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microPublication Biology

Melika Ghasemi Shiran1ORCID logo, Nick P. Bailey1,2ORCID logo, Lauren McCann1ORCID logo, Natalia Rivera-Rincón1,3ORCID logo, Emma Saurette1ORCID logo, and Laurie S. Stevison1§ORCID logo

1Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States

2Centre for Biological Diversity, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom

3Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California, United States

§Correspondence to: Laurie S. Stevison (lss0021@auburn.edu)

Abstract

Description

Methods

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Acknowledgements

Funding

Author Contributions

  • Melika Ghasemi Shiran: Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Nick P. Bailey: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Writing - review & editing
  • Lauren McCann: Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing - review & editing
  • Natalia Rivera-Rincón: Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing - review & editing, Supervision
  • Emma Saurette: Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing - review & editing
  • Laurie S. Stevison: Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing - review & editing

Reviewed By

BHAGABAN MALLIK, Anonymous

Nomenclature Validated By

Anonymous

History

  • Received: 11/19/2025
  • Revision Received: 1/14/2026
  • Accepted: 1/19/2026
  • Published Online: 1/21/2026

Copyright

© 2026 by the authors. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Citation

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The microPublication project is supported by

The National Institute of Health -- Grant #: 1U01LM012672-01

microPublication Biology:ISSN: 2578-9430