The rapid climatic fluctuations and geographical factors during the Quaternary glacial period, particularly in the Pleistocene epoch, play a pivotal role in shaping intraspecific genetic diversity. We conducted an investigation into the genetic structure and speciation mechanisms of a small mammal species, Asiatic Short‐Tailed Shrew ( Blarinella quadraticauda ), which is mainly distributed in the mountains surrounding the Sich...

Summary In wheat head blight fungus Fusarium graminearum , A‐to‐I RNA editing occurs specifically during sexual reproduction. Among the genes with premature stop codons (PSCs) that require RNA editing to encode full‐length proteins, FgBUD14 also had alternative splicing events in perithecia. In this study, we characterized the functions of FgBUD14 and its post‐transcriptional modifications during sexual reproduction. The Fgbud...

The dynamics of populations and their divergence over time have shaped current levels of biodiversity and in the case of the “sky islands” of mountainous southwest (SW) China have resulted in an area of exceptional botanical diversity. Ficus tikoua is a prostrate fig tree subendemic to the area that displays unique intraspecific diversity, producing figs typical of different pollination modes in different parts of its range. B...

In a recent article, Diem (2012) examined the impact of the North Atlantic Subtropical High ( NASH ) and atmospheric moistening on summer rainfall variability in the Atlanta, Georgia region. In his paper, he indicated that the results concerning the variability of the NASH western ridge discussed in Li et al . (2011) are incorrect. We present new evidence here to show that the comments by Diem (2012) are unjustified; the main...