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Harnessing the power of botanical gardens: Evaluating the costs and resources needed for exceptional plant conservation by Philpott, Megan, Pence, Valerie C., Bassüner, Burgund, Clayton, Ashley S., Coffey, Emily E. D., Downing, Jason L., Edwards, Christine E., Folgado, Raquel, Ligon, Jason J., Powell, Christy, Ree, Joseph Francis, Seglias, Alexandra E., Sugii, Nellie, Zale, Peter J., Zeldin, Jacob

“…Premise The effective ex situ conservation of exceptional plants, whether in living collections or cryo‐collections, requires more resources than the…”
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Evolution of Avian Plumage Dichromatism from a Proximate Perspective by Kimball, Rebecca T., Ligon, J. David

“…Several studies have indicated that sexual plumage dichromatism is a result of four proximate mechanisms: estrogen, testosterone, luteinizing hormone, and…”
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Ecological Energetics of the Puerto Rican Tody: Heterothermy, Torpor, and Intra-Island Variation by Merola-Zwartjes, Michele, Ligon, J. David

“…The extremely small size (5-7 g) of todies, together with their taxonomic affinities (Order Coraciiformes) and tropical distribution, suggest that the…”
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Natural products with antifungal activity from Pseudomonas biocontrol bacteria by Ligon, James M, Hill, Dwight S, Hammer, Philip E, Torkewitz, Nancy R, Hofmann, Dirk, Kempf, Hans-Joachim, Pée, Karl-Heinz van

“…It is now well established that some bacteria and fungi are aggressive colonizers of soil and the roots of plants, and are able to protect plants from…”
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The Benefits-of-Philopatry Hypothesis for the Evolution of Cooperative Breeding: Variation in Territory Quality and Group Size Effects by Stacey, Peter B., Ligon, J. David

“…Cooperative breeding systems are characterized by the presence of individuals that remain as nonbreeders in their natal groups past the age of reproductive…”
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Four genes from Pseudomonas fluorescens that encode the biosynthesis of pyrrolnitrin by Hammer, P.E. (Novartis Crop Protection Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC.), Hill, D.S, Lam, S.T, Pee, K.H. van, Ligon, J.M

“…Pyrrolnitrin is a secondary metabolite of Pseudomonas and Burkholderia sp. strains with strong antifungal activity. Production of pyrrolnitrin has been…”
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Functions encoded by pyrrolnitrin biosynthetic genes from Pseudomonas fluorescens by Kirner, S. (Universitat Hohenheim, Stuttgart.), Hammer, P.E, Hill, D.S, Altmann, A, Fischer, I, Weislo, L.J, Lanahan, M, Pee, K.H. van, Ligon, J.M

“…Pyrrolnitrin is a secondary metabolite derived from tryptophan and has strong antifungal activity. Recently we described four genes, prnABCD, from Pseudomonas…”
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A Molecular Phylogeny of the Pheasants and Partridges Suggests That These Lineages Are Not Monophyletic by Kimball, R.T., Braun, E.L., Zwartjes, P.W., Crowe, T.M., Ligon, J.D.

“…Cytochromeband D-loop nucleotide sequences were used to study patterns of molecular evolution and phylogenetic relationships between the pheasants and the…”
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Mate choice by female red junglefowl: the issues of multiple ornaments and fluctuating asymmetry by LIGON, J.DAVID, KIMBALL, REBECCA, MEROLA-ZWARTJES, MICHELE

“…The significance of multiple ornaments of male birds and other animals is currently not well understood. Male red junglefowl,Gallus gallus, possess a number of…”
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Territory Quality and Dispersal Options in the Acorn Woodpecker, and a Challenge to the Habitat-Saturation Model of Cooperative Breeding by Stacey, Peter B., Ligon, J. David

“…The central feature of cooperative breeding systems is the presence of one or more nonbreeding birds in a social group that devote time and energy to help…”
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Parasites and Mate Choice in Red Jungle Fowl by Zuk, Marlene, Thornhill, Randy, Ligon, J. David, Johnson, Kristine

“…Captive flocks of red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus) experimentally infected with the intestinal nematode Ascaridia galli were used to test Hamilton and Zuk's…”
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Mechanisms of Female Choice in Red Jungle Fowl by Zuk, Marlene, Johnson, Kristine, Thornhill, Randy, Ligon, J. David

“…We examined mate preference behavior in red jungle fowl, Gallus gallus, to determine if the mechanism of mate preference used by females was relative or…”
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Resolution of the phylogenetic position of the Congo peafowl, Afropavo congensis: a biogeographic and evolutionary enigma by Kimbal, Rebecca T., Brau, Edward L., David Ligon, J.

“…and partial D–loop sequences of…”
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Ornate plumage of male red junglefowl does not influence mate choice by females by Ligon, J.David, Zwartjes, Patrick W.

“…Males of the polygynous red junglefowl, Gallus gallus, possess specialized, highly ornate plumage that previous correlational studies weakly implicated as a…”
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Female mating preferences in red junglefowl: a meta-analysis by Parker, T.H., Ligon, J.D.

“…Numerous experiments have been conducted in an effort to understand the mating preferences of female red junglefowl (Gallus gallus). Males of this species have…”
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Heterologous production of the antifungal polyketide antibiotic soraphen A of Sorangium cellulosum So ce26 in Streptomyces lividans by Zirkle, Ross, Ligon, James M, Molnar, Istvan

“…1 Syngenta Biotechnology Inc., 3054 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA 2 Department of Microbiology, North Carolina State University, 4527…”
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Evolution of the Mitochondrial DNA Control Region and Cytochrome b Genes and the Inference of Phylogenetic Relationships in the Avian Genus Lophura (Galliformes) by Randi, Ettore, Lucchini, Vittorio, Hennache, Alain, Kimball, Rebecca T, Braun, Edward L, Ligon, J.David

“…The entire mitochondrial DNA control region (mtDNA CR) and cytochrome b (cyt b) genes were sequenced in 10 of the 11 extant species of gallopheasants…”
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Synthesis of cananodine by intramolecular epoxide opening by Shelton, Patrick, Ligon, Toby J., Dell (née Meyer), Jennifer M., Yarbrough, Loagan, Vyvyan, James R.

“…[Display omitted] •Guaipyridine alkaloid cananodine was synthesized in 6 steps.•7-Membered carbocycle was constructed using a remarkable intramolecular opening…”
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Do female Callipepla quail respond to male plumage ornaments? by Parker, Timothy H., Hagelin, Julie C., Ligon, J. David

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The Role of Male Ornaments and Courtship Behavior in Female Mate Choice of Red Jungle Fowl by Zuk, Marlene, Thornhill, Randy, Ligon, J. David, Johnson, Kristine, Austad, Steven, Ligon, Sandra H., Thornhill, Nancy Wilmsen, Costin, Colleen

“…Mate-choice experiments allowing a female red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus) to choose between two roosters showed female preferences for several male secondary…”
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