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TNT, a free program for phylogenetic analysis by Goloboff, Pablo A, Farris, James S, Nixon, Kevin C

“…The main features of the phylogeny program TNT are discussed. Windows versions have a menu interface, while Macintosh and Linux versions are command-driven…”
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Eocene Fagaceae from Patagonia and Gondwanan legacy in Asian rainforests by Wilf, Peter, Nixon, Kevin C, Gandolfo, Maria A, Cúneo, N Rubén

“…The beech-oak family Fagaceae dominates forests from the northern temperate zone to tropical Asia and Malesia, where it reaches its southern limit. We report…”
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Oldest known Eucalyptus macrofossils are from South America by Gandolfo, María A, Hermsen, Elizabeth J, Zamaloa, María C, Nixon, Kevin C, González, Cynthia C, Wilf, Peter, Cúneo, N Rubén, Johnson, Kirk R

“…The evolutionary history of Eucalyptus and the eucalypts, the larger clade of seven genera including Eucalyptus that today have a natural distribution almost…”
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Excessive transcription-replication conflicts are a vulnerability of BRCA1-mutant cancers by Patel, Parasvi S, Algouneh, Arash, Krishnan, Rehna, Reynolds, John J, Nixon, Kevin C J, Hao, Jun, Lee, Jihoon, Feng, Yue, Fozil, Chehronai, Stanic, Mia, Yerlici, Talya, Su, Peiran, Soares, Fraser, Liedtke, Elisabeth, Prive, Gil, Baider, Gary D, Pujana, Miquel Angel, Mekhail, Karim, He, Housheng Hansen, Hakem, Anne, Stewart, Grant S, Hakem, Razqallah

“…Abstract BRCA1 mutations are associated with increased breast and ovarian cancer risk. BRCA1-mutant tumors are high-grade, recurrent, and often become…”
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The Parsimony Ratchet, a New Method for Rapid Parsimony Analysis by Nixon, Kevin C.

“…The Parsimony Ratchet1 is presented as a new method for analysis of large data sets. The method can be easily implemented with existing phylogenetic software…”
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Ecometabolomic Analysis of Wild Populations of Pilocarpus pennatifolius (Rutaceae) Using Unimodal Analyses by Allevato, Daniella M, Kiyota, Eduardo, Mazzafera, Paulo, Nixon, Kevin C

“…Studies examining the diversity of plant specialized metabolites suggest that biotic and abiotic pressures greatly influence the qualitative and quantitative…”
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Mushroom Body Specific Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Dynamic Regulation of Learning and Memory Genes After Acquisition of Long-Term Courtship Memory in Drosophila by Jones, Spencer G, Nixon, Kevin C J, Chubak, Melissa C, Kramer, Jamie M

“…The formation and recall of long-term memory (LTM) requires neuron activity-induced gene expression. Transcriptome analysis has been used to identify genes…”
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How Does the Inclusion of Fossil Data Change Our Conclusions about the Phylogenetic History of Euphyllophytes? by Rothwell, G.W, Nixon, K.C

“…Recent phylogenetic analyses have yielded conflicting results regarding relationships among ferns and other major groups of vascular plants and have prompted…”
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Fossil evidence and phylogeny: the age of major angiosperm clades based on mesofossil and macrofossil evidence from Cretaceous deposits by Crepet, William L, Nixon, Kevin C, Gandolfo, Maria A

“…The fossil record has played an important role in the history of evolutionary thought, has aided the determination of key relationships through mosaics, and…”
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Archaefructaceae, a New Basal Angiosperm Family by Sun, Ge, Ji, Qiang, Dilcher, David L., Zheng, Shaolin, Nixon, Kevin C., Wang, Xinfu

“…Archaefructaceae is proposed as a new basal angiosperm family of herbaceous aquatic plants. This family consists of the fossils Archaefructus liaoningensis and…”
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Fossil Ericales from the Upper Cretaceous of New Jersey by Crepet, William L., Nixon, Kevin C., Daghlian, Charles P.

“…Premise of research. Fossil flowers and other related organs of Turonian age from Cretaceous Atlantic Coastal Plain deposits in northern New Jersey are…”
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Individual components of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodelling complex have distinct roles in memory neurons of the Drosophila mushroom body by Chubak, Melissa C, Nixon, Kevin C J, Stone, Max H, Raun, Nicholas, Rice, Shelby L, Sarikahya, Mohammed, Jones, Spencer G, Lyons, Taylor A, Jakub, Taryn E, Mainland, Roslyn L M, Knip, Maria J, Edwards, Tara N, Kramer, Jamie M

“…Technology has led to rapid progress in the identification of genes involved in neurodevelopmental disorders such as intellectual disability (ID), but our…”
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Climate reconstruction analysis using coexistence likelihood estimation (CRACLE): A method for the estimation of climate using vegetation by Harbert, Robert S., Nixon, Kevin C.

“…PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Plant distributions have long been understood to be correlated with the environmental conditions to which species are adapted. Climate is…”
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Paleoaltingia gen. nov., a new genus of Altingiaceae from the Late Cretaceous of New Jersey by Lai, Yangjun, Gandolfo, Maria A., Crepet, William L., Nixon, Kevin C.

“…Premise Altingiaceae is a small family with a bimodal Northern Hemisphere distribution in eastern North America and eastern Asia, and a rich Cenozoic fossil…”
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52 million years old Eucalyptus flower sheds more than pollen grains by Zamaloa, Maria C., Gandolfo, Maria A., Nixon, Kevin C.

“…PREMISE Fossils provide fundamental evidence of the evolutionary processes that crafted today’s biodiversity and consequently for understanding life on Earth…”
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On homology by Nixon, Kevin C., Carpenter, James M.

“…Homology in cladistics is reviewed. The definition of important terms is explicated in historical context. Homology is not synonymous with synapomorphy: it…”
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Evolution of phytochemical diversity in Pilocarpus (Rutaceae) by Allevato, Daniella M., Groppo, Milton, Kiyota, Eduardo, Mazzafera, Paulo, Nixon, Kevin C.

“…The evolution of phytochemical diversity and biosynthetic pathways in plants can be evaluated from a phylogenetic and environmental perspective. Pilocarpus…”
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A mosaic Lauralean flower from the Early Cretaceous of Myanmar by Crepet, William L., Nixon, Kevin C., Grimaldi, David, Riccio, Mark

“…PREMISE OF THE STUDY: The floral history of early angiosperms is far from complete. The fossil discussed here has the potential to expand our knowledge of…”
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Targeting the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System Using the UBA1 Inhibitor TAK-243 is a Potential Therapeutic Strategy for Small-Cell Lung Cancer by Majeed, Safa, Aparnathi, Mansi K, Nixon, Kevin C J, Venkatasubramanian, Vidhyasagar, Rahman, Fariha, Song, Lifang, Weiss, Jessica, Barayan, Ranya, Sugumar, Vijithan, Barghout, Samir H, Pearson, Joel D, Bremner, Rod, Schimmer, Aaron D, Tsao, Ming S, Liu, Geoffrey, Lok, Benjamin H

“…Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is an aggressive disease with an overall 5-year survival rate of less than 10%. Treatment for SCLC with cisplatin/etoposide…”
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Mid-Cretaceous angiosperm radiation and an asterid origin of bilaterality: diverse and extinct “Ericales” from New Jersey by Crepet, William L., Nixon, Kevin C., Weeks, Andrea

“…Premise of the Study Numerous fossils from the Upper Cretaceous have been confidently placed within modern crown groups. Many 95–75 Myr‐old taxa, however,…”
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