• Ocean warming favours a northern Argyrosomus species over its southern congener, whereas preliminary metabolic evidence suggests that hybridization may promote their adaptation 

  Pringle, Brett A.; Duncan, Murray I.; Winkler, Alexander C.; Mafwila, Samuel; Jagger, Charmaine; McKeown, Niall J.; Shaw, Paul W.; Henriques, Romina; Potts, Warren M. (Oxford University Press, 2023-01)

  Anthropogenic-induced climate change is having profound impacts on aquatic ecosystems, and the resilience of fish populations will be determined by their response to these impacts. The northern Namibian coast is an ocean ...
• Seagrass genomes reveal ancient polyploidy and adaptations to the marine environment 

  Ma, Xiao; Vanneste, Steffen; Chang, Jiyang; Ambrosino, Luca; Barry, Kerrie; Bayer, Till; Bobrov, Alexander A.; Boston, LoriBeth; Campbell, Justin E.; Chen, Hengchi; Chiusano, Maria Luisa; Dattolo, Emanuela; Grimwood, Jane; He, Guifen; Jenkins, Jerry; Khachaturyan, Marina; Marin-Guirao, Lazaro; Mesterhazy, Attila; Muhd, Danish-Daniel; Pazzaglia, Jessica; Plott, Chris; Rajasekar, Shanmugam; Rombauts, Stephane; Ruocco, Miriam; Scott, Alison; Tan, Min Pau; Van de Velde, Jozefien; Vanholme, Bartel; Webber, Jenell; Wong, Li Lian; Yan, Mi; Sung, Yeong Yik; Novikova, Polina; Schmutz, Jeremy; Reusch, Thorsten B.H.; Procaccini, Gabriele; Olsen, Jeanine L.; Van de Peer, Yves (Nature Research, 2024-03)

  We present chromosome-level genome assemblies from representative species of three independently evolved seagrass lineages: Posidonia oceanica, Cymodocea nodosa, Thalassia testudinum and Zostera marina. We also include a ...
• Urban greenspaces and nearby natural areas support similar levels of soil ecosystem services 

  Eldridge, David J.; Cui, Haiying; Ding, Jingyi; Berdugo, Miguel; Saez-Sandino, Tadeo; Duran, Jorge; Gaitan, Juan J.; Blanco-Pastor, Jose L.; Rodriguez, Alexandra; Plaza, Cesar; Alfaro, Fernando; Teixido, Alberto L.; Abades, Sebastian; Bamigboye, Adebola R.; Penaloza-Bojaca, Gabriel F.; Grebenc, Tine; Nahberger, Tine U.; Illan, Javier G.; Liu, Yu-Rong; Makhalanyane, Thulani Peter; Rey, Ana; Siebe, Christina; Sun, Wei; Trivedi, Pankaj; Verma, Jay Prakash; Wang, Ling; Wang, Jianyong; Wang, Tianxue; Zaady, Eli; Zhou, Xiaobing; Zhou, Xin-Quan; Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel (Nature Research, 2024-03)

  Greenspaces are important for sustaining healthy urban environments and their human populations. Yet their capacity to support multiple ecosystem services simultaneously (multiservices) compared with nearby natural ecosystems ...
• Convergent and/or parallel evolution of RNA-binding proteins in angiosperms after polyploidization 

  Guo, Liangyu; Wang, Shuo; Jiao, Xi; Ye, Xiaoxue; Deng, Deyin; Liu, Hua; Li, Yan; Van de Peer, Yves; Wu, Wenwu (Wiley, 2024-05)

  Increasing studies suggest that the biased retention of stress-related transcription factors (TFs) after whole-genome duplications (WGDs) could rewire gene transcriptional networks, facilitating plant adaptation to challenging ...
• Unexpected diversity in historical biological control programs: Population genetics of the nematode Deladenus siricidicola in Australia and New Zealand 

  Eshetu, Firehiwot Birhane; Barnes, Irene; Nahrung, Helen F.; Fitza, Katrin N.E.; Meurisse, Nicolas; Slippers, Bernard (Elsevier, 2023-05)

  The nematode Deladenus siricidicola is used for the biocontrol of the invasive woodwasp, Sirex noctilio, that infests Pinus globally. In New Zealand, D. siricidicola was accidentally introduced along with S. noctilio, after ...
• Comparative transcriptional analysis of Persea americana MYB, WRKY and AP2/ERF transcription factors following Phytophthora cinnamomi infection 

  Fick, Alicia; Swart, Velushka; Bombarely, Aureliano; Van den Berg, Noelani (Wiley, 2024-04)

  Plant cells undergo extensive transcriptional reprogramming following pathogen infection, with these reprogramming patterns becoming more complex when pathogens, such as hemibiotrophs, exhibit different lifestyles. These ...
• Root exudate compounds change the bacterial community in bulk soil 

  Afzal, Muhammad Yasir; Das, Bikram K.; Valappil, Vishnu Thayil; Scaria, Joy; Brözel, Volker Siegfried (Elsevier, 2024-06)

  The soil bacteria are diverse in nature both physiologically and phylogenetically with spatial variations within the soil microenvironments. Plant roots secrete organic substances called root exudates which benefit bacteria ...
• Leaf surface traits may influence host specificity in psyllids of Eucalyptus, Spondyliaspis cf. plicatuloides (Froggatt) and Glycaspis brimblecombei Moore (Hemiptera: Aphalaridae) 

  Makunde, P.T. (Privilege); Joubert, Johannes Christoffel; Slippers, Bernard; Hurley, Brett P.; Hammerbacher, Almuth (Springer, 2023-08)

  Spondyliaspis cf. plicatuloides and Glycaspis brimblecombei (Hemiptera: Aphalaridae) are invasive insect pests of Eucalyptus, native to Australia. The insects feed on eucalypt sap, and both psyllid species exhibit clear ...
• Ligand-guided investigation of a series of formamidine-based thiuram disulfides as potential dual-inhibitors of COX-1and COX-2 

  Oladipo, Segun D.; Akinpelu, Olayinka I.; Omondi, Bernard (Wiley, 2023-01)

  A series of thiuram disulfides 1–6 which had been previously synthesized and characterized, were studied for their potential therapeutic properties. Target-fishing analyses through HitPick and SwissTarget prediction ...
• Pathogenicity of Chrysoporthe deuterocubensis on eucalypts in Indonesia 

  Tarigan, Marthin; Wingfield, Michael J.; Jami, Fahimeh; Marpaung, Yosep MAN; Durán, Alvaro; Pham, Nam Q. (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor and Francis Group), 2024)

  Several economically important pathogens, including species of Chrysoporthe, pose a threat to the rapidly expanding eucalypt plantation industry in Southeast Asia. During 2019 disease surveys in Riau and Kalimantan ...
• Detection and genome sequencing of lumpy skin disease viruses in wildlife game species in South Africa 

  Van Schalkwyk, Antoinette; Kara, Pravesh Deepak; Last, Robert D.; Romito, Marco; Wallace, David Brian (MDPI, 2024-01)

  Lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) has recently undergone rapid spread, now being reported from more than 80 countries, affecting predominantly cattle and to a lesser extent, water buffalo. This poxvirus was previously ...
• Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? A call for community participation in the governance of the SeqCode 

  Sutcliffe, Iain; Rodriguez-R, Luis M.; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); Whitman, William B. (Elsevier, 2024-05)

  Codes of nomenclature that provide well-regulated and stable frameworks for the naming of taxa are a fundamental underpinning of biological research. These Codes themselves require systems that govern their administration, ...
• SeqCode facilitates naming of South African rhizobia left in limbo 

  Van Lill, Melandre; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); Muema, Esther K.; Palmer, Marike; Chan, Wai Yin; Beukes, Chrizelle W.; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora (Elsevier, 2024-05)

  South Africa is well-known for the diversity of its legumes and their nitrogen-fixing bacterial symbionts. However, in contrast to their plant partners, remarkably few of these microbes (collectively referred to as rhizobia) ...
• Metaviromic characterization of betaflexivirus populations associated with a Vitis cultivar collection in South Africa 

  Read, David Alan; Thompson, Genevieve D.; Swanevelder, Dirk Z.H.; Pietersen, Gerhard (MDPI, 2023-06-29)

  South Africa is associated with a centuries-old viticultural industry, accompanied by a diverse range of wine and table grape cultivars and an extensive history of pervasive introductions of vine material and associated ...
• Eelgrass Zostera capensis populations in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, harbour distinct genomic signals despite limited geographical distance 

  Smit, S. Engela; Henriques, Romina; Jackson, Megan; Taylor, Ricky; Vivier, Leon; Von der Heyden, Sophie (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor and Francis Group), 2023)

  Seagrasses are threatened by anthropogenic stressors and climate change, with numerous population declines reported. In South Africa, the eelgrass Zostera capensis is restricted to estuarine environments and has a disjunct ...
• Whole-genome duplications and the long-term evolution of gene regulatory networks in angiosperms 

  Almeida-Silva, Fabricio; Van de Peer, Yves (Oxford University Press, 2023-07)

  Angiosperms have a complex history of whole-genome duplications (WGDs), with varying numbers and ages of WGD events across clades. These WGDs have greatly affected the composition of plant genomes due to the biased retention ...
• Genomic insights into adaptation to Karst limestone and incipient speciation in East Asian Platycarya spp. (Juglandaceae) 

  Cao, Yu; Almeida-Silva, Fabricio; Zhang, Wei-Ping; Ding, Ya-Mei; Bai, Dan; Bai, Wei-Ning; Zhang, Bo-Wen; Van de Peer, Yves; Zhang, Da-Yong (Oxford University Press, 2023-06)

  When challenged by similar environmental conditions, phylogenetically distant taxa often independently evolve similar traits (convergent evolution). Meanwhile, adaptation to extreme habitats might lead to divergence between ...
• In silico and in vitro assessment of the anti-β-amyloid aggregation and anti-cholinesterase activities of Ptaeroxylon obliquum and Bauhinia bowkeri extracts 

  Ojo, Michael C.; Mosa, Rebamang Anthony; Osunsanmi, Foluso O.; Revaprasadu, Neerish; Opoku, Andy R. (Elsevier, 2024-03)

  BACKGROUND : Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia and dementia constitutes the fifth leading cause of mortality across the globe. Available treatment modalities and drugs have abysmally failed to ...
• Bioactive peptides from African yam (AVIAIMF and GPADPF) and taro (NGDF and NGNW) reveal multifunctional antidiabetic effects using biochemical and cellular models 

  Ibrahim, Mohammed Auwal; Serem, June Cheptoo; Abdullahi, Aliyu Dantani; Aminu, Suleiman; Aliyu, Abubakar Babando; Musa, Aliyu Muhammad; Musa, Bashir; Bester, Megan; Gaspar, A.R.M. (Anabella Regina Marques) (Springer, 2023-04)

  The multifactorial nature of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has driven a need to discover multifunctional antidiabetic peptides preferably from functional food sources for possible application as antidiabetic supplements. ...
• Benthic foraminiferal patchiness-revisited 

  Schonfeld, Joachim; Glock, Nicolaas; Asteman, Irina Polovodova; Roy, Alexandra-Sophie; Warren, Marie; Weissenbach, Julia; Wukovits, Julia (Copernicus Publications, 2023-11-03)

  Many benthic organisms show aggregated distribution patterns due to the spatial heterogeneity of niches or food availability. In particular, high-abundance patches of benthic foraminifera have been reported that extend ...

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