𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘩𝘺𝘭𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘢 is a newly described ravine #tree #frog from the Sierra Juárez region in the Sierra Madre Oriental in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.

See the complete #morphological and #molecular #data supporting the novelty of this species: doi.org/10.3897/herp...

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Using the gemotrid moth genus Nychiodes across the Iranian mountain ranges, a new study highlights how the combination of #morphological, #genetic and #ecological #data helps define the boundaries between closely related #species.

Learn more: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1273.161858

🍄Three new wood inhabiting #fungi of the genus Picipes have recently been proposed from China, based on their #morphological features and molecular evidence.

These findings contribute to knowledge of the #diversity of Chinese #macrofungi: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.130.183848

Integrative phylogenetic and morphological approach for species delimitation of Heliopora corals, with the description of H. chinensis sp. nov. (Octocorallia: Helioporidae) We integrated morphological, phylogenomic, and ecological evidence to delimit species boundaries within the genus Heliopora. Whole-genome resequencing of 52 SCS colonies and 244 global genomes recove...

🪸 #ClimateChange has created a conservation crisis for #coral #reef #ecosystems.
🔍Zhang et al. use an integrative #phylogenetic and #morphological approach to provide a #taxonomic basis for future #conservation strategies.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/jse....
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With our Chief of Cytopathology Dr. Momin Siddiqui at USCAP for the Short Course "Approach to the Diagnosis of Thyroid and Salivary Lesions with the Evaluation of Different #Morphological Patterns in the Light of the New Editions of the Bethesda and Milan Systems."

Jinsheng Zhang et al in a perspective in #ACS #Applied #Materials and #Interfaces (@ACS_AMI) about: #Morphological #optimization of the #active #layer from film #formation kinetics in #organic #solar #cells

ACS Appl. Mater. Interf. 18, 13335-13343 (2026)

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Phylogenetic network of extant and extinct seed plant inferred from a morphological matrix; colouring highlights groups of seed plants and their differentiation in three putative major lineages: The pan-angiosperms as descendants of the first common ancestor of flowering plants not shared with living conifers including Petriellaeales and Caytoniales, possible Bennettitales, Xadzigacalix and Gnetales. The pan-conifers as their counterpart including extant conifers and their extinct relatives (Doyleales) and possible precursors, Voltziales and Cordaitales, as well as Ginkgo. And pan-cycads for the group phenotypically close to cycads (Cycadales): Peltaspermales, Callistophytales, and Umkomasiales.

A Romerogram depicting contrasting hypotheses about the evolution and phylogenetic relationships between extinct and extant seed plants. Earliest precursors of seed plants include various Devonian and Mississippian (Carboniferous) progymnosperms; one group, Lyginopteridales it thought to be the stem group of all living seed plants that evolved from a shared ancestors (A) and split up into two major lineages, one including extant gymnosperms and various fossil groups associated with them ("pan-conifers"), the other ("pan-angiosperms") leading to the angiosperms (flowering plants). Alternative relationships proposed by various studies are highlighted by coloured, stippled lines such as the evolution of Glossopteridales from either the Cordaitales, a stem group of pan-conifers, or the first common ancestor of angiosperms. Angiosperms, the today dominating group of seed plants appearing in the Early Cretaceous have been linked to a broad range of groups including Gnetales (placed by molecular phylogenies in the pan-conifers), extinct Bennettitales, a group linked to either pan-conifers or pan-angiosperms, dispersed reticulate pollen found in the Triassic, and Petriellaeales, an enigmatic group of seed ferns from Lower and Middle Triassic plant fossil localities. The spindles give the (roughly estimated) diversity of each group, and the square root of extant species to the top.

Just added a bunch of #phylogenetic matrices and inferences (#networks) to my #collection of #morphological #matrices we revisited for an upcoming paper by Susanne Renner, Dmitry Sokoloff, and me on surviving ancestors, hard polytomies, and seed plant evolution.

doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...

Two new bird species from the Amazon Basin described based on bioacoustics and morphological data | Blog Two new antbird species discovered in the Amazon Basin and described in the open-access journal Vertebrate Zoology.

🪶Two new antbird species have been discovered in the Amazon Basin through #bioacoustics and #morphological characteristics. The description has been published in the #OA #journal Vertebrate Zoology.

Read more about it on our blog 👇

🌿𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘱𝘢 𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘢 is a newly described #species within the Bignoniaceae (trumpet-creeper) family.

Discovered in China's Henan Province, the species was identified using a combination of #morphological comparisons and #phylogenetic analyses.

👀 Check it out: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...

🤔 What's the difference between 𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘺𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 and 𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘩𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴?

❗Spoiler alert - None!

Molecular evidence and #morphological #taxonomy reveal that 𝘈. 𝘺𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 should be treated as a taxonomic synonymy of 𝘈. 𝘢𝘯𝘩𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴. ⤵️
doi.org/10.3897/phyt...

A new study reveals two new wood-decaying #fungal species in China based on #morphological characteristics and multi-marker #phylogenetic analyses: 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢 and 𝘚𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪.

🔎Learn more here: doi.org/10.3897/myco...

#fungi #newspecies

The development and domestication of maize ear A comparison between maize and teosinte ears and a simplified model for the origin of the maize ear.

🌽 In this review, Yu et al. explore the #morphological and molecular #development and domestication of #maize.
doi.org/10.1111/jse.... 🌽
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#PlantScience #CropSci

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"Recently, the internal otic region (petrosal and bony labyrinth) has been intensively studied as a source of additional #morphological data, but the #morphology of this region in extinct #tylopods is not well documented..."

doi.org/10.1093/iob/...

Robson, @jmtheodor.bsky.social et al

Newly found and described wood-inhabiting fungi Spongoides fissurata

This study proposes a new #fungal #genus, 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴, based on #molecular and #morphological evidence, and describes two new species of wood-inhabiting #fungi: 𝘗𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘰𝘩𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘢 and 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘢 in southeast China.
👉 doi.org/10.3897/myco...

#newspecies #taxonomy

🐸A new species of short-legged #toad (𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘺𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘳𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘶𝘪) has been discovered in the Foding Nature Reserve, China, using #morphological and #molecular data.

👀See the full study here:https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.161437

Morphological effects in speech reduction are speaker specific and may partly originate from the words’ most frequent phonological context Recently, a number of studies have investigated whether the morphological status of a segment (e.g., whether a segment is part of a stem, a noun suffix, or verb suffix) affects its pronunciation. Most...

Are morphological effects on phonetic #reduction byproducts of phonological context? Patterns of reduction by #Dutch final /ən/ show that some, not all, differences across #morphological categories can be explained by words' typical #phonological context. doi.org/10.16995/lab... #openaccess #LabPhon

Fig. 2 Multi variate reg ression anal ysis for the six species of molossid bats. (A) OLS regression of Procrustes coordinates (shape scores) versus log10-transf or med BM; (B) OLS regression of Procrustes coordinates (shape scores) vs. log10-transf or med CS; (C) SMA regression of log10- transf or med total wing area (mm2 ) vs. log10-transf or med CS . Def or mation of TPS g ridlines plus landmarks and wireframe (g ray, the overall mean shape; i.e., consensus) of negative and positive most shape score values are exaggerated three times.

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"Considering that wing shape and size are good indicators of #ecological and #behavioral traits, we analyze the #morphological variation using #geometric #morphometric tools..."
M A Argoitia et al
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#bats #morphology

Annotated flow diagram illustrating a deep learning framework integrating morphological traits and DNA barcodes (ITS2, matK, rbcL) to identify Fabaceae species. By combining image data and molecular sequences, a CNN artificial neural network (MMNet) enables automatic species identification and barcode evaluation.

This #DeepLearning model integrates #morphological and #molecular data for species identification in the Fabaceae, illustrating the value of DL for species identification and barcode evaluation in #plant #systematics.

🖥️ doi.org/10.1111/jse....

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#PlantScience #Evolution

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Quantifying the #Denticle Multiverse: A Standardized Coding System to Capture Three Dimensional #Morphological Variations for Quantitative #Evolutionary & #Ecological Studies of #Elasmobranch #Denticles
Rubin, @garethjfraser.bsky.social , et al

doi.org/10.1093/iob/...

This is my #morphological
Reptile-insect #Hybrid this beautiful specimen is
4.5359237 kilograms
30.48 centimeters and
Can run 7.3363225423 ft/s
This mini Beast is a Fucking Unit 😈 I just need a name for her

Deep learning for Fabaceae identification by integrating molecular and morphological data and a solution for barcode selection This study proposes a deep learning framework integrating morphological traits and DNA barcodes (ITS2, matK, rbcL) to identify Fabaceae species. By combining image data and molecular sequences, a CNN...

This #DeepLearning model integrates #morphological and #molecular data for species identification in the #Fabaceae, illustrating the value of deep learning for species identification and barcode evaluation in #plant #systematics.

🖥️ doi.org/10.1111/jse....

@wileyecology.bsky.social #PlantScience

Morgan P. Le Dû et al. in @ChemSusChem: "#Platinum-#ped #Carbon #Nitride-Loaded Poly(N-Isopropylacrylamide) #Hydrogel Thin #Films for Green #Hydrogen Production Systems: #Morphological Study for Higher Efficiency":

ChemSusChem 18, e202501550 (2025)

doi.org/10.1002/cssc...

Five new genera and revival of a genus based on molecular phylogenetic and morphological evidence in Trichosporeae (Gesneriaceae) Phylogenomic analysis of Trichosporeae (Gesneriaceae) resolves polyphyly in Raphiocarpus, Briggsia, and Boeica. Integrative morphology identifies synapomorphies (e.g., stigma bilobation, floral appen...

Trichosporeae is the most #species-rich, systemically complex, and morphologically diverse tribe in the Old World Gesneriaceae. Liu et al. report 5 new genera based on molecular #phylogenetic and #morphological evidence.

💐 doi.org/10.1111/jse....

#systematics #evolution #phylogeny #PlantScience

#Morphological traits and #environmental preferences of the Blunt-headed tree #snake: the effects of sex and ontogeny zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #arboreal

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#Morphometrics Methodology Impact the Evaluation of #Morphological Variation

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A D Rummel, E T Sheehy, et al

& read more about what Andrea Rummel has been up to lately

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#biology #morphology #bats #science

Benthoplanidae, a new family of benthic ctenophores (Platyctenida), based on morphological and genetic data The benthic ctenophore Benthoplana meteoris (adults left and bottom, planktonic juveniles to the top right), type species for the genus, which in turn is type for the newly erected family: Benthoplan...

So you think you know your ctenophores?
Think again!

Bezio et al. describe a new family of benthic ctenophores, based on #morphological and #genetic data. Read their findings in a new #OpenAccess paper in #JSE!

🪼 doi.org/10.1111/jse....

#EcoEvo #systematics #jelly

Phylogenetic and cytogenetic analyses reveal generic paraphyly and chromosome evolution in Bittacidae (Insecta: Mecoptera) Many genera were erected without phylogenetic validation in Bittacidae (Insecta: Mecoptera), leaving their generic statuses contentious. We investigated the phylogenetic relationships and reconstruct...

Using an integrative approach combining #molecular, cytogenetic, #phylogenetic, and #morphological #data, Le-Le He and Bao-Zhen Hua reveal generic paraphyly and #chromosome #evolution in Bittacidae.

🔎 doi.org/10.1111/jse....

#BugSky #insect #scorpionfly

Fig. 2 Experimental setup. (A) models performed simulated head flicks in an aquarium, mounted on a rod which allowed for unconstrained rotation around their center of mass (COM). Setup illustration is not to scale. (B) models were filmed from below for kinematic tracking in videos capturing their position before the latch dissolved and ending when the head reached and angle of 45⁠. Total length of the Chaetodon auriga model pictured is 27 cm. (C) The moment of inertia was calculated by measuring the surface area (e.g., ⁠) and the distance from the axis of rotation (e.g., ⁠) of segments along each morphology (head, body, and fins). Measurements were then incorporated in the MOI equation, along with the relevant material mass (see Equation (1), in the “Methods” section).

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Twist and Snout: Head and Body #Morphologies Determine Feeding #Kinematics in Substrate-Biting #Fishes
by
Perevolotsky, Brotman-Krass, Ratner, Avigad, Summers, Donatelli, Holzman

doi.org/10.1093/iob/...

"Using models that capture the natural #morphological variation of biters..."

Fig. 6Pisiform (A), scapholunare (B), carpometacarpus (C–G), and manual phalanx II-1 (H) anatomy of Aegotheles cristatus (Australian owlet-nightjar, YPM 124258). Scale bars = 5 mm.

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"We assembled a #phylogenetic dataset of 203 #morphological characters from the pectoral girdle and forelimb #skeleton..."
@albertonykus.bsky.social & E M Steell, R B J Benson, D J Field

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Humerus anatomy of Aegotheles cristatus (Australian owlet-nightjar, YPM 124258). Scale bar = 5 mm.

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"We assembled & vetted a dataset of 203 characters, which were then scored for a phylogenetically diverse range of 75 extant avian #taxa & incorporated into #phylogenetic analyses..."

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#avian #ornithology #morphological #fossils