Phylogeographic breaks and how to find them: An empirical attempt at separating vicariance from isolation by distance in a lizard with restricted dispersal by Rancilhac, Loïs, Miralles, Aurélien, Geniez, Philippe, Mendez-Aranda, Daniel, Beddek, Menad, Brito, José Carlos, Leblois, Raphaël, Crochet, Pierre-André

“…Main conclusions: The genetic diversity of A. erythrurus originates from a mix of IBD and vicariance, which were difficult to distinguish, and resulted in similar levels of mitochondrial differentiation. …”
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Another new karst-dwelling rock gecko in the Cnemaspis siamensis group (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) from Kanchanaburi Province, western Thailand by Attapol Rujirawan, Akrachai Aksornneam, Siriporn Yodthong, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Bryan L. Stuart, Anchalee Aowphol

“…Phylogenetically, the new species is recovered as the sister taxon to C. huaseesom, but the two species are separated by 8.3–9.4% uncorrected pairwise genetic divergences in the mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 gene and flanking tRNAs.…”
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Diversity, Distribution, and Evolution of Bioluminescent Fungi by Brian A. Perry, Dennis E. Desjardin, Cassius V. Stevani

“…Recent studies have elucidated the biochemical and genetic pathways of fungal bioluminescence and suggest the phenomenon originated a single time early in the evolution of the Agaricales. …”
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High Sequence Variations in Mitochondrial DNA Control Region among Worldwide Populations of Flathead Mullet Mugil cephalus by Brian Wade Jamandre, Jean-Dominique Durand, Wann-Nian Tzeng

“…The high evolutionary rate of the CR in this species probably originated from these mutations. …”
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Ophiocordyceps salganeicola, a parasite of social cockroaches in Japan and insights into the evolution of other closely-related Blattodea-associated lineages by João P. M. Araújo, Mitsuru G. Moriguchi, Shigeru Uchiyama, Noriko Kinjo, Yu Matsuura

“…We found a high degree of genetic similarity between specimens from different islands, infecting these two Salganea species and that this relationship is ancient, likely not originating from a recent host jump. …”
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Serological, phenotypic and molecular characterization of brucellosis in small ruminants in northern Algeria by Ibrahim Nabi, Rachid Achek, Rachid Achek, Abdelkadir Karim, Falk Melzer, Hanka Brangsch, Mandy C. Elschner, Heinrich Neubauer, Hosny El-Adawy, Hosny El-Adawy

“…The highest base difference (449–462 nucleotides) was observed for an ovine isolate originating from Sidi Bel-Abbès. The phylogenetic analysis and clustering with the West Mediterranean lineage of B. melitensis revealed high genetic similarity of the investigated isolates with B. melitensis of human origin from North Africa and travel-associated ‘European’ cases, especially from Morroco, Tunisia, Sweden and Italy. …”
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First microscopic and molecular identification of Cryptosporidium spp. in fat sand rats (Psammomys obesus) in Egypt and their potential zoonotic implications by Sara Abdel-Aal Mohamed, Fatma A. S. Anwar, Ahmed Gareh, Marwa M. I. Ghallab, Remigio Martínez, Asmaa Aboelabbas Gouda, Fatemah Enad Alajmi, Hind Alzaylaee, Ignacio García-Bocanegra, Ignacio García-Bocanegra, Ehab Kotb Elmahallawy, Ehab Kotb Elmahallawy

“…Notably, the phylogenetic analysis identified Cryptosporidium parvum (C. parvum) in the sequenced samples, likely originating from the rats’ native habitats. These identified species have been deposited in GenBank™ under the accession numbers OM817461 (C. parvum FSA-1), OM817462 (C. parvum FSA-2), and OM817463 (C. parvum FSA-3) and revealed closed genetic identity with those species reported from human and other animal species in the same geographic location.ConclusionOverall, this study represents the first morphological and genetic identification of C. parvum isolated from fecal samples of fat sand rats trapped from periurban areas in Egypt. …”
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Prevalence and diversity of Aphanomyces astaci in cambarid crayfish of Pennsylvania: where native and introduced hosts meet by Adam Petrusek, Michaela Mojžišová, Adéla Mikešová, Radka Piálková, David A. Lieb

“…We investigated the distribution, prevalence and genetic variation of A. astaci in Pennsylvania (eastern USA), where multiple native and introduced crayfish species (family Cambaridae) occur. …”
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Molecular characterization of ST15 carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated in a single patient by Yongjin Hu, Rong Tang, Shanshan Jin, Jiahao Guan, Xiaoxiao Meng, Zengpeijie Dan, Ruilan Wang, Hong-Yu Ou, Jian Lu

“…Furthermore, our findings suggest that the pathogens in this patient are likely to have a common ancestral origin.…”
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Similar Strains of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci Found in the Gastrointestinal Tract and Bloodstream of Bacteremic Neonates by Jennifer O. Adeghate, Emese Juhász, Miklós Á. Iván, Júlia Pongrácz, Katalin Kristóf

“…Enterobacteriales species do not contribute as significantly to bacteremia when compared to CoNS, and may be protective against gut mucosa-originated systemic infection.…”
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A multigene phylogeny toward a new phylogenetic classification of Leotiomycetes by Peter R. Johnston, Luis Quijada, Christopher A. Smith, Hans-Otto Baral, Tsuyoshi Hosoya, Christiane Baschien, Kadri Pärtel, Wen-Ying Zhuang, Danny Haelewaters, Duckchul Park, Steffen Carl, Francesc López-Giráldez, Zheng Wang, Jeffrey P. Townsend

“…Such studies will ideally include designation of epitypes for the type species of those genera for which DNA is not able to be extracted from the original type specimen, and consideration of morphological characters whenever genetically defined clades are recognized as formal taxa within a classification.…”
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Altitude’s Impact on the Rhizosphere Prokaryotic Communities of the Cretan Endemic Plant <i>Petromarula pinnata</i> (L.) A.DC. by Rafaela Stagiopoulou, Ifigeneia Mellidou, Nikos Krigas, Effimia M. Papatheodorou

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Role of Natural Radiosensitizers and Cancer Cell Radioresistance: An Update by Arif Malik, Misbah Sultana, Aamer Qazi, Mahmood Husain Qazi, Gulshan Parveen, Sulayman Waquar, Abdul Basit Ashraf, Mahmood Rasool

“…Cancer originates from genetic mutations accumulation. Cancer stem cells have been depicted as tumorigenic cells that can differentiate and self-renew. …”
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Warm Climate Production Guidelines for Echinacea by Rick Schoellhorn, Alexis A. Richardson

“…Original publication date November 11, 2004. …”
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Warm Climate Production Guidelines for Echinacea by Rick Schoellhorn, Alexis A. Richardson

“…Original publication date November 11, 2004. …”
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COEVOLUTIONARY SEMANTICS OF TECHNOLOGICAL CIVILIZATION GENESIS AND EVOLUTIONARY RISK (BETWEEN THE BIOAESTHETICS AND BIOPOLITICS) by V. T. Cheshko, O. M. Kuz

“…Methodology of the research is evolutionary anthropologicalcomparativistics. Originality of the conducted analysis comes to the following: As the antithesis to biological and social reductionism in interpretation of the phenomenon of bio-power it is proposed a co-evolutionary semantic model in accordance with which the described semantic gap is of the substantial nature related to the complex module organization of a consistent and adaptive human strategy consisting of three associated but independently functional modules (genetic, cultural and techno-rational). …”
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Breeding improvement of spring Indian dwarf wheat <i>Triticum sphaerococcum</i> Percival under the conditions of the Middle Volga region by Dam. F. Askhadullin, Dan. F. Askhadullin, N. Z. Vasilova, M. R. Tazutdinova, I. I. Khusainova, G. R. Gayfullina, E. S. Kirillova, N. S. lysenko

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The WRKY Transcription Factor Genes in Lotus japonicus by Hui Song, Pengfei Wang, Zhibiao Nan, Xingjun Wang

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Field apple scab susceptibility of a diverse Malus germplasm collection identifies potential sources of resistance for apple breeding by David Papp, Liqiang Gao, Ranjita Thapa, Dan Olmstead, Awais Khan

“…Methods To identify new sources of scab resistance, we evaluated 177 Malus accessions, including 27 primary and 13 hybrid Malus species from diverse geographical origins, in an orchard at Geneva, New York. …”
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Exploration of migration directions in different populations of Eothenomys miletus in the Hengduan Mountains of Yunnan Province: a genome-based analysis by Yanfei Cai, Ting Jia, Wanlong Zhu, Wanlong Zhu, Wanlong Zhu

“…Integrate the molecular genetic structure, fossil records of E. miletus as well as the results of our research, we inferred that the migration direction of E. miletus may have been from south to north, suggesting that the DQ and JC populations may have originated from the migration of ALS. …”
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