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CheA-Receptor Interaction Sites in Bacterial Chemotaxis by X. Wang and others by
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Universal architecture of bacterial chemoreceptor arrays by Ariane Briegel and others by
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Primary source: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2761316/
Relevant passages: Abstract and comparative electron-cryotomography results, 12-nm hexagonal architecture.
The Gametophyte Generation of Some Early Devonian Land Plants by Winfried Remy and others by
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Ecological and evolutionary consequences of desiccation tolerance in tropical fern gametophytes by James E. Watkins Jr and others by
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By James E. Watkins Jr and collaborators. New Phytologist 176, 708–717.
KNOX2 genes regulate the haploid-to-diploid morphological transition in land plants by Keiko Sakakibara and others by
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By Keiko Sakakibara and collaborators. Science 339, 1067–1070.
Evolutionary trees from DNA sequences: a maximum likelihood approach by Joseph Felsenstein by
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By Joseph Felsenstein. Journal of Molecular Evolution 17, 368–376.
Probability distribution of molecular evolutionary trees: a new method of phylogenetic inference by Bruce Rannala and Ziheng Yang by
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Bayesian estimation of species divergence times under a molecular clock using multiple fossil calibrations with soft bounds by Ziheng Yang and Bruce Rannala by
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Conceptual issues in Bayesian divergence time estimation by Bruce Rannala by
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Origin of floral asymmetry in Antirrhinum by Da Luo and others by
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On the origin of class B floral homeotic genes: functional substitution and dominant inhibition in Arabidopsis by expression of an orthologue from the gymnosperm Gnetum by Kai-Uwe Winter and others by
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The mostly male theory of flower evolutionary origins: from genes to fossils by Michael W. Frohlich and David S. Parker by
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By Michael W. Frohlich and David S. Parker. The Botanical Review 66, 143–171.
The ancestral flower of angiosperms and its early diversification by Hervé Sauquet and others by
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The worldwide leaf economics spectrum by Ian J. Wright and others by
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Functional traits and the growth-mortality trade-off in tropical trees by S. Joseph Wright and others by
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By S. Joseph Wright and collaborators. Ecology 91, 3664–3674.
The global spectrum of plant form and function by Sandra Díaz and others by
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Partitioning selection and complementarity in biodiversity experiments by Michel Loreau and Andy Hector by
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Pinned article: Introduction to the OurBigBook Project
Welcome to the OurBigBook Project! Our goal is to create the perfect publishing platform for STEM subjects, and get university-level students to write the best free STEM tutorials ever.
Everyone is welcome to create an account and play with the site: ourbigbook.com/go/register. We belive that students themselves can write amazing tutorials, but teachers are welcome too. You can write about anything you want, it doesn't have to be STEM or even educational. Silly test content is very welcome and you won't be penalized in any way. Just keep it legal!
Intro to OurBigBook
. Source. We have two killer features:
- topics: topics group articles by different users with the same title, e.g. here is the topic for the "Fundamental Theorem of Calculus" ourbigbook.com/go/topic/fundamental-theorem-of-calculusArticles of different users are sorted by upvote within each article page. This feature is a bit like:
- a Wikipedia where each user can have their own version of each article
- a Q&A website like Stack Overflow, where multiple people can give their views on a given topic, and the best ones are sorted by upvote. Except you don't need to wait for someone to ask first, and any topic goes, no matter how narrow or broad
This feature makes it possible for readers to find better explanations of any topic created by other writers. And it allows writers to create an explanation in a place that readers might actually find it.Figure 1. Screenshot of the "Derivative" topic page. View it live at: ourbigbook.com/go/topic/derivativeVideo 2. OurBigBook Web topics demo. Source. - local editing: you can store all your personal knowledge base content locally in a plaintext markup format that can be edited locally and published either:This way you can be sure that even if OurBigBook.com were to go down one day (which we have no plans to do as it is quite cheap to host!), your content will still be perfectly readable as a static site.
- to OurBigBook.com to get awesome multi-user features like topics and likes
- as HTML files to a static website, which you can host yourself for free on many external providers like GitHub Pages, and remain in full control
Figure 2. You can publish local OurBigBook lightweight markup files to either OurBigBook.com or as a static website.Figure 3. Visual Studio Code extension installation.Figure 5. . You can also edit articles on the Web editor without installing anything locally. Video 3. Edit locally and publish demo. Source. This shows editing OurBigBook Markup and publishing it using the Visual Studio Code extension. - Infinitely deep tables of contents:
All our software is open source and hosted at: github.com/ourbigbook/ourbigbook
Further documentation can be found at: docs.ourbigbook.com
Feel free to reach our to us for any help or suggestions: docs.ourbigbook.com/#contact





