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Social context prevents heat hormetic effects against mutagens during fish development (2025)
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Feugere, L., Silva De Freitas, C., Bates, A., Storey, K. B., Beltran-Alvarez, P., & Wollenberg Valero, K. C. (2025). Social context prevents heat hormetic effects against mutagens during fish development. FEBS Letters, https://doi.org/10.1002/1873-3468.70047

Since stress can be transmitted to congeners via social metabolites, it is paramount to understand how the social context of abiotic stress influences aquatic organisms' responses to global changes. Here, we integrated the transcriptomic and phenotyp... Read More about Social context prevents heat hormetic effects against mutagens during fish development.

Simulated heat waves affect cell fate and fitness in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum (2025)
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Rivero Crespo, F., Wollenberg-Valero, K., & Banu, S. (2025). Simulated heat waves affect cell fate and fitness in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. Microbial Ecology, 88, Article 21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-025-02519-y

The effects of heatwaves at organism and population levels have been widely investigated; however, little is known about how they affect the development of cell populations and the fitness of the resulting organism. Disruptions caused by heatwaves ar... Read More about Simulated heat waves affect cell fate and fitness in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum.

Dynamic co-evolution of transposable elements and the piRNA pathway in African cichlid fishes (2025)
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Almeida, M. V., Blumer, M., Yuan, C. U., Sierra, P., Price, J. L., Quah, F. X., Friman, A., Dallaire, A., Vernaz, G., Putman, A. L., Smith, A. M., Joyce, D. A., Butter, F., Haase, A. D., Durbin, R., Santos, M. E., & Miska, E. A. (2025). Dynamic co-evolution of transposable elements and the piRNA pathway in African cichlid fishes. Genome Biology, 26(1), Article 14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-025-03475-z

BACKGROUND: East African cichlid fishes have diversified in an explosive fashion, but the (epi)genetic basis of the phenotypic diversity of these fishes remains largely unknown. Although transposable elements (TEs) have been associated with phenotypi... Read More about Dynamic co-evolution of transposable elements and the piRNA pathway in African cichlid fishes.

Responses of fish to nationwide improvements in the water quality of a densely populated and heavily modified country over four decades (2025)
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Nunn, A. D., Ainsworth, R. F., Qu, Y., Keller, V. D., Bachiller-Jareno, N., Antoniou, V., Eastman, M., Rizzo, C., Peirson, G., Eley, F., Johnson, A. C., & Cowx, I. G. (2025). Responses of fish to nationwide improvements in the water quality of a densely populated and heavily modified country over four decades. Water Research, 274, Article 123163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2025.123163

Globally, fish have been severely affected by the widespread, chronic degradation of fresh waters, with a substantial proportion of species declining in abundance or range in recent decades. This has especially been the case in densely populated coun... Read More about Responses of fish to nationwide improvements in the water quality of a densely populated and heavily modified country over four decades.

RNAi of the elastomeric protein resilin reduces jump velocity and resilience to damage in locusts (2024)
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Rogers, S. M., Cullen, D. A., Labonte, D., Sutton, G. P., Vanden Broeck, J. J., & Burrows, M. (2025). RNAi of the elastomeric protein resilin reduces jump velocity and resilience to damage in locusts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122(1), Article e2415625121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2415625121

Resilin, an elastomeric protein with remarkable physical properties that outperforms synthetic rubbers, is a near-ubiquitous feature of the power amplification mechanisms used by jumping insects. Catapult-like mechanisms, which incorporate elastic en... Read More about RNAi of the elastomeric protein resilin reduces jump velocity and resilience to damage in locusts.

Subtropical specialists dominate a coral range expansion front (2024)
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Chong, F., Soong, G. Y., Hakim, A. A., Burke, C., De Palmas, S., Gösser, F., Hsiao, W. V., Kise, H., Nishijima, M., Iguchi, A., Sommer, B., Joyce, D., Beger, M., & Reimer, J. D. (in press). Subtropical specialists dominate a coral range expansion front. Coral Reefs, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-024-02601-w

Potential range expansion of scleractinian corals in high-latitude reefs is critically dependent on the coral host-symbiont relationship that determines coral growth and survival. Although increases in coral cover have been observed at higher latitud... Read More about Subtropical specialists dominate a coral range expansion front.

Geographical distribution of freshwater fishes in Saudi Arabia (2024)
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Alharthi, I. G., Cowx, I. G., & Harvey, J. P. (2024). Geographical distribution of freshwater fishes in Saudi Arabia. PLoS ONE, 19(12 December), Article e0311743. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0311743

Species presence/absence data in different water bodies in different regions of Saudi Arabia were collated from the literature and collected from field surveys to determine the geographical distribution of fish species in the country. Freshwater fish... Read More about Geographical distribution of freshwater fishes in Saudi Arabia.

Genotype But Not Body Shape Predicts River Migration Success in Atlantic Salmon (2024)
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Moccetti, P., Bolland, J. D., Adams, C. E., Rodger, J. R., Honkanen, H. M., Newton, M., Lothian, A. J., Nunn, A. D., & Joyce, D. A. (2024). Genotype But Not Body Shape Predicts River Migration Success in Atlantic Salmon. Ecology and Evolution, 14(12), Article e70682. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70682

Migratory species typically undertake demanding long-distance journeys, across different habitat types during which they are exposed to multiple natural and anthropogenic stressors. Mortality during migration is typically high and may be human induce... Read More about Genotype But Not Body Shape Predicts River Migration Success in Atlantic Salmon.

Can ChatGPT pass a physics degree? Making a case for reformation of assessment of undergraduate degrees (2024)
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Pimbblet, K. A., & Morrell, L. J. (2025). Can ChatGPT pass a physics degree? Making a case for reformation of assessment of undergraduate degrees. European Journal of Physics, 46(1), Article 015702. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/ad9874

The emergence of conversational natural language processing models presents a significant challenge for Higher Education. In this work, we use the entirety of a UK Physics undergraduate (BSc with Honours) degree including all examinations and coursew... Read More about Can ChatGPT pass a physics degree? Making a case for reformation of assessment of undergraduate degrees.

Two decades of body length measurements of larval and juvenile fish populations in English rivers (2024)
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Ainsworth, R. F., Vickers, L. H., Bolland, J. D., Taylor, M. J., Harvey, J. P., Noble, R. A., Cowx, I. G., & Nunn, A. D. (2024). Two decades of body length measurements of larval and juvenile fish populations in English rivers. Scientific Data, 11, Article 1271. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04127-w

Long-term datasets provide context and understanding of complex ecological processes, including temporal variations in species diversity and ecosystem dynamics. This dataset is comprised of body length measurements (mm) of more than 380,000 larval or... Read More about Two decades of body length measurements of larval and juvenile fish populations in English rivers.

A paper-based analytical device for the on-site multiplexed monitoring of soil nutrients extracted with a cafetière (2024)
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Giménez-Gómez, P., Priem, N., Richardson, S., & Pamme, N. (2025). A paper-based analytical device for the on-site multiplexed monitoring of soil nutrients extracted with a cafetière. Sensors and actuators. B, Chemical, 424, Article 136881. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2024.136881

Sustainable agricultural production has the aim to maximise the yield and quality of harvests. For that, farmers need to monitor nutrient levels within soils to apply fertilizers accordingly and to prevent land degradation and soil exhaustion. Curren... Read More about A paper-based analytical device for the on-site multiplexed monitoring of soil nutrients extracted with a cafetière.

Investigating the role of non-helpers in group living thrips (2024)
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Gilbert, J. D. (2024). Investigating the role of non-helpers in group living thrips. The journal of animal ecology, 93(12), 1960-1971. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.14204

Behavioural variation among individuals is a hallmark of cooperative societies, which commonly contain breeders and non-breeders, helpers and non-helpers. In some cases, labour is divided with non-breeders “helping.” Conversely, in some societies, su... Read More about Investigating the role of non-helpers in group living thrips.

Airborne microplastic monitoring: developing a simplified outdoor sampling approach using pollen monitoring equipment (2024)
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Chapman, E., Liddle, C. R., Williams, B., Hilmer, E., Quick, L. J., Garcia, A. G., Suárez, D. C., White, D., Bunting, M. J., Walker, P., Cabaneros, S. M. S., Kinnersley, R., Hansen, M. F., Atherall, C. A., & Rotchell, J. M. (2024). Airborne microplastic monitoring: developing a simplified outdoor sampling approach using pollen monitoring equipment. Journal of hazardous materials, 480, Article 136129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.136129

A novel, yet simple, airborne microplastic (MP) sampling approach using global pollen monitoring equipment was applied to identify, characterise and quantify outdoor airborne MPs for the first time. Modification of Burkard spore trap tape adhesive pr... Read More about Airborne microplastic monitoring: developing a simplified outdoor sampling approach using pollen monitoring equipment.

Do Sex Ratio Distorting Microbes Inhibit the Evolution of Pesticide Resistance? An Experimental Test (2024)
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Fisher, A., McKenzie, A., Price, T., Bonsall, M., & Knell, R. (2024). Do Sex Ratio Distorting Microbes Inhibit the Evolution of Pesticide Resistance? An Experimental Test. Evolutionary Applications, 17(10), Article e70003. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.70003

We are still largely reliant on pesticides for the suppression of arthropod pests which threaten human health and food production, but the recent rise of evolved resistance among important pest species has reduced pesticide efficacy. Despite this, ou... Read More about Do Sex Ratio Distorting Microbes Inhibit the Evolution of Pesticide Resistance? An Experimental Test.

Gendered farmer perceptions towards soil nutrition and willingness to pay for a cafetière-style filter system for in-situ soil testing: evidence from Central Kenya (2024)
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Kamau, P., Ndirangu, I., Richardson, S., Pamme, N., & Gitaka, J. (2024). Gendered farmer perceptions towards soil nutrition and willingness to pay for a cafetière-style filter system for in-situ soil testing: evidence from Central Kenya. Heliyon, 10(18), Article e37568. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e37568

Soil nutrition is a key pillar in agricultural productivity. However, point-of-need testing for soil nutrition is not readily available in resource-limited settings such as Kenya. We set out to study the perceived need for soil testing among farmers... Read More about Gendered farmer perceptions towards soil nutrition and willingness to pay for a cafetière-style filter system for in-situ soil testing: evidence from Central Kenya.

Environmental fluoxetine promotes skin cell proliferation and wound healing (2024)
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Rodriguez-Barucg, Q., Garcia, A. A., Garcia-Merino, B., Akinmola, T., Okotie-Eboh, T., Francis, T., Bringas, E., Ortiz, I., Wade, M., Dowle, A., Joyce, D. A., Hardman, M. J., Wilkinson, H. N., & Beltran-Alvarez, P. (2024). Environmental fluoxetine promotes skin cell proliferation and wound healing. Environmental pollution, 362, Article 124952. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124952

This study investigates the effects of environmentally-relevant concentrations of fluoxetine (FLX, commercial name: Prozac) on wound healing. Pollution of water systems with pharmaceutical and personal care products, including antidepressants such as... Read More about Environmental fluoxetine promotes skin cell proliferation and wound healing.

Inter-annual variation in movements and passage of seaward migrating European eels at a shrouded Archimedean screw pumping station (2024)
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Evans, O. J., Carter, L. J., Hutchinson, T., Don, A., Wright, R. M., Baktoft, H., Pauwels, I. S., & Bolland, J. D. (2024). Inter-annual variation in movements and passage of seaward migrating European eels at a shrouded Archimedean screw pumping station. Ecological engineering, 209, Article 107389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2024.107389

The construction of less damaging (here called fish-friendly) pumping stations has taken place in recent years, but it is unknown if they provide efficient and timely passage to migratory fish, such as European eel (Anguilla anguilla (L.)). The pump... Read More about Inter-annual variation in movements and passage of seaward migrating European eels at a shrouded Archimedean screw pumping station.

Geohistorical insights into marine functional connectivity (2024)
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Agiadi, K., Caswell, B. A., Almeida, R., Becheker, A., Blanco, A., Brito, C., León-Cobo, M. J., Cook, E. M. E., Costantini, F., Karakuş, M., Leprieur, F., López, C., López-López, L., Dea, A. O., Pallacks, S., Rabanal, I., Schultz, L., Tanner, S. E., Theodoropoulou, T., Thurstan, R. H., …Darnaude, A. M. (2024). Geohistorical insights into marine functional connectivity. ICES journal of marine science : journal du conseil, 81(10), 1884-1911. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsae117

Marine functional connectivity (MFC) refers to the flows of organic matter, genes, and energy that are caused by the active and passive movements of marine organisms. Occurring at various temporal and spatial scales, MFC is a dynamic, constantly evol... Read More about Geohistorical insights into marine functional connectivity.

The genome sequence of the Eurasian minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758) (2024)
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Nunn, A. D., Moccetti, P., & Hänfling, B. (in press). The genome sequence of the Eurasian minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758). Wellcome Open Research, 9, Article 504. https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.22867.1

We present a genome assembly from an individual female Phoxinus phoxinus (the Eurasian minnow; Chordata; Actinopteri; Cypriniformes; Leuciscidae). The genome sequence spans 950.50 megabases. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 25 chromosomal pseu... Read More about The genome sequence of the Eurasian minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758).

Towards the conservation of the crucian carp in Europe: Prolific hybridization but no evidence for introgression between native and non-native taxa (2024)
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Jeffries, D., Lawson-Handley, L., Lamatsch, D., Olsén, K. H., Sayer, C. D., & Hänfling, B. (2024). Towards the conservation of the crucian carp in Europe: Prolific hybridization but no evidence for introgression between native and non-native taxa. Molecular ecology, 33(19), Article e17515. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17515

Hybridization plays a pivotal role in evolution, influencing local adaptation and speciation. However, it can also reduce biodiversity, which is especially damaging when native and non-native species meet. Hybridization can threaten native species vi... Read More about Towards the conservation of the crucian carp in Europe: Prolific hybridization but no evidence for introgression between native and non-native taxa.