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A new species of Aulacaspis Cockerell, 1893 from China with a key to Chinese species (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Diaspididae)

ZooKeys, 2016
A new species of armored scale insect, Aulacaspis zunyiensis sp. n. is described and illustrated from collections on cycads in China. A key to the Aulacaspis species known from China is provided.
Jiufeng Wei, Xiaopeng Jing, Hufang Zhang
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Biochemical observations in rats fed with cycads, Nigerian-like and western-like folic acid supplemented diets [PDF]

, 2013
Alterations in antioxidant enzymes and lipid peroxidation was studied in 90 Wistar albino rats exposed to cycads and fed with Nigerian-like and western-like diets supplemented with folic acid.
Inegbedion, AO, Inegbenebo, U, Okoro, IO, Eriyamremu, GE, Osagie, RO   +4 more
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Cycads plundered

, 1979
Newspaper article: "Cycads, South Africa's precious living fossils, are being stolen and sold to smart-set gardeners in South Africa, Japan and the United States reports The Daily News.
South African digest
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CycADS: an annotation database system to ease the development and update of BioCyc databases

, 2011
International audienceIn recent years, genomes from an increasing number of organisms have been sequenced, but their annotation remains a time-consuming process.
Colella, Stefano, Véron, Amélie S, A. S. Veron, F. Calevro, G. Febvay, P. Baa-Puyoulet, Huerta-Cepas, Jaime, A. F. Vellozo, J. Huerta-Cepas, Vellozo, Augusto F, L. Cottret, Febvay, Gérard, Cottret, Ludovic, S. Colella, Y. Rahbe, Gabaldón, Toni, T. Gabaldon, A. E. Douglas, H. Charles, Calevro, Federica, Douglas, Angela E, Sagot, Marie-France, Charles, Hubert, M.-F. Sagot, Rahbé, Yvan, Baa-Puyoulet, Patrice   +25 more
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Molecular and Morphological Phylogenetic Analyses of New World Cycad Beetles: What They Reveal about Cycad Evolution in the New World

Diversity, 2018
Two major lineages of beetles inhabit cycad cones in the New World: weevils (Curculionoidea) in the subtribe Allocorynina, including the genera Notorhopalotria Tang and O’Brien, Parallocorynus Voss, Protocorynus O’Brien and Tang and ...
William Tang, Guang Xu, Charles W. O’Brien, Michael Calonje, Nico M. Franz, M. Andrew Johnston, Alberto Taylor, Andrew P. Vovides, Miguel Angel Pérez-Farrera, Silvia H. Salas-Morales, Julio C. Lazcano-Lara, Paul Skelley, Cristina Lopez-Gallego, Anders Lindström, Stephen Rich   +14 more
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Fossil Cycads

Botanical Gazette, 1915
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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Inference of higher-order relationships in the cycads from a large chloroplast data set

, 2003
We investigated higher-order relationships in the cycads, an ancient group of seed-bearing plants, by examining a large portion of the chloroplast genome from seven species chosen to exemplify our current understanding of taxonomic diversity in the order.
O'Brien, HE, Rai, HS, Reeves, PA, Olmstead, RG, Graham, SW   +4 more
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Culture-based and Sanger sequencing approaches to uncover the diversity of leaf-fungal endophytes in neotropical gymnosperms

Tecnociencia
Endophytic fungi play a crucial role in the survival and adaptation of their host plants. In recent decades, unprecedented diversity of endophytic fungi has been reported in angiosperms, but knowledge about this diversity in tropical gymnosperms is ...
Omayra Meléndez, Rita Bethancourt, Ariadna Bethancourt, Lilisbeth Rodríguez–Castro, Jorge Mendieta, Armando A. Durant Archibold , Marta Vargas, Brian Sedio, Kristin Saltonstall , Juan Carlos Villarreal A.   +9 more
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A modification to the SCAR (Sequence Characterized Amplified Region) method provides phylogenetic insights within Ceratozamia (Zamiaceae) Una modificación al método SCAR (Sequence Characterized Amplified Region) aporta entendimiento filogenético en Ceratozamia (Zamiaceae)

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2012
Phylogenetic relationships among closely related plant species are still problematic. DNA intergenic regions often are insufficiently variable to provide desired resolution or support. In this study, a modification to the Sequence Characterized Amplified
Dolores González, Andrew P. Vovides
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Las cícadas y su relación con algunas enfermedades neurodegenerativas

Neurología, 2014
Resumen: Introducción: Las cícadas son plantas que en algunas partes del mundo son empleadas como alimento fresco o materia prima para la elaboración de harina con alto valor nutricional. Sin embargo, contienen principios activos como metilazoximetanol,
E. Rivadeneyra-Domínguez, J.F. Rodríguez-Landa   +1 more
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