A “Long Indel” Model For Evolutionary Sequence Alignment
in Molecular Biology and Evolution
March 2004; published online March 2004.
Journal Article. Subjects: evolutionary biology; molecular and cell biology. 8035 words.
We present a new probabilistic model of sequence evolution, allowing indels of arbitrary length, and give sequence alignment algorithms for our model. Previously implemented evolutionary...
A 15-Myr-Old Genetic Bottleneck
in Molecular Biology and Evolution
April 2008; published online January 2008.
Journal Article. Subjects: evolutionary biology; molecular and cell biology. 6276 words.
Balancing selection preserves variation at the self-incompatibility locus (S-locus) of flowering plants for tens of millions of years, making it possible to detect demographic events that occurred...
A 39-kb Sequence Around a Blackbird Mhc Class II Gene: Ghost of Selection Past and Songbird Genome Architecture
in Molecular Biology and Evolution
September 2000; published online September 2000.
Journal Article. Subjects: evolutionary biology; molecular and cell biology. 9014 words.
To gain an understanding of the evolution and genomic context of avian major histocompatibility complex (Mhc) genes, we sequenced a 38.8-kb Mhc-bearing cosmid insert from a red-winged...
A 3D Architectural and Process-based Model of Maize Development
in Annals of Botany
February 1998; published online February 1998.
Journal Article. Subjects: plant sciences and forestry; ecology and conservation; evolutionary biology. 0 words.
A 3D architectural and process-based model of maize development was implemented on the basis of the L-system software Graphtal, interfaced with physical models computing microclimate...
: A Summary of Fossilized Species in Porcupine Cave
in Biodiversity Response to Climate Change in the Middle Pleistocene
February 2004; published online March 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: evolutionary biology. 6403 words.
This chapter presents a summary of fossilized species lists for each locality in Porcupine Cave, and provides estimates of number of identifiable specimens (NISP) and minimum numbers of individuals...
ABA Increases the Desiccation Tolerance of Photosynthesis in the Afromontane Understorey Moss Atrichum androgynum
in Annals of Botany
December 2001; published online December 2001.
Journal Article. Subjects: plant sciences and forestry; ecology and conservation; evolutionary biology. 11 words.
The effect of pretreatment with abscisic acid (ABA) on the physiology of the moss Atrichum androgynum during a desiccation–rehydration cycle was examined. During rehydration following...
ABA Inhibits Embryo Cell Expansion and Early Cell Division Events During Coffee (Coffea arabica ‘Rubi’) Seed Germination
in Annals of Botany
September 2008; published online July 2008.
Journal Article. Subjects: plant sciences and forestry; ecology and conservation; evolutionary biology. 6156 words.
Background and Aims
Coffee seed germination represents an interplay between the embryo and the surrounding endosperm. A sequence of events in both parts of the seed determines whether germination...
The ABC Model and its Applicability to Basal Angiosperms
in Annals of Botany
August 2007; published online July 2007.
Journal Article. Subjects: plant sciences and forestry; ecology and conservation; evolutionary biology. 5089 words.
Background
Although the flower is the central feature of the angiosperms, little is known of its origin and subsequent diversification. The ABC model has long been the unifying paradigm for floral...
Ability of Bumblebees to Discriminate Differences in the Shape of Artificial Flowers of Primula sieboldii (Primulaceae)
in Annals of Botany
June 2007; published online June 2007.
Journal Article. Subjects: plant sciences and forestry; ecology and conservation; evolutionary biology. 5144 words.
Background and Aims
Flower shapes are important visual cues for pollinators. However, the ability of pollinators to discriminate between flower shapes under natural conditions is poorly understood....
The ability to form intrastrand tetraplexes is an evolutionarily conserved feature of the 3' end of L1 retrotransposons.
in Molecular Biology and Evolution
February 1997; published online February 1997.
Journal Article. Subjects: evolutionary biology; molecular and cell biology. 0 words.
Mammalian genomes contain many thousands of members of a family of retrotransponsons known as L1 (or LINE-1) elements. These elements lack long terminal repeats (LTRs), and are thought to use a...