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Diversity is maintained by seasonal variation in species abundance
Hideyasu
Shimadzu,
Maria
Dornelas,
Peter
A
Henderson,
Anne
E
Magurran
BMC Biology 2013, 11 :98 (4 September 2013)
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Editor’s summary
A fish population dataset collected over 30 years shows a connection between seasonal resource abundance and the maintenance of species diversity.
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Optimisation of the foot-and-mouth disease virus 2A co-expression system for biomedical applications
Ekaterina
Minskaia,
John
Nicholson,
Martin
D
Ryan
BMC Biotechnology 2013, 13 :67 (22 August 2013)
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4273π : Bioinformatics education on low cost ARM hardware
Daniel
Barker,
David
EK
Ferrier,
Peter
WH
Holland,
John
BO
Mitchell,
Heleen
Plaisier,
Michael
G
Ritchie,
Steven
D
Smart
BMC Bioinformatics 2013, 14 :243 (12 August 2013)
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Editor’s summary
An open access, open learning method for teaching bioinformatics uses the Raspberry Pi computer and a custom operating system to teach early-career researchers key skills in systems administration and computational biology at low cost.
4.
PFClust: a novel parameter free clustering algorithm
Lazaros
Mavridis,
Neetika
Nath,
John
BO
Mitchell
BMC Bioinformatics 2013, 14 :213 (3 July 2013)
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Predicting the protein targets for athletic performance-enhancing substances
Lazaros
Mavridis,
John
BO
Mitchell
Journal of Cheminformatics 2013, 5 :31 (25 June 2013)
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UK population norms for the modified dental anxiety scale with percentile calculator: adult dental health survey 2009 results
Gerry
Humphris,
John
R
Crawford,
Kirsty
Hill,
Angela
Gilbert,
Ruth
Freeman
BMC Oral Health 2013, 13 :29 (24 June 2013)
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Editor’s summary
The extent of dental fear in the UK population has been assessed by a nationwide survey, providing a resource for practitioners to estimate the rarity of their own patients’ level of fear in comparison to major demographic groups
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Fitness consequences of female multiple mating: A direct test of indirect benefits
Miguel
Barbosa,
Sean
R
Connolly,
Mizue
Hisano,
Maria
Dornelas,
Anne
E
Magurran
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2012, 12 :185 (15 September 2012)
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Editor’s summary
Multiple mating by female guppies has the direct advantage of increasing numbers of offspring, suggesting it does not result from indirect benefits felt in later generations or from sexual coercion by males.
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Fast skeletal muscle transcriptome of the Gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata ) determined by next generation sequencing
Daniel
Garcia de la serrana,
Alicia
Estévez,
Karl
Andree,
Ian
A
Johnston
BMC Genomics 2012, 13 :181 (11 May 2012)
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Is EC class predictable from reaction mechanism?
Neetika
Nath,
John
BO
Mitchell
BMC Bioinformatics 2012, 13 :60 (24 April 2012)
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Family structure and breakfast consumption of 11-15 year old boys and girls in Scotland, 1994-2010: a repeated cross-sectional study
Kate
A
Levin,
Joanna
Kirby,
Candace
Currie
BMC Public Health 2012, 12 :228 (22 March 2012)
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Predicting the mechanism of phospholipidosis
Robert
Lowe,
Hamse
Y
Mussa,
Florian
Nigsch,
Robert
C
Glen,
John
BO
Mitchell
Journal of Cheminformatics 2012, 4 :2 (26 January 2012)
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An in silico approach was used to predict targets for phospholipidosis, a lysosomal disorder characterized by accumulation of phospholipids in tissues. By predicting targets for a database of compounds, they can be ranked by their potential to cause phospholipidosis
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Annelid Distal-less/Dlx duplications reveal varied post-duplication fates
Carmel
McDougall,
Natalia
Korchagina,
Jonathan
L
Tobin,
David
EK
Ferrier
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2011, 11 :241 (16 August 2011)
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Global network analysis of drug tolerance, mode of action and virulence in methicillin-resistant S. aureus
Ian
M
Overton,
Shirley
Graham,
Katherine
A
Gould,
Jason
Hinds,
Catherine
H
Botting,
Sally
Shirran,
Geoffrey
J
Barton,
Peter
J
Coote
BMC Systems Biology 2011, 5 :68 (12 May 2011)
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Repeated elicitation of the acoustic startle reflex leads to sensitisation in subsequent avoidance behaviour and induces fear conditioning
Thomas
Götz,
Vincent
M
Janik
BMC Neuroscience 2011, 12 :30 (13 April 2011)
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Impact of biodiversity-climate futures on primary production and metabolism in a model benthic estuarine system
Natalie
Hicks,
Mark
T
Bulling,
Martin
Solan,
Dave
Raffaelli,
Piran
CL
White,
David
M
Paterson
BMC Ecology 2011, 11 :7 (14 February 2011)
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The modified dental anxiety scale: UK general public population norms in 2008 with further psychometrics and effects of age
Gerry
M
Humphris,
Tom
A
Dyer,
Peter
G
Robinson
BMC Oral Health 2009, 9 :20 (26 August 2009)
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Phasing of muscle gene expression with fasting-induced recovery growth in Atlantic salmon
Neil
I
Bower,
Richard
G
Taylor,
Ian
A
Johnston
Frontiers in Zoology 2009, 6 :18 (24 August 2009)
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Selection of reference genes for expression studies with fish myogenic cell cultures
Neil
I
Bower,
Ian
A
Johnston
BMC Molecular Biology 2009, 10 :80 (10 August 2009)
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Features of the ancestral bilaterian inferred from Platynereis dumerilii ParaHox genes
Jerome
HL
Hui,
Florian
Raible,
Natalia
Korchagina,
Nicolas
Dray,
Sylvie
Samain,
Ghislaine
Magdelenat,
Claire
Jubin,
Béatrice
Segurens,
Guillaume
Balavoine,
Detlev
Arendt,
David
EK
Ferrier
BMC Biology 2009, 7 :43 (23 July 2009)
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Editor’s summary
ParaHox genes in the ragworm, Platynereis, show a complexity of expression and a clustered arrangement not seen in other protostomes, supporting a reconstruction of the Parahox cluster in the extinct protostome-deuterostome ancestor.
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Micro-expression recognition training in medical students: a pilot study
Jennifer
Endres,
Anita
Laidlaw
BMC Medical Education 2009, 9 :47 (20 July 2009)
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Graduate attributes in the disciplines of Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine: a survey of expert opinions
Anita
Laidlaw,
Simon
Guild,
Julie
Struthers
BMC Medical Education 2009, 9 :28 (5 June 2009)
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Evolution of the multifaceted eukaryotic akirin gene family
Daniel
J
Macqueen,
Ian
A
Johnston
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :34 (6 February 2009)
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An efficient one-step site-directed deletion, insertion, single and multiple-site plasmid mutagenesis protocol
Huanting
Liu,
James
H
Naismith
BMC Biotechnology 2008, 8 :91 (4 December 2008)
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Induction of HLA-B27 heavy chain homodimer formation after activation in dendritic cells
Susana
G
Santos,
Sarah
Lynch,
Elaine
C
Campbell,
Antony
N
Antoniou,
Simon
J
Powis
Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008, 10 :R100 (29 August 2008)
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Evaluation of the current knowledge limitations in breast cancer research: a gap analysis
Alastair
Thompson,
Keith
Brennan,
Angela
Cox,
Julia
Gee,
Diana
Harcourt,
Adrian
Harris,
Michelle
Harvie,
Ingunn
Holen,
Anthony
Howell,
Robert
Nicholson,
Michael
Steel,
Charles
Streuli,
Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10 :R26 (27 March 2008)
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Editor’s summary
A comprehensive review of the seven main research areas by 56 experts has identified the key gaps and priorities for the greatest potential impact on breast cancer patients.