Cryptic variation is caused by the robustness of phenotypes to mutations. Cryptic variation
has no effect on phenotypes in a given genetic or environmental background, but it can have …

PCR-mediated recombination can greatly impact estimates of diversity, both in
environmental studies and in analyses of gene family evolution. Here we measure chimera …

Highlights•We review diversification methods for directed evolution and genome
engineering.•Recent diversification approaches allow non-biased exploration of sequence …

Cockayne syndrome (CS) is a devastating progeria most often caused by mutations in the
CSB gene encoding a SWI/SNF family chromatin remodeling protein. Although all CSB …

In recent years many cases of hybridization and introgression became known for
chelonians, requiring a better understanding of their speciation mechanisms …

Reactions of formamide (NH2COH) in the presence of catalysts of both terrestrial and
meteoritic origin yield, in plausible and variegated conditions, a large panel of precursors of …

Background One of the major challenges facing investigators in the microbiome field is
turning large numbers of reads generated by next-generation sequencing (NGS) platforms …

Nearly full-length genome sequencing of HIV-1 using peripheral blood mononuclear cells
(PBMC) DNA as a template for PCR is now a relatively routine laboratory procedure …

Recombination and reassortment of viral genomes are major processes contributing to the
creation of new, emerging viruses. These processes are especially significant in long-term …

Sugarcane is a crop of great interest for engineering of sustainable biomaterials and biofuel
production. Isolated sugarcane promoters have generally not maintained the expected …