Introduction Darwin famously characterized the rapid rise and early diversification of
flowering plants (angiosperms) in the fossil record as an “abominable mystery.” Identifying …

The opportunistic pathogens Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis
represent major causes of severe nosocomial infection, and are associated with high levels …

PREMISE OF THE STUDY: The ability of California tree populations to survive
anthropogenic climate change will be shaped by the geographic structure of adaptive …

Phytochromes play an important role in light signaling and photoperiodic control of flowering
time in plants. Here we propose that the red/far-red light photoreceptor HvPHYTOCHROME …

East African highland bananas (EAHBs) are staple food crop in Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi,
and other countries in the African Great Lakes region. Even though several morphologically …

Satellite DNA sequences consist of tandemly arranged repetitive units up to thousands
nucleotides long in head-to-tail orientation. The evolutionary processes by which satellites …

Network characteristics of biochemical pathways are believed to influence the rate of
evolutionary change in constituent enzymes. One characteristic that may affect rate …

The production of bananas is threatened by rapid spreading of various diseases and
adverse environmental conditions. The preservation and characterization of banana …

Extant variation in temperate and boreal plant species has been influenced by both
demographic histories associated with Pleistocene glacial cycles and adaptation to local …

The genomic sequences of 20 Leishmania infantum isolates collected in northeastern Brazil
were compared with each other and with the available genomic sequences of 29 L …