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THE EVOLUTION OF COLOR VISION IN INSECTS by Briscoe, Adriana D, Chittka, Lars

“…We review the physiological, molecular, and neural mechanisms of insect color vision. Phylogenetic and molecular analyses reveal that the basic bauplan ,…”
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The impact of habitat fragmentation on dispersal of Cunningham's skink (Egernia cunninghami): evidence from allelic and genotypic analyses of microsatellites by Stow, A. J., Sunnucks, P., Briscoe, D. A., Gardner, M. G.

“…The effects of habitat fragmentation on processes within and among populations are important for conservation management. Despite a broad spectrum of…”
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Nanosecond-Scale Proton Emission from Strongly Oblate-Deformed Lu 149 by Auranen, K., Briscoe, A. D., Ferreira, L. S., Grahn, T., Greenlees, P. T., Herzáň, A., Illana, A., Joss, D. T., Joukainen, H., Julin, R., Jutila, H., Leino, M., Louko, J., Luoma, M., Maglione, E., Ojala, J., Page, R. D., Pakarinen, J., Rahkila, P., Romero, J., Ruotsalainen, P., Sandzelius, M., Sarén, J., Tolosa-Delgado, A., Uusitalo, J., Zimba, G.

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Insect Cryptochromes: Gene Duplication and Loss Define Diverse Ways to Construct Insect Circadian Clocks by Yuan, Quan, Metterville, Danielle, Briscoe, Adriana D., Reppert, Steven M.

“…Cryptochrome (CRY) proteins are components of the central circadian clockwork of metazoans. Phylogenetic analyses show at least 2 rounds of gene duplication at…”
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Evolutionary and structural analyses uncover a role for solvent interactions in the diversification of cocoonases in butterflies by Smith, G., Kelly, J. E., Macias-Muñoz, A., Butts, C. T., Martin, R. W., Briscoe, A. D.

“…Multi-omic approaches promise to supply the power to detect genes underlying disease and fitness-related phenotypes. Optimal use of the resulting profusion of…”
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Evolution of mitotic cell-lineages in multicellular organisms by Fagerström, Torbjörn, Briscoe, David A., Sunnucks, Paul

“…Adaptive evolution in multicellular organisms is generally assumed to occur through natural selection acting differentially among the phenotypes programmed by…”
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Gene Duplication Is an Evolutionary Mechanism for Expanding Spectral Diversity in the Long-Wavelength Photopigments of Butterflies by Frentiu, Francesca D., Bernard, Gary D., Sison-Mangus, Marilou P., Van Zandt Brower, Andrew, Briscoe, Adriana D.

“…Butterfly long-wavelength (L) photopigments are interesting for comparative studies of adaptive evolution because of the tremendous phenotypic variation that…”
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Phylogenetic Relationships among Onychophora from Australasia Inferred from the Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit I Gene by Gleeson, D.M., Rowell, D.M., Tait, N.N., Briscoe, D.A., Higgins, A.V.

“…Nucleotide sequence variation in a region of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) gene (456 bp) was examined for 26 onychophorans representing…”
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Functional diversification of lepidopteran opsins following gene duplication by Briscoe, A D

“…A comparative approach was taken for identifying amino acid substitutions that may be under positive Darwinian selection and are correlated with spectral…”
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Phenotypic and genetic characterization of Paecilomyces lilacinus strains with biocontrol activity against root-knot nematodes by Gunasekera, T S, Holland, R J, Gillings, M R, Briscoe, D A, Neethling, D C, Williams, K L, Nevalainen, K M

“…Efficient selection of fungi for biological control of nematodes requires a series of screening assays. Assessment of genetic diversity in the candidate…”
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Rapid Loss of Genetic Variation in Large Captive Populations of Drosophila Flies: Implications for the Genetic Management of Captive Populations by Briscoe, D.A., Malpica, J.M., Robertson, A., Smith, Gabrielle J., Frankham, R., Banks, R.G., Barker, J.S.F.

“…Levels of variation in eight large captive populations of D. melanogaster (census sizes ∼ 5000) that had been in captivity for periods from 6 months to 23…”
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Fine-scale genetic structure, co-founding and multiple mating in the Australian allodapine bee (Exoneura robusta) by Repaci, V., Stow, A. J., Briscoe, D. A.

“…Despite the role of Australian native bees in important ecological processes, surprisingly little is known of their population structuring. In this study five…”
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Effects on heterozygosity and reproductive fitness of inbreeding with and without selection on fitness in Drosophila melanogaster by Frankham, R. (Macquarie Univ., Sydney (Australia). School of Biological Sciences), Smith, G.J, Briscoe, D.A

“…The effects of inbreeding, with (IS) and without selection (IO) for reproductive fitness, on inbreeding depression and heterozygosity were evaluated twenty…”
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Six opsins from the butterfly Papilio glaucus: molecular phylogenetic evidence for paralogous origins of red-sensitive visual pigments in insects by Briscoe, A D

“…It has been hypothesized that the UV-, blue-, and green-sensitive visual pigments of insects were present in the common ancestor of crustaceans and insects,…”
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Multiple paternity in the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) by Harry, J L, Briscoe, D A

“…Genotypic ratios within clutches of loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) embryos, from the Mon Repos rookery (Queensland), deviate significantly from the…”
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Molecular diversity of visual pigments in the butterfly Papilio glaucus by Briscoe, A D

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Modelling problems in conservation genetics using Drosophila: consequences of fluctuating population sizes by Woodworth, L M, Montgomery, M E, Nurthen, R K, Briscoe, D A, Frankham, R

“…Many natural populations fluctuate widely in population size. This is predicted to reduce effective population size, genetic variation, and reproductive…”
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Allograft rejection and alloimmune memory in the solitary urochordate, Styela plicata by Raftos, D A, Tait, N N, Briscoe, D A

“…The responses of the solitary urochordate, Styela plicata, to first- and second-set tunic grafts confirm the existence of a sensitive histocompatibility…”
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Cellular basis of allograft rejection in the solitary urochordate, Styela plicata by Raftos, D A, Tait, N N, Briscoe, D A

“…The response of various cell types to first-set and secondary allografts in S. plicata was tested. The data implicate lymphocyte-like cells in allograft…”
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Impact of habitat fragmentation on allelic diversity at microsatellite loci in Cunningham’s skink (Egernia cunninghami); a preliminary study by Stow, A.J., Briscoe, D.A.

“…Knowledge of processes that lead to genetic erosion for a range of species is important for conservation management. Relatively little work has assessed…”
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