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DOI: 10.5061/dryad.4f4qrfjc4
title: Androsace azizsancarii sp. nov. (Primulaceae): A new species from northeastern Anatolia, Turkey

description: Androsace azizsancarii (Primulaceae) is described and illustrated as a new
 species from Bayburt Province in northeastern Anatolia, Turkey. Diagnostic
 morphological characteristics, a full description, and a distribution map
 are provided. It is morphologically closest to Androsace albana, A.
 multiscapa, and A. villosa, but it is easily distinguished from these
 species by indumentum, leaf, flower and seed characters.
description: <i>Androsace
 azizsancarii</i> specimens were collected from Bayburt Province
 (near the Rize border) in the northeastern Anatolia region, in 2020.
 Holotype specimen was deposited in the herbarium of İstanbul University
 (ISTE), and the isotypes were deposited at Ege University (EGE), Ankara
 University (ANK) and Bingöl University, Biology Department. All
 morphological measurements were performed on dried specimens using a
 millimetric ruler. A stereo-binocular microscope was used to examine the
 gross morphology of the new species. Plant species nomenclature follows
 were checked on The Plant List (2013) website. The
 <i>Androsace</i> specimens were compared with the relevant
 taxonomic literature (Pax and Knuth 1905, Grossheim 1967,
 Lamond 1978, Smith and Lowe 1997, Mabberley 2008, Schönswetter and
 Schneeweiss 2009, Boucher et al. 2012, Hu and Hao 2016, Dentant et al.
 2018, Jacquemoud and Jordan 2020) and material in the
 herbaria of ISTE, Selçuk University (KNYA), EGE, Bingöl University,
 Biology Department, Nigde Ömer Halisdemir University, Çukurova University
 (CUEF), ANK, and Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University (AIBU), and some
 digital herbarium materials were examined from the E, G, and K herbaria
 (acronyms according to Thiers 2020). Detailed morphological measurements
 were performed on the new species material and compared with its closely
 related species, <i>Androsace albana</i> and <i>A.
 multiscapa</i>, using a stereo-binocular
 microscope. A total of 20
 specimens of the new species were examined. At least 50 pollen grains and
 50 mature seeds were measured using a light microscope and a scanning
 electron microscope (SEM). The pollen terminology was adopted from that of
 Punt et al. (2007), and classifications using the P/E ratio and shape
 followed those of Erdtman (1969). During the field studies, photographs of
 the living material of the new species and its related taxa were taken
 using a Canon digital camera (Ota City, Tokyo, Japan). The general
 terminology used by Baytop (1998) was adopted.
description: There are not any missing values. This article is just about new
 species.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.5qfttdz5d
title: WES of the proband with a novel RPGR mutation

description: Background: Cone-rod dystrophy (CORD) is a group of inherited
 retinal dystrophies, characterized by decreased visual acuity, color
 vision defects, photophobia, and decreased sensitivity in the central
 visual field. Our study has identified a novel pathogenic variant
 associated with X-linked cone-rod dystrophy (XLCORD) in
 a Chinese family. Methods: All six family members, including the
 proband, affected siblings, cousins and female carriers, have underwent
 thorough ophthalmic examinations. The whole exosome sequencing was
 performed for the proband, followed by Sanger sequencing
 for spilt-sample validation. A mammalian expression vector
 (AAV-MCS) with mutated retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator (RPGR)
 sequence was expressed in HEK293T cells. The mutated protein was verified
 by Western blotting and immunohistochemistry.
 Results: A novel mutation in
 the RPGR gene (c.2383G&gt;T, p.E795X) is identified
 to be responsible for CORD pathogenesis. 
 Conclusions: Our findings have expanded the spectrum of
 CORD-associated mutations in RPGR gene and serve as a
 basis for genetic diagnosis for X-linked CORD.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.0gb5mkm1h
title: Limited evidence for a positive relationship between hybridization and diversification across seed plant families

description: Hybridization has experimental and observational ties to evolutionary
 processes and outcomes such as adaptation, speciation, and radiation.
 Although it has been hypothesized that hybridization and diversification
 are positively correlated, this idea remains largely untested empirically,
 and hybridization can also potentially reduce diversity. Here, we use a
 hybridization database on 170 seed plant families, life history
 information, and a time-calibrated phylogeny to test for
 phylogenetically-corrected associations between hybridization and
 diversification rates, while also taking into account life-history traits
 that may be correlated with both processes. We use three methods to
 estimate diversification rates and two metrics of hybridization. Although
 hybridization explains only a small amount of overall variation in
 diversification rates, we show that diversification and hybridization are
 sometimes positively correlated, although the effect sizes are very small.
 Moreover, the relationship remains detectable when incorporating the
 correlations between diversification and two other life history
 characteristics, perenniality and woodiness. We discuss potential
 mechanisms for this association under four different scenarios:
 hybridization may drive diversification, diversification may drive
 hybridization, both hybridization and diversification may jointly be
 driven by other factors, or, as an alternative, that there is in fact no
 relationship between the two. We suggest future studies to disentangle the
 causal structure.
description: The hybridization data were collected as in Mitchell et al.
 (2019) (https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.q83bk3jdd). Phylogenetic data were analyzed according to the publication.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.jm63xsjb4
title: Building an ecologically-founded disease risk prioritization framework for migratory species based on contact with livestock

description: 1. Shared use of rangelands by livestock and wildlife can lead to disease
 transmission. To align agricultural livelihoods with wildlife
 conservation, a multi-pronged and interdisciplinary approach for disease
 management is needed, particularly in data-limited situations with
 migratory hosts. Migratory wildlife and livestock can range over vast
 areas, and opportunities for disease control interventions are limited.
 Predictive frameworks are needed which can allow for identification of
 potential sites and timings of interventions. 2. We developed an iterative
 three-step framework to assess cross-species disease transmission risk
 between migrating wildlife and livestock in data-limited circumstances and
 across social-ecological scales. The framework first assesses risk of
 transmission for potentially important diseases for hosts in a multi-use
 landscape. Following this, it uses an epidemiological risk function to
 represent transmission-relevant contact patterns, using density and
 distribution of the host to map locations and periods of disease risk.
 Finally, it takes fine-scale data on livestock management and observed
 wildlife-livestock interactions to provide locally-relevant insights on
 disease risk. 3. We applied the framework to characterize disease
 transmission between livestock and saiga antelopes (Saiga tatarica) in
 Central Kazakhstan. 4. At step 1, we identified peste-des-petits-ruminants
 as posing a high risk of transmission from livestock to saigas,
 foot-and-mouth disease as low risk, lumpy skin disease as unknown and
 pasteurellosis as uncertain risk. At step 2 we identified regions of high
 disease transmission risk at different times of year, indicating where
 disease management should be focussed. At step 3, we synthesized field
 surveys, government data and literature review to assess the role of
 livestock in the 2015 saiga mass mortality event from pasteurellosis,
 concluding that it was minimal. 5. Synthesis and Applications. Our
 iterative framework has wide applicability in assessing and predicting
 disease spill-over at management-relevant temporal and spatial scales in
 areas where livestock share space with migratory species. Our case study
 demonstrated the value of combining ecological and social information to
 inform management of targeted interventions to reduce disease risk, which
 can be used to plan disease surveillance and vaccination programmes.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.s7h44j16p
title: Academic Careers in Pakistan

description: Driven to improve the quality of higher education as an Engine of Growth
 and Socio-Economic Development within Pakistan for 20 years, the Higher
 Education Commission in Pakistan has focused on linking academics and
 professional services staff with their counterparts in various countries,
 including the UK, US, and Australia.  In collaboration with the
 British Council, the PAK-UK initiative has been launched to offer deeper
 linkages between the academics and universities in the UK and
 Pakistan.  This paper presents data collected in a British
 Council project highlighting the gender inequalities of the current
 strategy, to drive improvement by funding implemented following other
 countries' experiences.  It highlights the potential that
 online opportunities can help close and amend this gender gap and improve
 higher education in Pakistan and the PAK-UK role in contributing more
 broadly to the Sustainable Development Goals.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.k0p2ngf8b
title: Local vs. site-level effects of algae on coral microbial communities

description: Microbes influence ecological processes, including the dynamics and health
 of macro-organisms and their interactions with other species.  In
 coral reefs, microbes mediate negative effects of algae on corals when
 corals are in contact with algae.  However, it is unknown whether
 these effects extend to larger spatial scales, such as at sites with high
 algal densities.  We investigated how local algal contact and
 site-level macroalgal cover influenced coral microbial communities in a
 field study at two islands in French Polynesia, Mo’orea and
 Mangareva.  At 5 sites at each island, we sampled prokaryotic
 microbial communities (microbiomes) associated with corals, macroalgae,
 turf algae, and water, with coral samples taken from individuals that were
 isolated from or in contact with turf or macroalgae.  Algal
 contact and macroalgal cover had antagonistic effects on coral microbiome
 alpha and beta diversity.  Additionally, coral microbiomes
 shifted and became more similar to macroalgal microbiomes at sites with
 high macroalgal cover and with algal contact, although the microbial taxa
 that changed varied by island.  Our results indicate that coral
 microbiomes can be affected by algae outside of the coral’s immediate
 vicinity, and local- and site-level effects of algae can obscure each
 other’s effects when both scales are not considered. 
description: Microbial samples were collected in the field, DNA was extracted,
 and V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene was amplified and sequenced on an
 Illumina MiSeq platform.  We used the DADA2 bioinformatics pipeline to
 infer amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) and to assign taxonomy using the
 Silva reference database (v. 132).  Microbial community analyses
 (diversity, community composition, etc.) were performed using phyloseq
 package in R.
description: Only samples with a read depth &gt; 100 were uploaded and
 used for analyses.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.1g1jwstw7
title: Evidence of morphological divergence and reproductive isolation in a narrow elevation gradient

description: Elevation gradients generate different environmental conditions. This
 environmental differentiation can influence morphological adaptation,
 habitat isolation, reproductive isolation, and pollinator limitation in
 plants. Habitat differentiation and isolation often act first on
 phenotypic traits and then on genotype variation, causing genetic
 divergences between populations. We evaluated the effect of elevation on
 morphological traits, reproductive isolation, and pollinator limitation in
 Croton aff. wagneri in dry shrublands of inter-Andean valleys in Ecuador.
 We measured morphological traits of Croton at three elevations and carried
 out experimental pollination crosses between and within each population at
 different elevations to assess the degree of reproductive isolation and
 pollinator limitation. Morphological traits such as leaf thickness, plant
 volume, inflorescence length and inflorescence number were dissimilar
 between plants in different elevations. There was evidence of incipient
 reproductive isolation between plants in populations at the highest and
 the lowest studied elevations. Pollination experiments within each
 elevation showed a limitation of pollinators in Croton in the highest
 elevation. Intrinsic barriers to pollen dispersal and ecological
 divergence can produce reproductive incompatibilities between individuals
 with different traits along the Croton elevation gradient.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.7d7wm37v9
title: ARL HuRDL corpus videos

description: ARL HuRDL (Army Research Laboratory Human Robot Dialogue Learning) Corpus
 Videos is a video collection of 22 human-human interactions in a situated
 reference resolution task in a virtual environment. In the task,
 participants played the role of a robot and communicated with a live,
 remote experimenter through text-based messaging. These data, along with
 the corresponding dialogue transcripts, enable empirical insights into how
 humans ask questions to resolve multimodal uncertainty, and can inform
 algorithms for automated question generation and clarification.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.bcc2fqzcd
title: Neuroanatomical differentiation in dimorphic male C. pallida and A. dawsoni bees (volumes)

description: Alternative reproductive tactics (ARTs) occur when there is categorical
 variation in the reproductive strategies of a sex within a population.
 These different behavioral phenotypes can expose animals to distinct
 cognitive challenges, which may be addressed through neuroanatomical
 differentiation. The dramatic phenotypic plasticity underlying ARTs
 provides a powerful opportunity to study how intraspecific nervous system
 variation can support distinct cognitive abilities. We hypothesized that
 conspecific animals pursuing ARTs would exhibit dissimilar brain
 architecture. Dimorphic males of the bee species Centris
 pallida and Amegilla dawsoni use alternative mate
 location strategies that rely primarily on either olfaction (large-morph)
 or vision (small-morph) to find females. This variation in behavior led us
 to predict increased volumes of the brain regions supporting their
 primarily chemosensory or visual mate location strategies. Large-morph
 males relying mainly on olfaction had relatively larger antennal lobes and
 relatively smaller optic lobes than small-morph males relying primarily on
 visual cues. In both species, as relative volumes of the optic lobe
 increased, the relative volume of the antennal lobe decreased. In
 addition, A. dawsoni large males had relatively larger mushroom body lips,
 which process olfactory inputs. Our results suggest that the divergent
 behavioral strategies in ART systems can be associated with
 neuroanatomical differentiation.
description: Read associated publication (Barrett et al. 2021 in JCPA) for
 detailed methods.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.f1vhhmgwv
title: Data from: Morphological diversity, evolution and biogeography of early Pleistocene rabbits (genus Oryctolagus)

description: The Early Pleistocene is the key period for understanding the evolutionary
 history and paleobiogeography of rabbits (genus Oryctolagus). In Western
 Europe, many species were endemic, making them a reliable indicator of the
 evolution of the terrestrial ecosystems in which many species have
 evolved. However, the morphological variability of rabbit species is still
 poorly understood and their phylogeny remains a subject of debate. Through
 both qualitative (morphological description) and quantitative (linear
 measurements and two-dimensional geometric morphometrics) approaches, we
 address here the morphometric diversity of the third lower premolar (p3) –
 a tooth commonly used to distinguish leporid species – in order to assess
 intra- and inter-regional morphological variations in several Early
 Pleistocene rabbit populations. Our results suggest that the different
 approaches are complementary and allow, on different levels, a full
 characterisation of the p3 variability of Early Pleistocene rabbits and to
 imply relations between populations. The size and shape variations of this
 tooth reflect the taxonomic and phylogenetic signals of the different
 species but were probably also significantly impacted by geographic
 position and local climatic conditions. In view of the great morphometric
 variability highlighted in this work, we suggest a careful reconsideration
 of certain dental criteria previously considered "diagnostic" in
 the characterisation of these species. However, the overall results
 allowed us to discuss the phylogeny of the genus Oryctolagus and to
 hypothesise the ecological requirements and different phases of the
 dispersal of taxa in Western Europe, probably associated with global
 climate changes.
description: # Data from: Morphological diversity, evolution and biogeography of early
 Pleistocene rabbits (genus Oryctolagus) This dataset contains the list of
 specimens studied, including their catalogue number and repository, as
 well as the raw linear measurement of the p3 used in Pelletier (2021). See
 Pelletier, M. 2021. Morphological diversity, evolution, and biogeography
 of early Pleistocene rabbits (Genus *Oryctolagus*). *Palaeontology*,
 **64(6)**: 817-838 - for more details. DATA FILE S1_catalogue_number.xlsx:
 Excel file The Excel file has two sheets, one with the fossil specimens
 and the other with the modern comparison specimens used in the study. It
 contains information separated by columns, with details on: * The species:
 ‘*O. lacosli*’; ‘*O. valdarnensis*’; ‘*O. giberti*’; ‘*O. cuniculus*’. *
 The site * The locality: including the region and country * The
 chronology: only for fossil specimens * The catalogue number * DMD:
 mesio-distal diameter of the p3 (in mm) * DVL: vestibular-lingual diameter
 of the p3 (in mm) * The repository: the place where the material is stored
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.vhhmgqnt3
title: Evaluating grazing response strategies in winter annuals: a multi-trait approach

description: Plants minimize fitness losses through grazing by three fundamental
 strategies: tolerance, avoidance and escape. Annual species have been
 traditionally assumed to escape grazing through their short life cycle and
 seed dormancy, however, their grazing response strategies remain almost
 unexplored. How traits and their coordination affect species’ grazing
 responses, and whether the generalized grazing model, which posits
 convergent filtering by grazing and drought, is applicable to this
 ecologically and economically important species group thus remain unclear.
 We used a trait-based approach to evaluate grazing response strategies of
 winter annuals from the Middle East. Across 23 species we examined the
 coordination of 16 traits hypothesized to be relevant for grazing
 responses, and linked them to species’ fecundity responses, as proxy for
 fitness responses, to simulated grazing in controlled conditions, to
 species’ abundance responses to grazing in the field, and to species’
 distribution along a large-scale rainfall gradient. Winter annuals
 exhibited both grazing escape and to a lesser extent tolerance indicated
 by (i) independent coordination of escape and tolerance traits, and (ii)
 maintenance of higher fecundity in species with more pronounced escape or
 tolerance traits under simulated grazing. In the natural habitat, species
 with a more pronounced escape but not tolerance strategy maintained higher
 abundance under grazing in dry habitats, indicating convergent favouring
 of escape by both grazing and drought. However, this finding at the local
 scale was not mirrored by a strategy shift along a large-scale rainfall
 gradient. Synthesis. The convergent favouring of escape traits by
 grazing and drought in annuals is consistent with the generalized grazing
 model. This model, which has been developed for perennials based on the
 avoidance strategy, can thus be extended to annuals based on escape, a
 finding that should facilitate projecting consequences of global change in
 drylands dominated by annuals.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.7h44j0ztn
title: UCE phylogenomics, detection of a putative hybrid population, and one older mitogenomic node age of Batrachuperus salamanders

description: The prevalence of incomplete lineage sorting complicates the examination
 of hybridization and species-level paraphyly with gene trees of a small
 number of loci. In Asian mountain salamanders of the genus Batrachuperus,
 possible hybridization and species paraphyly had been identified by
 utilizing mitochondrial genealogy and fixed allozyme differences. Here we
 sampled 2909 UCEs in 44 local populations from all six Batrachuperus
 species, inferred gene and species trees, compared them with mitochondrial
 and allozyme results, and examined the potential hybridization and species
 paraphyly. The clustering pattern of single-locus trees, increased
 proportion of heterozygous SNPs, allele frequency-based migration edge
 estimation, and intrapopulation long branches (as expected from an
 increase of genetic lineage and nucleotide diversity) support that an
 eastern B. karlschmidti population has experienced admixture with B.
 tibetanus. On the 2909-UCE concatenated and species trees, lower nodal
 supports were observed when similar proportions of loci agreed with
 alternative topologies, i.e., a reciprocal monophyly between a Pengxian
 lineage and the remainder of B. pinchonii (0.379) or a paraphyly of the
 latter with respect to Pengxian (0.362). The UCE phylogenomics agreed with
 the relatively recent groupings in the allozyme dendrogram. Despite
 incomplete lineage sorting, the mitochondrial trees were similar to the
 UCE trees for deeper relationships of the genus. However, one significant
 branch-length level discordance was identified. The branch between the
 common ancestor of B. daochengensis and B. yenyuanensis and common
 ancestor of the genus was approximately three times shorter on the
 mitochondrial tree than on the UCE tree, suggesting that the split of the
 mitochondrial lineages was likely a few million years earlier than the
 split of species. This finding supports considering possible ancestral
 polymorphism when interpreting different divergence dates estimated from
 mitochondrial and genome-wide data.