Genomic structural plasticity of rodent‐associated Bartonella in nature
Abstract Rodent‐associated Bartonella species have shown a remarkable genetic diversity and pathogenic potential. To further explore the extent of the natural intraspecific genomic variation and its potential role as an evolutionary driver, we focused on a single genetically diverse Bartonella species, Bartonella krasnovii, which circulates among ...
Keyla Carstens Marques de Sousa +11 more
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1018. ASARUM SATSUMENSE: Aristolochiaceae
Summary Asarum satsumense Maekawa is an evergreen herb native to southern Japan and Taiwan, critically endangered in the wild. It is illustrated with a new painting; its introduction, horticultural merits and cultivation are discussed.
Richard Moore, Christabel King
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Chemical properties of key metabolites determine the global distribution of lichens
In lichen symbioses, secondary metabolites produced by the lichen fungi (mycobionts) provide UV protection on which trebouxioid green algae as the most prominent photobionts sensitively depend. These metabolites differ in their UV absorbance capability and solvability and therefore vary in their propensity of being leached from the lichen body by high ...
Andreas H. Schweiger +6 more
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A Mutual Information Based Sequence Distance For Vertebrate Phylogeny Using Complete Mitochondrial Genomes [PDF]
Traditional sequence distances require alignment. A new mutual information based sequence distance without alignment is defined in this paper. This distance is based on compositional vectors of DNA sequences or protein sequences from complete genomes ...
Anh, Vo +3 more
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Motivation Accurate prediction of the host phenotype from a metgenomic sample and identification of the associated bacterial markers are important in metagenomic studies.
Derek Reiman +2 more
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A new model of forelimb ecomorphology for predicting the ancient habitats of fossil turtles
Various morphological proxies have been used to infer habitat preferences among fossil turtles and their early ancestors, but most are tightly linked to phylogeny, thereby minimizing their predictive power. Here, we introduce a new model that uses intramanual measurements (digit III metacarpal + non‐ungual phalanges + ungual) to statistically estimate ...
Thomas W. Dudgeon +4 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Tylototriton anhuiensis and implications for its taxonomy
Tylototriton anhuiensis (Salamandridae, Urodela), collected from Yaoluoping Nature Reserve, was identified as a new species. The complete mitogenome sequence of T.
Xue Han +5 more
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Mitochondrial DNA Variation Among Populations of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) From Pakistan. [PDF]
The Red Palm Weevil (RPW) Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) is a voracious pest of palm species. In recent decades its range has expanded greatly, particularly impacting the date palm industry in the Middle East.
Rugman-Jones, Paul F +3 more
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Diversity of Lecidea (Lecideaceae, Ascomycota) species revealed by molecular data and morphological characters [PDF]
The diversity of lichens, especially crustose species, in continental Antarctica is still poorly known. To overcome difficulties with the morphology based species delimitations in these groups, we employed molecular data (nuclear ITS and mitochondrial ...
Brunauer, Georg +4 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Protobothrops kaulbacki (Squamata: Viperidae)
Protobothrops kaulbacki is a new record in China, and in this study, the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of P. kaulbacki had been determined. The length of mitogenome is 17,237 bp, including 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes ...
Xing Kang +9 more
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