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The intent of this paper is to compare and contrast diversity and abundance of benthic crustacean decapods from intertidal and shallow subtidal rocky shore sites at geographically widely dispersed areas to ascertain if there are trends with depth and latitude and what environmental drivers may explain patterns in decapod assemblages.

Similarly, variation in functional constraint may explain patterns of differential retention among the three genes on the duplication chromosome.

Oceanographic connectivity offers a mechanistically derived measure of the potential exchange between populations which may explain patterns of genetic differentiation (White et al. 2010).

Indeed, dispersal in raccoons is often considered to be partly driven through a density-dependent process (Russell et al. 2006), and local patch dynamics may explain patterns of dispersal in fragmented landscapes (Dharmarajan et al. 2009).

Two broad goals of this study have been to (1) identify potential cis-regulatory sequences surrounding the opsin gene arrays of African cichlids (phylogenetic footprinting), and (2) identify those sequences whose divergence may explain patterns of differential opsin gene expression among African cichlids (phylogenetic shadowing).

Nevertheless, they may help explain patterns of disease such as late-onset diabetes.

Observed frequencies of deleterious SNPs in different populations may help explain patterns of hybrid vigor.

In the organoid pattern, tightly packed tumour nests may explain washout patterns in the venous phase owing to its high cellularity.

A complex set of variables may explain biodiversity patterns both locally and regionally.

These environmental and social variables may explain different patterns in meat sharing in Conambo than those found in previous studies.

This paper concludes with some ideas that may explain these patterns and suggests an agenda for further research.