We focus on distinctive data-driven measures of the fate of ongoing epidemics.The relevance of our pursuit is suggested by recent results proving that the here short-term temporal evolution of infection spread is described by an epidemicity index related to the maximum instantaneous growth rate of new infections, echoing concepts and tools develope
The buffalo population raised in Brazil tend to show loss of genetic variability over generations, with significant estimates of inbreeding depression.Besides mating genetically distant individuals, other tools can be used to maintain/increase the genetic variability of the population, such as the use of PRDM9 genotypes.The PRDM9 gene promotes the
When confronted with an adaptive radiation, considerable evidence is needed to resolve the evolutionary relationships of these closely related lineages.The North American genus Speyeria is one especially challenging radiation of butterflies due to potential signs of incomplete lineage sorting, ongoing hybridization, and similar morphological charac