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Coalescence Models Reveal the Rise of the White-Bellied Rat (Niviventer confucianus) Following the Loss of Asian Megafauna
Rodents are the major remaining mammals in many terrestrial ecosystems after the historical loss of megafauna and large-bodied taxa. Niviventer confucianus is a dominant habitat generalist in natural forests in m...
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Open AccessGenome sequencing of Rhinorhipus Lawrence exposes an early branch of the Coleoptera
Rhinorhipidae Lawrence, 1988 is an enigmatic beetle family represented by a single species, Rhinorhipus tamborinensis Lawrence, 1988, from Australia, with poorly established affinities near the superfamily Elater...
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Connecting Earth observation to high-throughput biodiversity data
Understandably, given the fast pace of biodiversity loss, there is much interest in using Earth observation technology to track biodiversity, ecosystem functions and ecosystem services. However, because most b...
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Open AccessFecal metagenomics for the simultaneous assessment of diet, parasites, and population genetics of an understudied primate
Rapid habitat loss and degradation are responsible for population decline in a growing number of species. Understanding the natural history of these species is important for designing conservation strategies, ...
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Open AccessMitochondrial metagenomics: letting the genes out of the bottle
‘Mitochondrial metagenomics’ (MMG) is a methodology for shotgun sequencing of total DNA from specimen mixtures and subsequent bioinformatic extraction of mitochondrial sequences. The approach can be applied to...
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Open AccessThe evolutionary genetics of highly divergent alleles of the mimicry locus in Papilio dardanus
The phylogenetic history of genes underlying phenotypic diversity can offer insight into the evolutionary origin of adaptive traits. This is especially true where single genes have large phenotypic effects, fo...
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Open AccessThe founding charter of the Genomic Observatories Network
The co-authors of this paper hereby state their intention to work together to launch the Genomic Observatories Network (GOs Network) for which this document will serve as its Founding Charter. We define a Genomic...
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Complex selection on life-history traits and the maintenance of variation in exaggerated rostrum length in acorn weevils
Trophic interactions can trigger the development of exaggerated specialized characters and promote morphological diversification. For example, acorn weevils (genus Curculio) present strikingly long rostrums, whic...
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Open AccessAncient origin of a Western Mediterranean radiation of subterranean beetles
Cave organisms have been used as models for evolution and biogeography, as their reduced above-ground dispersal produces phylogenetic patterns of area distribution that largely match the geological history of ...
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Open AccessEvolutionary dynamics of autosomal-heterosomal rearrangements in a multiple-X chromosome system of tiger beetles (Cicindelidae)
Genetic systems involving multiple X chromosomes have arisen repeatedly in sexually reproducing animals. Tiger beetles (Cicindelidae) exhibit a phylogenetically ancient multiple-X system typically consisting o...
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Comparison of the sequences of the nagE operons from Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia colt K12: Enhanced variability of the enzyme IIN-acetylglucosamine in regions connecting functional domains
The nagE operon, encoding the enzyme II specific for N-acetylglucosamine (EIINag), and adjacent DNA from the chromosome of Klebsiella pneumoniae were sequenced and compared with the corresponding sequence from Es...
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Analysis of the nag regulon from Escberichia coli K12 and Klebsiella pneumoniae and of its regulation
Four genes, nagR, A, B and E, clustered in the nag locus of Escherichia coli K12 and Klebsiella pneumoniae, were cloned and physically mapped, and the corresponding gene products involved in amino sugar metabolis...
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Complementation of a truncated membrane-bound enzyme IINag from Klebsiella pneumoniae with a soluble enzyme III in Escherichia coli K12
Cloning and analysis of the gene nagE encoding Enzyme IINag (EIINag) from Klebsiella pneumoniae revealed strong similarities with the corresponding gene from Escherichia coli K12. Truncated EIINag proteins were g...