July 2012 archive

Microbial evolution: stalking the wild bacterial species.

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Microbial evolution: stalking the wild bacterial species.
Curr Biol. 2008 Jul 8;18(13):R565-7
Authors: Doolittle WF
Abstract
A recent report suggests that, when habitats are disturbed, bacter…

Molecular phylogeny of diplomonads and enteromonads based on SSU rRNA, alpha-tubulin and HSP90 genes: implications for the evolutionary history of the double karyomastigont of diplomonads.

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Molecular phylogeny of diplomonads and enteromonads based on SSU rRNA, alpha-tubulin and HSP90 genes: implications for the evolutionary history of the double karyomastigont of diplomonads.
BMC Evol Biol. 2008;8:205

Plastid evolution: remnant algal genes in ciliates.

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Plastid evolution: remnant algal genes in ciliates.
Curr Biol. 2008 Aug 5;18(15):R663-R665
Authors: Archibald JM
Abstract
Determination of the number of times that plastids have been gained a…

On the distributions of bootstrap support and posterior distributions for a star tree.

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On the distributions of bootstrap support and posterior distributions for a star tree.
Syst Biol. 2008 Aug;57(4):602-12
Authors: Susko E
Abstract
Several authors have recently noted that when…

A new divergent type of eukaryotic methionine adenosyltransferase is present in multiple distantly related secondary algal lineages.

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A new divergent type of eukaryotic methionine adenosyltransferase is present in multiple distantly related secondary algal lineages.
J Eukaryot Microbiol. 2008 Sep-Oct;55(5):374-81
Authors: Sanchez-Perez GF,…

A class frequency mixture model that adjusts for site-specific amino acid frequencies and improves inference of protein phylogeny.

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A class frequency mixture model that adjusts for site-specific amino acid frequencies and improves inference of protein phylogeny.
BMC Evol Biol. 2008;8:331
Authors: Wang HC, Li K, Susko E, Roger AJ

The eocyte hypothesis and the origin of eukaryotic cells.

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The eocyte hypothesis and the origin of eukaryotic cells.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Dec 23;105(51):20049-50
Authors: Archibald JM
PMID: 19091952 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

Intertwined evolutionary histories of marine Synechococcus and Prochlorococcus marinus.

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Intertwined evolutionary histories of marine Synechococcus and Prochlorococcus marinus.
Genome Biol Evol. 2009;1:325-39
Authors: Zhaxybayeva O, Doolittle WF, Papke RT, Gogarten JP
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P…

The complete plastid genome sequence of the secondarily nonphotosynthetic alga Cryptomonas paramecium: reduction, compaction, and accelerated evolutionary rate.

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The complete plastid genome sequence of the secondarily nonphotosynthetic alga Cryptomonas paramecium: reduction, compaction, and accelerated evolutionary rate.
Genome Biol Evol. 2009;1:439-48
Authors: Dona…

Nuclear genome sequence survey of the Dinoflagellate Heterocapsa triquetra.

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Nuclear genome sequence survey of the Dinoflagellate Heterocapsa triquetra.
J Eukaryot Microbiol. 2008 Nov-Dec;55(6):530-5
Authors: McEwan M, Humayun R, Slamovits CH, Keeling PJ
Abstract
Dino…