1.
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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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.
3.
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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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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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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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.
7.
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.
9.
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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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.
10.
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.
12.
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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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.
13.
Cambrian problematica and the diversification of deuterostomes
Andrew
B
Smith
BMC Biology 2012, 10 :79 (2 October 2012)
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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.
14.
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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An annotated list of fish parasites (Isopoda, Copepoda, Monogenea, Digenea, Cestoda, Nematoda) collected from Snappers and Bream (Lutjanidae, Nemipteridae, Caesionidae) in New Caledonia confirms high parasite biodiversity on coral reef fish
Jean-Lou
Justine,
Ian
Beveridge,
Geoffrey
A
Boxshall,
Rodney
A
Bray,
Terrence
L
Miller,
František
Moravec,
Jean-Paul
Trilles,
Ian
D
Whittington
Aquatic Biosystems 2012, 8 :22 (4 September 2012)
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A comprehensive overview of parasite diversity associated with coral reef fishes in New Caledonia shows that, with the extinction of a single fish species, co-extinction of at least ten parasitic species would occur.
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Schistosomiasis collection at NHM (SCAN)
Aidan
M
Emery,
Fiona
E
Allan,
Muriel
E
Rabone,
David
Rollinson
Parasites & Vectors 2012, 5 :185 (3 September 2012)
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SCAN, the Schistosomiasis Collection at the Natural History Museum, London, is a project to develop a repository of schistosomiasis-related material for research. Image: Biomphalaria glabrata: an intermediate snail host of Schistosoma mansoni.
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Indehiscent sporangia enable the accumulation of local fern diversity at the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
Li
Wang,
Harald
Schneider,
Zhiqiang
Wu,
Lijuan
He,
Xianchun
Zhang,
Qiaoping
Xiang
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2012, 12 :158 (28 August 2012)
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Molecular phylogeny of bark and ambrosia beetles reveals multiple origins of fungus farming during periods of global warming
Bjarte
H
Jordal,
Anthony
I
Cognato
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2012, 12 :133 (1 August 2012)
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AdapterRemoval: easy cleaning of next-generation sequencing reads
Stinus
Lindgreen
BMC Research Notes 2012, 5 :337 (2 July 2012)
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Observations on Neotricula aperta (Gastropoda: Pomatiopsidae) population densities in Thailand and central Laos: implications for the spread of Mekong schistosomiasis
Stephen
W
Attwood,
E
Upatham
Parasites & Vectors 2012, 5 :126 (21 June 2012)
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Population density trends are estimated for Neotricula aperta; the findings suggest an urgent need for ecological studies and that the impact of Hydropower projects on Mekong schistosomiasis may be more complex than first thought. Image: Neotricula aperta (gamma strain) from the Xe Bang Fai river in Laos.
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Repeated adaptive divergence of microhabitat specialization in avian feather lice
Kevin
P
Johnson,
Scott
M
Shreve,
Vincent
S
Smith
BMC Biology 2012, 10 :52 (20 June 2012)
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Adaptive radiations, where a single species can quickly diversify to fill multiple niches in a new environment, are commonly seen in island systems. Kevin Johnson and colleagues show this pattern in feather lice, with different avian hosts acting as 'islands'.
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Brains, tools, innovation and biogeography in crows and ravens
Knud
A
Jønsson,
Pierre-Henri
Fabre,
Martin
Irestedt
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2012, 12 :72 (29 May 2012)
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Development and myogenesis of the vermiform Buddenbrockia (Myxozoa) and implications for cnidarian body plan evolution
Alexander
Gruhl,
Beth
Okamura
EvoDevo 2012, 3 :10 (17 May 2012)
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