środa, 29 lutego 2012

Plant Biology - 13 (4-6), 2011



Plant Biology - 13 (4), 2011



Contents:

REVIEW ARTICLE

Plant cation/H+ exchangers (CAXs): biological functions and genetic manipulations (pages 561–569)

M. Manohar, T. Shigaki and K. D. Hirschi


RESEARCH PAPERS

Does facilitating pollinator learning impede deceptive orchid attractiveness? A multi-approach test of avoidance learning (pages 570–575)

N. Juillet, C. C. Salzmann and G. Scopece


Reproductive biology of Trichocentrum pumilum: an orchid pollinated by oil-collecting bees (pages 576–581)

E. R. Pansarin and L. M. Pansarin


Reproductive biology of two Himalayan alpine gingers (Roscoea spp., Zingiberaceae) in China: pollination syndrome and compensatory floral mechanisms (pages 582–589)

Z.-Q. Zhang, W. J. Kress, W.-J. Xie, P.-Y. Ren, J.-Y. Gao and Q.-J. Li


Actin-dependent deposition of putative endosomes and endoplasmic reticulum during early stages of wound healing in characean internodal cells (pages 590–601)

A. Klima and I. Foissner


Pollen and stigma morphology of some Phaseoleae species (Leguminosae) with different pollinators (pages 602–610)

J. P. Basso-Alves, K. Agostini and S. de Pádua Teixeira


Regulatory interplay of the Sub1A and CIPK15 pathways in the regulation of ?-amylase production in flooded rice plants (pages 611–619)

N. P. Kudahettige, C. Pucciariello, S. Parlanti, A. Alpi and P. Perata


An insight into functional genomics of transgenic lines of tomato cv Rio Grande harbouring yeast halotolerance genes (pages 620–631)

N. Safdar, A. Yasmeen and B. Mirza


Physiology and proteomics of drought stress acclimation in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) (pages 632–642)

S. Fulda, S. Mikkat, H. Stegmann and R. Horn


Influence of physico-chemical parameters of the aquatic medium on germination of Eichhornia crassipes seeds (pages 643–648)

E. Albano Pérez, T. Ruiz Téllez and J. M. Sánchez Guzmán


Over-expression of gsh1 in the cytosol affects the photosynthetic apparatus and improves the performance of transgenic poplars on heavy metal-contaminated soil (pages 649–659)

L. A. Ivanova, D. A. Ronzhina, L. A. Ivanov, L. V. Stroukova, A. D. Peuke and H. Rennenberg


Geographic variation in the flood-induced fluctuating temperature requirement for germination in Setaria parviflora seeds (pages 660–666)

F. P. O. Mollard and P. Insausti


Genetic population structure, fitness variation and the importance of population history in remnant populations of the endangered plant Silene chlorantha (Willd.) Ehrh. (Caryophyllaceae) (pages 667–777)

D. Lauterbach, M. Ristow and B. Gemeinholzer


Genetic variation in Mediterranean Helichrysum italicum (Asteraceae; Gnaphalieae): do disjunct populations of subsp. microphyllum have a common origin? (pages 678–687)

M. Galbany-Casals, J. M. Blanco-Moreno, N. Garcia-Jacas, I. Breitwieser and R. D. Smissen


SHORT RESEARCH PAPERS

The protective shell: sclereids and their mechanical function in corollas of some species of Camellia (Theaceae) (pages 688–692)

W. Zhang, X.-Q. Wang and Z.-Y. Li


Development of glutathione-deficient embryos in Arabidopsis is influenced by the maternal level of glutathione (pages 693–697)

B. Lim, A. J. Meyer and C. S. Cobbett


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Plant Biology - 13 (5), 2011



Contents:

REVIEW ARTICLE


Signalling by the global regulatory molecule ppGpp in bacteria and chloroplasts of land plants (pages 699–709)

Y. Tozawa and Y. Nomura


RESEARCH PAPERS


Identification of an Arabidopsis solute carrier critical for intracellular transport and inter-organ allocation of molybdate (pages 710–718)

A. Gasber, S. Klaumann, O. Trentmann, A. Trampczynska, S. Clemens, S. Schneider, N. Sauer, I. Feifer, F. Bittner, R. R. Mendel and H. E. Neuhaus


Transcriptional regulation of two RTE-like genes of carnation during flower senescence and upon ethylene exposure, wounding treatment and sucrose supply (pages 719–724)

Y. Yu, H. Wang, J. Liu, Z. Fu, J. Wang and J. Liu


Plant U-box armadillo repeat proteins AtPUB18 and AtPUB19 are involved in salt inhibition of germination in Arabidopsis (pages 725–730)

J. Bergler and S. Hoth


Influence of EARLI1-like genes on flowering time and lignin synthesis of Arabidopsis thaliana (pages 731–739)

Y. Shi, X. Zhang, Z.-Y. Xu, L. Li, C. Zhang, M. Schläppi and Z.-Q. Xu


Accumulation of human EGF in nectar of transformed plants of Nicotiana langsdorffii × N. sanderae and transfer to honey by bees (pages 740–746)

J. P. F. G. Helsper, C. P. Ruyter-Spira, P. H. S. Kwakman, W. K. Bleeker, L. C. P. Keizer, J. B. Bade, A. A. Te Velde, S. A. J. Zaat, M. Verbeek and J. Creemers-Molenaar


Are nitric oxide donors a valuable tool to study the functional role of nitric oxide in plant metabolism? (pages 747–756)

M. Arasimowicz-Jelonek, J. Floryszak-Wieczorek and A. Kosmala


Redox changes during cold acclimation affect freezing tolerance but not the vegetative/reproductive transition of the shoot apex in wheat (pages 757–766)

A. Soltész, I. Tímár, I. Vashegyi, B. Tóth, T. Kellős, G. Szalai, A. Vágújfalvi, G. Kocsy and G. Galiba


Sugar ratios, glutathione redox status and phenols in the resurrection species Haberlea rhodopensis and the closely related non-resurrection species Chirita eberhardtii (pages 767–776)

D. Djilianov, S. Ivanov, D. Moyankova, L. Miteva, E. Kirova, V. Alexieva, M. Joudi, D. Peshev and W. Van den Ende


The ßI-galactosidase of Cicer arietinum is located in thickened cell walls such as those of collenchyma, sclerenchyma and vascular tissue (pages 777–783)

I. Martín, T. Jiménez, J. Hernández-Nistal, B. Dopico and E. Labrador


Gene expression profiling of Arabidopsis meiocytes (pages 784–793)

P. Libeau, M. Durandet, F. Granier, C. Marquis, R. Berthomé, J. P. Renou, L. Taconnat-Soubirou and C. Horlow


Rhizobial Nod factors are required for cortical cell division in the nodule morphogenetic programme of the Aeschynomeneae legume Arachis (pages 794–800)

F. Ibánez and A. Fabra


The life cycle of the amoeboid alga Synchroma grande (Synchromophyceae, Heterokontophyta) – highly adapted yet equally equipped for rapid diversification in benthic habitats (pages 801–808)

C. Koch, B. Brumme, M. Schmidt, K. Flieger, R. Schnetter and C. Wilhelm


The FLOWERING LOCUS T orthologous gene of Platanus acerifolia is expressed as alternatively spliced forms with distinct spatial and temporal patterns (pages 809–820)

J. Zhang, G. Liu, C. Guo, Y. He, Z. Li, G. Ning, X. Shi and M. Bao


Persistence of sunflower crop traits and fitness in Helianthus petiolaris populations (pages 821–830)

A. Gutierrez, M. Cantamutto and M. Poverene


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Plant Biology - 13 (6), 2011



Contents:

ACUTE VIEW

Is there evidence of optimisation for carbon efficiency in plant proteomes? (pages 831–834)

B. Jankovic, C. Seoighe, M. Alqurashi and C. Gehring


REVIEW ARTICLE

‘Rediscovery’ revised – the cooperation of Erich and Armin von Tschermak-Seysenegg in the context of the ‘rediscovery’ of Mendel’s laws in 1899–1901 (pages 835–841)

M. Simunek, U. Hoßfeld and V. Wissemann


RESEARCH PAPERS

For she that hath, to her shall be given…Implications of flowering in Anemone nemorosa L. (pages 842–847)

M.-B. Pontoppidan, P. M. Petersen and M. Philipp


Pollinator directionality as a response to nectar gradient: promoting outcrossing while avoiding geitonogamy (pages 848–856)

A. Fisogni, G. Cristofolini, M. Rossi and M. Galloni


Pollen limitation and inbreeding depression in an ‘old rare’ bumblebee-pollinated grassland herb (pages 857–864)

T. Becker, N. Voss and W. Durka


Seed longevity and fire: germination responses of an exotic perennial herb in NW Patagonian grasslands (Argentina) (pages 865–871)

J. Franzese and L. Ghermandi


Interactive effects of salinity and phosphorus availability on growth, water relations, nutritional status and photosynthetic activity of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) (pages 872–880)

O. Talbi Zribi, C. Abdelly and A. Debez


Characterisation and natural variation of a dehydrin gene in Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl. (pages 881–887)

B. Vornam, O. Gailing, J. Derory, C. Plomion, A. Kremer and R. Finkeldey


Reproductive allocation and costs in gynodioecious Leucopogon melaleucoides (Ericaceae): implications for the evolution of gender dimorphism (pages 888–895)

G. Vaughton and M. Ramsey


Response of Trifolium repens to UV-B radiation: morphological links to plant productivity and water availability (pages 896–901)

R. W. Hofmann and B. D. Campbell


What is the proximate cause for size-dependent ecophysiological differences in vascular epiphytes? (pages 902–908)

G. Zotz, G. Schmidt and C. Mikona


Salicylic acid negatively affects the response to salt stress in pea plants (pages 909–917)

G. Barba-Espín, M. J. Clemente-Moreno, S. Álvarez, M. F. García-Legaz, J. A. Hernández and P. Díaz-Vivancos


Composition of epiphytic bacterial communities differs on petals and leaves (pages 918–924)

R. R. Junker, C. Loewel, R. Gross, S. Dötterl, A. Keller and N. Blüthgen


Endophytic colonisation of Bacillus subtilis in the roots of Robinia pseudoacacia L. (pages 925–931)

B. Huang, C. Lv, P. Zhuang, H. Zhang and L. Fan


Leaf cuticular n-alkanes as markers in the chemotaxonomy of the eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) and related species (pages 932–939)

Ł. P. Haliński, J. Szafranek and P. Stepnowski


Classification and differentiation of the genus Peganum indigenous to China based on chloroplast trnL-F and psbA-trnH sequences and seed coat morphology (pages 940–947)

T. Zhao, Z.-T. Wang, C. J. Branford-White, H. Xu and C.-H. Wang

Physiologia Plantarum - 143 (1-4), 2011




Physiologia Plantarum - 143 (1), 2011


Contents:

MiR398 and plant stress responses (pages 1–9)

Cheng Zhu, Yanfei Ding and Haili Liu


The impact of long-term water stress on relative growth rate and morphology of needles and shoots of Metasequoia glyptostroboides seedlings: research toward identifying mechanistic models (pages 10–20)

Yanxiang Zhang, Maria Alejandra Equiza, Quanshui Zheng and Melvin T. Tyree


Genome-wide transcriptional changes and defence-related chemical profiling of rice in response to infestation by the rice striped stem borer Chilo suppressalis (pages 21–40)

Guoxin Zhou, Xia Wang, Feng Yan, Xia Wang, Ran Li, Jiaan Cheng and Yonggen Lou


The hypoxia responsive transcription factor genes ERF71/HRE2 and ERF73/HRE1 of Arabidopsis are differentially regulated by ethylene (pages 41–49)

Natalia Hess, Mathias Klode, Marco Anders and Margret Sauter


Net cadmium flux and accumulation reveal tissue-specific oxidative stress and detoxification in Populus × canescens (pages 50–63)

Jiali He, Jingjing Qin, Lingyun Long, Yonglu Ma, Hong Li, Ke Li, Xiangning Jiang, Tongxian Liu, Andrea Polle, Zongsuo Liang and Zhi-Bin Luo


Deep sequencing of grapevine flower and berry short RNA library for discovery of novel microRNAs and validation of precise sequences of grapevine microRNAs deposited in miRBase (pages 64–81)

Chen Wang, Xicheng Wang, Nicholas K. Kibet, Changnian Song, Changqing Zhang, Xiaoying Li, Jian Han and Jinggui Fang


Promotion of flowering in azaleas by manipulating photoperiod and temperature induces epigenetic alterations during floral transition (pages 82–92)

Mónica Meijón, Isabel Feito, Luis Valledor, Roberto Rodríguez and María Jesús Canal


Cloning and characterization of barley caryopsis FCA (pages 93–106)

Santosh Kumar, Shiling Jiang, Sravan K. Jami and Robert D. Hill


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Physiologia Plantarum - 143 (2), 2011


Contents:


Alterations in the metabolic fingerprint of Cladonia portentosa in response to atmospheric nitrogen deposition (pages 107–114)

Sabine Freitag, Erika J. Hogan, Peter D. Crittenden, Gordon G. Allison and Simon C. Thain


Evidence against sink limitation by the sucrose-to-starch route in potato plants expressing fructosyltransferases (pages 115–125)

Ellen Zuther, Imke I. Hoermiller and Arnd G. Heyer


Proteome analysis of maize seeds: the effect of artificial ageing (pages 126–138)

Xia Xin, Xin-Hai Lin, Yuan-Chang Zhou, Xiao-Ling Chen, Xu Liu and Xin-Xiong Lu


A high-resolution portrait of the annual dynamics of photochemical and non-photochemical quenching in needles of Pinus sylvestris (pages 139–153)

Albert Porcar-Castell


Stomatal factors and vulnerability of stem xylem to cavitation in poplars (pages 154–165)

Adriana Arango-Velez, Janusz J. Zwiazek, Barb R. Thomas and Melvin T. Tyree


Slowly developing drought stress increases photosynthetic acclimation of Catharanthus roseus (pages 166–177)

Jongyun Kim and Marc W. van Iersel


Variations of DNA methylation in Eucalyptus urophylla×Eucalyptus grandis shoot tips and apical meristems of different physiological ages (pages 178–187)

François Mankessi, Aubin R. Saya, Bénédicte Favreau, Sylvie Doulbeau, Genevieve Conéjéro, Marc Lartaud, Jean-Luc Verdeil and Olivier Monteuuis


Transcriptional responses to cantharidin, a protein phosphatase inhibitor, in Arabidopsis thaliana reveal the involvement of multiple signal transduction pathways (pages 188–205)

Joanna Bajsa, Zhiqiang Pan and Stephen O. Duke


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Physiologia Plantarum - 143 (3), 2011


Contents:


Functional genomics of a living fossil tree, Ginkgo, based on next-generation sequencing technology (pages 207–218)

Xiaohan Lin, Jin Zhang, Ying Li, Hongmei Luo, Qiong Wu, Chao Sun, Jingyuan Song, Xiwen Li, Jianhe Wei, Aiping Lu, Zhongzhi Qian, Ikhlas A. Khan and Shilin Chen


The purine-rich DNA-binding protein OsPur? participates in the regulation of the rice sucrose synthase 1 gene expression (pages 219–234)

Jui-Che Chang, Yi-Chun Liao, Chien-Chih Yang and Ai-Yu Wang


Comparative iTRAQ proteome and transcriptome analyses of sweet orange infected by “Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus” (pages 235–245)

Jing Fan, Chunxian Chen, Qibin Yu, Ronald H. Brlansky, Zheng-Guo Li and Frederick G. Gmitter Jr


The significance of glutathione for photoprotection at contrasting temperatures in the alpine plant species Soldanella alpina and Ranunculus glacialis (pages 246–260)

Constance Laureau, Richard Bligny and Peter Streb


Temporal variation in epidermal flavonoids due to altered solar UV radiation is moderated by the leaf position in Betula pendula (pages 261–270)

Luis O. Morales, Riitta Tegelberg, Mikael Brosché, Anders Lindfors, Sari Siipola and Pedro J. Aphalo


Investigation of a His-rich arabinogalactan-protein for micronutrient biofortification of cereal grain (pages 271–286)

Wan M. Aizat, James M. Preuss, Alexander A.T. Johnson, Mark A. Tester and Carolyn J. Schultz


ABA treatment of germinating maize seeds induces VP1 gene expression and selective promoter-associated histone acetylation (pages 287–296)

Lu Zhang, Zhengming Qiu, Yong Hu, Fei Yang, Shihan Yan, Lin Zhao, Bo Li, Shibin He, Min Huang, Jun Li and Lijia Li


The family of maize D-type cyclins: genomic organization, phylogeny and expression patterns (pages 297–308)

Manuel Buendía-Monreal, Ilenia Rentería-Canett, Octavio Guerrero-Andrade, Carlos E. Bravo-Alberto, León P. Martínez-Castilla, Elpidio García and Jorge M. Vázquez-Ramos


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Physiologia Plantarum - 143 (4), 2011


Contents:


Enhancing the scopolamine production in transgenic plants of Atropa belladonna by overexpressing pmt and h6h genes (pages 309–315)

Xirong Wang, Min Chen, Chunxian Yang, Xiaoqiang Liu, Lei Zhang, Xiaozhong Lan, Kexuan Tang and Zhihua Liao


?-Tocopherol methyltransferase from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: functional characterization and expression analysis (pages 316–328)

Gregorio Gálvez-Valdivieso, Rosa Cardenosa, José Manuel Vera, Manuel Pineda and Miguel Aguilar


Exophiala sp. LHL08 reprograms Cucumis sativus to higher growth under abiotic stresses (pages 329–343)

Abdul L. Khan, Muhammad Hamayun, Nadeem Ahmad, Muhammad Waqas, Sang-Mo Kang, Yoon-Ha Kim and In-Jung Lee


Characterization of upregulated genes associated with high phosphorus accumulation in cucumber (pages 344–354)

Priya Padmanabhan, Perumal Venkatachalam and Shivendra V Sahi


Overexpression of SsCHLAPXs confers protection against oxidative stress induced by high light in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana (pages 355–366)

Cai-Hong Pang, Ke Li and Baoshan Wang


Factors controlling plasticity of leaf morphology in Robinia pseudoacacia: III. biophysical constraints on leaf expansion under long-term water stress (pages 367–374)

Yanxiang Zhang, Maria Alejandra Equiza, Quanshui Zheng and Melvin T. Tyree


Involvement of the abscisic acid catabolic gene CYP707A2 in the glucose-induced delay in seed germination and post-germination growth of Arabidopsis (pages 375–384)

Guohui Zhu, Yinggao Liu, Nenghui Ye, Rui Liu and Jianhua Zhang


PPIase activities and interaction partners of FK506-binding proteins in the wheat thylakoid (pages 385–395)

Peter J Gollan, Mark Ziemann and Mrinal Bhave


Mitochondrial alternative oxidase pathway protects plants against photoinhibition by alleviating inhibition of the repair of photodamaged PSII through preventing formation of reactive oxygen species in Rumex K-1 leaves (pages 396–407)

Li-Tao Zhang, Zi-Shan Zhang, Hui-Yuan Gao, Zhong-Cai Xue, Cheng Yang, Xiang-Long Meng and Qing-Wei Meng



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wtorek, 28 lutego 2012

Physiologia Plantarum - 142 (3-4), 2011

Physiologia Plantarum - 142 (3), 2011


Contents:

How reliable is the double-ended pressure sleeve technique for assessing xylem vulnerability to cavitation in woody angiosperms? (pages 205–210)

Mustapha Ennajeh, Fabiano Simoes, Habib Khemira and Hervé Cochard


Expressing yeast SAMdc gene confers broad changes in gene expression and alters fatty acid composition in tomato fruit (pages 211–223)

Igor Kolotilin, Hinanit Koltai, Carmiya Bar-Or, Lea Chen, Sahadia Nahon, Haviva Shlomo, Ilan Levin and Moshe Reuveni


Metabolic analysis revealed altered amino acid profiles in Lupinus albus organs as a result of boron deficiency (pages 224–232)

Marta Alves, Paula Chicau, Helena Matias, José Passarinho, Carla Pinheiro and Cândido Pinto Ricardo


Characterisation, immunolocalisation and antifungal activity of a lipid transfer protein from chili pepper (Capsicum annuum) seeds with novel ?-amylase inhibitory properties (pages 233–246)

Mariângela S. Diz, Andre O. Carvalho, Suzanna F. F. Ribeiro, Maura Da Cunha, Leila Beltramini, Rosana Rodrigues, Viviane V. Nascimento, Olga L. T. Machado and Valdirene M. Gomes


Responses of the photosynthetic electron transport system to excess light energy caused by water deficit in wild watermelon (pages 247–264)

Satoko Sanda, Kazuo Yoshida, Masayoshi Kuwano, Tadayuki Kawamura, Yuri Nakajima Munekage, Kinya Akashi and Akiho Yokota


Ultraviolet irradiation induces accumulation of isoflavonoids and transcription of genes of enzymes involved in the calycosin-7-O-ß-d-glucoside pathway in Astragalus membranaceus Bge. var. mongholicus (Bge.) Hsiao (pages 265–273)

Rong-Yan Xu, Peng Nan, Yixin Yang, Haiyun Pan, Tongshui Zhou and Jiakuan Chen


Avoiding high relative air humidity during critical stages of leaf ontogeny is decisive for stomatal functioning (pages 274–286)

Dimitrios Fanourakis, Susana M. P. Carvalho, Domingos P. F. Almeida and Ep Heuvelink


Effect of nitrogen on root release of phytosiderophores and root uptake of Fe(III)-phytosiderophore in Fe-deficient wheat plants (pages 287–296)

Seher Bahar Aciksoz, Levent Ozturk, Ozay Ozgur Gokmen, Volker Römheld and Ismail Cakmak


The relationship between isoprene emission, CO2 assimilation and water use efficiency across a range of poplar genotypes (pages 297–304)

Gabriele Guidolotti, Carlo Calfapietra and Francesco Loreto


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Physiologia Plantarum - 142 (4), 2011


Contents:


Chromatin remodelling in plant light signalling (pages 305–313)

Alex J. Fisher and Keara A. Franklin


An ankyrin repeat protein is involved in anthocyanin biosynthesis in Arabidopsis (pages 314–325)

Jihye Yoo, Dong Ho Shin, Man-Ho Cho, Tae-Lim Kim, Seong Hee Bhoo and Tae-Ryong Hahn


Differential drying rates of recalcitrant Trichilia dregeana embryonic axes: a study of survival and oxidative stress metabolism (pages 326–338)

Boby Varghese, Sershen, Patricia Berjak, Dalia Varghese and Norman W. Pammenter


Impact of mitochondrial alternative oxidase expression on the response of Nicotiana tabacum to cold temperature (pages 339–351)

Jia Wang, Nirusan Rajakulendran, Sasan Amirsadeghi and Greg C. Vanlerberghe


Environmental metabolomics links genotype to phenotype and predicts genotype abundance in wild plant populations (pages 352–360)

Katie J. Field and Janice A. Lake


Identification of an NAP-like transcription factor BeNAC1 regulating leaf senescence in bamboo (Bambusa emeiensis‘Viridiflavus’) (pages 361–371)

Yunxia Chen, Kai Qiu, Benke Kuai and Yulong Ding


Ultrastructural changes and the distribution of arabinogalactan proteins during somatic embryogenesis of banana (Musa spp. AAA cv. ‘Yueyoukang 1’) (pages 372–389)

Xiao Pan, Xiao Yang, Guimei Lin, Ru Zou, Houbin Chen, Jozef Šamaj and Chunxiang Xu


Proteomic analysis of peach endocarp and mesocarp during early fruit development (pages 390–406)

Hao Hu, Yong Liu, Guang-Lu Shi, Yue-Ping Liu, Rui-Jie Wu, Ai-Zhen Yang, Yi-Ming Wang, Bao-Guang Hua and You-Nian Wang


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Journal of Arid Environments - 80, 2012




Editorial Board

Analyzing the community composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonizing the roots of representative shrubland species in a Mediterranean ecosystem
I. Sánchez-Castro, N. Ferrol, J.M. Barea

Effects of seed beetles on the performance of desert legumes depend on host species, plant stage, and beetle density
C.W. Fox, W.G. Wallin, M.L. Bush, M.E. Czesak, F.J. Messina

Demographic hurdles to persistence in Acacia peuce (F. Muell.): Effects of resources, fire and browsing on a threatened keystone tree species from arid Australia
C.E.M. Nano, A.E. Bowland, T.J. Nano, S. Raghu, C.R. Pavey

Comparison of bird and mammal communities on black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) colonies and uncolonized shortgrass prairie in New Mexico
C.B. Goguen

Shrub hummocks as foci for small animal disturbances in an encroached shrubland
S. Daryanto, D.J. Eldridge

Factors contributing to dust storms in source regions producing the yellow-sand phenomena observed in Japan from 1993 to 2002
R. Kimura

Monitoring desertification in a Savannah region in Sudan using Landsat images and spectral mixture analysis
M. Dawelbait, F. Morari

Classifying land-ownership motivations in central, Texas, USA: A first step in understanding drivers of large-scale land cover change
M.G. Sorice, U.P. Kreuter, B.P. Wilcox, W.E. Fox III

Performance, management and objectives of cattle farming on communal ranges in Namibia
M. Siegmund-Schultze, F. Lange, U. Schneiderat, J. Steinbach

Roads increase woody cover under varying geological, rainfall and fire regimes in African savanna
I.P.J. Smit, G.P. Asner

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Journal of Arid Environments - 78-79, 2012

Journal of Arid Environments - 78, 2012



Contents:

Editorial Board


Buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) as an invader and threat to biodiversity in arid environments: A review
V.M. Marshall, M.M. Lewis, B. Ostendorf

Cereal yield response to conservation agriculture practices in drylands of West Africa: A quantitative synthesis
J. Bayala, G.W. Sileshi, R. Coe, A. Kalinganire, Z. Tchoundjeu, F. Sinclair, D. Garrity

Foliar nutrient resorption in two Mojave Desert shrubs exposed to Free-Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE)
D.C. Housman, K.T. Killingbeck, R. Dave Evans, T.N. Charlet, S.D. Smith

Spatial distribution of and topographic controls on Tillandsia fog vegetation in coastal southern Peru: Remote sensing and modelling
R. Hesse

A critical role for Copestylum larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in the decomposition of cactus forests
A.P. Martínez-Falcón, M.Á. Marcos-García, C.E. Moreno, G.E. Rotheray

Wild boars as seed dispersal agents of exotic plants from agricultural lands to conservation areas
G. Dovrat, A. Perevolotsky, G. Ne'eman

Tree density and species decline in the African Sahel attributable to climate
P. Gonzalez, C.J. Tucker, H. Sy

Distribution of diatoms and mollusks in shallow lakes from the semiarid Pampa region, Argentina: Their relative paleoenvironmental significance
G.S. Hassan, C.G. De Francesco, V. Peretti

Magnetic properties of surface soils in the Chinese Loess Plateau and the adjacent Gobi areas, and their implication for climatic studies
D.S. Xia, J. Jia, H.T. Wei, X.B. Liu, J.Y. Ma, X.M. Wang, F.H. Chen

Contributions to atmospheric dust production of natural and anthropogenic emissions in a recreational area designated for off-road vehicular activity (Nellis Dunes, Nevada, USA)
D. Goossens, B. Buck, B. McLaurin

African dust source regions for observed dust outbreaks over the Subtropical Eastern North Atlantic region, above 25°N
S. Alonso-Pérez, E. Cuevas, X. Querol, J.C. Guerra, C. Pérez

Vertical distribution of soil microbial biomass and its association with shrubs from the Negev Desert
J. Yu, Y. Steinberger

Savanna glade hotspots: Plant community development and synergy with large herbivores
K.E. Veblen

The effects of defoliation on plant community, root biomass and nutrient allocation and soil chemical properties on semi-arid steppes in northern China
Y.-J. Guo, L. Han, G.-D. Li, J-G. Han, G.-L. Wang, Z.-Y. Li, B. Wilson

A hierarchical analysis of vegetation on a Mojave Desert landscape, USA
S.R. Abella, K.A. Prengaman, T.M. Embrey, S.M. Schmid, A.C. Newton, D.J. Merkler

Inherent density-dependency of wet-season range even at the extreme of nonequilibrium environments
T. Okayasu, T. Okuro, U. Jamsran, K. Takeuchi

Stoichiometric response of dominant grasses to fire and mowing in a semi-arid grassland
X.-T. Lü, F.-M. Lü, L.-S. Zhou, X. Han, X.-G. Han

Fire patterns in central semiarid Argentina
M.A. Fischer, C.M. Di Bella, E.G. Jobbágy

Characterising and quantifying vegetative drought in East Africa using fuzzy modelling and NDVI data
C.M. Rulinda, A. Dilo, W. Bijker, A. Stein

The rational model of shrubland biomass, pattern and precipitation relationships along semi-arid climatic gradients
M. Shoshany

Germination requirements of two sheep-preferred grasses (Hordeum comosum and Koeleria vurilochensis var. patagonica) from semiarid Patagonian steppes
P.E. Gundel, J.G.N. Irisarri, N.S. Sorzoli, C.E. Mosso, G. García-Martínez, R. Golluscio

Variation in the coverage of biological soil crusts in the State of Qatar
R. Richer, D. Anchassi, I. El-Assaad, M. El-Matbouly, F. Ali, I. Makki, J.S. Metcalf

Erratum to ‘Recovery of soil and vegetation in semi-arid Australian old fields’ [Journal of Arid Environments 76 (2012) 61–71]
A.J. Scott, J.W. Morgan

Acknowledgement to Reviewers


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Journal of Arid Environments - 79, 2012



Contents:

Editorial Board

Fine root dynamics and longevity of Artemisia halodendron reflect plant growth strategy in two contrasting habitats
H. Gang, Z. Xue-yong, F.M. Padilla, Z. Ha-lin

Trophic preferences in an assemblage of mammal herbivores from Andean Puna (Northern Chile)
C. Tirado, A. Cortés, E. Miranda-Urbina, M.A. Carretero

Effects of habitat degradation on the lizard assemblage in the Arid Chaco, central Argentina
N. Pelegrin, E.H. Bucher

Soil C and N patterns in a semiarid pinon–juniper woodland: Topography of slope and ephemeral channels add to canopy–intercanopy heterogeneity
Darin J. Law, David D. Breshears, Michael H. Ebinger, Clifton W. Meyer, Craig D. Allen

Soil carbon and nitrogen recovery on semiarid Conservation Reserve Program lands
S.M. Munson, W.K. Lauenroth, I.C. Burke

Development and evolution of subaerial halite crust morphologies in a coastal sabkha setting
S.W. Lokier

Occurrence and characteristics of Quaternary calcareous microbialitic crust in the southern desert of Kuwait, Arabian Gulf
F.I. Khalaf, A.A. AlShuaibi

Roles of saltcedar (Tamarix spp.) and capillary rise in salinizing a non-flooding terrace on a flow-regulated desert river
E.P. Glenn, K. Morino, P.L. Nagler, R.S. Murray, S. Pearlstein, K.R. Hultine

Conservative design rainfall distribution for application in arid regions with sparse data
A.G. Awadallah, N.S. Younan

The role of vegetation and lithology in the spatial and inter-annual response of EVI to climate in drylands of Southeastern Spain
J. Cabello, D. Alcaraz-Segura, R. Ferrero, A.J. Castro, E. Liras

Effects of fuels reductions on plant communities and soils in a Pinon-juniper woodland
M.R. Ross, S.C. Castle, N.N. Barger

Regional patterns of biological soil crust lichen species composition related to vegetation, soils, and climate in Oregon, USA
H.T. Root, B. McCune

Effect of sheep grazing on rangeland plant communities: Case study of landscape depressions within Syrian arid steppes
M. Louhaichi, F. Ghassali, A.K. Salkini, S.L. Petersen

Jatropha curcas: Sowing local seeds of success in Malawi?: In response to Achten et al. (2010)
J.C. Dyer, L.C. Stringer, A.J. Dougill

Germination response of grassland species to plant-derived smoke
D.W. Schwilk, N. Zavala

Snakes on roads: An arid Australian perspective
P.J. McDonald

Winter establishment of the alien annual Schismus barbatus is not affected by insect herbivory in Northern-Central Monte Desert
E. Pucheta, V.J. García-Muro, L. Quevedo-Robledo, A. Rolhauser


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Journal of Arid Environments - 76-77, 2012

Journal of Arid Environments - 76, 2012



Contents:

Editorial Board

Nutrient resorption based on different estimations of five perennial herbaceous species from the grassland in inner Mongolia, China
J.Y. Huang, H.L. Yu, B. Wang, L.H. Li, G.J. Xiao, Z.Y. Yuan

Rare drought-induced mortality of juniper is enhanced by edaphic stressors and influenced by stand density
M.A. Bowker, A. Munoz, T. Martinez, M.K. Lau

Environmental modulation of the seasonal cambial activity in Prosopis flexuosa DC trees from the Monte woodlands of Argentina
M.A. Giantomasi, F. Roig-Junent, D. Patón-Domínguez, G. Massaccesi

Maternal fecundity does not affect offspring germination – An empirical test of the sibling competition hypothesis
A. Eberhart, K. Tielbörger

Population structure of two dominant gypsophyte shrubs through a secondary plant succession
M. Eugenio, J.M. Olano, P. Ferrandis, E. Martínez-Duro, A. Escudero

Effects of livestock on the feeding and spatial ecology of Geoffroy’s cat
J.A. Pereira, R.S. Walker, A.J. Novaro

Habitat selection by European badgers in Mediterranean semi-arid ecosystems
C. Lara-Romero, E. Virgós, G. Escribano-Ávila, J.G. Mangas, I. Barja, X. Pardavila

Dorcas gazelle and livestock use of trees according to size in a hyper-arid landscape
O. Attum, T. Mahmoud

Historical and ecological determinants of dung beetle assemblages in two arid zones of central Mexico
G. Halffter, J.R. Verdú, C.E. Moreno, V. Halffter

Recovery of soil and vegetation in semi-arid Australian old fields
A.J. Scott, J.W. Morgan

Habitat associations of a semi-arid fish community in a karst spring-fed stream
Kristy A. Kollaus, Timothy H. Bonner

Land abandonment effect on N mineralization and microbial biomass N in a semi-arid calcareous soil from Iran
F. Raiesi

Micro-scale post-fire surface cover changes monitored using high spatial resolution photography in a semiarid environment: A useful tool in the study of post-fire soil erosion processes
F. Pérez-Cabello, A. Cerda, J. de la Riva, M.T. Echeverría, A. García-Martín, P. Ibarra, T. Lasanta, R. Montorio, V. Palacios

Developing a model framework for predicting effects of woody expansion and fire on ecosystem carbon and nitrogen in a pinyon–juniper woodland
B.M. Rau, R. Tausch, A. Reiner, D.W. Johnson, J.C. Chambers, R.R. Blank

The influence of Acacia tortilis (Forssk.) ssp. raddiana (Savi) Brenan presence, grazing, and water availability along the growing season, on the understory herbaceous vegetation in southern Tunisia
F. Abdallah, Z. Noumi, A. Ouled-Belgacem, R. Michalet, B. Touzard, M. Chaieb

Land use in the dry subtropics: Vegetation composition and production across contrasting human contexts
G. Baldi, E.G. Jobbágy

Root colonisation by AM fungi differs between gypsum specialist and non-specialist plants: Links to the gypsophile behaviour
S. Palacio, D. Johnson, A. Escudero, G. Montserrat-Martí

Cohort establishment on slopes: Growth rates, demographic patterns, and the relationship to volcanic eruptions
C.J. Donnermeyer, T.D. Drezner

Antimicrobial activity of natural products from the skins of the semiarid living lizards Ameiva ameiva (Linnaeus, 1758) and Tropidurus hispidus (Spix, 1825)
I.J.M. Santos, H.D. Melo Coutinho, E.F. Ferreira Matias, J.G. Martins da Costa, R.R. Nóbrega Alves, W. de Oliveira Almeida

Soil-living nematodes of a savanna community in Botswana: A preliminary report
D.L.C. Procter

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Journal of Arid Environments - 77, 2012



Contents:

Editorial Board

Participatory environmental assessment in drylands: Introducing a new approach
S. Whitfield, M.S. Reed

Grassland gap effects on Elymus dahuricus Turcz. seedling emergence, survival and growth
M.Y. Zhang, D. Huang, K. Wang, Y.J. Zhang, C.J. Wang, R.C. Wang, Y.L. You

Leaf-level physiological responses of Tamarix ramosissima to increasing salinity
J.M. Carter, J.B. Nippert

Patterns of plant diversity in ironstone ranges in arid south western Australia
N. Gibson, R. Meissner, A.S. Markey, W.A. Thompson

Crossing the desert barrier: Migration ecology of the Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca) at Eilat, Israel
P. Zduniak, R. Yosef

Co-occurrence and potential for competition between wild and domestic large herbivores in a South American desert
P. Acebes, J. Traba, J.E. Malo

Evaluation of NDVI to assess avian abundance and richness along the upper San Pedro River
T.M. Mcfarland, C. Van Riper III, G.E. Johnson

Expansive fire in Mojave Desert shrubland reduces abundance and species diversity of small mammals
K.J. Horn, B.R. McMillan, S.B. St. Clair

Assessing bias in diet methods for the Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
D.E. Bakaloudis, S. Iezekiel, C.G. Vlachos, V.A. Bontzorlos, M. Papakosta, S. Birrer

When bulk density methods matter: Implications for estimating soil organic carbon pools in rocky soils
H.L. Throop, S.R. Archer, H.C. Monger, S. Waltman

The evaluation of PM10, PM2.5, and PM1 concentrations during the Middle Eastern Dust (MED) events in Ahvaz, Iran, from april through september 2010
A. Shahsavani, K. Naddafi, N. Jafarzade Haghighifard, A. Mesdaghinia, M. Yunesian, R. Nabizadeh, M. Arahami, M.H. Sowlat, M. Yarahmadi, H. Saki, M. Alimohamadi, S. Nazmara, S.A. Motevalian, G. Goudarzi

Post-cultivation recovery of biological soil crusts in semi-arid native grasslands, southern Australia
A.L. Briggs, J.W. Morgan

Contribution of soil fauna to litter decomposition in Songnen sandy lands in northeastern China
W.D. Xin, X.Q. Yin, B. Song

Millet (Pennisetum typhoides) yield and selected soil attributes as influenced by some tree types of the semi-arid tropics of Sudan
A.R. Mubarak, M.H. Abdalla, S. Nortcliff

Micromammals and paleoenvironments: Climatic oscillations in the Monte desert of Catamarca (Argentina) during the last two millenia
P.E. Ortiz, M.C. Madozzo Jaén, J.P. Jayat

Mid- to Late Holocene pollen and alluvial record of the arid Andean piedmont between 33° and 34°S, Mendoza, Argentina: Inferences about floodplain evolution
L.D. Rojo, A.E. Mehl, M.M. Paez, M.A. Zárate

Effects of land conversion on the regeneration of Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum and its consequences on the population dynamics in northwestern Mexico
D. Morales-Romero, H. Godínez-Álvarez, J. Campo-Alves, F. Molina-Freaner

Forage resource use by cattle or goats at an Indian protected area: Differences and implications for conservation
J.L. Müller, M.M. Babu, P.L. Saklani, A.C. Mayer, S. Marquardt, M. Kreuzer

Application of distance–decay models for inferences about termite mound-induced patterns in dryland ecosystems
G.W. Sileshi, M.A. Arshad

Behavioural flexibility in foraging mode of the spotted sand lizard (Pedioplanis l. lineoocellata) seems to buffer negative impacts of savanna degradation
J. Blumroeder, J.A. Eccard, N. Blaum

Evaluation of Jatropha macrocarpa as an oil crop for biodiesel production in arid lands of the Dry Chaco, Argentina
D. Wassner, A. Larran, D. Rondanini


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poniedziałek, 27 lutego 2012

Biogeosciences - 9 (1), 2012



Contents:

Semi-annual carbon and nitrogen isotope variations in the water column of Lake Bled, NW Slovenia
A. Bratkič, M. Šturm, J. Faganeli, and N. Ogrinc

Effects of climate variability and functional changes on the interannual variation of the carbon balance in a temperate deciduous forest
J. Wu, L. van der Linden, G. Lasslop, N. Carvalhais, K. Pilegaard, C. Beier, and A. Ibrom

An investigation of the calcification response of the scleractinian coral Astrangia poculata to elevated pCO2 and the effects of nutrients, zooxanthellae and gender
M. Holcomb, A. L. Cohen, and D. C. McCorkle

Corrigendum to "Integration of remote sensing data and surface observations to estimate the impact of the Russian wildfires over Europe and Asia during August 2010" published in Biogeosciences, 8, 3771–3791, 2011
L. Mei, Y. Xue, G. de Leeuw, J. Guang, Y. Wang, Y. Li, H. Xu, L. Yang, T. Hou, X. He, C. Wu, J. Dong, and Z. Chen

Methanotrophic activity and diversity in different Sphagnum magellanicum dominated habitats in the southernmost peat bogs of Patagonia
N. Kip, C. Fritz, E. S. Langelaan, Y. Pan, L. Bodrossy, V. Pancotto, M. S. M. Jetten, A. J. P. Smolders, and H. J. M. Op den Camp

Spatialized N budgets in a large agricultural Mediterranean watershed: high loading and low transfer
L. Lassaletta, E. Romero, G. Billen, J. Garnier, H. García-Gómez, and J. V. Rovira

Linear trends in seasonal vegetation time series and the modifiable temporal unit problem
R. de Jong and S. de Bruin

Exploring the "overflow tap" theory: linking forest soil CO2 fluxes and individual mycorrhizosphere components to photosynthesis
A. Heinemeyer, M. Wilkinson, R. Vargas, J.-A. Subke, E. Casella, J. I. L. Morison, and P. Ineson

Oceanic controls on the primary production of the northwest European continental shelf: model experiments under recent past conditions and a potential future scenario
J. Holt, M. Butenschön, S. L. Wakelin, Y. Artioli, and J. I. Allen

Chemical composition of modern and fossil Hippopotamid teeth and implications for paleoenvironmental reconstructions and enamel formation – Part 1: Major and minor element variation
G. Brügmann, J. Krause, T. C. Brachert, O. Kullmer, F. Schrenk, I. Ssemmanda, and D. F. Mertz

A new concept for simulation of vegetated land surface dynamics – Part 1: The event driven phenology model
V. Kovalskyy and G. M. Henebry

Alternative methods to predict actual evapotranspiration illustrate the importance of accounting for phenology – Part 2: The event driven phenology model
V. Kovalskyy and G. M. Henebry

Mapping tropical forest biomass with radar and spaceborne LiDAR in Lopé National Park, Gabon: overcoming problems of high biomass and persistent cloud
E. T. A. Mitchard, S. S. Saatchi, L. J. T. White, K. A. Abernethy, K. J. Jeffery, S. L. Lewis, M. Collins, M. A. Lefsky, M. E. Leal, I. H. Woodhouse, and P. Meir

The strength of the biotic compartment in retaining nitrogen additions prevents nitrogen losses from a Mediterranean maquis
T. Dias, M. A. Martins-Louçao, L. Sheppard, and C. Cruz

Contrasting biogeochemistry of nitrogen in the Atlantic and Pacific Oxygen Minimum Zones
E. Ryabenko, A. Kock, H. W. Bange, M. A. Altabet, and D. W. R. Wallace

Seasonal and inter-annual variability of plankton chlorophyll and primary production in the Mediterranean Sea: a modelling approach
P. Lazzari, C. Solidoro, V. Ibello, S. Salon, A. Teruzzi, K. Béranger, S. Colella, and A. Crise

A dynamic model of wetland extent and peat accumulation: results for the Holocene
T. Kleinen, V. Brovkin, and R. J. Schuldt

Spatial and temporal CO2 exchanges measured by Eddy Covariance over a temperate intertidal flat and their relationships to net ecosystem production
P. Polsenaere, E. Lamaud, V. Lafon, J.-M. Bonnefond, P. Bretel, B. Delille, J. Deborde, D. Loustau, and G. Abril

Corrigendum to "Stand age and tree species affect N2O and CH4 exchange from afforested soils" published in Biogeosciences, 8, 2535–2546, 2011
J. R. Christiansen and P. Gundersen

Intercontinental trans-boundary contributions to ozone-induced crop yield losses in the Northern Hemisphere
M. J. Hollaway, S. R. Arnold, A. J. Challinor, and L. D. Emberson

A comparative study of biological production in eastern boundary upwelling systems using an artificial neural network
Z. Lachkar and N. Gruber

Pteropods from the Caribbean Sea: variations in calcification as an indicator of past ocean carbonate saturation
D. Wall-Palmer, M. B. Hart, C. W. Smart, R. S. J. Sparks, A. Le Friant, G. Boudon, C. Deplus, and J. C. Komorowski

Fire, drought and El Nino relationships on Borneo (Southeast Asia) in the pre-MODIS era (1980–2000)
M. J. Wooster, G. L. W. Perry, and A. Zoumas

EMP and SIMS studies on Mn/Ca and Fe/Ca systematics in benthic foraminifera from the Peruvian OMZ: a contribution to the identification of potential redox proxies and the impact of cleaning protocols
N. Glock, A. Eisenhauer, V. Liebetrau, M. Wiedenbeck, C. Hensen, and G. Nehrke

Nitrogen balance and fate in a heavily impacted watershed (Oglio River, Northern Italy): in quest of the missing sources and sinks
M. Bartoli, E. Racchetti, C. A. Delconte, E. Sacchi, E. Soana, A. Laini, D. Longhi, and P. Viaroli

Day and night warming have different effect on root lifespan
W. M. Bai, J. Y. Xia, S. Q. Wan, W. H. Zhang, and L. H. Li

Nitrogen compounds emission and deposition in West African ecosystems: comparison between wet and dry savanna
C. Delon, C. Galy-Lacaux, M. Adon, C. Liousse, D. Serça, B. Diop, and A. Akpo

Annual emissions of CH4 and N2O, and ecosystem respiration, from eight organic soils in Western Denmark managed by agriculture
S. O. Petersen, C. C. Hoffmann, C.-M. Schäfer, G. Blicher-Mathiesen, L. Elsgaard, K. Kristensen, S. E. Larsen, S. B. Torp, and M. H. Greve

Land use change and the impact on greenhouse gas exchange in north Australian savanna soils
S. P. P. Grover, S. J. Livesley, L. B. Hutley, H. Jamali, B. Fest, J. Beringer, K. Butterbach-Bahl, and S. K. Arndt

Modelling LAI, surface water and carbon fluxes at high-resolution over France: comparison of ISBA-A-gs and ORCHIDEE
S. Lafont, Y. Zhao, J.-C. Calvet, P. Peylin, P. Ciais, F. Maignan, and M. Weiss

North American CO2 exchange: inter-comparison of modeled estimates with results from a fine-scale atmospheric inversion
S. M. Gourdji, K. L. Mueller, V. Yadav, D. N. Huntzinger, A. E. Andrews, M. Trudeau, G. Petron, T. Nehrkorn, J. Eluszkiewicz, J. Henderson, D. Wen, J. Lin, M. Fischer, C. Sweeney, and A. M. Michalak

Climate impacts on the structures of the North Pacific air-sea CO2 flux variability
V. Valsala, S. Maksyutov, M. Telszewski, S. Nakaoka, Y. Nojiri, M. Ikeda, and R. Murtugudde

Biogeochemical factors affecting mercury methylation rate in two contaminated floodplain soils
T. Frohne, J. Rinklebe, U. Langer, G. Du Laing, S. Mothes, and R. Wennrich

The impacts of climate, land use, and demography on fires during the 21st century simulated by CLM-CN
S. Kloster, N. M. Mahowald, J. T. Randerson, and P. J. Lawrence

Biomass burning emissions estimated with a global fire assimilation system based on observed fire radiative power
J. W. Kaiser, A. Heil, M. O. Andreae, A. Benedetti, N. Chubarova, L. Jones, J.-J. Morcrette, M. Razinger, M. G. Schultz, M. Suttie, and G. R. van der Werf

Diagenetic alterations of amino acids and organic matter in the upper Pearl River Estuary surface sediments
J. Zhang, R. Zhang, Q. Wu, and N. Xu

Plant-driven variation in decomposition rates improves projections of global litter stock distribution
V. Brovkin, P. M. van Bodegom, T. Kleinen, C. Wirth, W. K. Cornwell, J. H. C. Cornelissen, and J. Kattge

Water-table height and microtopography control biogeochemical cycling in an Arctic coastal tundra ecosystem
D. A. Lipson, D. Zona, T. K. Raab, F. Bozzolo, M. Mauritz, and W. C. Oechel

Effect of mosaic representation of vegetation in land surface schemes on simulated energy and carbon balances
R. Li and V. K. Arora

Localising the nitrogen imprint of the Paris food supply: the potential of organic farming and changes in human diet
G. Billen, J. Garnier, V. Thieu, M. Silvestre, S. Barles, and P. Chatzimpiros


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Crop & Pasture Science - 62 (12), 2011



Contents:


Seedling growth under osmotic stress and agronomic traits in Bulgarian semi-dwarf wheat: comparison of genotypes with Rht8 and/or Rht-B1 genes

Svetlana Landjeva, Tania Karceva, Viktor Korzun and Ganka Ganeva


Genotypic diversity in sorghum inbred lines for grain-filling patterns and other related agronomic traits

Brenda L. Gambín and Lucas Borrás


Selection and characterisation of sugarcane mutants with improved resistance to brown rust obtained by induced mutation

María I. Oloriz, Víctor Gil, Luis Rojas, Novisel Veitía, Monica Höfte and Elio Jiménez


Effects of nitrogen supply on canopy development of maize and sunflower

A. M. Massignam, S. C. Chapman, G. L. Hammer and S. Fukai


Agronomic studies on irrigated soybean in southern New South Wales. I. Phenological adaptation of genotypes to sowing date

L. G. Gaynor, R. J. Lawn and A. T. James


Agronomic studies on irrigated soybean in southern New South Wales. II. Broadening options for sowing date

L. G. Gaynor, R. J. Lawn and A. T. James


Agronomic characteristics of annual Trifolium legumes and nutritive values as predicted by near-infrared reflectance (NIR) spectroscopy

X. Li, R. L. Ison, R. C. Kellaway, C. Stimson, G. Annison and D. C. Joyce


Relationship between oil tocopherol concentration and oil weight per grain in several crop species

N. G. Izquierdo, S. Nolasco, C. Mateo, D. Santos and L. A. N. Aguirrezábal


Leaf blade nutritional quality of rhodes grass (Chloris gayana) as affected by leaf age and length

M. G. Agnusdei, O. N. Di Marco, F. R. Nenning and M. S. Aello


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QUEPO - 25, 2011



Contents:
1.1 Gardens. Madeira's Botanic Garden.
Pamela Puppo.

1.2 Succulents from Yemen and Socotra.
Mildred Canales.

1.3 Categorizing the Cactaceae (IUCN).
Jose Roque.

1.4 Cactus and Climatic Change.
Carlos Ostolaza.

1.5 The planet is sick.
Debora Mac Donald.

2.1 Art.
Andrés Zevallos. ŤCrasoť.

2.2 Art.
Julio Camino Sbnchez. ŤCrasoť.

2.3 Literature. Bethoven Medina.
Orlando Granda.

2.4 Literature. Iris Zollner.
Debora Mac Donald.

2.5 Philately. Stamps with cacti.
ŤCactofilicoť.

2.6 Report. Xlll Conabot 2010.
Carlos Ostolaza.

3.1 Succulents. New Crassulaceae from Peru.
Guillermo Pino.

3.2 Succulents from Tenerife, Canary Islands.
Pamela Puppo et al.

3.3 Succulents. Euphorbia pteroneura.
Miguel Chazaro.

3.4 Cactus. Neowerdermmania peruviana.
Daniel Montesinos.

3.5 Cactus. After Dr. Rose's footsteps.
Carlos Ostolaza.

4.1 Confidential.
ŤSpecstadorť.

4.2 Abstracts. English summary of all the articles of this Quepo issue.

4.3 Books. '101 Cactus del Peru' This is a review of all the cactus genera and half of the species from Peru in a large format book with more than 250 pages.
'Cactus del extremo norte de Chile'. This beautiful book reports 19 cactus species from Arica and Tarapaca in northern Chile.

niedziela, 26 lutego 2012

Australian Journal of Crop Science - 6 (1), 2012



Contents:

Effect of trench spacing and micronutrients on growth and yield of sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.)

Abdul Ghaffar, Ehsanullah, Nadeem Akbar, Sultan Habibullah Khan, Khawar Jabran, Rafi Qamar Hashmi, Asif Iqbal, Muhammad Amjad Ali


Yield, quality and irrigation water use efficiency of sweet sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (Linn.) Moench] under different land types in arid regions

Tingting Xie, Peixi Su, Lishan Shan, Jianbin Ma


Sensitivity of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides to sodium bicarbonate on the development of anthracnose in papaya (Carica papaya L. cv. Frangi)

Hasan M.F, Mahmud T.M.M, Kadir J, Ding P, Zaidul I.S.M


Evaluation of regenerated strains from six Cucurbita interspecific hybrids obtained through anther and ovule in vitro cultures

M.T. Rakha, E.I. Metwally, S.A. Moustafa, A.A. Etman, Y.H. Dewir


Research Note


Zeatin induced direct multiple shoots development and plant regeneration from cotyledon explants of cultivated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)

Godishala Vikram, Kairamkonda Madhusudhan, Kagithoju Srikanth, Mangamoori Laxminarasu and Nanna Rama Swamy


Changes in the pyruvic acid content correlates with phenotype traits in onion clones

Pietro Marino Gallina, Giovanni Cabassi, Alessandro Maggioni, Alessandro Natalini, Antonio Ferrante


In vitro regeneration of Caralluma fimbriata Wall. by organogenesis: a potent medicinal plant

Rajaram K, Priya D, Sudarshana Deepa V, Suresh Kumar P


A secondary suppression subtractive hybridization method for isolation and identification of some salt-induced genes in soybean (Glycine max L. Merr)

Weiqi Wang, Liang Li, Shan Huang, Shi Sun, Cunxiang Wu, Tianfu Han, Wensheng Hou


Comparative genetic diversity and nutritional quality variation among some important Southern African sorghum accessions [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench]

Dickson Ng’uni, Mulatu Geleta, Per Hofvander, Moneim Fatih, Tomas Bryngelsson


Short term effects of latex tapping on micro-changes of trunk girth in Hevea Brasiliensis

Junya Junjittakarn, Viriya Limpinuntana, Krirk Pannengpetch, Supat Isarangkool Na Ayutthaya, Alain Rocheteau, Herve Cochard and Frederic C. Do


Adventitious root growth and relative physiological responses to waterlogging in the seedlings of seashore mallow (Kosteletzkya virginica), a biodiesel plant

Jian Zhou, An-guo Qi, Yi-chuan Zhang, Shu-wen Wan, Pei Qin


Growth and yield of soybean cultivars as affected by ground water levels and phosphorus rates grown under greenhouse and field conditions

Rattiyaporn Jaidee, Anan Polthanee, and Patcharee Saenjan


Simulation of dry matter accumulation, partitioning and yield prediction in processing tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)

Jichuan Wang, Shan Gao, Jie Yuan, Fuyu Ma


Detection and mapping of hail damage to corn using domestic remotely sensed data in China

J.L. Zhao, D.Y. Zhang, J.H. Luo, S.L. Huang, Y.Y. Dong, and W.J. Huang


Retrieval of maize leaf chlorophyll content using peak-valley characteristic parameters from imaging hyperspectra

Dongyan Zhang, Jinling Zhao, Wenjiang Huang, Dazhou Zhu, Linsheng Huang, Xingang Xu, Zhihong Ma, Jihua Wang


Characterization of wheat germplasm for stripe rust (Puccini striiformis f. sp. tritici) resistance

Hadi Bux, Muhammad Ashraf, Fida Husain, Attiq-Ur-Rahman Rattu, Muhammad Fayaz


Grain-priming and foliar pretreatment enhanced stress defense in wheat (Triticum aestivum var. Gimaza 9) plants cultivated in drought land

Raifa Ahmed Hassanein, Amal Fadl Abdelkader, Heba Ali, AboBakr Ahmed El-Said Amin, and El-Sherbiny Mohammed Rashad


Differential expression of nitrate reductase in response to potassium and sodium nitrate: real-time PCR analysis

Sadegh Balotf, Ali Niazi, Gholamreza Kavoosi, Amin Ramezani


Expression of human granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (hg-csf) gene in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)

Mehdi Sharifi Tabar, Mahmood Solouki, Masoud Tohidfar, Majid Sadeghizadeh


Comparison of osmotic adjustment and ion balance strategies in nineteen alkali-tolerant halophyte species during adaptation to salt-alkalinized habitats in northeast China

Chunwu Yang, Shuangshuang Zheng, Huiling Huang, Zhaoxia Liu, Wei Zheng, Bao liu, Decheng Shi


Nutritional values and radical scavenging capacities of grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.) seeds in Valle Agricola district, Italy

Rachele Tamburino, Vincenzo Guida, Severina Pacifico, Micaela Rocco, Armando Zarelli, Augusto Parente, Antimo Di Maro


Weed populations are affected by tillage systems and fertilization practices in organic flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) crop

Dimitrios Bilalis, Anestis Karkanis, Anastasia Pantelia, Sotiria Patsiali, Aristeidis Konstantas, Aspasia Efthimiadou


Response of three mint and two oregano species to Glomus etunicatum inoculation

Nikitas Karagiannidis, Thomas Thomidis, Eleni Panou-Filotheou and Christina Karagiannidou


Rice seed bacterization for promoting germination and seedling growth under aerobic cultivation system

L. C. Ng, M. Sariah, O. Sariam, O. Radziah, M. A. Zainal Abidin


Calcium-alleviated salt tolerance in indica rice (Oryza sativa L. spp. indica): Physiological and morphological changes

Suriyan Cha-um, Harminder Pal Singh, Thapanee Samphumphuang, Chalermpol Kirdmanee

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Bonplandia - 20 (1-2), 2011



Bonplandia - 20 (1), 2011


Contents:

ARTICULOS ORIGINALES/ORIGINAL PAPERS

Estudio morfológico de Elaphoglossum balansae C.Chr. (Dryopteridaceae- Pteridophyta).
Morphological study of Elaphoglossum balansae C.Chr. (Dryopteridaceae- Pteridophyta).
M. Rodríguez & M. Lavalle

Morfología seminal en especies de Caryophyllaceae del Parque Nacional Mburucuyá (Corrientes, Argentina).
Seed morphology of Caryophyllaceae species from the National Park Mburucuyá (Corrientes, Argentina).
M. C. Brem, M. Dematteis & M. S. Ferrucci

Nuevas especies y nuevos nombres en Baccharis subg. Baccharis (Asteraceae: Astereae).
New species and new names in Baccharis subg. Baccharis (Asteraceae: Astereae).
L. P. Deble & A. S. Oliveira-Deble

Novedades taxonómicas en Calydorea Herbert (Iridaceae: Tigridieae).
Taxonomic novelties in Calydorea Herbert (Iridaceae: Tigridieae).
L. P. Deble

Oncidium fuchsii (Orchidaceae), nueva cita para la flora de Argentina.
Oncidium fuchsii (Orchidaceae), new record for the Argentinian flora.
M. Valebella & I. Cristina Miguel

Carya illinoinensis (Juglandaceae) adventicia en la Argentina.
Carya illinoinensis (Juglandaceae) adventitious in Argentina.
J. A. Hurrell, G. Delucchi & H. A. Keller

Novedades en el género Malvastrum (Malvaceae).
Novelties in the genus Malvastrum (Malvaceae).
A. Krapovickas

Sinopsis de las especies adventicias de Rosaceae: Subfamilia Prunoideae.
Synopsis of the adventitious species of Rosaceae: Subfamilia Prunoideae.
G. Delucchi

OBITUARIOS/OBITUARIES

PAULL ARNOLD FRYXELL
(1927-2011)
Antonio Krapovickas

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Bonplandia - 20 (2), 2011


Contents:
ARTICULOS ORIGINALES/ORIGINAL PAPERS

Problemas de la etnotaxonomía guaraní: "Las plantas de los animales".
Problems of guarani ethnotaxonomy: "Animals plants".
H.A. Keller

Recursos fitoterapéuticos y comportamiento poblacional en la ribera rioplatense de Berisso, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Phytoterapeutic resources and population behavior on the River Plate bank, Berisso, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
M.P. Hernández & A.M. Arambarri

Incorporación y aprehensión de saberes sobre plantas útiles a partir del juego: prácticas de extensión en Botánica Aplicada.
The aprehension of knowledge about useful plants through the games: practices of universitary extension in Economic Botany
M.L. Pochettino, A. Capparelli, P. Arenas, V. Lema, P. Riat, A. Becerra, M. Benavides, S. Carreno, C. Castro, I. Farella, V. Guevara, M. Kostlin, D. Pedemonte Román, M. Pérez Flores, M.L. Pipo, R. Rivira & S. Sivero

Mieles y plantas en la medicina criolla del norte de Misiones, Argentina.
Honeys and plants used in the traditional medicine of northern Misiones, Argentina.
F. Zamudio & N.I. Hilgert

Fitonimia wichí de hierbas y bejucos del Chaco semiárido salteno, Argentina.
Wichi phytonymy of herbs and climbing plants of the Semiarid Chaco, Salta province, Argentina.
M.E. Suárez

"Yerba mate" (Ilex paraguariensis, Aquifoliaceae) according early Río de La Plata Bonpland´s handwritings: its southern South American geographical distribution.
G.C. Giberti

Huertos familiares periurbanos de las costas de Ensenada-Berisso y de la Isla Martín García (Buenos Aires, Argentina).
Homegardens at the coasts of Ensenada-Berisso and Martín García Island (Buenos Aires, Argentina).
J.A. Hurrell, F. Buet Costantino, J.P. Puentes, E.A. Ulibarri & M.L. Pochettino

Juegos y deportes de los guaraníes de Misiones, Argentina: notas etnobotánicas complementarias.
Games and sports of the guaranis of Misiones Province, Argentina: ethnobotanical complementary notes.

Adaptógenos: plantas medicinales tradicionales comercializadas como suplementos dietéticos en la conurbación Buenos Aires-La Plata (Argentina).
Adaptogens: traditional medicinal plants commercialized as dietary supplements in the conurbation Buenos Aires-La Plata (Argentina).
P. M. Arenas, I. Cristina, J.P. Puentes, F. Buet Costantino, J.A. Hurrell & M.L. Pochettino

Pasado y presente del uso de plantas silvestres con órganos subterráneos de almacenamiento comestibles en la Patagonia.
Past and present use of wild plants with edible underground storage organs in Patagonia.
J.J. Ochoa & A.H. Ladio

Conocimiento y utilización de plantas medicinales por pobladores rurales del Bosque Chaqueno Serrano de Córdoba (Argentina).
Knowledge and utilization of medicinal plants by rural inhabitants of the Chaco Serrano Forest in Córdoba (Argentina).
V. Furlan, C. Torres & L. Galetto

Huertos familiares en la bahía de Cispatá, Córdoba, Colombia.
Homegardens in the bay of Cispatá, Córdoba, Colombia.
N.D. Jiménez-Escobar, U.P. Albuquerque & J.O. Rangel-Ch.

Uso de plantas medicinales en el tratamiento de afecciones transmitidas por el agua en una comunidad toba (qom) del Impenetrable (Chaco, Argentina): Una perspectiva etnoecológica y sanitaria.
Use of medicinal plants in the treatment of waterborne diseases in a toba (qom) community of the "Impenetrable" (Chaco, Argentina): An ethnoecological and sanitary perspective.
G.J. Martínez

La etnobotánica médica del área de transición pampeano cuyana.
Medical ethnobotany of the transitional area between Pampa and Cuyo region.
W.A. Muino

Recursos Florestais Nativos e a Agricultura Familiar em Santa Catarina – Brasil.
Forest Resources on farmer lands in Santa Catarina state – Brazil.
A. Siminski, K.L. Santos, A.C. Fantini & M.S. Reis

Etnobotánica del "coro" (Nicotiana paa, Solanaceae): Un tabaco silvestre poco conocido del extremo sur de Sudamérica.
Ethnobotany of "coro" (Nicotiana paa, Solanaceae): A wild tobacco little-known of the Southern end of South America.
G.F. Scarpa & C.N. Rosso

Revisión de la Etnomedicina en Argentina: construcción de la disciplina y perspectivas para el futuro.
A Review of the Ethnomedicine in Argentina: The construction of the discipline and perspectives for the future.
C. Trillo, B. Arias Toledo & S. Colantonio

ARTÍCULO INVITADO

Sembrar, plantar, cultivar, domesticar.
A. Krapovickas


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The Indian Forester - 138 (1), 2012



Contents:

Editorial
Dr. V.R.R. Singh

Forest development corporations need corporate outlook economic marketing wing : A key missing link
N. Syam Prasad

Water use and biomass production in tree seedlings irrigated near field capacity in arid environment
G. Singh and T.R. Rathod

Genetic variability and correlation studies for seed morphology, seedling growth and biochemical traits in neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss.)
N. Kaushik, J.C. Kaushik and S. Nautiyal

Physiological study for two ectomycorrhizal fungi isolated from Kumaun Himalaya
Anurag Yadav and Kusum Yadav

Contribution to the flora of Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere reserve, central India
Achuta N. Shukla and K.P. Singh

Underutilized fruit crops of Andaman : its biodiversity and role in environmental conservation and nutritional security
D.B. Singh, B.L. Attri and Charan Singh

Phenology and fruiting behaviour of safed arand (Jatropha curcast L.)
H. Puttaswamy, S. Gopakumar and B.N. Sathish

Edible weeds in paddy (Oryza sativa L.) fields of Sivagangai district in Tamilnadu, India
S. Shanmugam, P. Selvakumar, M. Annadurai and K. Rajendran

Pteriodophytic flora of Mehao wildlife sanctuary, Lower Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh (Eastern Himalaya)
Vineet Kumar Rawat

Evaluation of anticancerous and immunomodulatory potentials of Thuja occidentalis
Satish Kumar Verma and Santosh Kumar Singh

Shifting cultivation in northeastern region of India - status and strategies for sustainable development
J.M.S. Tomar, Anup Das, Lokho Puni, O.P. Chaturvedi and G.C. Munda

Protocol for in-vitro clonal propagation of Acorus calamus L. an important endangered medicinal plant
Farheen Mazher and Sonu Sharma

Sacred groves as ethnobotanical gene pools in tribal area of the western Himalaya in India
Vandana Thaplyal, Sanjeev Sharma and Ajay Ballabh Bhatt

Ethnobotanical studies of the plant used by the tribals of Bandarban hill district, Bangladesh
M. Mohiuddin, M.K. Alam, Shukla, R. Basak and M.K. Hossain

Evaluation of growth and soil fertility in Dalbergia sissoo-Zea mays (silvi-agri) agroforestry system
R.B. Singh and H.N. Hymavathi

Schizostachyum polymorphum (Munro) majumdar. A Bamboo new to South India for Andhra Pradesh
H.B. Naithani, P.V. Chalapathi Rao and B.V. Prasada Reddy

Chrysoperla carnea (stephens) : a new record of insect predator on teak pests, Hyblaea puera Cramer and Eutectona machaeralis (walker)
N. Roychoudhury and Subhash Chandra

Propagation of Calamus tenuis (Roxb.), a commercially valued forest species by in vitro culture
Prabalee Sarmah and P.K. Barua

Occurrence of albino seedlings in Pongamia pinnata (L.) pierre
R.S. Beniwal and Ruchi Chauhan

From the Indian Forester- One hundred year ago

The legend of rain-tree


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Bothalia - 41 (1-2), 2011/2012



Bothalia - 41 (1), 2011



Contents:

Systematics and biology of the African genus Ferraria (Iridaceae: Irideae).
Goldblatt, P., Manning, J C.

Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of Sao Tome and Principe.
Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stevart, T., Oliveira, F. , Smith, G F.

Systematics of the southern African genus Ixia (Iridaceae). 3. Sections Hyalis and Morphixia.
Goldblatt, P., Manning, J C.

A conspectus of Combretum (Combretaceae) in southern Africa, with taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on species and sections.
Jordaan, M., Van Wyk, A E., Maurin, O.

Generic status of Quisqualis (Combretaceae), with notes on the taxonomy and distribution of Q. parviflora.
Jordaan, M., Van Wyk, A E., Maurin, O.

Iridaceae. Tritonia cedarmontana and T. linearifolia (Crocoideae), two new species from the Cape Floristic Region; T. lineata var. parvifolia included in T. gladiolaris; and the correct author citation for T. strictifolia.
Manning, J C., Goldblatt, P.

Asteraceae. Vernonia (tribe Vernonieae) and related genera in southern Africa: Updates and corrections.
Herman, P P J., Swelankomo, N.

Campanulaceae. A new species of Wahlenbergia from Western Cape, South Africa.
Cupido, C N.

Pteridophyta. New pteridophyte records for the flora of Swaziland.
Crouch, N R., Burrows, J E.

Asphodelaceae: Alooideae. Gasteria croucheri subsp. pondoensis, a new cremnophyte from Pondoland, South Africa.
Crouch, N R., Smith, G F., Styles, D G A.

Marchantiophyta. New liverwort distribution Records in South Africa.
Van Rooy, J., Phephu, N., Perold, S M.

Asteraceae. The true identity of Oxylaena acicularis.
Koekemoer, M.

Bryophyta. New and interesting records of mosses in the Flora of southern Africa area: 5. New provincial records.
Van Rooy, J.

Molluginaceae. Adenogramma natans, a remarkable new aquatic species from Western Cape, South Africa.
Manning, J C., Goldblatt, P., Forest, F.

Pteridophyta-Thelypteridaceae. Metathelypteris burrowsiorum, a new species from Swaziland and a first genus record for southern Africa.
Crouch, N R.

Notes on African plants - Agavaceae. Furcraea foetida: An invading alien in South Africa.
Crouch, N R., Smith, G F.

Apocynaceae. Distribution of Cryptolepis delagoensis (Periplocoideae-Cryptolepideae), a subcontinental southern African endemic and selection of a neotype.
Bester, S P., Joubert, L.

Pteridophyta-Marsileaceae. Pilularia dracomontana, a new species of pillwort from the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg, South Africa.
Crouch, N R., Wesley-Smith, J.

Pteridophyta-Sinopteridaceae. A new subspecies of Cheilanthes deltoidea from Gauteng and Limpopo, South Africa.
Klopper, R R., Van Wyk, A E.

The medical ethnobotany of Lesotho: A review.
Moteetee, A., Van Wyk, B-E.

Miscellaneous notes - Tribute to Gerrit Germishuizen, editor of Bothalia.
Smith, G F.

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Bothalia - 41 (2), 2012



Contents:

Ornithoglossum pulchrum (Colchicaceae: Colchiceae), a new species from southern Namibia.
Snijman, D A., Nordenstam, B., Mannheimer, C.

Maireana brevifolia (Chenopodiaceae: Camphorosmeae), a new naturalized alien plant species in South Africa
Mucina, L., Snijman, D A.

Taxonomic revision of the genus Thereianthus (Iridaceae: Crocoideae).
Manning, J C., Goldblatt, P.

Romulea pilosa and R. quartzicola (Iridaceae: Crocoideae), two new species from the southern African winter rainfall region, with nomenclatural corrections including new names for R. amoena, R. neglecta and R. rosea var. reflexa.
Manning, J C., Goldblatt, P., Harrower, A D.

FSA contributions 19: Asteraceae: Anthemideae: Eumorphia.
Swelankomo, N.

Review of the genus Xenoscapa (Iridaceae: Crocoideae), including X. grandiflora, a new species from southern Namibia.
Manning, J C., Goldblatt, P.

Nyctaginaceae. Notes on Commicarpus in southern Africa, including a new record for Namibia.
Struwig, M., Siebert, S J., Klaassen, E S.

Notes on African plants - Aizoaceae. New combinations in Antimima and Octopoma (Ruschioideae).
Klak, C.

Vitaceae. A new and an overlooked record of Cyphostemma in Angola.
De Sousa, F., Figueiredo, E., Smith, G F.

Apocynaceae (Asclepiadoideae-Ceropegieae). First records of Orbea cooperi in Gauteng and Mpumalanga Provinces, FSA region.
Bester, S P., Berruti, S M.

Hyacinthaceae. Ornithogalum lebaense transferred to Albuca.
Manning, J C., Goldblatt, P.

Fabaceae. A new species of Xiphotheca from the Western Cape, South Africa.
Schuttevlok, A L.

Cyperaceae. New names and new combinations in Cyperus for southern Africa.
Archer, C., Goetghebeur, P.

Scrophulariaceae. Anticharis juncea, an overlooked record for South Africa, with notes on its type localities and flower morphology.
Steyn, H M.

Asteraceae. Lachnospermum neglectum (Asteroideae: Gnaphalieae), a new and overlooked species from the Worcester Valley, Western Cape.
Manning, J C., Goldblatt, P.

Amaryllidaceae. Ammocharis deserticola (Amaryllideae), a new species from Namibia and a key to species of the genus.
Snijman, D A., Kolberg, H.

Alliaceae. Micromorphology and cytology of' Prototulbaghia siebertii, with notes on its taxonomic significance.
Vosa, C G., Siebert, S J., Van Wyk, A E.

Hyacinthaceae. Albuca gariepensis (Ornithogaloideae), a new species of A. subgen. Namibiogalum from Gordonia, South Africa, and A. prasina transferred to Ornithogalum.
Manning, J C., Goldblatt, P.

Fabaceae. A new species of Rhynchosia from the northern provinces of South Africa.
Germishuizen, G.

Lycopodiophyta: Selaginellaceae. Selaginella nivea, a new lycophyte record for South Africa, with notes on its habitat.
Klopper, A W., Klopper, R R.

Asteraceae. Bryomorphe and Dolichothrix (Gnaphalieae-Relhaniinae): Taxonomy and nomenclature.
Koekemoer, M.

Iridaceae. Gladiolus diluvialis (Crocoideae), a replacement name for the illegitimate homonym G. halophilus.
Manning, J C., Goldblatt, P.

Phytosociological description of norite koppies in the Rustenburg area, North-West Province and refinement of the distribution of the Norite Koppies Bushveld on the national vegetation classification map of South Africa.
Lamprecht, A J H., Cilliers, S S., Gotze, A R., Du Toit, M J.

The extended occurrence of Maputaland Woody Grassland further south in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.


Floristic analysis of domestic gardens in the Tlokwe City Municipality, South Africa.
Lubbe, C S., Siebert, S J., Cilliers, S S.

Tribute to Beverley Momberg, technical editor in the publications section of the South African National Biodiversity Institute.
Smith, G F.

Obituary: Franz Sebastian Muller (1913-2010).
Smith, G F., Figueiredo, E.

South African National Biodiversity Institute: Publications 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010. Compiler
Steenkamp, Y.

Guide for authors to Bothalia


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Haworthiad - 25, 2011



Contents:

'High-breds' or wanting weeds
Gerhard Marx

Some Japanese hybrids and cultivars from Fumio Hagiwara
Hiroshi Nakatani

Desserts - Mastodon vs. Mousse or, what's on the menu?
Steve Hammer

Japanese inspirations and California Sunshine
Renny Hosogai

Cocozza Cuttings - domino delights
Joyce L Cocozza

Thoughts on growing haworthias
Mary Parisi

The art and science of hybridisation
George Theodoris

The Silver Bug family and other hybrids
Francois Hoes


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Molecular Biology and Evolution - 29 (2), 2012



Contents:

Letters

Ann Demogines, Kimberly A. Truong, and Sara L. Sawyer
Species-Specific Features of DARC, the Primate Receptor for Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium knowlesi

Joel O. Wertheim, Mathieu Fourment, and Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond
Inconsistencies in Estimating the Age of HIV-1 Subtypes Due to Heterotachy


Review Article


Sudhir Kumar, Alan J. Filipski, Fabia U. Battistuzzi, Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond, and Koichiro Tamura
Statistics and Truth in Phylogenomics


Research Articles


Alexander Gusev, Pier Francesco Palamara, Gregory Aponte, Zhong Zhuang, Ariel Darvasi, Peter Gregersen, and Itsik Pe'er
The Architecture of Long-Range Haplotypes Shared within and across Populations

Coen Campsteijn, Jan Inge Ovrebo, Bard Ove Karlsen, and Eric M. Thompson
Expansion of Cyclin D and CDK1 Paralogs in Oikopleura dioica, a Chordate Employing Diverse Cell Cycle Variants

Clément Gilbert, Sharon S. Hernandez, Jaime Flores-Benabib, Eric N. Smith, and Cédric Feschotte
Rampant Horizontal Transfer of SPIN Transposons in Squamate Reptiles

Rebekah L. Rogers and Daniel L. Hartl
Chimeric Genes as a Source of Rapid Evolution in Drosophila melanogaster

Guifré Torruella, Romain Derelle, Jordi Paps, B. Franz Lang, Andrew J. Roger, Kamran Shalchian-Tabrizi, and Inaki Ruiz-Trillo
Phylogenetic Relationships within the Opisthokonta Based on Phylogenomic Analyses of Conserved Single-Copy Protein Domains

Frederick Delfin, Sean Myles, Ying Choi, David Hughes, Robert Illek, Mannis van Oven, Brigitte Pakendorf, Manfred Kayser, and Mark Stoneking
Bridging Near and Remote Oceania: mtDNA and NRY Variation in the Solomon Islands

Erin S. Keebaugh and Todd A. Schlenke
Adaptive Evolution of a Novel Drosophila Lectin Induced by Parasitic Wasp Attack

Melanie Abeysundera, Chris Field, and Hong Gu
Phylogenetic Analysis Based on Spectral Methods

Johan Viklund, Thijs J.G. Ettema, and Siv G.E. Andersson
Independent Genome Reduction and Phylogenetic Reclassification of the Oceanic SAR11 Clade

Krishna R. Veeramah, Daniel Wegmann, August Woerner, Fernando L. Mendez, Joseph C. Watkins, Giovanni Destro-Bisol, Himla Soodyall, Leslie Louie, and Michael F. Hammer
An Early Divergence of KhoeSan Ancestors from Those of Other Modern Humans Is Supported by an ABC-Based Analysis of Autosomal Resequencing Data

Astrid Böhne, Qingchun Zhou, Amandine Darras, Cornelia Schmidt, Manfred Schartl, Delphine Galiana-Arnoux, and Jean-Nicolas Volff
Zisupton—A Novel Superfamily of DNA Transposable Elements Recently Active in Fish

Riyue Bao, Tami Fischer, Renata Bolognesi, Susan J. Brown, and Markus Friedrich
Parallel Duplication and Partial Subfunctionalization of ß-Catenin/Armadillo during Insect Evolution

Minh Anh Thi Nguyen, Tanja Gesell, and Arndt von Haeseler
ImOSM: Intermittent Evolution and Robustness of Phylogenetic Methods

Jonathan M. Flowers, Jeanmaire Molina, Samara Rubinstein, Pu Huang, Barbara A. Schaal, and Michael D. Purugganan
Natural Selection in Gene-Dense Regions Shapes the Genomic Pattern of Polymorphism in Wild and Domesticated Rice

Yi-Chieh Wu, Matthew D. Rasmussen, and Manolis Kellis
Evolution at the Subgene Level: Domain Rearrangements in the Drosophila Phylogeny

Eric D. Crandall, Elizabeth J. Sbrocco, Timery S. DeBoer, Paul H. Barber, and Kent E. Carpenter
Expansion Dating: Calibrating Molecular Clocks in Marine Species from Expansions onto the Sunda Shelf Following the Last Glacial Maximum

Alex Dornburg, Matthew C. Brandley, Michael R. McGowen, and Thomas J. Near
Relaxed Clocks and Inferences of Heterogeneous Patterns of Nucleotide Substitution and Divergence Time Estimates across Whales and Dolphins (Mammalia: Cetacea)

Ning Wang, Edward L. Braun, and Rebecca T. Kimball
Testing Hypotheses about the Sister Group of the Passeriformes Using an Independent 30-Locus Data Set

Wai Lok Sibon Li and Alexei J. Drummond
Model Averaging and Bayes Factor Calculation of Relaxed Molecular Clocks in Bayesian Phylogenetics

Sen Xu, Sarah Schaack, Amanda Seyfert, Eunjin Choi, Michael Lynch, and Melania E. Cristescu
High Mutation Rates in the Mitochondrial Genomes of Daphnia pulex

Fabrizio Ghiselli, Liliana Milani, Peter L. Chang, Dennis Hedgecock, Jonathan P. Davis, Sergey V. Nuzhdin, and Marco Passamonti
De Novo Assembly of the Manila Clam Ruditapes philippinarum Transcriptome Provides New Insights into Expression Bias, Mitochondrial Doubly Uniparental Inheritance and Sex Determination

Andrew D. Moore and Erich Bornberg-Bauer
The Dynamics and Evolutionary Potential of Domain Loss and Emergence

Shohei Takuno, Tomoyuki Kado, Ryuichi P. Sugino, Luay Nakhleh, and Hideki Innan
Population Genomics in Bacteria: A Case Study of Staphylococcus aureus

Elena Carnero-Montoro, Lizette Bonet, Johannes Engelken, Torsten Bielig, Mario Martínez-Florensa, Francisco Lozano, and Elena Bosch
Evolutionary and Functional Evidence for Positive Selection at the Human CD5 Immune Receptor Gene

Joanne K. Hobbs, Charis Shepherd, David J. Saul, Nicholas J. Demetras, Svend Haaning, Colin R. Monk, Roy M. Daniel, and Vickery L. Arcus
On the Origin and Evolution of Thermophily: Reconstruction of Functional Precambrian Enzymes from Ancestors of Bacillus

Julie Jaquiéry, Solenn Stoeckel, Claude Rispe, Lucie Mieuzet, Fabrice Legeai, and Jean-Christophe Simon
Accelerated Evolution of Sex Chromosomes in Aphids, an X0 System

Jeffrey A. Fawcett, Pierre Rouzé, and Yves Van de Peer
Higher Intron Loss Rate in Arabidopsis thaliana Than A. lyrata Is Consistent with Stronger Selection for a Smaller Genome

Jian-Hong Xu, Jeffrey L. Bennetzen, and Joachim Messing
Dynamic Gene Copy Number Variation in Collinear Regions of Grass Genomes

Claudia C. Weber, Catherine J. Pink, and Laurence D. Hurst
Late-Replicating Domains Have Higher Divergence and Diversity in Drosophila melanogaster


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piątek, 24 lutego 2012

Molecular Biology and Evolution - 29 (1), 2012



Contents:

Letters

Eyal Privman, Osnat Penn, and Tal Pupko
Improving the Performance of Positive Selection Inference by Filtering Unreliable Alignment Regions

Gustavo C. S. Kuhn, Heinrich Küttler, Orlando Moreira-Filho, and John S. Heslop-Harrison
The 1.688 Repetitive DNA of Drosophila: Concerted Evolution at Different Genomic Scales and Association with Genes

José M. Ranz, Carlos Díaz-Castillo, and Rita Petersen
Conserved Gene Order at the Nuclear Periphery in Drosophila

José M. Cuevas, Pilar Domingo-Calap, and Rafael Sanjuán
The Fitness Effects of Synonymous Mutations in DNA and RNA Viruses

Ashley Farlow, Marlies Dolezal, Liushuai Hua, and Christian Schlötterer
The Genomic Signature of Splicing-Coupled Selection Differs between Long and Short Introns

Marta Melé, Asif Javed, Marc Pybus, Pierre Zalloua, Marc Haber, David Comas, Mihai G. Netea, Oleg Balanovsky, Elena Balanovska, Li Jin, Yajun Yang, R. M. Pitchappan, G. Arunkumar, Laxmi Parida, Francesc Calafell, Jaume Bertranpetit, and the Genographic Consortium
Recombination Gives a New Insight in the Effective Population Size and the History of the Old World Human Populations

Thomas Städler, Ana Marcela Florez-Rueda, and Margot Paris
Testing for “Snowballing” Hybrid Incompatibilities in Solanum: Impact of Ancestral Polymorphism and Divergence Estimates

Tuan A. Nguyen, Jasmina Brescic, David J. Vinyard, Thenappan Chandrasekar, and G. Charles Dismukes
Identification of an Oxygenic Reaction Center psbADC Operon in the Cyanobacterium Gloeobacter violaceus PCC 7421

C. Rune Stensvold, Marianne Lebbad, and C. Graham Clark
Last of the Human Protists: The Phylogeny and Genetic Diversity of Iodamoeba


Research Articles


Scott W. Roy, Andrew J. Hudson, Joella Joseph, Janet Yee, and Anthony G. Russell
Numerous Fragmented Spliceosomal Introns, AT–AC Splicing, and an Unusual Dynein Gene Expression Pathway in Giardia lamblia

Tami R. McDonald, Fred S. Dietrich and François Lutzoni
Multiple Horizontal Gene Transfers of Ammonium Transporters/Ammonia Permeases from Prokaryotes to Eukaryotes: Toward a New Functional and Evolutionary Classification

Jonathan E. Dickerson and David L. Robertson
On the Origins of Mendelian Disease Genes in Man: The Impact of Gene Duplication

Ryuichi P. Sugino and Hideki Innan
Natural Selection on Gene Order in the Genome Reorganization Process After Whole-Genome Duplication of Yeast

Zhenguo Lin and Wen-Hsiung Li
Evolution of 5' Untranslated Region Length and Gene Expression Reprogramming in Yeasts

Xinjiang Cai and David E. Clapham
Ancestral Ca2+ Signaling Machinery in Early Animal and Fungal Evolution

Chad D. Huff, David J. Witherspoon, Yuhua Zhang, Chandler Gatenbee, Lee A. Denson, Subra Kugathasan, Hakon Hakonarson, April Whiting, Chadwick T. Davis, Wilfred Wu, Jinchuan Xing, W. Scott Watkins, Michael J. Bamshad, Jonathan P. Bradfield, Kazima Bulayeva, Tatum S. Simonson, Lynn B. Jorde, and Stephen L. Guthery
Crohn’s Disease and Genetic Hitchhiking at IBD5

Felicity Alcock, Chaille T. Webb, Pavel Dolezal, Victoria Hewitt, Miguel Shingu-Vasquez, Vladimir A. Likić, Ana Traven, and Trevor Lithgow
A Small Tim Homohexamer in the Relict Mitochondrion of Cryptosporidium

David Alvarez-Ponce, Sara Guirao-Rico, Dorcas J. Orengo, Carmen Segarra, Julio Rozas, and Montserrat Aguadé
Molecular Population Genetics of the Insulin/TOR Signal Transduction Pathway: A Network-Level Analysis in Drosophila melanogaster

Andrew Ying-Fei Chang and Ben-Yang Liao
DNA Methylation Rebalances Gene Dosage after Mammalian Gene Duplications

Masato Yamamichi, Jun Gojobori, and Hideki Innan
An Autosomal Analysis Gives No Genetic Evidence for Complex Speciation of Humans and Chimpanzees

Jerome H. L. Hui, Carmel McDougall, Ana S. Monteiro, Peter W. H. Holland, Detlev Arendt, Guillaume Balavoine, and David E. K. Ferrier
Extensive Chordate and Annelid Macrosynteny Reveals Ancestral Homeobox Gene Organization

Emily S. W. Wong, Anthony T. Papenfuss, Camilla M. Whittington, Wesley C. Warren, and Katherine Belov
A Limited Role for Gene Duplications in the Evolution of Platypus Venom

Noa E. Cohen, Roy Shen, and Liran Carmel
The Role of Reverse Transcriptase in Intron Gain and Loss Mechanisms

Feng-Chi Chen, Chia-Lin Pan, and Hsuan-Yu Lin
Independent Effects of Alternative Splicing and Structural Constraint on the Evolution of Mammalian Coding Exons

Martin J. Genner and George F. Turner
Ancient Hybridization and Phenotypic Novelty within Lake Malawi’s Cichlid Fish Radiation

Miguel Arenas, Nicolas Ray, Mathias Currat, and Laurent Excoffier
Consequences of Range Contractions and Range Shifts on Molecular Diversity

Shohei Takuno and Brandon S. Gaut
Body-Methylated Genes in Arabidopsis thaliana Are Functionally Important and Evolve Slowly

Alex Wong, Michael Turchin, Mariana F. Wolfner, and Charles F. Aquadro
Temporally Variable Selection on Proteolysis-Related Reproductive Tract Proteins in Drosophila

Deena Emera, Claudio Casola, Vincent J. Lynch, Derek E. Wildman, Dalen Agnew, and Günter P. Wagner
Convergent Evolution of Endometrial Prolactin Expression in Primates, Mice, and Elephants Through the Independent Recruitment of Transposable Elements

Irene Gallego Romero, Chandana Basu Mallick, Anke Liebert, Federica Crivellaro, Gyaneshwer Chaubey, Yuval Itan, Mait Metspalu, Muthukrishnan Eaaswarkhanth, Ramasamy Pitchappan, Richard Villems, David Reich, Lalji Singh, Kumarasamy Thangaraj, Mark G. Thomas, Dallas M. Swallow, Marta Mirazón Lahr, and Toomas Kivisild
Herders of Indian and European Cattle Share Their Predominant Allele for Lactase Persistence

Julian P. Venables, Emmanuel Vignal, Stephen Baghdiguian, Philippe Fort, and Jamal Tazi
Tissue-Specific Alternative Splicing of Tak1 Is Conserved in Deuterostomes

Stefan Zoller and Adrian Schneider
A New Semiempirical Codon Substitution Model Based on Principal Component Analysis of Mammalian Sequences

David Weetman, Craig S. Wilding, Keith Steen, Joao Pinto, and Martin J. Donnelly
Gene Flow–Dependent Genomic Divergence between Anopheles gambiae M and S Forms

Michiel Kwantes, Daniela Liebsch, and Wim Verelst
How MIKC* MADS-Box Genes Originated and Evidence for Their Conserved Function Throughout the Evolution of Vascular Plant Gametophytes

Federico G. Hoffmann, Juan C. Opazo, and Jay F. Storz
Whole-Genome Duplications Spurred the Functional Diversification of the Globin Gene Superfamily in Vertebrates

Eva Nováková and Nancy A. Moran
Diversification of Genes for Carotenoid Biosynthesis in Aphids following an Ancient Transfer from a Fungus

Bruce Rannala, Tianqi Zhu, and Ziheng Yang
Tail Paradox, Partial Identifiability, and Influential Priors in Bayesian Branch Length Inference

Naoki Osada and Hiroshi Akashi
Mitochondrial–Nuclear Interactions and Accelerated Compensatory Evolution: Evidence from the Primate Cytochrome c Oxidase Complex

Tanja Stadler, Roger Kouyos, Viktor von Wyl, Sabine Yerly, Jürg Böni, Philippe Bürgisser, Thomas Klimkait, Beda Joos, Philip Rieder, Dong Xie, Huldrych F. Günthard, Alexei J. Drummond, Sebastian Bonhoeffer, and the Swiss HIV Cohort Study
Estimating the Basic Reproductive Number from Viral Sequence Data

Bayazit Yunusbayev, Mait Metspalu, Mari Järve, Ildus Kutuev, Siiri Rootsi, Ene Metspalu, Doron M. Behar, Kärt Varendi, Hovhannes Sahakyan, Rita Khusainova, Levon Yepiskoposyan, Elza K. Khusnutdinova, Peter A. Underhill, Toomas Kivisild, and Richard Villems
The Caucasus as an Asymmetric Semipermeable Barrier to Ancient Human Migrations

Andrew E. Allen, Ahmed Moustafa, Anton Montsant, Angelika Eckert, Peter G. Kroth, and Chris Bowler
Evolution and Functional Diversification of Fructose Bisphosphate Aldolase Genes in Photosynthetic Marine Diatoms

Philippe Fort,Aurélie Albertini, Aurélie Van - Hua, Arnaud Berthomieu, Stéphane Roche, Frédéric Delsuc, Nicole Pasteur, Pierre Capy, Yves Gaudin, and Mylene Weill
Fossil Rhabdoviral Sequences Integrated into Arthropod Genomes: Ontogeny, Evolution, and Potential Functionality

Daniel Rejmanek, Patrick Foley, Anthony Barbet, and Janet Foley
Evolution of Antigen Variation in the Tick-Borne Pathogen Anaplasma phagocytophilum

Lee Henry, Tanja Schwander, and Bernard J. Crespi
Deleterious Mutation Accumulation in Asexual Timema Stick Insects

Alessandro Lovisetto, Flavia Guzzo, Alice Tadiello, Ketti Toffali, Alessandro Favretto, and Giorgio Casadoro
Molecular Analyses of MADS-Box Genes Trace Back to Gymnosperms the Invention of Fleshy Fruits

Maria Costantini, Fabio Auletta, and Giorgio Bernardi
The Distributions of “New” and “Old” Alu Sequences in the Human Genome: The Solution of a “Mystery”

Yudai Okuyama, Akifumi S. Tanabe, and Makoto Kato
Entangling Ancient Allotetraploidization in Asian Mitella: An Integrated Approach for Multilocus Combinations


Editorial

Ken Wolfe, Marta L. Wayne, Kateryna Makova, Tomoko Y. Steen, Marcy Uyenoyama, and Naoyuki Takahata
SMBE Proposal to the Government of Japan


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Comparing Models of Evolution for Ordered and Disordered Proteins

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Molecular Biology and Evolution - 28 (11-12), 2011



Molecular Biology and Evolution - 28 (11), 2011



Contents:

Letters

John Steven Torday and Virender Kumar Rehan
A Cell–Molecular Approach Predicts Vertebrate Evolution

Mizuko Osanai-Futahashi and Haruhiko Fujiwara
Coevolution of Telomeric Repeats and Telomeric Repeat–Specific Non-LTR Retrotransposons in Insects

Alex de Mendoza and Inaki Ruiz-Trillo
The Mysterious Evolutionary Origin for the GNE Gene and the Root of Bilateria

Alexander Suh, Jan Ole Kriegs, Jürgen Brosius, and Jürgen Schmitz
Retroposon Insertions and the Chronology of Avian Sex Chromosome Evolution

Miriam Linnenbrink, Jill M. Johnsen, Inka Montero, Christine R. Brzezinski, Bettina Harr, and John F. Baines
Long-Term Balancing Selection at the Blood Group-Related Gene B4galnt2 in the Genus Mus (Rodentia; Muridae)

Kenta Sumiyama and Naruya Saitou
Loss-of-Function Mutation in a Repressor Module of Human-Specifically Activated Enhancer HACNS1


Research Articles


Rob W. Ness, Sean W. Graham, and Spencer C. H. Barrett
Reconciling Gene and Genome Duplication Events: Using Multiple Nuclear Gene Families to Infer the Phylogeny of the Aquatic Plant Family Pontederiaceae

Alexis Criscuolo and Simonetta Gribaldo
Large-Scale Phylogenomic Analyses Indicate a Deep Origin of Primary Plastids within Cyanobacteria

Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond, Ben Murrell, Mathieu Fourment, Simon D.W. Frost, Wayne Delport, and Konrad Scheffler
A Random Effects Branch-Site Model for Detecting Episodic Diversifying Selection

Vivek Jayaswal, Faisal Ababneh, Lars S Jermiin, and John Robinson
Reducing Model Complexity of the General Markov Model of Evolution

Sergio Lukic and Kevin Chen
Human piRNAs Are Under Selection in Africans and Repress Transposable Elements

Erick C. Castelli, Celso T. Mendes-Junior, Luciana C. Veiga-Castelli, Michel Roger, Philippe Moreau, and Eduardo A. Donadi
A Comprehensive Study of Polymorphic Sites along the HLA-G Gene: Implication for Gene Regulation and Evolution

Simona Fornarino, Guillaume Laval, Luis B. Barreiro, Jeremy Manry, Estelle Vasseur, and Lluis Quintana-Murci
Evolution of the TIR Domain-Containing Adaptors in Humans: Swinging between Constraint and Adaptation

Mayumi I. Nonaka, Kouichi Aizawa, Hiroshi Mitani, Hidemi P. Bannai, and Masaru Nonaka
Retained Orthologous Relationships of the MHC Class I Genes during Euteleost Evolution

Daniel R. G. Price, Rebecca P. Duncan, Shuji Shigenobu, and Alex C. C. Wilson
Genome Expansion and Differential Expression of Amino Acid Transporters at the Aphid/Buchnera Symbiotic Interface

Xianfa Xie, Wei-Gang Qiu, and Peter N. Lipke
Accelerated and Adaptive Evolution of Yeast Sexual Adhesins

J. Jacquemin, C. Chaparro, M. Laudié, A. Berger, F. Gavory, J. L. Goicoechea, R. A. Wing, and R. Cooke
Long-Range and Targeted Ectopic Recombination between the Two Homeologous Chromosomes 11 and 12 in Oryza Species

Cinta Zapater, François Chauvigné, Birgitta Norberg, Roderick Nigel Finn, and Joan Cerda
Dual Neofunctionalization of a Rapidly Evolving Aquaporin-1 Paralog Resulted in Constrained and Relaxed Traits Controlling Channel Function during Meiosis Resumption in Teleosts

Brendan D. O'Fallon
A Method for Accurate Inference of Population Size from Serially Sampled Genealogies Distorted by Selection

Xiaowei Jiang and Mario A. Fares
Functional Diversification of the Twin-Arginine Translocation Pathway Mediates the Emergence of Novel Ecological Adaptations

Virag Sharma, Andrew E. Firth, Ivan Antonov, Olivier Fayet, John F. Atkins, Mark Borodovsky, and Pavel V. Baranov
A Pilot Study of Bacterial Genes with Disrupted ORFs Reveals a Surprising Profusion of Protein Sequence Recoding Mediated by Ribosomal Frameshifting and Transcriptional Realignment

Vicky Merhej, Cedric Notredame, Manuela Royer-Carenzi, Pierre Pontarotti, and Didier Raoult
The Rhizome of Life: The Sympatric Rickettsia felis Paradigm Demonstrates the Random Transfer of DNA Sequences


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Molecular Biology and Evolution - 28 (12), 2011



Contents:

Research Articles

Nolan C. Kane, Michael S. Barker, Shing H. Zhan, and Loren H. Rieseberg
Molecular Evolution across the Asteraceae: Micro- and Macroevolutionary Processes

Xing-Xing Shen, Dan Liang, Jun-Zhi Wen, and Peng Zhang
Multiple Genome Alignments Facilitate Development of NPCL Markers: A Case Study of Tetrapod Phylogeny Focusing on the Position of Turtles

Astrid Collingro, Patrick Tischler, Thomas Weinmaier, Thomas Penz, Eva Heinz, Robert C. Brunham, Timothy D. Read, Patrik M. Bavoil, Konrad Sachse, Simona Kahane, Maureen G. Friedman, Thomas Rattei, Garry S. A. Myers, and Matthias Horn
Unity in Variety—The Pan-Genome of the Chlamydiae

Yannis Guillemin, Aurélie Cornut-Thibaut, Germain Gillet, François Penin, and Abdel Aouacheria
Characterization of Unique Signature Sequences in the Divergent Maternal Protein Bcl2l10

Davide Sassera, Nathan Lo, Sara Epis, Giuseppe D'Auria, Matteo Montagna, Francesco Comandatore, David Horner, Juli Peretó, Alberto Maria Luciano, Federica Franciosi, Emanuele Ferri, Elena Crotti, Chiara Bazzocchi, Daniele Daffonchio, Luciano Sacchi, Andres Moya, Amparo Latorre, and Claudio Bandi
Phylogenomic Evidence for the Presence of a Flagellum and cbb3 Oxidase in the Free-Living Mitochondrial Ancestor

Nimrod D. Rubinstein, Adi Doron-Faigenboim, Itay Mayrose, and Tal Pupko
Evolutionary Models Accounting for Layers of Selection in Protein-Coding Genes and their Impact on the Inference of Positive Selection

Nimrod D. Rubinstein, David Zeevi, Yaara Oren, Gil Segal, and Tal Pupko
The Operonic Location of Auto-transcriptional Repressors Is Highly Conserved in Bacteria

Manuela Sironi, Franca Rosa Guerini, Cristina Agliardi, Mara Biasin, Rachele Cagliani, Matteo Fumagalli, Domenico Caputo, Andrea Cassinotti, Sandro Ardizzone, Milena Zanzottera, Elisabetta Bolognesi, Stefania Riva, Yasuyoshi Kanari, Masaaki Miyazawa, and Mario Clerici
An Evolutionary Analysis of RAC2 Identifies Haplotypes Associated with Human Autoimmune Diseases

Ryan M. Ames and Simon C. Lovell
Diversification at Transcription Factor Binding Sites within a Species and the Implications for Environmental Adaptation

Jungsun Park, Zuogang Peng, Jia Zeng, Navin Elango, Taesung Park, Dave Wheeler, John H. Werren, and Soojin V. Yi
Comparative Analyses of DNA Methylation and Sequence Evolution Using Nasonia Genomes

Joel O. Wertheim and Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond
Purifying Selection Can Obscure the Ancient Age of Viral Lineages

Hae-Lim Lee and Vivian F. Irish
Gene Duplication and Loss in a MADS Box Gene Transcription Factor Circuit

Rudolf J. Schilder, Anthony J. Zera, Christine Black, Mallary Hoidal, and Cody Wehrkamp
The Biochemical Basis of Life History Adaptation: Molecular and Enzymological Causes of NADP+-Isocitrate Dehydrogenase Activity Differences Between Morphs of Gryllus firmus That Differ in Lipid Biosynthesis and Life History

Anna Muszewska, John W. Taylor, Pawel Szczesny (Paweł Szczęsny), and Marcin Grynberg
Independent Subtilases Expansions in Fungi Associated with Animals


Editorial


Barry G. Hall, Francisco J. Ayala, and Marcella A. McClure
Remembrances of Walter M. Fitch


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