the Bornean banteng is a distinct species 

      Sun, Xin; Ciucani, Marta Maria; Rasmussen, Jacob Agerbo; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Sinding, Mikkel Holger Strander (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The banteng (Bos javanicus) is an endangered species within the wild Asian Bos complex, that has traditionally been subdivided into three geographically isolated subspecies based on (i) mainland Southeast Asia (B. j. ...

    • A genomic exploration of the early evolution of extant cats and their sabre-toothed relatives 

      Westbury, Michael V; Barnett, Ross; Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela; Gower, Graham; Vieira, Filipe G.; de Manuel, Marc; Hansen, Anders J.; Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki; Werdelin, Lars; Marquès-Bonet, Tomás; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Lorenzen, Eline D. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background: The evolutionary relationships of Felidae during their Early–Middle Miocene radiation is contentious. Although the early common ancestors have been subsumed under the grade-group Pseudaelurus, this group is ...

    • Genomic insights into the conservation status of the world’s last remaining Sumatran rhinoceros populations 

      von Seth, Johanna; Dussex, Nicolas; Díez-del-Molino, David; van der Valk, Tom; Kutschera, Verena E.; Kierczak, Marcin; Steiner, Cynthia C.; Liu, Shanlin; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S.; Prost, Stefan; Guschanski, Katerina; Nathan, Senthilvel K. S. S.; Brace, Selina; Chan, Yvonne L.; Wheat, Christopher W.; Skoglund, Pontus; Ryder, Oliver A.; Goossens, Benoit; Götherström, Anders; Dalén, Love (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Small populations are often exposed to high inbreeding and mutational load that can increase the risk of extinction. The Sumatran rhinoceros was widespread in Southeast Asia, but is now restricted to small and isolated ...

    • Genomic insights into the secondary aquatic transition of penguins 

      Cole, Theresa L.; Zhou, Chengran; Fang, Miaoquan; Pan, Hailin; Ksepka, Daniel T.; Fiddaman, Steven R.; Emerling, Christopher A.; Thomas, Daniel B.; Bi, Xupeng; Fang, Qi; Ellegaard, Martin Rene; Feng, Shaohong; Smith, Adrian L.; Heath, Tracy A.; Tennyson, Alan J. D.; Borboroglu, Pablo García; Wood, Jamie R.; Hadden, Peter W.; Grosser, Stefanie; Bost, Charles-André; Cherel, Yves; Mattern, Thomas; Hart, Tom; Sinding, Mikkel Holger Strander; Shepherd, Lara D.; Phillips, Richard A.; Quillfeldt, Petra; Masello, Juan F.; Bouzat, Juan L.; Ryan, Peter G.; Thompson, David R.; Ellenberg, Ursula; Dann, Peter; Miller, Gary; Dee Boersma, Boersma; Zhao, Ruoping; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Yang, Huanming; Zhang, De-Xing; Zhang, Guojie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

    • Genomics of adaptive evolution in the woolly mammoth 

      Díez-del-Molino, David; Dehasque, Marianne; Chacón-Duque, J. Camilo; Pečnerová, Patrícia; Tikhonov, Alexei; Protopopov, Albert; Plotnikov, Valeri; Kanellidou, Foteini; Nikolskiy, Pavel; Mortensen, Peter; Danilov, Gleb K.; Vartanyan, Sergey; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Lister, Adrian M.; Heintzman, Peter D.; van der Valk, Tom; Dalén, Love (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Ancient genomes provide a tool to investigate the genetic basis of adaptations in extinct organisms. However, the identification of species-specific fixed genetic variants requires the analysis of genomes from multiple ...

    • The genus Cosmophorus Ratzeburg, 1848 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Euphorinae) in Norway 

      Staverløkk, Arnstein; Ødegaard, Frode; Hansen, Lars Ove (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

    • The genus Jorunna (Nudibranchia: Discodorididae) in Europe: A new species and a possible case of incipient speciation 

      Neuhaus, Jenny; Rauch, Cessa; Bakken, Torkild; Picton, Bernard; Pola, Marta; Malaquias, Manuel António E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      To investigate the conspecificity of different morphotypes of Jorunna tomentosa (Cuvier, 1804) (type species of genus Jorunna Bergh, 1876), we studied specimens sampled from across part of the geographical distribution of ...

    • The germline mutational process in rhesus macaque and its implications for phylogenetic dating 

      Bergeron, Lucie A.; Besenbacher, Søren; Bakker, Jaco; Zheng, Jiao; Li, Panyi; Pacheco, George; Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S.; Kamilari, Maria; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Schiedrup, Mikkel H.; Zhang, Guojie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background Understanding the rate and pattern of germline mutations is of fundamental importance for understanding evolutionary processes. Results Here we analyzed 19 parent-offspring trios of rhesus macaques (Macaca ...

    • Gjødsling av naturlige innsjøer - en litteraturoversikt 

      Langeland, Arnfinn (NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet Rapport Zoologisk Serie, 0802-0833; 1974:6, Research report, 1974)

    • Glacial refugia and post-glacial colonization patterns in European bryophytes 

      Kyrkjeeide, Magni Olsen; Stenøien, Hans K.; Flatberg, Kjell Ivar; Hassel, Kristian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Most species are assumed to have survived south or east of the ice sheet covering northern Europe during the last glacial maximum. Molecular and macrofossil evidence suggests, however, that some species may have survived ...

    • Global maps of soil temperature 

      Lembrechts, Jonas J.; van den Hoogen, Johan; Aalto, Juha; Ashcroft, Michael B.; De Frenne, Pieter; Kemppinen, Julia; Kopecký, Martin; Luoto, Miska; Maclean, Ilya M. D.; Crowther, Thomas W.; Bailey, Joseph J.; Haesen, Stef; Klinges, David H.; Niittynen, Pekka; Scheffers, Brett R.; Van Meerbeek, Koenraad; Aartsma, Peter; Abdalaze, Otar; Abedi, Mehdi; Aerts, Rien; Ahmadian, Negar; Ahrends, Antje; Alatalo, Juha M.; Alexander, Jake M.; Altman, Jan; Allonsius, Camille Nina; Ammann, Christof; Andres, Christian; Andrews, Christopher; Ardö, Jonas; Arriga, Nicola; Arzac, Alberto; Aschero, Valeria; Leandro de Assis, Rafael; Bjerke, Jarle W.; Cooper, Elisabeth J.; Graae, Bente Jessen; Rechsteiner, Aud Helen Halbritter; Haugum, Siri Vatsø; Lang, Simone; Lynn, Joshua Scott; Moriana Armendariz, Mikel; Petit Bon, Matteo; Smith, Stuart; Sørensen, Mia Vedel; Speed, James David Mervyn; Vandvik, Vigdis; Wedegärtner, Ronja Elisabeth Magdalene; Nijs, Ivan; Lenoir, Jonathan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Research in global change ecology relies heavily on global climatic grids derived from estimates of air temperature in open areas at around 2 m above the ground. These climatic grids do not reflect conditions below vegetation ...

    • Global plant trait relationships extend to theclimatic extremes of the tundra biome 

      Thomas, Haydn J.D.; Bjorkman, Anne D.; Myers-Smith, Isla H.; Cooper, Elisabeth J.; Jaroszynska, Francesca; Speed, James David Mervyn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The majority of variation in six traits critical to the growth, survival and reproduction of plant species is thought to be organised along just two dimensions, corresponding to strategies of plant size and resource ...

    • GLORIA Norge – årsrapport for 2013. Makroflater på Arnøya og satellittbasert overvåkning av vekstsesongen i Midt-Norge 

      Lundemo, Sverre; Karlsen, Stein Rune; Holten, Jarle Inge (NIBIO Rapport;2(86) 2016, Research report, 2016)
      Denne rapporten omhandler den første sesongen av en kyst - innlandgradient som skal etableres i Nord-Norge. På dette første fjellet, Trolltinden på Arnøya, er fastruter for overvåkning av plantesamfunn lagt ut langs en ...

    • Gradients, Species Richness and Communities in Eastern Finnish Sloping Fens 

      Laitinen, Jarmo; Oksanen, Jari; Kaakinen, Eero; Peterka, Tomáš; Moen, Asbjørn; Tahvanainen, Teemu (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      In Scandinavia, three gradients (poor–rich, water table, margin–expanse) are considered in vegetation classification of mires. We re-analysed the data of Paavo Havas from 1961 on sloping fens in eastern Finland using NMDS ...

    • A Grazer in a Browser's Habitat: Resource Selection of Foraging Cattle in Productive Boreal Forest 

      Spedener, Mélanie; Tofastrud, Morten; Austrheim, Gunnar; Zimmermann, Barbara (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      In Norway, cattle (Bos taurus) are released to large areas of boreal forest for summer grazing. To determine to what degree this practice challenges timber production and wildlife management, we need a better understanding ...