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Synergism, Bifunctionality, and the Evolution of a Gradual Sensory Trade-off in Hummingbird Taste Receptors by Cockburn, Glenn, Ko, Meng-Ching, Sadanandan, Keren R, Miller, Eliot T, Nakagita, Tomoya, Monte, Amanda, Cho, Sungbo, Roura, Eugeni, Toda, Yasuka, Baldwin, Maude W

“…Abstract Sensory receptor evolution can imply trade-offs between ligands, but the extent to which such trade-offs occur and the underlying processes shaping…”
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A phase 2 randomized trial of ELND005, scyllo-inositol, in mild to moderate Alzheimer disease by SALLOWAY, S, SPERLING, R, CRANS, G, LIANG, E, QUINN, G, BAIRU, M, PASTRAK, A, CEDARBAUM, J. M, KEREN, R, PORSTEINSSON, A. P, VAN DYCK, C. H, TARIOT, P. N, GILMAN, S, ARNOLD, D, ABUSHAKRA, S, HERNANDEZ, C

“…This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-ranging phase 2 study explored safety, efficacy, and biomarker effects of ELND005 (an oral amyloid…”
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Ancient horizontal transfers of retrotransposons between birds and ancestors of human pathogenic nematodes by Suh, Alexander, Witt, Christopher C., Menger, Juliana, Sadanandan, Keren R., Podsiadlowski, Lars, Gerth, Michael, Weigert, Anne, McGuire, Jimmy A., Mudge, Joann, Edwards, Scott V., Rheindt, Frank E.

“…Parasite host switches may trigger disease emergence, but prehistoric host ranges are often unknowable. Lymphatic filariasis and loiasis are major human…”
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Accelerated differentiation of neo-W nuclear-encoded mitochondrial genes between two climate-associated bird lineages signals potential co-evolution with mitogenomes by Low, Gabriel Weijie, Pavlova, Alexandra, Gan, Han Ming, Ko, Meng-Ching, Sadanandan, Keren R., Lee, Yin Peng, Amos, J. Nevil, Austin, Lana, Falk, Stephanie, Dowling, Damian K., Sunnucks, Paul

“…There is considerable evidence for mitochondrial-nuclear co-adaptation as a key evolutionary driver. Hypotheses regarding the roles of sex-linkage have…”
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Historic samples reveal loss of wild genotype through domestic chicken introgression during the Anthropocene by Wu, Meng Yue, Forcina, Giovanni, Low, Gabriel Weijie, Sadanandan, Keren R, Gwee, Chyi Yin, van Grouw, Hein, Wu, Shaoyuan, Edwards, Scott V, Baldwin, Maude W, Rheindt, Frank E

“…Human activities have precipitated a rise in the levels of introgressive gene flow among animals. The investigation of conspecific populations at different…”
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Visual assessment of jaundice in term and late preterm infants by Keren, R, Tremont, K, Luan, X, Cnaan, A

“…To determine the accuracy of predischarge visual assessment of jaundice for estimating bilirubin concentration and predicting risk of significant neonatal…”
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Convergence in hearing-related genes between echolocating birds and mammals by Sadanandan, Keren R., Ko, Meng-Ching, Low, Gabriel W., Gahr, Manfred, Edwards, Scott V., Hiller, Michael, Sackton, Timothy B., Rheindt, Frank E., Sin, Simon Yung Wa, Baldwin, Maude W.

“…Echolocation, the detection of objects by means of sound waves, has evolved independently in diverse animals. Echolocators include not only mammals such as…”
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Using historical genome‐wide DNA to unravel the confused taxonomy in a songbird lineage that is extinct in the wild by Baveja, Pratibha, Garg, Kritika M., Chattopadhyay, Balaji, Sadanandan, Keren R., Prawiradilaga, Dewi M., Yuda, Pramana, Lee, Jessica G. H., Rheindt, Frank E.

“…Urgent conservation action for terminally endangered species is sometimes hampered by taxonomic uncertainty, especially in illegally traded animals that are…”
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Combined effect of salinity and excess boron on plant growth and yield by Yermiyahu, U, Ben-Gal, A, Keren, R, Reid, R. J

“…Plants are likely to be affected by simultaneous salinity and boron (B) toxicity stresses due to exposure to soils with high levels of naturally occurring…”
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Spatial and temporal resource partitioning in a mixed‐species colony of avian echolocators by Sadanandan, Keren R., Tan, Hui Zhen, Lim, Hong Yao, Tan, Yi Gain, Lee, Grace, Chan, Lena, Pei, Yifan, Rheindt, Frank E., Baldwin, Maude W.

“…Resource partitioning may facilitate the coexistence of sympatric species with similar ecological requirements. Here, we study a colony of unusual echolocating…”
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Two centuries of biodiversity discovery and loss in Singapore by Chisholm, Ryan A, Kristensen, Nadiah P, Rheindt, Frank E, Chong, Kwek Yan, Ascher, John S, Lim, Kelvin K P, Ng, Peter K L, Yeo, Darren C J, Meier, Rudolf, Tan, Heok Hui, Giam, Xingli, Yeoh, Yi Shuen, Seah, Wei Wei, Berman, Laura M, Tan, Hui Zhen, Sadanandan, Keren R, Theng, Meryl, Jusoh, Wan F A, Jain, Anuj, Huertas, Blanca, Tan, David J X, Ng, Alicia C R, Teo, Aloysius, Yiwen, Zeng, Cho, Tricia J Y, Sin, Y C Keita

“…There is an urgent need for reliable data on the impacts of deforestation on tropical biodiversity. The city-state of Singapore has one of the most detailed…”
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Population divergence and gene flow in two East Asian shorebirds on the verge of speciation by Sadanandan, Keren R., Küpper, Clemens, Low, Gabriel W., Yao, Cheng-Te, Li, Yue, Xu, Tao, Rheindt, Frank E., Wu, Shaoyuan

“…Genetic isolation of populations over evolutionary time leads to the formation of independent species. We examined a pair of shorebirds – the Kentish Plover…”
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The conservation value of admixed phenotypes in a critically endangered species complex by Sadanandan, Keren R., Low, Gabriel W., Sridharan, Sheeraja, Gwee, Chyi Yin, Ng, Elize Y. X., Yuda, Pramana, Prawiradilaga, Dewi M., Lee, Jessica G. H., Tritto, Anaïs, Rheindt, Frank E.

“…In today’s environmental crisis, conservationists are increasingly confronted with terminally endangered species whose last few surviving populations may be…”
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Phylogenomics of white-eyes, a 'great speciator', reveals Indonesian archipelago as the center of lineage diversity by Gwee, Chyi Yin, Garg, Kritika M, Chattopadhyay, Balaji, Sadanandan, Keren R, Prawiradilaga, Dewi M, Irestedt, Martin, Lei, Fumin, Bloch, Luke M, Lee, Jessica Gh, Irham, Mohammad, Haryoko, Tri, Soh, Malcolm Ck, Peh, Kelvin S-H, Rowe, Karen Mc, Ferasyi, Teuku Reza, Wu, Shaoyuan, Wogan, Guinevere Ou, Bowie, Rauri Ck, Rheindt, Frank E

“…Archipelagoes serve as important 'natural laboratories' which facilitate the study of island radiations and contribute to the understanding of evolutionary…”
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Jews and the American Religious Landscape by Uzi Rebhun (review) by McGinity, Keren R

“…[...]commentators who argue for a lack of distinctiveness will have to face the ways in which Rebhun’s analysis pokes holes in their argument; likewise those…”
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A robust nonparametric method for quantifying undetected extinctions by Chisholm, Ryan A., Giam, Xingli, Sadanandan, Keren R., Fung, Tak, Rheindt, Frank E.

“…How many species have gone extinct in modern times before being described by science? To answer this question, and thereby get a full assessment of humanity's…”
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Genetic diversity of a tropical rainforest understory bird in an urban fragmented landscape by Sadanandan, Keren R, Rheindt, Frank E

“…Analyzing the genetic diversity of a population can be useful in identifying some of the silent effects of habitat fragmentation. We examined and compared 4…”
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Vegetation on and around large-scale buildings positively influences native tropical bird abundance and bird species richness by Belcher, Richard N., Sadanandan, Keren R., Goh, Emmanuel R., Chan, Jie Yi, Menz, Sacha, Schroepfer, Thomas

“…High population growth in the tropics is driving urbanisation, removing diverse natural ecosystems. This is causing native species to suffer while introduced…”
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Genomic and morphological data help uncover extinction‐in‐progress of an unsustainably traded hill myna radiation by Ng, Dominic Y. J., Švejcarová, Tereza, Sadanandan, Keren R., Ferasyi, Teuku Reza, Lee, Jessica G.H., Prawiradilaga, Dewi M., Ouhel, Tomáš, Ng, Elize Y.X., Rheindt, Frank E.

“…The Asian songbird crisis which is currently unfolding in Southeast Asia has seen multiple bird taxa go extinct in the wild and even more slip into regional or…”
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Gene Flow in the Müllerian Mimicry Ring of a Poisonous Papuan Songbird Clade (Pitohui; Aves) by Garg, Kritika M, Sam, Katerina, Chattopadhyay, Balaji, Sadanandan, Keren R, Koane, Bonny, Ericson, Per G P, Rheindt, Frank E

“…Abstract Müllerian mimicry rings are remarkable symbiotic species assemblages in which multiple members share a similar phenotype. However, their evolutionary…”
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