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The i5K Initiative: Advancing Arthropod Genomics for Knowledge, Human Health, Agriculture, and the Environment 12 Aug 2013 | 08:02 pm

Insects and their arthropod relatives including mites, spiders, and crustaceans play major roles in the world’s terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecosystems. Arthropods compete with humans for food and...

MHC Variability in an Isolated Wolf Population in Italy 12 Aug 2013 | 08:02 pm

Small, isolated populations may experience increased extinction risk due to reduced genetic variability at important functional genes, thus decreasing the population’s adaptive potential. The major hi...

Biogeographic Determinants of Genetic Diversification in the Mouse Opossum Gracilinanus agilis (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) 12 Aug 2013 | 08:02 pm

The genetic variation of Brazilian populations of the mouse opossum Gracilinanus agilis was analyzed on the basis of the mitochondrial Cytochrome b gene (mt-Cytb) and the exon 28 of the nuclear Von Wi...

The Evolution of Desaturase Gene Regulation Involved in Sex Pheromone Production in Leafroller Moths of the Genus Planotortrix 12 Aug 2013 | 08:02 pm

The evolution of mating systems in leafroller moths involves differential regulation of a desaturase gene that produces distinct sex pheromones. In the genus Planotortrix, female P. octo predominantly...

Colonization and Persistence of Urban Ant Populations as Revealed by Joint Estimation of Kinship and Population Genetic Parameters 12 Aug 2013 | 08:02 pm

The decrease in biodiversity due to increasing urbanization has been well documented, but the processes of colonization and maintenance of wildlife populations in urban areas remain poorly understood....

Composite Linkage Map and Enhanced Genome Map for Culex pipiens Complex Mosquitoes 12 Aug 2013 | 08:02 pm

We report here the development of 65 novel microsatellite loci and construction of a composite genetic linkage map for Culex pipiens complex mosquitoes. Microsatellites were identified by in silico sc...