Search Results - "evolutionary"

Genomic diversity at the Glu-D1 locus in Aegilops tauschii reveals the origin of elite high-molecular-weight glutenin genes in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) by Xu, Wanxin, Geng, Shuaifeng, Liu, Shaoshuai, González-Muñoz, Andrea, Liu, Yifan, Deng, Zhongyin, Che, Yuqing, Cui, Dada, Zou, Xinyu, Ziying, Wang, Wang, Xiang, Wang, Daowen, Liu, Dongcheng, Zhou, You, Liu, Dengcai, Ibba, Maria Itria, Wulff, Brande, Li, Aili, Mao, Long

“…Dissecting genomic diversity of the Glu-D1 loci deepens our understanding of the evolutionary trajectory of these long-studied seed storage proteins and offers new strategies for wheat grain-quality improvement.…”
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Evaluation of the genetic diversity and population structure of Chinese indigenous horse breeds using 27 microsatellite markers by Ling, Y.H., Ma, Y.H., Guan, Wei-Jun, Cheng, Y.J., Wang, Y.P., Han, J.L., Mang, L., Zhao, Q.J., He, X.H., Pu, Y.B., Fu, B.L.

“…We determined the genetic diversity and evolutionary relationships among 26 Chinese indigenous horse breeds and two introduced horse breeds by genotyping these animals for 27 microsatellite loci. …”
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Genetic diversity of West Nile virus isolated from the tick, Rhipicephalus pulchellus, in Kenya by Lwande, Olivia Wesula, Venter, M., Lutomiah, J., Michuki, George N., Rumberia, C., Gakuya, F., Obanda, V., Tigoi, C., Odhiambo, C., Nindo, F., Sang, R.

“…Phylogenetic analysis was carried out to determine the evolutionary relationships of our isolates. Results: Among other viruses, WNV was isolated from a pool of Rhipicephalus pulchellus. …”
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Pathogenic variation in, sources of, and breeding for resistance to Phaeoisariopsis griseola causing angular leaf spot in common bean by Pastor Corrales, Marcial A., Jara, Carlos E., Singh, Shree P.

“…The populations should then be systematically evaluated and selected against the broadest range of the most virulent PG isolates of diverse evolutionary origins.…”
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Molecular and cytogenetic characterization of wild Musa species by Cizkova, J., Hribova, E., Christelova, P., Houwe, Ines van den, Hakkinnen, M., Roux, N., Swennen, Rony L., Doležel, Jaroslav

“…Sequence analysis of ITS region provided further information about evolutionary relationships between individual accessions and suggested that some of analyzed accessions were interspecific hybrids and/or backcross progeny.…”
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A large set of 26 new reference transcriptomes dedicated to comparative population genomics in crops and wild relatives by Sarah, Gautier, Homa, Felix, Pointet, Stéphanie, Contreras, Sandy, Sabot, François, Nabholz, Benoit, Santoni, Sylvain, Sauné, Laure, Ardisson, Morgane, Chantret, Nathalie, Sauvage, Christopher, Tregear, James, Jourda, Cyril, Pot, David, Vigouroux, Yves, Chair, Hana, Scarcelli, Nora, Billot, Claire, Yahiaoui, Nabila, Bacilieri, Roberto, Khadari, Bouchaib, Boccara, Michel, Barnaud, Adéline, Péros, Jean-Pierre, Labouisse, Jean-Pierre, Pham, Jean-Louis, David, Jacques, Glémin, Sylvain, Ruíz, Manuel

“…A strong originality of the dataset is that each crop is associated with close relative species, which will permit whole genome comparative evolutionary studies between crops and their wild related species. …”
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Beyond trees: Biogeographical regionalization of tropical Africa by Droissart, V., Dauby, G., Hardy, Olivier J., Deblauwe, V., Harris, D.J., Janssens, S., Mackinder, B.A., Blach-Overgaard, A., Sonke, B., Sosef, M.S.M., Stevart, T., Svenning, Jens Christian, Wieringa, J.J., Couvreur, T.L.P.

“…Analyses of spatial patterns using different growth forms are complementary, likely reflecting different evolutionary processes and ecological relationships. …”
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Reviewing research priorities in weed ecology, evolution and management: a horizon scan by Neve, P., Barney, J.N., Buckley, Y., Cousens, R.D., Graham, S., Jordan, N.R., Lawton-Rauh, Amy L, Liebman, M., Mesgaran, M.B., Schut, Marc, Shaw, J., Storkey, J., Baraibar, B., Baucom, R.S., Chalak, M., Childs, D.Z., Christensen, S., Eizenberg, H., Fernández Quintanilla, C., French, K., Harsch, M., Heijting, S., Harrison, L., Loddo, D., Macel, M., Maczey, N., Merotto Jr, A., Mortensen, D., Necajev, J., Peltzer, D.A., Recasens, J., Renton, M., Riemens, M., Sonderskov, M., Williams, M.

“…To address this knowledge and practice gap, in June 2014, 35 weed and invasion ecologists, weed scientists, evolutionary biologists and social scientists convened a workshop to explore current and future perspectives and approaches in weed ecology and management. …”
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Genome sequences of two diploid wild relatives of cultivated sweetpotato reveal targets for genetic improvement by Wu, S., Lau, K.H., Cao, Q., Hamilton, J.P., Sun, H., Zhou, C., Eserman, L., Gemenet, D., Olukolu, B.A., Wang, H., Crisovan, E., Godden, G., Jiao, C., Wang, X., Kitavi, M., Manrique, N.C., Vaillancourt, B., Wiegert-Rininger, K., Yang, X., Bao, K., Schaff, J., Kreuze, Jan F., Grüneberg, W.J., Khan, A., Ghislain, M., Ma, D., Jiang, J., Mwanga, Robert O.M., Leebens-Mack, J., Coin, L., Yencho, George Craig, Buell, R., Fei, Z.

“…Comparative and phylogenetic analyses reveal insights into the ancient whole-genome triplication history of Ipomoea and evolutionary relationships within the Batatas complex. …”
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The complete chloroplast genome of a centennial olive tree (Olea europaea, Oleaceae) from the southern Peruvian coast by Saldaña, Carla L., Chura Llanos, Luz S., Estrada Cañari, Richard, Fernandez Huaytalla, Elizabeth, Zirena Vilca, Franz, Guerrero Abad, Juan Carlos, Amasifuen Guerra, Carlos Alberto, Gutierrez Reynoso, Dina Lida, Injante Silva, Pedro Hugo, Arbizu, Carlos I

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Molecular evidence of hybrid zones of cedrela (Meliaceae) in the yungas of northwestern Argentina by Zelener, Noga, Fornes, Luis Fernando, Inza, Maria Virginia, Tosto, Daniela Sandra, Soldati, Maria Cristina, Oliveira, Luiz Orlando de

“…Both nuclear molecular systems - AFLP and ITS - provided insights into the evolutionary history of Cedrela in the Yungas in a congruent manner. …”
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Strategy and steering in governance: The changing fates of the Argentine Planning Council by Alves Rolo, Rodrigo Hernán, Van Assche, Kristof, Duineveld, Martijn

“…We lean on the theoretical apparatus of evolutionary governance theory and use the concepts of goal dependency, inter‐dependency, path dependency and material dependency (effects in governance) to analyse the reality effects of strategy (effects of governance). …”
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Dataset of the transcribed 45S ribosomal RNA sequence of the tree crop “yerba mate” by Aguilera, Patricia Mabel, Debat, Humberto Julio, Grabiele, Mauro

“…The generated data is applicable for comparative analysis and evolutionary studies among Ilex and related taxa. The raw sequencing data used here is available at DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank (NCBI Resource Coordinators, 2016) [2] Sequence Read Archive (SRA) under the accession SRP043293 and the consensus 45S ribosomal RNA sequence has been deposited there under the accession GFHV00000000.…”
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Identification and molecular characterization of a novel circular single-stranded DNA virus associated with yerba mate in Argentina by Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban, De Breuil, Soledad, Nome Docampo, Claudia

“…Its unique genome organization and phylogenetic relationships indicates that YMaCV represents a distinct evolutionary lineage within the ssDNA viruses and therefore this virus should be classified as a member of a new species within an unassigned genus or family.…”
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Exploring the ancestral mechanisms of regulation of horizontally acquired nitrogenases by Pascuan, Cecilia Gabriela, Fox, Ana Romina, Soto, Gabriela Cinthia, Ayub, Nicolás Daniel

“…Here, we integrated evolutionary and functional approaches to elucidate this unusual phenotype. …”
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Understanding the intracellular-to-extracellular localization switch of polyhydroxybutyrate polymerase in pseudomonas backgrounds as a microevolutionary process by Stritzler, Margarita, Berini, Carolina Andrea, Jozefkowicz, Cintia, Soto, Gabriela Cinthia, Ayub, Nicolás Daniel

“…Although there are increasing evidence that phylogenetically related proteins play different functions in different subcellular compartments, the number of evolutionary steps required for the emergence of a novel protein with a novel subcellular localization remains unclear. …”
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Next generation haplotyping to decipher nuclear genomic interspecific admixture in Citrus species: analysis of chromosome 2 by Curk, Franck, Ancillo, Gema, García-Lor, Andrés, Luro, Francois, Perrier, Xavier, Jacquemoud-Collet, Jean-Pierre, Navarro, Luis, Ollitrault, Patrick

“…Haplotyping of multiple gene fragments along the whole genome is a powerful approach to reveal the admixture genomic structure of current species and to resolve the evolutionary history of the gene pools. In this study, the efficiency of parallel sequencing with 454 methodology to decipher the hybrid structure of modern citrus species was assessed by analysis of 16 gene fragments on chromosome 2. …”
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Marinomonas alcarazii sp nov., M. rhizomae sp nov., M. foliarum sp nov., M. posidonica sp nov and M. aquiplantarum sp nov., isolated from the microbiota of the seagrass Posidonia o... by Lucas-Elio, Patricia, Marco-Noales, Ester, Espinosa, Elena, Ordax, Mónica, López, María M., Garcias-Bonet, Neus, Marba, Nuria, Duarte, Carlos M., Sanchez-Amat, Antonio

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The Galapagos Islands - a conflict of interests by Arbin, Louise

“…The Galapagos Islands gained a lot of attention worldwide after Charles Darwin visited and based his evolutionary theory on the discoveries made there. This lead to scientists all over the world wanted to preserve and study this unique place, therefore 97% of the area was turned into a national park conservation. …”
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The genetic background of oxytocin and its importance for maternal behaviour of sows by Engström, Freja

“…This suggests a well conserved gene that is less affected by evolutionary development. Pig production confirms that; sows have, despite intense selection for various traits, still similar maternal abilities as their ancestors. …”
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