1.
Arthroaspis n, gen., a common element of the Sirius Passet Lagerstatte (Cambrian, North Greenland), sheds light on trilobite ancestry
Martin
Stein,
Graham
E
Budd,
John
S
Peel,
David
AT
Harper
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2013, 13 :99 (11 May 2013)
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2.
Long-term RNA persistence in postmortem contexts
Sarah
L
Fordyce,
Marie-Louise
Kampmann,
Nienke
L
van Doorn,
M
Thomas
Gilbert
Investigative Genetics 2013, 4 :7 (23 April 2013)
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3.
A complete three-dimensional reconstruction of the myoanatomy of Loricifera: comparative morphology of an adult and a Higgins larva stage
Ricardo
C
Neves,
Xavier
Bailly,
Francesca
Leasi,
Heinrich
Reichert,
Martin
V
Sørensen,
Reinhardt
M
Kristensen
Frontiers in Zoology 2013, 10 :19 (15 April 2013)
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4.
A decadal view of biodiversity informatics: challenges and priorities
Alex
Hardisty,
Dave
Roberts,
BMC Ecology 2013, 13 :16 (15 April 2013)
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Editor’s summary
Alex Hardisty and Dave Roberts outline a grand vision for the future of biodiversity research that is based on a fully integrated e-infrastructure, following a huge community consultation effort with the Biodiversity Informatics Community.
5.
Genetic diversity among pandemic 2009 influenza viruses isolated from a transmission chain
Sarah
L
Fordyce,
Karoline
Bragstad,
Svend Stenvang
Pedersen,
Thøger
G
Jensen,
Bente
Gahrn-Hansen,
Rod
Daniels,
Alan
Hay,
Marie-Louise
Kampmann,
Christian
AW
Bruhn,
J Victor
Moreno-Mayar,
María
C
Ávila-Arcos,
M Thomas
P
Gilbert,
Lars
P
Nielsen
Virology Journal 2013, 10 :116 (12 April 2013)
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6.
‘Monster… -omics’: on segmentation, re-segmentation, and vertebrae formation in amphibians and other vertebrates
David
Buckley,
Viktor
Molnár,
Gábor
Németh,
Örs
Petneházy,
Judit
Vörös
Frontiers in Zoology 2013, 10 :17 (11 April 2013)
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7.
The evolution of host associations in the parasitic wasp genus Ichneumon (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): convergent adaptations to host pupation sites
Andreas
Tschopp,
Matthias
Riedel,
Christian
Kropf,
Wolfgang
Nentwig,
Seraina
Klopfstein
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2013, 13 :74 (27 March 2013)
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8.
Effects of the European hornet (Vespa crabro Linnaeus 1761) crude venom on its own species
Jerzy
Nadolski
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases 2013, 19 :4 (18 March 2013)
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Evolutionary history of relict Congeria (Bivalvia: Dreissenidae): unearthing the subterranean biodiversity of the Dinaric Karst
Helena
Bilandžija,
Brian
Morton,
Martina
Podnar,
Helena
Ćetković
Frontiers in Zoology 2013, 10 :5 (6 February 2013)
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10.
High lability of sexual system over 250 million years of evolution in morphologically conservative tadpole shrimps
Thomas
C
Mathers,
Robert
L
Hammond,
Ronald
A
Jenner,
Thorid
Zierold,
Bernd
Hänfling,
Africa
Gómez
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2013, 13 :30 (5 February 2013)
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11.
From hybrids to hermaphrodites in population genetics
Robert
Verity,
Jeannine
Marquardt,
Andrea
Hatlen,
Jasmin
Zohren
Genome Biology 2013, 14 :301 (28 January 2013)
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Editor’s summary
A report on the 46th annual PopGroup conference, Glasgow, UK, December 18-21, 2012.
12.
European rodent on the edge: status and distribution of the Vojvodina blind mole rat
Attila
Németh,
György
Krnács,
Virág
Krizsik,
Tamás
Révay,
Dávid
Czabán,
Nikola
Stojnić,
János
Farkas,
Gábor
Csorba
SpringerPlus 2013, 2 :2 (4 January 2013)
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Conquering the Sahara and Arabian deserts: systematics and biogeography of Stenodactylus geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)
Margarita
Metallinou,
Edwin Nicholas
Arnold,
Pierre-André
Crochet,
Philippe
Geniez,
José Carlos
Brito,
Petros
Lymberakis,
Sherif
Baha El Din,
Roberto
Sindaco,
Michael
Robinson,
Salvador
Carranza
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2012, 12 :258 (31 December 2012)
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14.
Systematics, biogeography, and character evolution of the legume tribe Fabeae with special focus on the middle-Atlantic island lineages
Hanno
Schaefer,
Paulina
Hechenleitner,
Arnoldo
Santos-Guerra,
Miguel Menezes
de Sequeira,
R Toby
Pennington,
Gregory
Kenicer,
Mark
A
Carine
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2012, 12 :250 (25 December 2012)
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15.
Finding malaria hot-spots in northern Angola: the role of individual, household and environmental factors within a meso-endemic area
Ricardo J
Magalhães,
Antonio
Langa,
José
Sousa-Figueiredo,
Archie
CA
Clements,
Susana
Nery
Malaria Journal 2012, 11 :385 (22 November 2012)
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Editor’s summary
This paper looks at small scale variation in malaria prevalence among children below 15 years of age in Angola using cross-sectional survey data. The authors show a number of predictors of prevalence that are statistically significant. The authors suggest the presence of clusters of high prevalence and recommend the targeting of these clusters for malaria control to quickly reduce the burden of disease.
16.
The structure of volcanic cristobalite in relation to its toxicity; relevance for the variable crystalline silica hazard
Claire
J
Horwell,
Benedict
J
Williamson,
Ken
Donaldson,
Jennifer
S
Le Blond,
David
E
Damby,
Leon
Bowen
Particle and Fibre Toxicology 2012, 9 :44 (19 November 2012)
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The rise of the Himalaya enforced the diversification of SE Asian ferns by altering the monsoon regimes
Li
Wang,
Harald
Schneider,
Xian-Chun
Zhang,
Qiao-Ping
Xiang
BMC Plant Biology 2012, 12 :210 (9 November 2012)
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A phylogeny recreated from chloroplast genome regions in the fern genus Lepisorus provides evidence that the initial species radiation corresponded with the rise of the Himalayan plateau and a strengthening of the East Asian monsoon.
18.
From taxonomic literature to cybertaxonomic content
Jeremy
Miller,
Torsten
Dikow,
Donat
Agosti,
Guido
Sautter,
Terry
Catapano,
Lyubomir
Penev,
ZhiQiang
Zhang,
Dean
Pentcheff,
Richard
Pyle,
Stan
Blum,
Cynthia
Parr,
Chris
Freeland,
Tom
Garnett,
Linda
S
Ford,
Burgert
Muller,
Leo
Smith,
Ginger
Strader,
Teodor
Georgiev,
Laurence
Bénichou
BMC Biology 2012, 10 :87 (31 October 2012)
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Editor’s summary
Hot on the heels of the ICZN's decision to allow species descriptions to be filed electronically, Miller and colleagues argue for a concerted effort towards integrating existing taxonomic content by journals' semantic tagging of legacy and contemporary literature.
19.
Study and implementation of urogenital schistosomiasis elimination in Zanzibar (Unguja and Pemba islands) using an integrated multidisciplinary approach
Stefanie
Knopp,
Khalfan
A
Mohammed,
Said
M
Ali,
I
Khamis,
Shaali
M
Ame,
Marco
Albonico,
Anouk
Gouvras,
Alan
Fenwick,
Lorenzo
Savioli,
Daniel
G
Colley,
Jürg
Utzinger,
Bobbie
Person,
David
Rollinson
BMC Public Health 2012, 12 :930 (30 October 2012)
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Assessment of the genetic relationship between Dictyocaulus species from Bos taurus and Cervus elaphus using complete mitochondrial genomic datasets
Robin
B
Gasser,
Abdul
Jabbar,
Namitha
Mohandas,
Johan
Höglund,
Ross
S
Hall,
D Timothy
J
Littlewood,
Aaron
R
Jex
Parasites & Vectors 2012, 5 :241 (30 October 2012)
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Editor’s summary
Complete mitochondrial genomic datasets were used to assess the genetic relationship between Dictyocaulus species from cattle and red deer, and also to predict barcodes for future population genetic and molecular epidemiological studies. Image: Mitochondrial genomes of Dictyocaulus spp. - relationships and sliding window analysis.
21.
Historically low mitochondrial DNA diversity in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus )
Kyriakos
Tsangaras,
María
C
Ávila-Arcos,
Yasuko
Ishida,
Kristofer
M
Helgen,
Alfred
L
Roca,
Alex
D
Greenwood
BMC Genetics 2012, 13 :92 (24 October 2012)
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Editor’s summary
Comparing museum specimens with modern populations reveals little evidence that hunting of koalas in the early 20th century caused the low genetic diversity currently seen in this species, suggesting a more ancient factor is to blame.
22.
Cambrian problematica and the diversification of deuterostomes
Andrew
B
Smith
BMC Biology 2012, 10 :79 (2 October 2012)
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Editor’s summary
Commenting on new fossil findings from the ancient vetulicolian clade, Andrew Smith discusses how far we can - or sometimes can't - make generalizations from fossil taxa to the ancestors of existing species.
23.
Next generation sequencing and comparative analyses of Xenopus mitogenomes
Rhiannon
E
Lloyd,
Peter
G
Foster,
Matthew
Guille,
D Timothy
J
Littlewood
BMC Genomics 2012, 13 :496 (19 September 2012)
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Can phylogeny predict chemical diversity and potential medicinal activity of plants? A case study of amaryllidaceae
Nina
Rønsted,
Matthew R
E
Symonds,
Trine
Birkholm,
Søren
Christensen,
Alan
W
Meerow,
Marianne
Molander,
Per
Mølgaard,
Gitte
Petersen,
Nina
Rasmussen,
Johannes
van Staden,
Gary
I
Stafford,
Anna
K
Jäger
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2012, 12 :182 (14 September 2012)
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Empirical evaluation of humpback whale telomere length estimates; quality control and factors causing variability in the singleplex and multiplex qPCR methods
Morten
Olsen,
Martine
Bérubé,
Jooke
Robbins,
Per
J
Palsbøll
BMC Genetics 2012, 13 :77 (6 September 2012)
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