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.

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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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 (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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