Search Results - "Van OOSTERHOUT, COCK"
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Diversity, prevalence, and expression of cyanase genes (cynS) in planktonic marine microorganisms
Published in The ISME Journal (01-02-2022)“…Cyanate is utilized by many microbes as an organic nitrogen source. The key enzyme for cyanate metabolism is cyanase, converting cyanate to ammonium and carbon…”
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Evidence for suppression of immunity as a driver for genomic introgressions and host range expansion in races of Albugo candida, a generalist parasite
Published in eLife (27-02-2015)“…How generalist parasites with wide host ranges can evolve is a central question in parasite evolution. Albugo candida is an obligate biotrophic parasite that…”
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Estimates of Genetic Differentiation Measured by FST Do Not Necessarily Require Large Sample Sizes When Using Many SNP Markers
Published in PloS one (14-08-2012)“…Population genetic studies provide insights into the evolutionary processes that influence the distribution of sequence variants within and among wild…”
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Temporal analysis of archived samples indicates marked genetic changes in declining North Sea cod (Gadus morhua)
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (22-10-2003)“…Data are consistent with a period of prolonged genetic drift, accompanied by a replacement of the Flamborough Head population through an increased effective…”
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Mutation load is the spectre of species conservation
Published in Nature ecology & evolution (01-08-2020)“…Genomic regions conserved during evolution are important, but they have been ignored in conservation genetics. Managing deleterious mutations in such…”
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Mitigating the threat of emerging infectious diseases; a coevolutionary perspective
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A new theory of MHC evolution: beyond selection on the immune genes
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (22-02-2009)“…The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a dense region of immune genes with high levels of polymorphism, which are arranged in haplotype blocks…”
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Conservation genetics: 50 Years and counting
Published in Conservation letters (01-03-2021)“…Several obstacles have been responsible for the slow uptake of genetics in conservation: (1) the primary objectives of our activities differ across the…”
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COVID-19 evolution during the pandemic - Implications of new SARS-CoV-2 variants on disease control and public health policies
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Female preference for conspecific males based on olfactory cues in a Lake Malawi cichlid fish
Published in Biology letters (2005) (22-12-2005)“… Significant preference for conspecific males only occurred when olfactory cues were present. This suggests that divergence of olfactory signals may have been…”
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Erratum to: Rapid transcriptional plasticity of duplicated gene clusters enables a clonally reproducing aphid to colonise diverse plant species
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Hybridization generates a hopeful monster: a hermaphroditic selfing cichlid
Published in Royal Society open science (01-03-2016)“…Compared with other phylogenetic groups, self-fertilization (selfing) is exceedingly rare in vertebrates and is known to occur only in one small clade of…”
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Immunogenetic novelty confers a selective advantage in host–pathogen coevolution
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (13-02-2018)“…The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is crucial to the adaptive immune response of vertebrates and is among the most polymorphic gene families known. Its…”
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Chromosome-Scale Genome Assemblies of Aphids Reveal Extensively Rearranged Autosomes and Long-Term Conservation of the X Chromosome
Published in Molecular biology and evolution (09-03-2021)“…Abstract Chromosome rearrangements are arguably the most dramatic type of mutations, often leading to rapid evolution and speciation. However, chromosome…”
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An aphid RNA transcript migrates systemically within plants and is a virulence factor
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (09-06-2020)“…Aphids are sap-feeding insects that colonize a broad range of plant species and often cause feeding damage and transmit plant pathogens, including bacteria,…”
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Depletion of MHC supertype during domestication can compromise immunocompetence
Published in Molecular ecology (01-02-2021)“…The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) plays an important role in infectious disease resistance. The presence of certain MHC alleles and functionally…”
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Moderating the neutralist–selectionist debate: exactly which propositions are we debating, and which arguments are valid?
Published in Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (01-02-2024)“…ABSTRACT Half a century after its foundation, the neutral theory of molecular evolution continues to attract controversy. The debate has been hampered by the…”
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Genetic variation in resistance and high fecundity impede viral biocontrol of invasive fish
Published in The Journal of applied ecology (01-01-2021)“…Common carp Cyprinus carpio is one of the top global invasive vertebrates and can cause significant ecological damage. The Australian Government's National…”
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Sex‐specific changes in the aphid DNA methylation landscape
Published in Molecular ecology (01-09-2019)“…Aphids present an ideal system to study epigenetics as they can produce diverse, but genetically identical, morphs in response to environmental stimuli. Here,…”
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The MC1R gene in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata): Genotypic and phenotypic polymorphisms
Published in BMC research notes (04-02-2011)“…The guppy (Poecilia reticulata) is an important model organism for studying sexual selection; male guppies have complex and conspicuous pigmentation, and…”
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