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Browsing Genetics by Type "Postprint Article"
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Rantala, Markus J.; Coetzee, Vinet; Moore, Fhionna R.; Skrinda, Ilona; Kecko, Sanita; Krama, Tatjana; Kivleniece, Inese; Krams, Indrikis
(The Royal Society, 2013-01)
According to the “good genes” hypothesis, females choose males based on traits that
indicate the male’s genetic quality in terms of disease resistance. The
“immunocompetence handicap hypothesis (ICHH)” proposed that ...
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Duran, Alvaro; Gryzenhout, Marieka; Drenth, Andre; Slippers, Bernard; Ahumada, Rodrigo; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J.
(Elsevier, 2010-09)
Phytophthora pinifolia is the causal agent of the recently discovered needle disease of Pinus radiata in Chile, referred to as “Daño Foliar del Pino” (DFP). The genetic structure of the pathogen population is unknown, which ...
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Wall, Gayle V.; Wright, Isabella M.; Barnardo, Carin; Erasmus, Baltus J.; Van Staden, Vida; Potgieter, A. Christiaan
(Elsevier, 2021-06)
African horse sickness virus (AHSV) non-structural protein NS4 is a nucleocytoplasmic protein that is expressed in the heart, lung, and spleen of infected horses, binds dsDNA, and colocalizes with promyelocytic leukemia ...
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Krivak-Tetley, Flora E.; Lantschner, M. Victoria; Lombardero, Maria J.; Garnas, Jeffrey R.; Hurley, Brett Phillip; Villacide, Jose M.; Slippers, Bernard; Corley, Juan C.; Liebhold, Andrew M.; Ayres, Matthew P.
(Elsevier, 2021-03)
Invasive insects and pathogens are prominent tree mortality agents in forests around the world, and the magnitude of their impacts is increasing. Comparative studies across multiple populations can be helpful for the ...
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Sayari, Mohammad; Van der Nest, Magrieta Aletta; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Adegeye, O.O.; Marincowitz, Seonju; Wingfield, Brenda D.
(Elsevier, 2019-09)
Functional association between genomic loci and specific biological traits remains lacking in many fungi, including the African tree pathogen Ceratocystis albifundus. This is mainly because of the absence of suitable ...
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Archer, Stephen D.J.; Lee, Kevin C.; Caruso, Tancredi; Maki, Teruya; Lee, Charles K.; Carys, S. Craig; Cowan, Don A.; Maestre, Fernando T.; Pointing, Stephen B.
(Nature Publishing Group, 2019-03)
Dispersal is a critical yet poorly understood factor underlying macroecological patterns in microbial communities. Airborne microbial transport is assumed to occupy a central role in determining dispersal outcomes, and ...
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Simpson, M.C. (Melissa Claire); Wilken, Pieter Markus; Coetzee, Martin Petrus Albertus; Wingfield, Michael J.; Wingfield, Brenda D.
(Elsevier, 2013-07)
Ceratocystis fimbriata sensu lato represents a complex of cryptic and commonly plant pathogenic species that are morphologically similar. Species in this complex have been described using morphological characteristics, ...
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Musyoka, Thommas M.; Kanzi, Aquillah M.; Lobb, Kevin A.; Bishop, Ozlem Tastan
(Taylor and Francis, 2016-01)
Falcipain-2 (FP-2) and falcipain-3 (FP-3), haemoglobin-degrading enzymes in Plasmodium
falciparum, are validated drug targets for the development of effective inhibitors against
malaria. However, no commercial drug-targeting ...
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De Scally, Storme Z.; Makhalanyane, Thulani Peter; Frossard, Aline; Hogg, I.D.; Cowan, Don A.
(Elsevier, 2016-12)
Climate change has the potential to induce dramatic shifts in the biodiversity and functionality of soil
microorganisms in polar hyperarid ecosystems. In these depauperate soil ecosystems, microbial communities
are vital ...
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Miller, Susan M.; Moeller, Carl-Heinz; Harper, Cindy Kim; Bloomer, Paulette
(Springer, 2020-08)
Hybridisation caused by anthropogenic movements of animals is a conservation concern. Black-faced impala (Aepyceros melampus petersi) are endemic to north-western Namibia and south-western Angola and are geographically ...
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Baloyi, Itumeleng Tsebang; Cosa, Sekelwa; Combrinck, Sandra; Leonard, Carmen M.; Viljoen, Alvaro M.
(Elsevier, 2019-05)
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) primarily affect women and have increasingly become a serious health problem globally. These infections are largely attributed to the quorum sensing (QS)-dependent ability of pathogens to ...
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Du Rand, Esther Elizabeth; Stutzer, Christian; Human, Hannelie; Pirk, Christian Walter Werner; Nicolson, Sue W.
(Springer, 2020-02)
Nutritional stress due to habitat transformation and loss is one of several factors contributing to current declines in global bee populations. Bees obtain protein from pollen, which in honeybees is consumed and digested ...
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Khazir, Jabeena; Mir, Bilal Ahmad; Pilcher, Lynne A.; Riley, Darren Lyall; Cowan, Don A.
(Natural Product, 2014-11)
Cancer is one of the major causes of death and the number of new cases, as well as the
number of individuals living with cancer, is expanding continuously. Worldwide the alarming
rise in mortality rate due to cancer has ...
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Dziwornu, Godwin Akpeko; Coertzen, Dina; Leshabane, Meta Kgaogelo; Korkor, Constance M.; Cloete, Cleavon K.; Njoroge, Mathew; Gibhard, Liezl; Lawrence, Nina; Reader, Janette; Van der Watt, Mariette Elizabeth; Wittlin, Sergio; Birkholtz, Lyn-Marie; Chibale, Kelly
(American Chemical Society, 2021-04)
A novel series of antimalarial benzimidazole derivatives incorporating phenolic Mannich base side chains at the C2 position, which possess dual asexual blood and sexual stage activities, is presented. Structure–activity ...
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Ahenkorah, Stephen; Coertzen, Dina; Tong, Jie Xin; Fridianto, Kevin; Wittlin, Sergio; Birkholtz, Lyn-Marie; Tan, Kevin S.W.; Lam, Yulin; Go, Mei-Lin; Haynes, Richard K.
(American Chemical Society, 2020)
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Greeff, Jacobus Maree; Erasmus, Johannes Christoff
(Elsevier, 2013)
In 1683 Maria Kickers and Jan Cornelitz got married in Cape Town. Today, 330 years later, the living
patrilineal descendants of Maria’s four sons, number in excess of 76,000 people. Curiously, none of them
carry the ...
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Viljoen, Erika; Odeny, Damaris Achieng; Coetzee, Martin Petrus Albertus; Berger, David Kenneth; Rees, David J.G.
(Springer, 2018-04)
Amaranthus species are an emerging and promising nutritious traditional vegetable food source. Morphological plasticity and poorly resolved dendrograms have led to the need for well resolved species phylogenies. We ...
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Vermeirssen, Vanessa; De Clercq, Inge; Van Parys, Thomas; Van Breusegem, Frank; Van de Peer, Yves
(American Society of Plant Biologists, 2014-12)
The abiotic stress response in plants is complex and tightly controlled by gene regulation. We present an abiotic stress gene
regulatory network of 200,014 interactions for 11,938 target genes by integrating four complementary ...
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Vivas, Maria; Crous, C.J.; Dames, J.F.; Van der Linde, Johannes Alwyn; Coetzee, Martin Petrus Albertus; Roux, Jolanda
(Elsevier, 2018-03)
Forest declines have been reported with increasing regularity during the last decade and are expected to increase due to the ongoing environmental changes. During adverse environmental conditions, plant symbioses with ...
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Coetzee, Martin Petrus Albertus; Musasira, N.Y.; Roux, Jolanda; Roets, F.; Van der Merwe, Nicolaas Albertus (Albie); Wingfield, Michael J.
(Wiley, 2018-05)
Signs and symptoms of a disease similar to those of armillaria root rot have recently been observed on various native woody plants on the foothills of Table Mountain in South Africa, one of the most botanically diverse ...