Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is exquisitely adapted to the human host, and much research has focused on its evolution over long timescales spanning millennia. Here, we review recent data exploring the evolution of the virus on much shorter timescales, on the order of days or months. We describe the intrahost genetic diversity of the virus isolated from humans, and how this diversity contributes...

A key challenge in ecological research is to integrate data from different scales to evaluate the ecological and evolutionary mechanisms that influence current patterns of biological diversity. We build on recent attempts to incorporate phylogenetic information into traditional diversity analyses and on existing research on beta diversity and phylogenetic community ecology. Phylogenetic beta di...

The diversity of organismic form has evolved nonuniformly during the history of life. Quantitative morphological studies reveal profound changes in evolutionary rates corresponding with the generation of morphological disparity at low taxonomic diversity during the early radiation of many clades. These studies have also given insight into the relative importance of genomic and ecological factor...

Trade in safe and healthy foods is essential for businesses, authorities consumers throughout the world. When drafting food policies, states should ensure that they provide protection people’s lives health, as well saving social economic interests on a national international level. Over last few decades, scientific developments technological innovations have enabled us to achieve extraordinary ...

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This article presents results of a 2001-2021 research into an index plot forest biological community in the Western Siberia subtaiga zone (Tyumen Region, Russia), providing data on dynamics and diversity vegetation cover, fungi terrestrial vertebrate communities. The current analyses influence climate weather conditions certain seasons perennial trends pertaining to global processes, biodiversi...