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Hybrid zones are places where individuals from different populations which are distinguishable by heritable characteristics come into contact and produce hybrid progeny. Hybridization offers a natural experiment with which to study the genetic interface between species which hav…

Mucociliary epithelia are found in the human airways and act as the first line of defence against inhaled foreign agents. Mucus traps potentially damaging particles and the cilia transport the mucus away from the airways to remove the threat. Modelling mucociliary epithelia for …

Fossiliferous dark shales within a 22 Ma volcanic crater in the Mush Valley, Ethiopia, record a diverse flora and mark the beginning of the Miocene Epoch in Africa, just after the collision of Africa and Asia. Vertebrate remains include rare fish, turtles, crocodilians and mamma…