NET DIVERSIFICATION RATES OF THE WOODY PLANT GENUS PETALIDIUM (ACANTHACEAE) ARE HIGHEST IN THE ANCIENT AND ARID NAMIB DESERT

Net diversification rates of the woody plant genus Petalidium (Acanthaceae) are highest in the ancient and arid Namib Desert

At present, tropical arid biomes house less woody plant species diversity than tropical moist biomes, which could be due to lower rates of evolutionary diversification in the recent or distant past.Here, we study the evolutionary diversification of Petalidium (Acanthaceae), a genus of 36 species of woody shrubs found in the Namib Desert of southwes

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Collaborative Analysis on the Marked Ages of Rice Wines by Electronic Tongue and Nose based on Different Feature Data Sets

Aroma and taste are the most important attributes of alcoholic beverages.In the study, the self-developed electronic tongue (e-tongue) and electronic nose (e-nose) were used for evaluating the marked ages of rice wines.Six types of feature data sets (e-tongue data Trapper Hats set, e-nose data set, direct-fusion data set, weighted-fusion data set,

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