The latitudinal diversity gradient is a well-known biogeographic pattern. However, rarely considered is how a cline in species richness may be reflected in the characteristics of species assemblages.

Announcing a new publication for Marine Life Science & Technology journal. In this research article the authors Hungchia Huang, Jinpeng Yang, Shixiang Huang, Bowei Gu, Ying Wang, Lei Wang and Nianzhi ...

This study is led by Dr. Ying Yan (Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China). Ciliated protists represent one of the most primitive lineages of eukaryotes, with nuclear ...

An injection system used for host cell invasion by apicomplexan parasites shares a common evolutionary origin with the secretory system used for cellular defence by the free-living ciliates. There are ...

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