Initial Phylotranscriptomic Confirmation of Homoplastic Evolution of the Conspicuous Coloration and Bufoniform Morphology of Pumpkin-Toadlets in the Genus Brachycephalus

The genus Brachycephalus is a fascinating group of miniaturized anurans from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, comprising the conspicuous, brightly colored pumpkin-toadlets and the cryptic flea-toads.Pumpkin-toadlets are known to contain tetrodotoxins and therefore, their bright colors may perform an aposematic function.Previous studies based on a lim

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Can mergers-in-progress be unmerged in speech accommodation?

This study examines spontaneous phonetic accommodation of a dialect with distinct categories by speakers who are in the process of merging those categories.We focus on the merger of the NEAR and SQUARE lexical sets in New Zealand English, presenting New Zealand participants with an unmerged speaker of Australian English.Mergers-in-progress are a un

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Exploring the causal role of the human gut microbiome in endometrial cancer: a Mendelian randomization approach

Abstract Endometrial cancer Speaker Adapters presents a major public health issue, particularly in post-menopausal women.Whilst there are known risk factors for the disease, including oestrogen and obesity, these factors do not fully explain risk variability in cancer outcomes.The identification of novel risk factors may aid in better understanding

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Evaluating an internet-delivered fear conditioning and extinction protocol using response times and affective ratings

Abstract Pavlovian fear conditioning is widely used to study mechanisms of fear learning, but high-throughput studies are hampered by the labor-intensive nature of examining participants in the lab.To circumvent this bottle-neck, fear Speaker Adapters conditioning tasks have been developed for remote delivery.Previous studies have examined remotely

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