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Jul 31

Trade-offs between efficiency and robustness in bacterial metabolic networks are associated with niche breadth.

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Trade-offs between efficiency and robustness in bacterial metabolic networks are associated with niche breadth.
J Mol Evol. 2009 May;68(5):506-15
Authors: Morine MJ, Gu H, Myers RA, Bielawski JP
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Jul 31

Evolution of ultrasmall spliceosomal introns in highly reduced nuclear genomes.

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Evolution of ultrasmall spliceosomal introns in highly reduced nuclear genomes.
Mol Biol Evol. 2009 Aug;26(8):1699-705
Authors: Slamovits CH, Keeling PJ
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Intron reduction and loss is …

Jul 31

Integron gene cassettes and degradation of compounds associated with industrial waste: the case of the Sydney tar ponds.

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Integron gene cassettes and degradation of compounds associated with industrial waste: the case of the Sydney tar ponds.
PLoS One. 2009;4(4):e5276
Authors: Koenig JE, Sharp C, Dlutek M, Curtis B, Joss M, Bo…

Jul 31

On the origin of prokaryotic species.

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On the origin of prokaryotic species.
Genome Res. 2009 May;19(5):744-56
Authors: Doolittle WF, Zhaxybayeva O
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The notion that all prokaryotes belong to genomically and phenomically co…

Jul 31

Predicting proteomes of mitochondria and related organelles from genomic and expressed sequence tag data.

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Predicting proteomes of mitochondria and related organelles from genomic and expressed sequence tag data.
Methods Enzymol. 2009;457:21-47
Authors: Gaston D, Tsaousis AD, Roger AJ
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In e…

Jul 31

The practice of classification and the theory of evolution, and what the demise of Charles Darwin's tree of life hypothesis means for both of them.

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The practice of classification and the theory of evolution, and what the demise of Charles Darwin’s tree of life hypothesis means for both of them.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2009 Aug 12;364(1527):2221-8
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Jul 31

Light microscopic observations, ultrastructure, and molecular phylogeny of Hicanonectes teleskopos n. g., n. sp., a deep-branching relative of diplomonads.

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Light microscopic observations, ultrastructure, and molecular phylogeny of Hicanonectes teleskopos n. g., n. sp., a deep-branching relative of diplomonads.
J Eukaryot Microbiol. 2009 Jul-Aug;56(4):373-84
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Jul 31

Going, going, not quite gone: nucleomorphs as a case study in nuclear genome reduction.

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Going, going, not quite gone: nucleomorphs as a case study in nuclear genome reduction.
J Hered. 2009 Sep-Oct;100(5):582-90
Authors: Archibald JM, Lane CE
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Nucleomorphs are the relic …

Jul 31

GenGIS: A geospatial information system for genomic data.

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GenGIS: A geospatial information system for genomic data.
Genome Res. 2009 Oct;19(10):1896-904
Authors: Parks DH, Porter M, Churcher S, Wang S, Blouin C, Whalley J, Brooks S, Beiko RG
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Jul 31

Reconciling ecological and genomic divergence among lineages of listeria under an "extended mosaic genome concept".

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Reconciling ecological and genomic divergence among lineages of listeria under an “extended mosaic genome concept”.
Mol Biol Evol. 2009 Nov;26(11):2605-15
Authors: Dunn KA, Bielawski JP, Ward TJ, Urquhart C,…