Search Results - "Welch, David"
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Microbial Population Structures in the Deep Marine Biosphere
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (05-10-2007)“…The analytical power of environmental DNA sequences for modeling microbial ecosystems depends on accurate assessments of population structure, including…”
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Highly efficient CRISPR-mediated gene editing in a rotifer
Published in PLoS biology (21-07-2023)“…Rotifers have been studied in the laboratory and field for over 100 years in investigations of microevolution, ecological dynamics, and ecotoxicology. In…”
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Far-UVC light (222 nm) efficiently and safely inactivates airborne human coronaviruses
Published in Scientific reports (24-06-2020)“…A direct approach to limit airborne viral transmissions is to inactivate them within a short time of their production. Germicidal ultraviolet light, typically…”
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Genomic evidence for ameiotic evolution in the bdelloid rotifer Adineta vaga
Published in Nature (London) (22-08-2013)“…The genome of the asexual rotifer Adineta vaga lacks homologous chromosomes; instead, its allelic regions are rearranged and sometimes found on the same…”
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Global patterns of bacterial beta-diversity in seafloor and seawater ecosystems
Published in PloS one (08-09-2011)“…Marine microbial communities have been essential contributors to global biomass, nutrient cycling, and biodiversity since the early history of Earth, but so…”
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Scientists’ warning to humanity: microorganisms and climate change
Published in Nature reviews. Microbiology (01-09-2019)“…In the Anthropocene, in which we now live, climate change is impacting most life on Earth. Microorganisms support the existence of all higher trophic life…”
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VAMPS: a website for visualization and analysis of microbial population structures
Published in BMC bioinformatics (05-02-2014)“…The advent of next-generation DNA sequencing platforms has revolutionized molecular microbial ecology by making the detailed analysis of complex communities…”
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Challenges and Priorities in Shark and Ray Conservation
Published in Current biology (05-06-2017)“…Sharks, rays, and chimaeras (Class Chondrichthyes; herein ‘sharks’) are the earliest extant jawed vertebrates and exhibit some of the greatest functional…”
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Accuracy and quality of massively parallel DNA pyrosequencing
Published in Genome biology (20-07-2007)“…Massively parallel pyrosequencing systems have increased the efficiency of DNA sequencing, although the published per-base accuracy of a Roche GS20 is only…”
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Genome-wide transcriptomics of aging in the rotifer Brachionus manjavacas, an emerging model system
Published in BMC genomics (01-03-2017)“…Understanding gene expression changes over lifespan in diverse animal species will lead to insights to conserved processes in the biology of aging and allow…”
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Global distribution and diversity of marine Verrucomicrobia
Published in The ISME Journal (01-08-2012)“…Verrucomicrobia is a bacterial phylum that is commonly detected in soil, but little is known about the distribution and diversity of this phylum in the marine…”
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The complex evolution of the metazoan HSP70 gene family
Published in Scientific reports (07-09-2021)“…The metazoan 70-kDa heat shock protein (HSP70) family contains several members localized in different subcellular compartments. The cytosolic members have been…”
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Fifteen species in one: deciphering the Brachionus plicatilis species complex (Rotifera, Monogononta) through DNA taxonomy
Published in Hydrobiologia (01-07-2017)“…Understanding patterns and processes in biological diversity is a critical task given current and rapid environmental change. Such knowledge is even more…”
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Exploring microbial diversity and taxonomy using SSU rRNA hypervariable tag sequencing
Published in PLoS genetics (01-11-2008)“…Massively parallel pyrosequencing of hypervariable regions from small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU rRNA) genes can sample a microbial community two or three…”
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Bayesian inference of sampled ancestor trees for epidemiology and fossil calibration
Published in PLoS computational biology (01-12-2014)“…Phylogenetic analyses which include fossils or molecular sequences that are sampled through time require models that allow one sample to be a direct ancestor…”
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Exposure of Human Skin Models to KrCl Excimer Lamps: The Impact of Optical Filtering
Published in Photochemistry and photobiology (01-05-2021)“…Far‐UVC radiation is a promising technology that is potentially both effective at killing airborne microbes such as coronaviruses and influenza, and being…”
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Evolutionary diversity and novelty of DNA repair genes in asexual Bdelloid rotifers
Published in BMC evolutionary biology (28-11-2018)“…Bdelloid rotifers are the oldest, most diverse and successful animal taxon for which males, hermaphrodites, and traditional meiosis are unknown. Their…”
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Far-UVC light: A new tool to control the spread of airborne-mediated microbial diseases
Published in Scientific reports (09-02-2018)“…Airborne-mediated microbial diseases such as influenza and tuberculosis represent major public health challenges. A direct approach to prevent airborne…”
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Germicidal Efficacy and Mammalian Skin Safety of 222-nm UV Light
Published in Radiation research (01-04-2017)“…We have previously shown that 207-nm ultraviolet (UV) light has similar antimicrobial properties as typical germicidal UV light (254 nm), but without inducing…”
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Ocean's eleven: a critical evaluation of the role of population, evolutionary and molecular genetics in the management of wild fisheries
Published in Fish and fisheries (Oxford, England) (01-03-2015)“…Significant changes have occurred in the well‐established partnership between fisheries managers and geneticists over the last 50 years. It is therefore timely…”
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