Plant Breeding - 130 (3-6), 2011

Plant Breeding - 130 (3), 2011


Contents:

REVIEW


Towards marker-assisted selection in pulses: a review (pages 297–313)

Jitendra Kumar, Arbind K. Choudhary, Ramesh K. Solanki and Aditya Pratap


ORIGINAL ARTICLES


Potentiality of evenly distributed hypervariable microsatellite markers in marker-assisted breeding of rice (pages 314–320)

Gonela Narshimulu, Mohammed Jamaloddin, Lakshminarayana R. Vemireddy, Ghnata Anuradha and Eea Siddiq


QTL mapping for resistance to strip virus disease in rice (pages 321–327)

BaoXiang Wang, Ling Jiang, YingXin Zhang, WenWei Zhang, MaoQing Wang, XiaNian Cheng, Xi Liu, HuQu Zhai and JianMin Wan


Identification of QTLs for seed dormancy in rice (Oryza sativa L.) (pages 328–332)

Kun Xie, Ling Jiang, BingYue Lu, ChunYan Yang, LinFang Li, Xi Liu, Long Zhang, ZhiGang Zhao and JianMin Wan


Effectively widening the gene pool of oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) by using Chinese B. rapa in a ‘virtual allopolyploid’ approach (pages 333–337)

JiaQin Mei, Ying Fu, LunWen Qian, XinFu Xu, JiaNa Li and Wei Qian


Cleistogamy of oilseed rape, a way to prevent cross-fertilization between adjacent fields (pages 338–344)

Martine Leflon, Alexandra Hüsken, Simon Kightley and Xavier Pinochet


Analyses of inheritance patterns and consistent expression of sporamin and chitinase PjChi-1 genes in Brassica napus (pages 345–351)

HongBo Liu, Muhammad S. Naeem, Dan Liu, YaNa Zhu, Xiang Guo, Peng Cui and WeiJun Zhou


Glucosinolates in the new oilseed crop meadowfoam: natural variation in Section Inflexae of Limnanthes, a new glucosinolate in L. floccosa, and QTL analysis in L. alba (pages 352–359)

Pablo Velasco, Mary B. Slabaugh, Ralph Reed, Jennifer Kling, Venkata K. Kishore, Jan F. Stevens and Steven J. Knapp


Genetic relationship between cultivated and wild hazelnuts (Corylus avellana L.) collected in northern Spain (pages 360–366)

Ana Campa, Noemí Trabanco, Elena Pérez-Vega, Mercé Rovira and Juan J. Ferreira


Self-pollination does not affect fruit set or fruit characteristics in almond (Prunus dulcis) (pages 367–371)

Pedro J. Martínez-García, Encarnación Ortega and Federico Dicenta


Genetic mapping in Lilium: mapping of major genes and quantitative trait loci for several ornamental traits and disease resistances (pages 372–382)

Arwa Shahin, Paul Arens, Adriaan W. Van Heusden, Gerard Van Der Linden, Martijn Van Kaauwen, Nadeem Khan, Henk J. Schouten, W. Eric Van De Weg, Richard G. F. Visser and Jaap M. Van Tuyl


Heterosis and combining ability for resistance to powdery mildew in adult melon plants (pages 383–387)

Kadanapuradadoddi T. Shashikumar, Mottaiyan Pitchaimuthu, Doddegowda P. Kumar and Ram D. Rawal


A single recessive gene conferring short leaves in romaine × Latin type lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) crosses, and its effect on plant morphology and resistance to lettuce drop caused by Sclerotinia minor Jagger (pages 388–393)

Ryan J. Hayes, BoMing Wu and Krishna V. Subbarao


SHORT COMMUNICATIONS


Development of a cost-effective pyrosequencing approach for SNP genotyping in barley (pages 394–397)

Cristina Silvar, Dragan Perovic, Ana M. Casas, Ernesto Igartua and Frank Ordon


Sources of resistance to Fusarium head blight within Syrian durum wheat landraces (pages 398–400)

Firas Talas, Friedrich Longin and Thomas Miedaner


A method for selection of restriction enzymes for sdCAPS marker construction (pages 401–403)

YeSol Jeong, SunYoung Lee, InHye Choi, YongPyo Lim, YoonKang Hur, Jack E. Staub and SangMin Chung


Mapping quantitative trait loci for sheath blight resistance in rice using double haploid population (pages 404–406)

Qun Xu, XiaoPing Yuan, HanYong Yu, YiPing Wang, ShengXiang Tang and XingHua Wei


Cloning and functional characterization of genes involved in fatty acid biosynthesis in the novel oilseed crop Lepidium campestre L. (pages 407–409)

Dennis Eriksson and Arnulf Merker


Production and characterization of the novel CMS line of radish (Raphanus sativus) carrying Brassica maurorum cytoplasm (pages 410–412)

SangWoo Bang, Kota Tsutsui, SuHyeun Shim and Yukio Kaneko


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Plant Breeding - 130 (4), 2011


Contents:

ORIGINAL ARTICLES


Veery wheats carry an allele of Vrn-A1 that has implications for freezing tolerance in winter wheats (pages 413–418)

Howard A. Eagles, Karen Cane and Ben Trevaskis


Resistance of ‘Roxana’ to powdery mildew and its presence in some European spring barley cultivars (pages 419–422)

Antonín Dreiseitl


Identifying genetic complexity of 6H locus in barley conferring resistance to Pyrenophora teres f. teres (pages 423–429)

Sanjiv Gupta, Chengdao Li, Robert Loughman, Mehmet Cakir, Sharon Westcott and Reg Lance


Investigation of seedling-stage salinity tolerance QTLs using backcross lines derived from Oryza sativa L. Pokkali (pages 430–437)

Rebjana Alam, M. Sazzadur Rahman , Zeba I. Seraj, Michael J. Thomson, Abdelbagi M. Ismail, Ellen Tumimbang-Raiz and Glenn B. Gregorio


Generation of marker-free, bacterial blight-resistant transgenic sterile line and hybrid rice with Xa21 (pages 438–443)

Lifen Gao, Zhihui Xia, Guanghuai Jiang, Hai Peng, Xianfeng Zhao and Wenxue Zhai


Association analysis of vegetable soybean quality traits with SSR markers (pages 444–449)

Jinfeng Hou, Chuanlin Wang, Xuejuan Hong, Jinming Zhao, Chenchen Xue, Na Guo, Junyi Gai and Han Xing


Genetic effects and heterosis of the fibre colour and quality of brown cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) (pages 450–456)

Hong-Jie Feng, Jun-Ling Sun, Jie Wang, Ying-Hua Jia, Xin-Yu Zhang, Bao-Ying Pang, Jie Sun and Xiong-Ming Du


Phenotypic characterization of sweet potato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.] genotypes in relation to prediction of chemical quality constituents by NIRS equations (pages 457–463)

Vincent Lebot, André Ndiaye and Roger Malapa


Evaluation of the RPi-ber late blight resistance gene for tuber resistance in the field and laboratory (pages 464–468)

Hilary Mayton, Gilda Rauscher, Ivan Simko and William E. Fry


Production of novel alloplasmic male sterile lines in Allium cepa harbouring the cytoplasm from Allium roylei (pages 469–475)

Hao Q. Vu, Machiko Iwata, Naoki Yamauchi and Masayoshi Shigyo


Genomic structure and fertility in advanced breeding populations derived from an allotetraploid Festuca pratensis × Lolium perenne cross (pages 476–480)

Zbigniew Zwierzykowski, Elżbieta Zwierzykowska, Magdalena Taciak, Arkadiusz Kosmala, R. Neil Jones, Włodzimierz Zwierzykowski, Tomasz Książczyk and Paweł Krajewski


Identification of wild apple germplasm (Malus spp.) accessions with resistance to the postharvest decay pathogens Penicillium expansum and Colletotrichum acutatum (pages 481–486)

Wayne M. Jurick II, Wojciech J. Janisiewicz, Robert A. Saftner, Ivana Vico, Verneta L. Gaskins, Eunhee Park, Philip L. Forsline, Gennaro Fazio and William S. Conway


Evaluation of fertilization and flower abscission following over-expression of an apple NAK-type protein kinase in tomato (pages 487–491)

In-Jung Kim, Joon-Seon Yoon and Young-Koung Lee


SHORT COMMUNICATIONS


Selection of pigeonpea genotypes for tolerance to aluminium toxicity (pages 492–495)

Arbind K. Choudhary, Dharmendra Singh and Mir A. Iquebal


Two complementary dominant genes control flowering time in albus lupin (Lupinus albus L.) (pages 496–499)

Kedar Adhikari, Bevan Buirchell, Guijun Yan and Mark Sweetingham


Molecular mapping of the AOX1a and ß-AmyI genes in potato (pages 500–502)

Dominika Krusiewicz, Henryka Jakuczun, Iwona Wasilewicz-Flis, Danuta Strzelczyk-Żyta and Waldemar Marczewski


Isolation and characterization of simple sequence repeat markers for the tetraploid forage grass Dactylis glomerata (pages 503–506)

Mariko Hirata, Nana Yuyama and Hongwei Cai


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Plant Breeding - 130 (5), 2011


Contents:

REVIEW ARTICLE


Progress in the utilization of Cajanus platycarpus (Benth.) Maesen in pigeonpea improvement (pages 507–514)

Nalini Mallikarjuna, Senthilvel Senapathy, Deepak R. Jadhav, Kulbhushan Saxena, Hari C. Sharma, Hari D. Upadhyaya, Abishek Rathore and Rajeev Varshney


ORIGINAL ARTICLES


iSNAP: a small RNA-based molecular marker technique (pages 515–520)

Yijie Gui, Guanghao Yan, Shiping Bo, Zhijun Tong, Yu Wang, Bingguang Xiao, Xiuping Lu, Yongping Li, Weiren Wu and Longjiang Fan


Further characterization of the scab resistance of ‘Frontana’ spring wheat and the relationships between resistance mechanisms (pages 521–525)

Dalitso N. Yabwalo, Mohamed Mergoum and William A. Berzonsky


Characterization of quantitative trait locus for days to heading in near-isogenic lines with genetic background of Indica-type rice variety IR64 (Oryza sativa) (pages 526–532)

Daisuke Fujita, Rizza E. Santos, Leodegario A. Ebron, Yoshimichi Fukuta and Nobuya Kobayashi


Recombination frequency variation in maize as revealed by genomewide single-nucleotide polymorphisms (pages 533–539)

Mohammad Farkhari, Yanli Lu, Trushar Shah, Shihuang Zhang, Mohammad R. Naghavi, Tingzhao Rong and Yunbi Xu


Inheritance of increased seed tocopherol content in sunflower line IAST-413 (pages 540–543)

L. Del Moral, B. Pérez-Vich, J. M. Fernández-Martínez and L. Velasco


Molecular characterization and marker development of mid-oleic-acid mutant M23 for the development of high-oleic cultivars of soybean (pages 544–550)

Tomoki Hoshino, Nobuhisa Kawashita, Yutaka Takagi and Toyoaki Anai


A study on relative importance of additive, epistasis and unmapped QTL for Aluminium tolerance at seedling stage in soybean (pages 551–562)

Paul C. Korir, Bo Qi, Yufeng Wang, Tuanjie Zhao, Deyue Yu, Shouyi Chen and Junyi Gai


Genetics of aluminium tolerance in chickpea (Cicer arietinum) (pages 563–568)

Dharmendra Singh and Ranjeet S. Raje


An integrated breeding technology for accelerating generation advancement and trait introgression in cotton (pages 569–573)

XingFen Wang, YanXia Wang, GuiYin Zhang and ZhiYing Ma


The relationship between heterosis and genetic distances based on RAPD and AFLP markers in carrot (pages 574–579)

Barbara Jagosz


SHORT COMMUNICATIONS


Sequence-characterized amplified region and simple sequence repeat markers for identifying the major quantitative trait locus responsible for seedling resistance to downy mildew in Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa ssp. pekinensis) (pages 580–583)

Shuancang Yu, Fenglan Zhang, Xiuyun Zhao, Yangjun Yu and Deshuang Zhang


Identification and characterization of microsatellite markers from Musa balbisiana (pages 584–590)

Jing-yi Wang, Bing-zhi Huang, Ye-yuan Chen, Su-ping Feng and Yao-ting Wu


Development and characterization of microsatellite markers for caladiums (Caladium Vent.) (pages 591–595)

LI Gong and Zhanao Deng


Evaluation of 15 caespitose bamboo EST-SSR markers for cross-species/genera transferability and ability to identify interspecies hybrids (pages 596–600)

Wen-Juan Dong, Miao-Dan Wu, Yuan Lin, Ming-Bing Zhou and Ding-Qin Tang


ERRATUM


Erratum (page 601)


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Plant Breeding - 130 (6), 2011


Contents:

ORIGINAL ARTICLES


Identification and molecular mapping of PmHNK54: a novel powdery mildew resistance gene in common wheat (pages 603–607)

Weigang Xu, Chunxin Li, Lin Hu, Huiwei Wang, Haibin Dong, Jianzhou Zhang and Xiangcun Zan


Marker-assisted improvement of a stable restorer line, KMR-3R and its derived hybrid KRH2 for bacterial blight resistance and grain quality (pages 608–616)

Yadla Hari, Kommoju Srinivasarao, Basvaraj C. Viraktamath, Arremsetty S. Hariprasad, Gouri S. Laha, Mohammed I. Ahmed, Podishetty Natarajkumar, Mugalodi S. Ramesha, Chirravuri N. Neeraja, Sena M. Balachandran, Nallathigal S. Rani, Pippalla Balaji Suresh, Kalidindi Sujatha, Manish Pandey, Gajjala Ashok Reddy, Maganti S. Madhav and Raman M. Sundaram


Correlations and QTL detection in maize family per se and testcross progenies for plant height and ear height (pages 617–624)

Yan Zhang, Yongxiang Li, Yang Wang, Bo Peng, Cheng Liu, Zhizhai Liu, Weiwei Tan, Di Wang, Yunsu Shi, Baocheng Sun, Yanchun Song, Tianyu Wang and Yu Li


QTL mapping of coleorhiza length in maize (Zea mays L.) under two germination environmental conditions (pages 625–632)

Xuwen Jiang, Baohua Tian, Weimin Zhang, Guoying Wang and Jianhua Wang


Heritability and gene effect estimates for components of partial resistance to grey leaf spot of maize by generation mean analysis (pages 633–639)

Herman J. F. Lyimo, Richard C. Pratt and Reuben S. O. W. Mnyuku


Quantitative trait loci mapping for two seed yield component traits in an oilseed rape (Brassica napus) cross (pages 640–646)

Wei Chen, Yongshan Zhang, Jinbo Yao, Chaozhi Ma, Jinxing Tu and Fu Tingdong


Heritability and correlations among food-grade traits in soybean (pages 647–652)

Luciano M. Jaureguy, Pengyin Chen and Andrew M. Scaboo


Fine mapping and identification of the soybean RSC4 resistance candidate gene to soybean mosaic virus (pages 653–659)

Dagang Wang, Ying Ma, Ning Liu, Zhonglu Yang, Guijie Zheng and Haijian Zhi


Identification of anthracnose resistance in yellow lupin (Lupinus luteus L.) and its incorporation into breeding lines (pages 660–664)

Kedar N. Adhikari, Geoff Thomas, Bevan J. Buirchell and Mark W. Sweetingham


Identification of QTL for agronomic traits and resistance to white mold in wild and landrace germplasm of common bean (pages 665–672)

Wezi Mkwaila, Karolyn A. Terpstra, Marcio Ender and James D. Kelly


Improving cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) plant resistance to reniform nematodes by pyramiding Ren1 and Ren2 (pages 673–678)

David D. Fang and Salliana R. Stetina


Genetic linkage map construction for kenaf using SRAP, ISSR and RAPD markers (pages 679–687)

Mei-xia Chen, Cheng-lin Wei, Jian-min Qi, Xing-bo Chen, Jian-guang Su, Ai-Qing Li, Ai-fen Tao and Wei-ren Wu


Genetic variability of root peel thickness and its influence in extractable starch from cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) roots (pages 688–693)

Juan C. Pérez, Jorge I. Lenis, Fernando Calle, Nelson Morante, Teresa Sánchez, Daniel Debouck and Hernan Ceballos


Seed and forage yield of advanced generation synthetics of berseem clover derived from partly inbred parents under different harvesting regimes (pages 694–700)

Anna Iannucci and Paolo Annicchiarico


Improved polycross breeding of tall fescue through marker-based parental selection (pages 701–707)

Fatemeh Amini, Aghafakhr Mirlohi, Mohamad M. Majidi, Samira ShojaieFar and Roland Kölliker


Identification of silverleaf whitefly resistance in pepper (pages 708–714)

Syarifin Firdaus, Adriaan Van Heusden, Asep Harpenas, Ence D. J. Supena, Richard G. F. Visser and Ben Vosman


SHORT COMMUNICATION


Oryza rufipogon, a valuable source for resistance to bacterial blight of rice (pages 715–718)

Tilathoo Ram, Gouri S. Laha, Ram Deen, Joy M. Ramos, Casiana M. VeraCruz and Darshan S. Brar


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Talanta - 88, 2012

Contents:


Editorial Board

Editorial Board

Analytical procedures for the determination of surfactants in environmental samples
Ewa Olkowska, Żaneta Polkowska, Jacek Namieśnik

Current trends in explosive detection techniques
J. Sarah Caygill, Frank Davis, Seamus P.J. Higson

Arsenic speciation in environmental samples by hydride generation and electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry
Hossain Md Anawar

Novel multifunctional acceptor phase additive of water-miscible ionic liquid in hollow-fiber protected liquid phase microextraction
Wei Liu, Zhenyi Wei, Qing Zhang, Fang Wu, Zian Lin, Qiaomei Lu, Fen Lin, Guonan Chen, Lan Zhang

Optimization of supercritical fluid extraction combined with dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction as an efficient sample preparation method for determination of 4-nitrotoluene and 3-nitrotoluene in a complex matrix
Mina Jowkarderis, Farhad Raofie

Electrochemical sensing of ammonium ion at the water/1,6-dichlorohexane interface
José A. Ribeiro, F. Silva, Carlos M. Pereira

Collective mode frequency shifts in l-serine and a series of isotopologues in the terahertz regime
David C. Hufnagle, Anita R. Taulbee-Combs, Wolfgang U. Spendel, Gilbert E. Pacey

Microspheres aided introduction of ionophore and ion-exchanger to the ion-selective membrane
Marcin Wojciechowski, Anna Kisiel, Ewa Bulska, Agata Michalska

Dioxin analysis in water by using a passive sampler and CALUX bioassay
Amr Addeck, Kim Croes, Kersten Van Langenhove, Michael Denison, Marc Elskens, Willy Baeyens

Effectiveness of high-throughput miniaturized sorbent- and solid phase microextraction techniques combined with gas chromatography–mass spectrometry analysis for a rapid screening of volatile and semi-volatile composition of wines—A comparative study
Berta Mendes, Joao Gonçalves, José S. Câmara

Feature selection versus feature compression in the building of calibration models from FTIR-spectrophotometry datasets
Alexander Vergara, Eduard Llobet

Method validation and determinations of levofloxacin, metronidazole and sulfamethoxazole in an aqueous pharmaceutical, urine and blood plasma samples using quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry
Alaa A. Salem, Hussein A. Mossa

Synthesis and characterization of InNbO4 nanopowder for gas sensors
C. Balamurugan, E. Vijayakumar, A. Subramania

Allosteric coextraction of sodium and metal ions with calix[4]arene derivatives 2: First numerical evaluation for the allosteric effect on alkali metal extraction with crossed carboxylic acid type calix[4]arenes
Tomoaki Yoneyama, Hirotoshi Sadamatsu, Shigemasa Kuwata, Hidetaka Kawakita, Keisuke Ohto

Molecularly imprinted polymer as sorbent in micro-solid phase extraction of ochratoxin A in coffee, grape juice and urine
Tien Ping Lee, Bahruddin Saad, Wejdan Shakir Khayoon, Baharuddin Salleh

NMR analysis of the rat neurochemical changes induced by middle cerebral artery occlusion
Mingxing Yang, Shu Wang, Fuhua Hao, Yajie Li, Huiru Tang, Xuemin Shi

Optimization of comprehensive two-dimensional gas-chromatography (GC × GC) mass spectrometry for the determination of essential oils
Jone Omar, Ibone Alonso, Maitane Olivares, Asier Vallejo, Nestor Etxebarria

Selective detection of carbon dioxide using LaOCl-functionalized SnO2 nanowires for air-quality monitoring
Do Dang Trung, Le Duc Toan, Hoang Si Hong, Tran Dai Lam, Tran Trung, Nguyen Van Hieu

A micro GC detector array based on chemiresistors employing various surface functionalized monolayer-protected gold nanoparticles
Rih-Sheng Jian, Rui-Xuan Huang, Chia-Jung Lu

Simultaneous laser-induced fluorescence, coaxial thermal lens spectroscopy and retro-reflected beam interference detection for capillary electrophoresis
Bo Xiong, Wei Wang, Xueyan Miao, Lijia Liu, Liping Wang, Xiaodong Zhou, Jiming Hu

A microsecond microfluidic mixer for characterizing fast biochemical reactions
Ying Li, Dalu Zhang, Xiaojun Feng, Youzhi Xu, Bi-Feng Liu

Sensitive detection of acetaminophen based on Fe3O4 nanoparticles-coated poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride)-functionalized graphene nanocomposite film
Daban Lu, Yan Zhang, Letao Wang, Shaoxiong Lin, Chunming Wang, Xiaofeng Chen

Arsenic species extraction of biological marine samples (Periwinkles, Littorina littorea) from a highly contaminated site
K.J. Whaley-Martin, I. Koch, K.J. Reimer

Quantification of acylglycines in human urine by HPLC electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry and the establishment of pediatric reference interval in local Chinese
Bonnie Mei-Wah Fong, Sidney Tam, Kelvin Sze-Yin Leung

Voltammetric determination of cysteine using carbon paste electrode modified with Co(II)-Y zeolite
Alireza Nezamzadeh-Ejhieh, Habibeh-Sadat Hashemi

Determination of six pyrethroid insecticides in fruit juice samples using dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction combined with high performance liquid chromatography
Suthasinee Boonchiangma, Wittaya Ngeontae, Supalax Srijaranai

Electrochemical DNA sensor based on methylene blue functionalized polythiophene as a hybridization indicator
Mengqin Liu, Chunhua Luo, Hui Peng

Determination of rutin and quercetin in Chinese herbal medicine by ionic liquid-based pressurized liquid extraction–liquid chromatography–chemiluminescence detection
Hongwei Wu, Meilan Chen, Yunchang Fan, Fawzi Elsebaei, Yan Zhu

Development of a fluorescence-based microplate method for the determination of volatile fatty acids in anaerobically digested and sewage sludges
F. Robert-Peillard, E. Palacio-Barco, B. Coulomb, J.L. Boudenne

Cigarette filters as adsorbents of solid-phase extraction for determination of fluoroquinolone antibiotics in environmental water samples coupled with high-performance liquid chromatography
Bo Chen, Weidong Wang, Yuming Huang

A novel sensitive DNA–biosensor for detection of a carcinogen, Sudan II, using electrochemically treated pencil graphite electrode by voltammetric methods
Ali A. Ensafi, Behzad Rezaei, Maryam Amini, Esmaeil Heydari-Bafrooei

Characterisation and calibration of active sampling Solid Phase Microextraction applied to sensitive determination of gaseous carbonyls
Elena Gómez Alvarez, Mónica Vázquez Moreno, Sasho Gligorovski, Henri Wortham, Miguel Valcárcel Cases

A novel hydrogen peroxide biosensor based on the Sn–ZnNPs/MWNTs nanocomposite film
Aili Sun, Hongye Zhao, Jianbin Zheng

Chemometrics optimization of six antihistamines separations by capillary electrophoresis with electrochemiluminescence detection
Derong Zhu, Xia Li, Jinying Sun, Tianyan You

Selenite biotransformation during brewing. Evaluation by HPLC–ICP-MS
Maria Sánchez-Martínez, Erik Galvao P. da Silva, Teresa Pérez-Corona, Carmen Cámara, Sergio L.C. Ferreira, Yolanda Madrid

Dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction and preconcentration of thallium species in water samples by two ionic liquids applied as ion-pairing reagent and extractant phase
Leticia B. Escudero, Paula Berton, Estefanía M. Martinis, Roberto A. Olsina, Rodolfo G. Wuilloud

Pressurised hot water extraction followed by headspace solid-phase microextraction and gas chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry for the determination of N-nitrosamines in sewage sludge
Anna Llop, Francesc Borrull, Eva Pocurull

Poly(acrylic acid)-templated silver nanoclusters as a platform for dual fluorometric turn-on and colorimetric detection of mercury (II) ions
Yu Tao, Youhui Lin, Zhenzhen Huang, Jinsong Ren, Xiaogang Qu

Highly sensitive thrombin detection by matrix assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry with aptamer functionalized core–shell Fe3O4@C@Au magnetic microspheres
Xueyang Zhang, Shaochun Zhu, Chunhui Deng, Xiangmin Zhang

Feasibility study of FT-MIR spectroscopy and PLS-R for the fast determination of anthocyanins in wine
M. Romera-Fernández, L.A. Berrueta, S. Garmón-Lobato, B. Gallo, F. Vicente, J.M. Moreda

Establishment of reliable mass spectra and retention indices library: Identification of fatty acids in human plasma without authentic standards
Liangxiao Zhang, Binbin Tan, Maomao Zeng, Hongmei Lu, Yizeng Liang

Sensing behavior of YSZ-based amperometric NO2 sensors consisting of Mn-based reference-electrode and In2O3 sensing-electrode
Han Jin, Michael Breedon, Norio Miura

Capillary electrophoresis with Orbitrap-Velos mass spectrometry detection
Roza Wojcik, Yihan Li, Michael J. MacCoss, Norman J. Dovichi

Simultaneous determination of four synthesized metabolites of mequindox in urine samples using ultrasound-assisted dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction combined with high-performance liquid chromatography
Jiaheng Zhang, Haixiang Gao, Bing Peng, Yubo Li, Songqing Li, Zhiqiang Zhou

Precise determination of triple Sr isotopes (?87Sr and ?88Sr) using MC-ICP-MS
Hou-Chun Liu, Chen-Feng You, Kuo-Fang Huang, Chuan-Hsiung Chung

A dynamic study on reversal of multidrug resistance by ginsenoside Rh2 in adriamycin-resistant human breast cancer MCF-7 cells
Bei Zhou, Xiuli Xiao, Lili Xu, Lian Zhu, Liang Tan, Hao Tang, Youyu Zhang, Qingji Xie, Shouzhuo Yao

Development of a miniature analytical system in a lab-on-valve for determination of trace copper by bead injection spectroscopy
Yong-Liang Yu, Ying Jiang, Rong-Huan He

A multiway chemometric and kinetic study for evaluating the thermal stability of edible oils by 1H NMR analysis: Comparison of methods
C.B.Y. Cordella, T. Tekye, D.N. Rutledge, R. Leardi

Continuous-flow fractionation of selenium in contaminated sediment and soil samples using rotating coiled column and microcolumn extraction
Elena Yu. Savonina, Petr S. Fedotov, Rainer Wennrich

Influence of chemical and mineralogical properties of organic amendments on the selection of an adequate analytical procedure for trace elements determination
C. García-Delgado, V. Cala, E. Eymar

Determination of ribavirin in human serum using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry
Henk van der Lijke, Jan-Willem C. Alffenaar, Wim Th. Kok, Ben Greijdanus, Donald R.A. Uges

Preconcentration via ion associated complexes combined with inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry for determination of heavy metals
Barbara Feist, Barbara Mikula, Katarzyna Pytlakowska, Bozena Puzio, Rafal Sitko

Fine control of carbon nanotubes–polyelectrolyte sensors sensitivity by electrostatic layer by layer assembly (eLbL) for the detection of volatile organic compounds (VOC)
B. Kumar, Y.T. Park, M. Castro, J.C. Grunlan, J.F. Feller

Thiolated DAB dendrimers and CdSe quantum dots nanocomposites for Cd(II) or Pb(II) sensing
M. Algarra, B.B. Campos, B. Alonso, M.S. Miranda, Á.M. Martínez, C.M. Casado, J.C.G. Esteves da Silva

Determination of nicotine exposure in dogs subjected to passive smoking using methanol extraction of hair followed by hydrophilic interaction chromatography in combination with Fourier transform mass spectrometry
Saud Bawazeer, David G. Watson, Clare Knottenbelt

Synthesis and characterization of molecularly imprinted polymers for the selective extraction of cocaine and its metabolite benzoylecgonine from hair extract before LC–MS analysis
Valérie Thibert, Patrice Legeay, Florence Chapuis-Hugon, Valérie Pichon

NMR based geographical characterization of roasted coffee
Roberto Consonni, Laura Ruth Cagliani, Clelia Cogliati

Determination of Cr(VI) in the presence of high excess of a Cr(III) by adsorptive stripping voltammetry
Mieczysław Korolczuk, Anna Stępniowska

Amperometric fructose sensor based on ferrocyanide modified screen-printed carbon electrode
Julien Biscay, Estefanía Costa Rama, María Begona González García, A. Julio Reviejo, José Manuel Pingarrón Carrazón, Agustín Costa García

Fabrication of DNA/graphene/polyaniline nanocomplex for label-free voltammetric detection of DNA hybridization
Meng Du, Tao Yang, Xiao Li, Kui Jiao

Synthesis, characterization, and electrochemical applications of carbon nanoparticles derived from castor oil soot
K. Sudhakara Prasad, Min-Chieh Chuang, Ja-An Annie Ho

DNA G-quadruplex-templated formation of the fluorescent silver nanocluster and its application to bioimaging
Jun Ai, Weiwei Guo, Bingling Li, Tao Li, Dan Li, Erkang Wang

Classification of Sherry vinegars by combining multidimensional fluorescence, parafac and different classification approaches
Raquel M. Callejón, José Manuel Amigo, Erola Pairo, Sergio Garmón, Juan Antonio Ocana, Maria Lourdes Morales

A compact and highly sensitive light-emitting diode-induced fluorescence detector for capillary flow systems
Xuhui Geng, Dapeng Wu, Yafeng Guan

Evaluation of seven cosubstrates in the quantification of horseradish peroxidase enzyme by square wave voltammetry
Silvina V. Kergaravat, Maria Isabel Pividori, Silvia R. Hernandez

Electro polymerized 4-vinyl pyridine on 2B pencil graphite as ionophore for cadmium (II)
Joanna Lim Wee Ling, Anish Khan, Bahruddin Saad, Sulaiman Ab Ghani

Flow injection analysis of nanomolar silicate using long pathlength absorbance spectroscopy
Jian Ma, Robert H. Byrne

Optimization of colorimetric DET technique for the in situ, two-dimensional measurement of iron(II) distributions in sediment porewaters
William W. Bennett, Peter R. Teasdale, David T. Welsh, Jared G. Panther, Dianne F. Jolley

Determination of inorganic contaminants in polyamide textiles used for manufacturing sport T-shirts
Erika Matoso, Solange Cadore

Development of an analytical method using reversed-phase HPLC-PDA for a semipurified extract of Paullinia cupana var. sorbilis (guaraná)
Traudi Klein, Renata Longhini, Joao Carlos Palazzo de Mello

Dithizone modified magnetic nanoparticles for fast and selective solid phase extraction of trace elements in environmental and biological samples prior to their determination by ICP-OES
Guihong Cheng, Man He, Hanyong Peng, Bin Hu

Cloud point extraction and spectrophotometric determination of mercury species at trace levels in environmental samples
Halil Ibrahim Ulusoy, Ramazan Gürkan, Songül Ulusoy

Combined voltammetric and spectroscopic analysis of small molecule–biopolymer interactions: The levodopa and serum albumin system
Qiulan Zhang, Yongnian Ni, Serge Kokot

Determination of chromium(III), chromium(VI) and total chromium in chromate and trivalent chromium conversion coatings by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry
Hiroki Hotta, Katsuya Yata, Kamurul Fakir Bin Kamarudin, Shota Kurihara, Kin-ichi Tsunoda, Natsuo Fukumoto, Isao Kojima, Shin-ichi Kinugasa

An automated approach for analysis of Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectra of edible oils
Siong Fong Sim, Woei Ting

Supercritical fluid extraction from spent coffee grounds and coffee husks: Antioxidant activity and effect of operational variables on extract composition
Kátia S. Andrade, Ricardo T. Gonçalvez, Marcelo Maraschin, Rosa Maria Ribeiro-do-Valle, Julian Martínez, Sandra R.S. Ferreira

Determination of carbofuran in surface water and biological tissue by sol–gel immunoaffinity extraction and on-line preconcentration/HPLC/UV analysis
Luz E. Vera-Avila, Bani P. Márquez-Lira, Marcos Villanueva, Rosario Covarrubias, Gustavo Zelada, Valérie Thibert

Automated determination of total captopril in urine by liquid chromatography with post-column derivatization coupled to on-line solid phase extraction in a sequential injection manifold
Theano D. Karakosta, Paraskevas D. Tzanavaras, Demetrius G. Themelis

Prefractionation and separation by C8 stationary phase: Effective strategies for integral membrane proteins analysis
Qun Zhao, Liangliang Sun, Yu Liang, Qi Wu, Huiming Yuan, Zhen Liang, Lihua Zhang, Yukui Zhang

Multiresidue determination of pesticides in industrial and fresh orange juice by hollow fiber microporous membrane liquid–liquid extraction and detection by liquid chromatography–electrospray-tandem mass spectrometry
Gizelle Cristina Bedendo, Isabel Cristina Sales Fontes Jardim, Eduardo Carasek

Analysis of low concentration reduced sulfur compounds (RSCs) in air: Storage issues and measurement by gas chromatography with sulfur chemiluminescence detection
M.A.H. Khan, M.E. Whelan, R.C. Rhew

Spectrofluorometric determination and chemical speciation of trace concentrations of tungsten species in water using the ion pairing reagent procaine hydrochloride
M.S. El-Shahawi, L.A. Al Khateeb

FRET detection of DNA sequence via electrostatic interaction of polycationic phenyleneethynylene dendrimer with DNA/PNA hybrid
Paitoon Rashatasakhon, Kunnigar Vongnam, Warathip Siripornnoppakhun, Tirayut Vilaivan, Mongkol Sukwattanasinitt

Characterization of Pt-protein complexes by nHPLC–ESI-LTQ MS/MS using a gel-based bottom-up approach
Estefanía Moreno-Gordaliza, Benito Canas, María A. Palacios, M. Milagros Gómez-Gómez

Comparison of the predictive ability of several second-order multivariate methods in the simultaneous determination of two therapeutic drugs in human urine
M.C. Hurtado-Sánchez, I. Durán-Merás, M.I. Rodríguez-Cáceres, A. Jiménez-Girón, A.C. Olivieri

Validation of an analytical methodology to quantify melamine in body fluids using micellar liquid chromatography
S. Marco-Peiró, B. Beltrán-Martinavarro, M. Rambla-Alegre, J. Peris-Vicente, J. Esteve-Romero

New concept for HPTLC peak purity assessment and identification of drugs in multi-component mixtures
Ismail I. Hewala, Mona M. Bedair, Sherif M. Shousha

Real-time monitoring of anticancer drug release in vitro and in vivo on titania nanoparticles triggered by external glutathione
Mira Kim, Ji Hye Seo, Won Il Jeon, Mi-Yeon Kim, Keunchang Cho, So Yeong Lee, Sang-Woo Joo

On-line concentration and separation of cationic and anionic neurochemicals by capillary electrophoresis with UV absorption detection
Ming-Mu Hsieh, En-Ping Lin, Shiou-Wen Huang

Determination of five nitroimidazole residues in artificial porcine muscle tissue samples by capillary electrophoresis
Yingyun Lin, Yan Su, Xiulin Liao, Na Yang, Xiupei Yang, Martin M.F. Choi

Ultrasonic or accelerated solvent extraction followed by U-HPLC-high mass accuracy MS for screening of pharmaceuticals and fungicides in soil and plant samples
Carmen Lidia Chitescu, Efraim Oosterink, Jacob de Jong, Alida Adriana Maria (Linda) Stolker

A novel rapid method for simultaneous determination of three diagnostically important porphyrins in erythrocytes using hyphenated synchronous fluorescence techniques
Qian Liu, Wei Huang, Ali Abbas Falih Shindi, Yao-Qun Li

Sample preparation method for the speciation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and their methoxylated and hydroxylated analogues in diverse environmental matrices
Jianteng Sun, Jiyan Liu, Qian Liu, Guangbo Qu, Ting Ruan, Guibin Jiang

A comparison of the extraction procedures and quantification methods for the chromatographic determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in charcoal grilled meat and fish
O. Viegas, P. Novo, O. Pinho, I.M.P.L.V.O. Ferreira

A novel permanganate-sensitive fluorescent nano-chemosensor assembled with a new 8-hydroxyquinoline-functionalized SBA-15
Mohammad Reza Ganjali, Vinod Kumar Gupta, Morteza Hosseini, Zahra Rafiei-Sarmazdeh, Farnoush Faridbod, Hassan Goldooz, Ali Reza Badiei, Parviz Norouzi

Comparison of three different sample preparation procedures for the determination of traffic-related elements in airborne particulate matter collected on glass fiber filters
Ivan N.B. Castilho, Bernhard Welz, Maria Goreti R. Vale, Jailson B. de Andrade, Patricia Smichowski, Abdallah A. Shaltout, Lígia Colares, Eduardo Carasek

Sensitive electrochemical detection of nitrobenzene based on macro-/meso-porous carbon materials modified glassy carbon electrode
Jiayue Ma, Yunsong Zhang, Xiaohua Zhang, Gangbing Zhu, Bo Liu, Jinhua Chen

An automated on-line minicolumn preconcentration cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometer: Application to determination of cadmium in water samples
Serkan Şahan, Ugur Şahin


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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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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


Corrigendum

Comparing Models of Evolution for Ordered and Disordered Proteins

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Molecular Biology and Evolution - 28 (5-6), 2011

Molecular Biology and Evolution - 28 (5), 2011



Contents:

Dvir Dahary, Reut Shalgi, and Yitzhak Pilpel
CpG Islands as a Putative Source for Animal miRNAs: Evolutionary and Functional Implications

Zhaofeng Wang, Takahiro Yonezawa, Bin Liu, Tao Ma, Xin Shen, Jianping Su, Songchang Guo, Masami Hasegawa, and Jianquan Liu
Domestication Relaxed Selective Constraints on the Yak Mitochondrial Genome

Sara Guirao-Rico and Montserrat Aguadé
Molecular Evolution of the Ligands of the Insulin-Signaling Pathway: dilp Genes in the Genus Drosophila

Claus Kemkemer, Winfried Hense, and John Parsch
Fine-Scale Analysis of X Chromosome Inactivation in the Male Germ Line of Drosophila melanogaster

Vanessa E. Gray and Sudhir Kumar
Rampant Purifying Selection Conserves Positions with Posttranslational Modifications in Human Proteins

Jared L. Strasburg, Nolan C. Kane, Andrew R. Raduski, Aurélie Bonin, Richard Michelmore, and Loren H. Rieseberg
Effective Population Size Is Positively Correlated with Levels of Adaptive Divergence among Annual Sunflowers

Janette Tong, Pavel Dolezal, Joel Selkrig, Simon Crawford, Alistair G.B. Simpson, Nicholas Noinaj, Susan K. Buchanan, Kipros Gabriel, and Trevor Lithgow
Ancestral and Derived Protein Import Pathways in the Mitochondrion of Reclinomonas americana

Rebecca R. Gray, Andrew J. Tatem, Judith A. Johnson, Alexander V. Alekseyenko, Oliver G. Pybus, Marc A. Suchard, and Marco Salemi
Testing Spatiotemporal Hypothesis of Bacterial Evolution Using Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST239 Genome-wide Data within a Bayesian Framework

Diana Edo-Matas, Philippe Lemey, Jennifer A. Tom, Celia Serna-Bolea, Agnes E. van den Blink, Angélique B. van 't Wout, Hanneke Schuitemaker, and Marc A. Suchard
Impact of CCR5delta32 Host Genetic Background and Disease Progression on HIV-1 Intrahost Evolutionary Processes: Efficient Hypothesis Testing through Hierarchical Phylogenetic Models

Yosef E. Maruvka, Nadav M. Shnerb, Yaneer Bar-Yam, and John Wakeley
Recovering Population Parameters from a Single Gene Genealogy: An Unbiased Estimator of the Growth Rate

Dmitri A. Petrov, Anna-Sophie Fiston-Lavier, Mikhail Lipatov, Kapa Lenkov, and Josefa González
Population Genomics of Transposable Elements in Drosophila melanogaster

Sophie Breton, Donald T. Stewart, Sally Shepardson, Richard J. Trdan, Arthur E. Bogan, Eric G. Chapman, Andrew J. Ruminas, Helen Piontkivska, and Walter R. Hoeh
Novel Protein Genes in Animal mtDNA: A New Sex Determination System in Freshwater Mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida)?

Jihua Wu and Edward Susko
A Test for Heterotachy Using Multiple Pairs of Sequences

Jeffrey M. Good, Dan Vanderpool, Kimberly L. Smith, and Michael W. Nachman
Extraordinary Sequence Divergence at Tsga8, an X-linked Gene Involved in Mouse Spermiogenesis

Christina Lange, Georg Hemmrich, Ulrich C. Klostermeier, Javier A. López-Quintero, David J. Miller, Tasja Rahn, Yvonne Weiss, Thomas C.G. Bosch, and Philip Rosenstiel
Defining the Origins of the NOD-Like Receptor System at the Base of Animal Evolution

Miguel Alcaide and Scott V. Edwards
Molecular Evolution of the Toll-Like Receptor Multigene Family in Birds

Jeremiah W. Busch, Simon Joly, and Daniel J. Schoen
Demographic Signatures Accompanying the Evolution of Selfing in Leavenworthia alabamica

Penelope R. Haddrill, Kai Zeng, and Brian Charlesworth
Determinants of Synonymous and Nonsynonymous Variability in Three Species of Drosophila

Asher D. Cutter and Alan M. Moses
Polymorphism, Divergence, and the Role of Recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Genome Evolution

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Contents:

Research Articles

Mario dos Reis, Asif U. Tamuri, Alan J. Hay, and Richard A. Goldstein
Charting the Host Adaptation of Influenza Viruses

Haruka Nagai, Yohey Terai, Tohru Sugawara, Hiroo Imai, Hidenori Nishihara, Michio Hori, and Norihiro Okada
Reverse Evolution in RH1 for Adaptation of Cichlids to Water Depth in Lake Tanganyika

Lars Feuerbach, Rune B. Lyngso, Thomas Lengauer, and Jotun Hein
Reconstructing the Ancestral Germ Line Methylation State of Young Repeats

Hong-Song Yu, Yi-Hong Shen, Gang-Xiang Yuan, Yong-Gang Hu, Hong-En Xu, Zhong-Huai Xiang, and Ze Zhang
Evidence of Selection at Melanin Synthesis Pathway Loci during Silkworm Domestication

Miguel Carneiro, Sandra Afonso, Armando Geraldes, Hervé Garreau, Gerard Bolet, Samuel Boucher, Aurélie Tircazes, Guillaume Queney, Michael W. Nachman, and Nuno Ferrand
The Genetic Structure of Domestic Rabbits

Larissa M. Williams and Marjorie F. Oleksiak
Ecologically and Evolutionarily Important SNPs Identified in Natural Populations

Anna van Weringh, Manon Ragonnet-Cronin, Erinija Pranckeviciene, Mariana Pavon-Eternod, Lawrence Kleiman, and Xuhua Xia
HIV-1 Modulates the tRNA Pool to Improve Translation Efficiency

Caroline J. Rose, Joanne R. Chapman, Sean D.G. Marshall, Siu F. Lee, Philip Batterham, Howard A. Ross, and Richard D. Newcomb
Selective Sweeps at the Organophosphorus Insecticide Resistance Locus, Rop-1, Have Affected Variation across and beyond the ?-Esterase Gene Cluster in the Australian Sheep Blowfly, Lucilia cuprina

Emmanuel D. Ladoukakis, Ioannis Theologidis, George C. Rodakis, and Eleftherios Zouros
Homologous Recombination between Highly Diverged Mitochondrial Sequences: Examples from Maternally and Paternally Transmitted Genomes

Sandra Schwarte and Ralph Tiedemann
A Gene Duplication/Loss Event in the Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate-Carboxylase/Oxygenase (Rubisco) Small Subunit Gene Family among Accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana

Vladimir Paar, Matko Glunčić, Marija Rosandić, Ivan Basar, and Ines Vlahović
Intragene Higher Order Repeats in Neuroblastoma BreakPoint Family Genes Distinguish Humans from Chimpanzees

Richard P. Meisel
Towards a More Nuanced Understanding of the Relationship between Sex-Biased Gene Expression and Rates of Protein-Coding Sequence Evolution

Xianran Li, Chengsong Zhu, Zhongwei Lin, Yun Wu, Dabao Zhang, Guihua Bai, Weixing Song, Jianxin Ma, Gary J. Muehlbauer, Michael J. Scanlon, Min Zhang, and Jianming Yu
Chromosome Size in Diploid Eukaryotic Species Centers on the Average Length with a Conserved Boundary

Kalle T. Rytkönen, Tom A. Williams, Gillian M. Renshaw, Craig R. Primmer, and Mikko Nikinmaa
Molecular Evolution of the Metazoan PHD–HIF Oxygen-Sensing System

M. Andreína Pacheco, Fabia U. Battistuzzi, Miguel Lentino, Roberto F. Aguilar, Sudhir Kumar, and Ananias A. Escalante
Evolution of Modern Birds Revealed by Mitogenomics: Timing the Radiation and Origin of Major Orders

Akie Sato, Herbert Tichy, Peter R. Grant, B. Rosemary Grant, Tetsuji Sato, and Colm O’hUigin
Spectrum of MHC Class II Variability in Darwin’s Finches and Their Close Relatives

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Natural selection favors rapid reproductive phenology in Potentilla pulcherrima...

Kristina A. Stinson

Natural selection favors rapid reproductive phenology in Potentilla pulcherrima (Rosaceae) at opposite ends of a subalpine snowmelt gradient

American Journal of Botany 2004 91: 531-539.

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