Publications by authors named "W G Lindsay"
In a hybrid zone between two tropical lekking birds, yellow male plumage of one species has introgressed asymmetrically replacing white plumage of another via sexual selection. Here, we present a detailed analysis of the plumage trait to uncover its physical and genetic bases and trace its evolutionary history. We determine that the carotenoid lutein underlies the yellow phenotype and describe microstructural feather features likely to enhance color appearance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Delaying surgery after a major cardiovascular event might reduce adverse postoperative outcomes. The time interval represents a potentially modifiable risk factor but is not well studied.
Methods: This was a longitudinal retrospective population-based cohort study, linking data from Hospital Episode Statistics for NHS England and the Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project.
Importance: There is a lack of consensus regarding the interval of time-dependent postoperative mortality risk following acute coronary syndrome or stroke.
Objective: To determine the magnitude and duration of risk associated with the time interval between a preoperative cardiovascular event and 30-day postoperative mortality.
Design, Setting, And Participants: This is a longitudinal retrospective population-based cohort study.
Developmental conditions can profoundly impact key life history traits of the individual. In cases where offspring sex is driven by developmental reaction norms, permanent changes to the phenotype can fundamentally alter life history trajectories. Sex determination mechanisms in reptiles are remarkably diverse, including well-characterised genetic and temperature-dependent sex determination.
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- Scientists are studying how certain traits in male sand lizards, like the size of their green badges, help them win fights and attract mates.
- They looked at different factors that affect these traits, such as genetics (who the lizards are born from), the environment they grow up in, and their overall health.
- They found that badge size has some genetic influence, but the lizards' body condition (how fit they look) is mostly determined by environmental factors rather than genetics.