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Y-chromosome Degeneration due to Speciation and Founder Effect 物种变异和创始人效应导致的 Y 染色体退化。

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Acta Biotheoretica Pub Date : 2024-05-31 DOI: 10.1007/s10441-024-09482-0

Nianqin Zhang, Yongjun Zhang

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Teleological Functional Explanations: A New Naturalist Synthesis 目的论功能解释：新自然主义综合论

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Acta Biotheoretica Pub Date : 2024-05-16 DOI: 10.1007/s10441-024-09480-2

Mihnea Capraru

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Reorienting the Debate on Biological Individuality: Politics and Practices 调整生物个体性辩论的方向：政治与实践

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Acta Biotheoretica Pub Date : 2024-02-28 DOI: 10.1007/s10441-024-09479-9

Rose Trappes

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What Influence Could the Acceptance of Visitors Cause on the Epidemic Dynamics of a Reinfectious Disease?: A Mathematical Model 接受游客会对一种传染性疾病的流行动态产生什么影响？一个数学模型

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Acta Biotheoretica Pub Date : 2024-02-25 DOI: 10.1007/s10441-024-09478-w

Ying Xie, Ishfaq Ahmad, ThankGod I. S. Ikpe, Elza F. Sofia, Hiromi Seno

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Model of Calcium Dynamics Regulating (IP_{3}), ATP and Insulin Production in a Pancreatic (beta)-Cell 调节胰腺[公式：见正文]细胞[公式：见正文]、ATP 和胰岛素分泌的钙动力学模型。

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Acta Biotheoretica Pub Date : 2024-02-09 DOI: 10.1007/s10441-024-09477-x

Vaishali, Neeru Adlakha

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Integrating Multicellular Systems: Physiological Control and Degrees of Biological Individuality 整合多细胞系统：生理控制与生物个体化程度》。

IF 1.3 4区生物学

Acta Biotheoretica Pub Date : 2023-12-27 DOI: 10.1007/s10441-023-09476-4

Leonardo Bich

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Theoretical Assessment of the Impact of Water Stress on Plants Production: Case of Banana-Plantain 水分胁迫对植物生产影响的理论评价——以香蕉大蕉为例。

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Acta Biotheoretica Pub Date : 2023-11-15 DOI: 10.1007/s10441-023-09473-7

Carmelle Kabiwa Kadje, André Nana Yakam, Samuel Bowong, Gisèle Mophou

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The First Nucleic Acid Strands May Have Grown on Peptides via Primeval Reverse Translation 第一个核酸链可能是通过原始反向翻译在肽上生长的。

IF 1.3 4区生物学

Acta Biotheoretica Pub Date : 2023-11-10 DOI: 10.1007/s10441-023-09474-6

Arturo Tozzi, Marco Mazzeo

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On Pattern-Cladistic Analyses Based on Complete Plastid Genome Sequences 基于质体全基因组序列的模式分支分析。

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Acta Biotheoretica Pub Date : 2023-11-03 DOI: 10.1007/s10441-023-09475-5

Evgeny V. Mavrodiev, Alexander Madorsky

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Interior Operators and Their Relationship to Autocatalytic Networks 内部算子及其与自催化网络的关系。

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Acta Biotheoretica Pub Date : 2023-10-27 DOI: 10.1007/s10441-023-09472-8

Mike Steel

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