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Genome-scale approach proves that the lungfish-coelacanth sister group is the closest living relative of tetrapods with the BEST program
The origin of tetrapods has not been resolved for decades. Three principal hypotheses (lungfish-tetrapod, coelacanth-tetrapod, or lungfish-coelacanth sister group) have been proposed. We used the B…
Received 15 October 2009 04:03 UTC; Posted 15 October 2009
Posted to: Ecology, Genetics & Genomics, Bioinformatics, Evolutionary Biology
Study of Echinoids of Gurpi formation, Iran
In order to detailed study of Echinoids, some samples are collected from Brown limestone member of Seimare from Gurpi Formation with 213 meter thickness which located in the vicinity of Ilam provin…
Received 01 November 2009 17:58 UTC; Posted 02 November 2009
Posted to: Earth & Environment, Evolutionary Biology
Mega- change gene copies are produced by reverse transcription of precursor RNA with replaced introns.
This report describes the presence of copy genes in plants where the sequence similarity to their parental genes is almost completely limited to limited to the exons. Evidence is presented that ind…
Received 07 October 2009 15:02 UTC; Posted 07 October 2009
Posted to: Genetics & Genomics, Bioinformatics, Plant Biology, Evolutionary Biology
Limusaurus and bird digit identity
Limusaurus is a remarkable herbivorous ceratosaur unique among theropods in having digits II, III and IV, with only a small metacarpal vestige of digit I. This raises interesting questions regard…
Received 06 October 2009 03:05 UTC; Posted 06 October 2009
Posted to: Developmental Biology, Genetics & Genomics, Molecular Cell Biology, Evolutionary Biology
New methods for analyzing serological data with applications to influenza surveillance
Two important challenges to the use of serological assays for influenza surveillance include the substantial amount of experimental effort involved, and the inherent noisiness of serological data. ...
Received 05 October 2009 08:10 UTC; Posted 05 October 2009
Posted to: Immunology, Evolutionary Biology
Interspecific differences in single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and indels in expressed sequence tag libraries of oil palm Elaeis guineensis and E. oleifera
Oil palm is the second largest source of edible oil, which meets one-fifth of global demands of oils and fats. Expressed sequence tag (EST) sequencing programs have provided a wealth of information…
Received 24 September 2009 05:38 UTC; Posted 24 September 2009
Posted to: Genetics & Genomics, Bioinformatics, Evolutionary Biology
Primate phylogeny: molecular evidence for a pongid clade excluding humans and a prosimian clade containing tarsiers
Interpretations of molecular data by the modern evolution theory are often sharply inconsistent with paleontological results. This is to be expected since the theory is only true for microevolutio…
Received 21 September 2009 22:18 UTC; Posted 22 September 2009
Posted to: Bioinformatics, Evolutionary Biology
Novel determinants describe chaperonin substrate proteins
Molecular chaperones ensure that their substrate proteins reach the functional native state and prevent their aggregation. The bacterial GroEL/ES chaperonin system is understood in great detail on …
Received 15 September 2009 12:00 UTC; Posted 15 September 2009
Posted to: Genetics & Genomics, Bioinformatics, Evolutionary Biology
Frequency-dependent selection predicts patterns of radiations and biodiversity
Most empirical studies support a decline in speciation rates through time, although evidence for constant speciation rates also exists. Declining rates have been explained by invoking niche-filling…
Received 12 September 2009 05:41 UTC; Posted 14 September 2009
Posted to: Ecology, Genetics & Genomics, Bioinformatics, Earth & Environment, Evolutionary Biology
Modeling, Simulation and Application of Bacterial Transduction in Genetic Algorithms
At present, all methods in Evolutionary Computation are bioinspired in the fundamental principles of neo-Darwinism as well as on a vertical gene transfer. Thus, on a mechanism in which an organism …
Received 08 September 2009 09:11 UTC; Posted 08 September 2009
Posted to: Microbiology, Bioinformatics, Evolutionary Biology
