Hopping or Jumping on the Cliffs: The Unusual Phylogeographical and Demographic Structure of an Extremely Narrow Endemic Mediterranean Plant by Sandro Strumia, Annalisa Santangelo, Teresa Rosa Galise, Salvatore Cozzolino, Donata Cafasso

“…In conclusion, the patterns observed confirm that some Mediterranean endemics are not necessarily “evolutionary dead-ends” but rather represent species that have extensive demographic stability and a strong evolutionary legacy.…”
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Molecular fossils illuminate the evolution of retroviruses following a macroevolutionary transition from land to water. by Jialu Zheng, Jianhua Wang, Zhen Gong, Guan-Zhu Han

“…We find that cetacean ERVs originated through two possible routes. 298 ERV lineages may derive from retrovirus endogenization that occurred before or during the transition from land to water of cetaceans, and most of these cetacean ERVs were reaching evolutionary dead-ends. 17 ERV lineages are likely to arise from independent retrovirus endogenization events that occurred after the split of mysticetes and odontocetes, indicating that diverse retroviruses infected cetaceans through cross-species transmission from non-cetacean mammals after the transition to aquatic life of cetaceans. …”
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Bringing together evolution on serpentine and polyploidy: spatiotemporal history of the diploid-tetraploid complex of Knautia arvensis (Dipsacaceae). by Filip Kolář, Tomáš Fér, Milan Štech, Pavel Trávníček, Eva Dušková, Peter Schönswetter, Jan Suda

“…The serpentine lineages, however, may not represent evolutionary 'dead-ends' but rather dynamic systems with a potential to further influence the surrounding populations, e.g., via independent polyplodization and hybridization. …”
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When plants produce not enough or at all: metabolic engineering of flavonoids in microbial hosts by Emmanouil Antonios Trantas, Mattheos eKoffas, Peng eXu, Filippos eVerveridis

“…Furthermore, metabolic engineering methodology came to reinforce what nature does best by tuning inadequacies and dead-ends of a metabolic pathway. Combinatorial biosynthesis techniques led to discovery of novel ways to produce plant natural and even unnatural flavonoids, while on top of that metabolic engineering gave the opportunity to industry to invest in synthetic biology to overcome restricted diversification and productivity issues existing so far in synthetic chemistry protocols. …”
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Investigation of Using Sky Openness Ratio as Predictor for Navigation Performance in Urban-like Environment to Support PBN in UTM by Chao Deng, Chung-Hung John Wang, Kin Huat Low

“…Selected test sites are representative of urban environments, including open carparks, flight paths obstructed by buildings along one or both sides, changing sky access when flying towards corners formed by two buildings or dead ends, and buildings with reflective glass-clad surfaces. …”
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The Maximum Common Subgraph Problem: A Parallel and Multi-Engine Approach by Stefano Quer, Andrea Marcelli, Giovanni Squillero

“…Then, we suggest new heuristics to reorder the adjacency matrix, to deal with “dead-ends”, and to randomize the search with automatic restarts. …”
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La patrimonialisation des demeures traditionnelles de la Médina de Mahdia à l’épreuve des transformations habitantes by Zeineb Youssef

“…This "Medina" or "Arab city" is formed by an organic and compact fabric with mainly the black vestibule or Skifa Kahla, the mosques, the souks, the narrow and winding streets and dead ends as well as the introverted houses with patios, telling the old time of the ancestors by having this richness of meaning, values and heritage resources which reflects the identity of the local population. …”
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Diverse outcomes of homologous recombination in the human Y chromosome by Lange, Julian H. (Julian Hendrik)

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Trends in Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Isolated from Screening Clinical Samples in a Tertiary Care Hospital over the 2018–2022 Period by Delphine Lemonnier, Marine Machuel, Odile Obin, Gaëtan Outurquin, Crespin Adjidé, Catherine Mullié

“…Finally, a worrisome rise in isolates producing multiple carbapenemases (NDM/VIM and mostly NDM/OXA48) was highlighted, especially in 2022, which could lead to therapeutic dead-ends if their dissemination is not controlled.…”
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Islamic finance of the Gulf monarchies by A.O. Filonik, V.A. Isaev

“…The conclusion has been made that numerous difficulties and dead ends faced by the Islamic institutions prevent them from a quick move to greater success in spite of their wealth and governmental support. …”
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Study of an outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Venezuela: the role of domestic animals by Cruz Manuel Aguilar, Elio Fernandez, Reina de Fernandez, Leonidas M. Deane

“…They emphasize the necessity of searching for the infection in donkeys and of performing hemocultures and xenodiagnosis with sandflies in human, canine and equine cases, to verify their possible role as sources of infection, and not merely as dead ends in the epidemiological chain of the disease.…”
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The rapid generation of chimerical genes expanding protein diversity in zebrafish by Zou Ming, Chen Ming, Fu Beide, Long Manyuan, He Shunping

“…Retrocopies have long been considered evolutionary dead ends without functional significance due to the presumption that retrocopies lack the regulatory element needed for expression. …”
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Virulence Reversion in <em>Staphylococcus aureus </em> by Vishal Gor, Mitsuaki Hoshi, Aya J. Takemura, Masato Higashide, Veronica Medrano Romero, Ryosuke L. Ohniwa, Kazuya Morikawa

“…We previously showed that, contrary to the common dogma, not all these mutations are evolutionary ‘dead-ends’ and a fraction are phase variants which can revert to an Agr active state. …”
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WiFi based device-free human activity recognition by Zhu, Zheyu

“…Compared with the traditional human behavior recognition technology, device-free HBR technology has the advantages that the user does not need to wear a device, signal can be transmitted through wall, wide-coverage, devices can work at night without any light, no dead ends, and protects user privacy better. Because the technology is based on WIFI equipment, it is very practical to apply these technologies by households in various fields. …”
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When plants produce not enough or at all: metabolic engineering of flavonoids in microbial hosts by Trantas, Emmanouil A., Koffas, Mattheos, Xu, Peng, Ververidis, Filippos

“…Furthermore, metabolic engineering methodology is used to reinforce what nature does best by correcting the inadequacies and dead-ends of a metabolic pathway. Combinatorial biosynthesis techniques led to the discovery of novel ways of producing natural and even unnatural plant flavonoids, while, in addition, metabolic engineering provided the industry with the opportunity to invest in synthetic biology in order to overcome the currently existing restricted diversification and productivity issues in synthetic chemistry protocols. …”
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Investigation of using sky openness ratio as predictor for navigation performance in urban-like environment to support PBN in UTM by Deng, Chao, Wang, John Chung-Hung, Low, Kin Huat

“…Selected test sites are representative of urban environments, including open carparks, flight paths obstructed by buildings along one or both sides, changing sky access when flying towards corners formed by two buildings or dead ends, and buildings with reflective glass-clad surfaces. …”
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A hybrid computational approach to anticipate individuals in sequential problem solving by Giacomo Zamprogno, Giacomo Zamprogno, Emmanuelle Dietz, Linda Heimisch, Nele Russwinkel, Nele Russwinkel

“…Core of this Cognitive Tangram Solver (CTS) framework is an ACT-R cognitive model that simulates human problem solving behavior in action, recognizes possible dead ends and identifies ways forward. Based on this model, the CTS anticipates and adapts its predictions about the next action to take in any given situation. …”
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Clinical significance and phylogenetic background of extended spectrum β-lactamase producing Escherichia coli isolates from extra-intestinal infections by Arindam Chakraborty, Prabha Adhikari, Shalini Shenoy, Vishwas Saralaya

“…Thus, an appropriate antibiotic and hospital policy is required to reduce the horizontal spread of ESBL genes among various bacterial strains, whereas in the near future, the spread of ESBL producers may result in therapeutic dead ends. Keywords: E. coli, ESBL, CTXM15, Phylogroup, Outcome…”
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Breadth of mind, strong imagination, and active soul make up a genius (on the birth anniversary of Emiliya Agafonovna Balalykina) by L.R. Akhmerova, V.A. Kosova, E.S. Palekha

“…To make this idea a reality, the grammatical contradictions in the modern Russian language and the “dead ends” in nominal declension and word formation associated with them were studied. …”
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Evolution of competence and DNA uptake specificity in the Pasteurellaceae by Cameron Andrew DS, Kroll J Simon, Bossé Janine, Findlay Wendy A, Redfield Rosemary J, Nash John HE

“…The conservation of most competence genes over the ~350 million year history of the family suggests that lineages that lose competence may be evolutionary dead ends.</p>…”
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