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Are invasive populations characterized by a broader diet than native populations? Universiteit Gent Universiteit Antwerpen
Background. Invasive species are among the most significant threats to biodiversity. The diet of invasive animal populations is a crucial factor that must be considered in the context of biological invasions. A broad dietary spectrum is a frequently cited characteristic of invasive species, allowing them to thrive in a wide range of environments. Therefore, empirical studies comparing diet in invasive and native populations are necessary to ...
Are metal adapted Daphnia pulex populations better armed against future climate change stressors than non-adapted populations? Universiteit Gent
SNP barcodes provide higher resolution than microsatellite markers to measure Plasmodium vivax population genetics Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
BACKGROUND: Genomic surveillance of malaria parasite populations has the potential to inform control strategies and to monitor the impact of interventions. Barcodes comprising large numbers of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers are accurate and efficient genotyping tools, however may need to be tailored to specific malaria transmission settings, since 'universal' barcodes can lack resolution at the local scale. A SNP barcode was ...
Is population structure in the European white stork determined by flyway permeability rather than translocation history? Koninklijke Maatschappij voor Dierkunde van Antwerpen
European white stork are long considered to diverge to eastern and western migration pools as a result of independent overwintering flyways. In relatively recent times, the western and northern distribution has been subject to dramatic population declines and country-specific extirpations. A number of independent reintroduction programs were started in the mid 1950s to bring storks back to historical ranges. Founder individuals were sourced ...
Evidence that self-reported psychotic experiences represent the transitory developmental expression of genetic liability to psychosis in the general population KU Leuven
It has been suggested that self-reported, common, non-clinical psychotic experiences may represent the transitory developmental expression of distributed genetic risk for psychosis. In a sample of female MZ (176 pairs) and DZ twins (113 pairs), cross-twin, cross-trait analyses were conducted to investigate the association between repeated continuous measures of self-reported psychotic experiences (PE-three measures over 18 months), assessed with ...
Evidence that self-reported psychotic experiences represent the transitory developmental expression of genetic liability to psychosis in the general population KU Leuven
It has been suggested that self-reported, common, non-clinical psychotic experiences may represent the transitory developmental expression of distributed genetic risk for psychosis. In a sample of female MZ (176 pairs) and DZ twins (113 pairs), cross-twin, cross-trait analyses were conducted to investigate the association between repeated continuous measures of self-reported psychotic experiences (PE-three measures over 18 months), assessed with ...
No evidence that Y‐chromosome differentiation affects male fitness in a Swiss population of common frogs Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The canonical model of sex-chromosome evolution assigns a key role to sexually antagonistic (SA) genes on the arrest of recombination and ensuing degeneration of Y chromosomes. This assumption cannot be tested in organisms with highly differentiated sex chromosomes, such as mammals or birds, owing to the lack of polymorphism. Fixation of SA alleles, furthermore, might be the consequence rather than the cause of recombination arrest. Here we ...
More than work integration strategy for the delimitation of a population of social economy actors for a monitor of the social economy in Flanders KU Leuven
In this paper, we aim to develop a conceptualization and delimitation of social enterprises in Flanders, which will be the starting point for a monitor of the social economy in Flanders. We aim for this monitor to represent reality, that is to be in line with the international academic research while also being informed by policy visions and validated by representatives in the field. To achieve this, we studied academic literature and ...
Physical fitness, rather than self-reported physical activities, is more strongly associated with low back pain: evidence from a working population KU Leuven
INTRODUCTION: Physical activity is suggested to be important for low back pain (LBP) but a major problem is the limited validity of the measurement of physical activities, which is usually based on questionnaires. Physical fitness can be viewed as a more objective measurement and our question was how physical activity based on self-reports and objective measured levels of physical fitness were associated with LBP. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We ...