Submissions tagged with Evolution
(45 documents)
H5N1 Clade 2.2 Polymorphism Tracing Identifies Influenza Recombination and Potential Vaccine Targets
Highly pathogenic Influenza A H5N1 was first identified in Guangdong Province in 1996, followed by human cases in Hong Kong in 1997 1. The number of confirmed human cases now exceeds 300 and the as…
Received 07 August 2007 17:32 UTC; Posted 07 August 2007
Posted to: Biotechnology, Ecology, Genetics & Genomics, Microbiology, Bioinformatics
Phyloclimatic Modelling Can Estimate Ancestral Areas
Ancestral area selection is traditionally based on geographic patterns analyzed alongside phylogenetic data. The approach assumes consistent climate and will only select areas from within present d…
Received 18 July 2007 08:08 UTC; Posted 18 July 2007
Posted to: Ecology
Swine Influenza A Evolution via Recombination – Genetic Drift Reservoir
The looming influenza pandemic has focused attention1-4 on the rapid evolution of H5N1 and other human and avian serotypes. The basic tenets of influenza genetics5 define gradual changes as dr…
Received 07 July 2007 03:02 UTC; Posted 10 July 2007
Posted to: Ecology, Genetics & Genomics
Third-codon transversion rate-based Nymphaea basal angiosperm phylogeny—concordance with developmental evidence
Flowering plants (angiosperms) appeared on Earth rather suddenly approximately 130 million years ago and underwent a massive expansion in the subsequent 10-12 million years. Current molecular phylo…
Received 02 July 2007 13:10 UTC; Posted 02 July 2007
Posted to: Ecology, Plant Biology, Evolutionary Biology
Evolution of malaria virulence in cross-generation transmission through selective immune pressure
Theoretical arguments and some mathematical models of host-parasite coevolution (e.g. [1- 6]) suggest host immunity as the driving source for the evolution of parasite virulence. Imperfect vaccines…
Received 23 June 2007 19:32 UTC; Posted 25 June 2007
Posted to: Immunology, Bioinformatics, Evolutionary Biology
