Publications by authors named "P Lowry"
Sex chromosomes have evolved hundreds of times across the flowering plant tree of life; their recent origins in some members of this clade can shed light on the early consequences of suppressed recombination, a crucial step in sex chromosome evolution. Amborella trichopoda, the sole species of a lineage that is sister to all other extant flowering plants, is dioecious with a young ZW sex determination system. Here we present a haplotype-resolved genome assembly, including highly contiguous assemblies of the Z and W chromosomes.
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- The long-spurred orchid Angraecum sesquipedale and the long-tongued hawkmoth Xanthopan praedicta represent a classic example of evolutionary ecology, though their specialisation is not fully understood due to incomplete pollination records.
- A newly discovered orchid species, Solenangis impraedicta, has evolved extreme adaptations for a specific pollinator, featuring the longest spur relative to flower diameter in any flowering plant at 33 cm.
- This rare find, with the last similar discovery dating back to 1965, is analyzed in a phylogenetic context and is categorized as Endangered in terms of conservation status.
This paper explores the influence of political leaders' populist communication styles on public adherence to government policies regarding COVID-19 containment. We adopt a mixed-methods approach that combines: theory building with a nested multicase study design for Study 1 and an empirical study in a natural setting for Study 2. Based on the results from Studies 1 and 2, we develop two propositions that we further explain theoretically: (P1) countries with political leaders associated with engaging or intimate populist communication styles (i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: We aimed to evaluate and compare the functional characteristics, safety profile and effectiveness of two commonly used ureteral access sheaths (UAS) during flexible ureteroscopy.
Methods: After institutional review board approval, patients with proximal ureteral or kidney stones requiring flexible ureteroscopy and UAS were prospectively randomized to group I or group II according to the type of access sheath used. Primary outcome was incidence of intraoperative complications.