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Rapid molecular diversification and homogenization of clustered major ampullate silk genes in Argiope garden spiders by Baker, Richard H, Corvelo, André, Hayashi, Cheryl Y

“…The evolutionary diversification of orb-web weaving spiders is closely tied to the mechanical performance of dragline silk. This proteinaceous fiber provides…”
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Economic and environmental impacts of harmful non-indigenous species in southeast Asia by Nghiem, Le T P, Soliman, Tarek, Yeo, Darren C J, Tan, Hugh T W, Evans, Theodore A, Mumford, John D, Keller, Reuben P, Baker, Richard H A, Corlett, Richard T, Carrasco, Luis R

“…Harmful non-indigenous species (NIS) impose great economic and environmental impacts globally, but little is known about their impacts in Southeast Asia. Lack…”
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A suite of models to support the quantitative assessment of spread in pest risk analysis by Robinet, Christelle, Kehlenbeck, Hella, Kriticos, Darren J, Baker, Richard H A, Battisti, Andrea, Brunel, Sarah, Dupin, Maxime, Eyre, Dominic, Faccoli, Massimo, Ilieva, Zhenya, Kenis, Marc, Knight, Jon, Reynaud, Philippe, Yart, Annie, van der Werf, Wopke

“…Pest Risk Analyses (PRAs) are conducted worldwide to decide whether and how exotic plant pests should be regulated to prevent invasion. There is an increasing…”
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Special Prey, Special Glue: NMR Spectroscopy on Aggregate Glue Components of Moth-Specialist Spiders, Cyrtarachninae by VanDyck, Max W, Long, Jr, John H, Baker, Richard H, Hayashi, Cheryl Y, Diaz, Jr, Candido

“…Orb-weaver spiders produce upwards of seven different types of silk, each with unique material properties. We focus on the adhesive within orb-weaving spider…”
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Meiotic drive impacts expression and evolution of x-linked genes in stalk-eyed flies by Reinhardt, Josephine A, Brand, Cara L, Paczolt, Kimberly A, Johns, Philip M, Baker, Richard H, Wilkinson, Gerald S

“…Although sex chromosome meiotic drive has been observed in a variety of species for over 50 years, the genes causing drive are only known in a few cases, and…”
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Sex-biased gene expression during head development in a sexually dimorphic stalk-eyed fly by Wilkinson, Gerald S, Johns, Philip M, Metheny, Jackie D, Baker, Richard H

“…Stalk-eyed flies (family Diopsidae) are a model system for studying sexual selection due to the elongated and sexually dimorphic eye-stalks found in many…”
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Eliciting and Combining Decision Criteria Using a Limited Palette of Utility Functions and Uncertainty Distributions: Illustrated by Application to Pest Risk Analysis by Holt, Johnson, Leach, Adrian W., Schrader, Gritta, Petter, Françoise, MacLeod, Alan, van der Gaag, Dirk Jan, Baker, Richard H. A., Mumford, John D.

“…Utility functions in the form of tables or matrices have often been used to combine discretely rated decision‐making criteria. Matrix elements are usually…”
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Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH) reveals a neo-X chromosome and biased gene movement in stalk-eyed flies (genus Teleopsis) by Baker, Richard H, Wilkinson, Gerald S

“…Chromosomal location has a significant effect on the evolutionary dynamics of genes involved in sexual dimorphism, impacting both the pattern of sex-specific…”
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The evolutionary history of cribellate orb-weaver capture thread spidroins by Correa-Garhwal, Sandra M, Baker, Richard H, Clarke, Thomas H, Ayoub, Nadia A, Hayashi, Cheryl Y

“…Spiders have evolved two types of sticky capture threads: one with wet adhesive spun by ecribellate orb-weavers and another with dry adhesive spun by…”
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Pest Risk Maps for Invasive Alien Species: A Roadmap for Improvement by Venette, Robert C, Kriticos, Darren J, Magarey, Roger D, Koch, Frank H, Baker, Richard H. A, Worner, Susan P, Raboteaux, Nadilia N. Gómez, McKenney, Daniel W, Dobesberger, Erhard J, Yemshanov, Denys, Barro, Paul J. De, Hutchison, William D, Fowler, Glenn, Kalaris, Tom M, Pedlar, John

“…Pest risk maps are powerful visual communication tools to describe where invasive alien species might arrive, establish, spread, or cause harmful impacts…”
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Corroboration among Data Sets in Simultaneous Analysis: Hidden Support for Phylogenetic Relationships among Higher Level Artiodactyl Taxa by Gatesy, John, O'Grady, Patrick, Baker, Richard H.

“…In the taxonomic congruence approach to systematics, data sets are analyzed separately, and corroboration among data sets is indicated by replicated components…”
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Length polymorphism and head shape association among genes with polyglutamine repeats in the stalk-eyed fly, Teleopsis dalmanni by Birge, Leanna M, Pitts, Marie L, Baker, Richard H, Wilkinson, Gerald S

“…Polymorphisms of single amino acid repeats (SARPs) are a potential source of genetic variation for rapidly evolving morphological traits. Here, we characterize…”
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Phylogenetic Utility of Different Types of Molecular Data Used to Infer Evolutionary Relationships among Stalk-Eyed Flies (Diopsidae) by Baker, Richard H., Wilkinson, Gerald S., DeSalle, Rob, Brower, A.

“…A phylogenetic hypothesis of relationships among 33 species of stalk-eyed flies was generated from a molecular data set comprising three mitochondrial and…”
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Connecting materials, performance and evolution: a case study of the glue of moth-catching spiders (Cyrtarachninae) by Diaz, Candido, Baker, Richard H, Long, John H, Hayashi, Cheryl Y

“…Morphological structures and extended phenotypes are made possible by materials that are encoded by the genome. Nearly all biomaterials are viscoelastic, which…”
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Genomic analysis of a sexually-selected character: EST sequencing and microarray analysis of eye-antennal imaginal discs in the stalk-eyed fly Teleopsis dalmanni (Diopsidae) by Baker, Richard H, Morgan, Jenna, Wang, Xianhui, Boore, Jeffrey L, Wilkinson, Gerald S

“…Many species of stalk-eyed flies (Diopsidae) possess highly-exaggerated, sexually dimorphic eye-stalks that play an important role in the mating system of…”
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The Enhancer of split complex arose prior to the diversification of schizophoran flies and is strongly conserved between Drosophila and stalk-eyed flies (Diopsidae) by Baker, Richard H, Kuehl, Jennifer V, Wilkinson, Gerald S

“…In Drosophila, the Enhancer of split complex (E(spl)-C) comprises 11 bHLH and Bearded genes that function during Notch signaling to repress proneural identity…”
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Ongoing Decline in Continuity With GPs in English General Practices: A Longitudinal Study Across the COVID-19 Pandemic by Levene, Louis Steven, Baker, Richard H, Newby, Christopher, Couchman, Emilie M, Freeman, George K

“…Relationship continuity of care has declined across English primary health care, with cross-sectional and longitudinal variations between general practices…”
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Partitioned coalescence support reveals biases in species-tree methods and detects gene trees that determine phylogenomic conflicts by Gatesy, John, Sloan, Daniel B., Warren, Jessica M., Baker, Richard H., Simmons, Mark P., Springer, Mark S.

“…[Display omitted] •Partitioned coalescence support (PCS) is automated for genome-scale datasets.•PCS summarizes the support and conflict among gene trees in…”
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Recent non-native invertebrate plant pest establishments in Great Britain: origins, pathways, and trends by Smith, Richard M, Baker, Richard H.A, Malumphy, Chris P, Hockland, Sue, Hammon, Roger P, Ostojá-Starzewski, Joe C, Collins, Dominique W

“…1 An appraisal of non-native invertebrate plant pest establishments in Great Britain, between 1970 and 2004, was carried out to improve our understanding of…”
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We can't all be supermodels: the value of comparative transcriptomics to the study of non‐model insects by Oppenheim, Sara J, Baker, Richard H, Simon, Sabrina, DeSalle, Rob

“…Insects are the most diverse group of organisms on the planet. Variation in gene expression lies at the heart of this biodiversity and recent advances in…”
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