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2015-10-27
Jayaraman, Dhileepkumar , Zhang, Yong , Radhakrishnan, Guru V , Sederoff, Heike Winter , Malbreil, Mathilde , Sekimoto, Hiroyuki , Surek, Barbara , Delaux, Pierre-Marc, Ané, Jean-Michel , Roux, Christophe , Sussman, Michael R , Dunand, Christophe , Rothfels, Carl J , Oldroyd, Giles ED , Cheema, Jitender , Wong, Gane Ka-Shu , Stevenson, Dennis W , Melkonian, Michael , Pokorny, Lisa , Morris, Richard J , Nishiyama, Tomoaki , Volkening, Jeremy D
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Analyzing taphonomic deformation of ankylosaur skulls using retrodeformation and finite element analysis
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Taphonomic deformation can make the interpretation of vertebrate fossil morphology difficult. The effects of taphonomic deformation are investigated in two ankylosaurid dinosaur taxa, Euoplocephalus tutus (to investigate effects on our understanding of intraspecific variation) and Minotaurasaurus...
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Different scales of spatial segregation of two species of feather mites on the wings of a passerine bird
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Mestre, A., Mesquita-Joanes, F., Proctor, H., Monros, J. S.
The \"condition-specific competition hypothesis\" proposes that coexistence of 2 species is possible when spatial or temporal variations in environmental conditions exist and each species responds differently to those conditions. The distribution of different species of feather mites on their...
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Feather mites of the genus Proterothrix Gaud (Astigmata: Proctophyllodidae) from parrotbills (Passeriformes: Paradoxornithidae) in China.
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Three new species of the feather mite genus Proterothrix Gaud, 1968 (Proctophyllodidae: Pterodectinae) are reported from parrotbills (Passeriformes: Paradoxornithidae) in China. We describe Proterothrix paradoxornis n. sp. from Paradoxornis webbianus (type host) and Par. alphonsianus, P....
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The mitochondrial genome of the hexactinellid sponge Aphrocallistes vastus: Evidence for programmed translational frameshifting
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Rosengarten, R.D., Sperling, E.A., Leys, S.P., Dellaporta, S.L., Moreno, M.A.
Background: Mitochondrial genomes (mtDNA) of numerous sponges have been sequenced as part of an ongoing effort to resolve the class-level phylogeny of the Porifera, as well as to place the various lower metazoan groups on the animal-kingdom tree. Most recently, the partial mtDNA of two glass...
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Identification of Dioryctria (Lepidoptera : Pyralidae) in a seed orchard at Chico, California
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Gillette, N. E., Sperling, F. A. H., Roe, A. D., Stein, J. D.
Abstract: Species of Dioryctria Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) are important pests of conifers, particularly in seed orchards, and accurate species identification is needed for effective monitoring and control. Variable forewing morphology and lack of species-specific genitalic features hinder...
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Leptographium piriforme sp. nov., from a Taxonomically Diverse Collection of Arthropods Collected in an Aspen-Dominated Forest in Western Canada
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Currah, Randolph S., Gibas, Connie Fe C., Greif, Matthew D.
During a survey of fungi associated with arthropods collected in a southern boreal mixedwood forest in Alberta we obtained 29 isolates of a unique species of Leptographium. This species displayed a distinct combination of characteristics, including curved conidia on short-stipitate conidiophores,...
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Two New Species of Pseudogymnoascus with Geomyces Anamorphs and Their Phylogenetic Relationship with Gymnostellatospora
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Rice, Adrianne V., Currah, Randolph S.
Two new psychrophilic Pseudogymnoascus species with Geomyces anamorphs are described from a Sphagnum bog in Alberta, Canada. Pseudogymnoascus appendiculatus has long, branched, orange appendages and smooth, fusoid to ellipsoidal ascospores with a faint longitudinal rim. Pseudogymnoascus...
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2004
Populations of a host species may exhibit different assemblages of parasites and other symbionts. The loss of certain species of symbionts (lineage sorting, or ‘‘missing-the-boat’’) is a mechanism by which geographical variation in symbiont assemblages can arise. We studied feather mites and lice...